Talk:The Hill School

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Assessment: Hello all, and thank you for contributing to this school article. I'm part of the Wikipedia:WikiProject_Schools/Assessment team, and I'm reviewing this page. I'm currently giving it a grade of Start on the Wikipedia 1.0 Assessment Scale and an importance of Low on this importance scale. For information on improving this article, please visit the WikiProject Schools Project Page. My reasoning is as follows: Minimally referenced, needs more verifiable information. Also, "The" at the beginning of titles is discouraged. Adam McCormick (talk) 06:15, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] "Notable Alumni"

I removed the following entries from the Notable Alumni listing. Taylor Binder '99. President of Helios Lighting Solutions, Soccer standout Adam Rominger '96. Modern Renaissance man, Mortgage Professional No offense meant for Mr Binder or Mr Rominger, but some minor research on either of these two gentlemen turned up nothing "notable" about them or their companies. Wikipedia is not intended to be used as an alumni or business directory. If the person(s) who added these two gentlemen to the listing would do so, please indicate here how these two are "notable". Thx. SpikeJones 00:40, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

Who is "Nick Dale '56. Vietnam Vet, earned several medals that were lost when the US department of records burned down."? Is the comment about the Dept of Recs burning down his only claim to fame? SpikeJones 19:49, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

So being a decorated Vietnam Vet means nothing? What kind of a snobby comment is that? Would Oliver Stone agree with that? (UNSIGNED COMMENT MADE ON 16:23, 6 June 2006 BY 12.206.149.227 )

The question was who is Nick Dale '56, and why should he be considered "Notable Alumni"? The reason stated of "Vietnam Vet etc" without any other traceable or identifiable claim to fame sounds more of self-promotion, which is against Wikipedia policy (as is using Wikipedia as a listing of all Alumni, which is why there are restrictions on who gets listed). If you know Nick Dale and can provide more information about how he is notable, that would be swell. SpikeJones 20:46, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

I have to agree with Spike. Though I have enormous respect for Vietnam veterans, especially decorated ones, here on Wikipedia, there are still certain guidelines which we must abide by as to who qualifies as a "notable" individual. In a nutshell, in order for someone's name to appear on this page's list of notable alumni, there needs to be some external third-party source which confirms their notability, and that they are "encyclopedic." Has Dale been written up in any magazines or newspapers? Been profiled in a book? Feel free to review the policies for yourself, at Wikipedia:Notability (people), Wikipedia:No original research and Wikipedia:Verifiability. And if you have questions, please feel free to ask! --Elonka 01:59, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Private HS article makes it to FA status

I would just note that the Hopkins School just made it to featured article status. We might want to read it over for ideas on how to improve the Hill article.

[edit] Nickname vs. Mascot

I think some clarification should be made here. The nickname for all of the sports teams (including the football team) is the Blues. The actual costumed mascot is a Ram. (I agree--I never heard the term "rams" for the football team)'

Also, is there a source that the Ram mascot is named Winston? Torra325 18:36, 6 April 2007 (UTC)