Talk:University Liggett School

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[edit] March 2007

Hello all, and thank you for contributing to this school site. 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 the this importance scale.

My reasoning is as follows: This site while well-written, need some work to make it more clear. It also needs som improvement on WP:NPOV.

Does anyone know who the heck Liggett was? Despite being college-prep, why is the term university used when it's a high school. Is it to be pretentious?

Um, no. The present school formed from the merger of Grosse Pointe University School and the Liggett School. The Liggett School was founded by a lady named Liggett; sometime I'll get my history of the school and add her full name to the article. "University School" was/is a common part of some part of some private school names, implying a college-prep school. Cleveland University School is another example. A2Kafir 01:12, 18 April 2007 (UTC)The Rev. James D. Liggett founded The Liggett School for young women in Detroit in 1878.

Expanded history, using material from the official school site, with OTRS permission confirmed (see below). DavidOaks (talk) 20:07, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Did Aaron Krickstein graduate? I don't have my yearbooks handy. A2Kafir 01:20, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Jean Harris

Someone placed a question in the text of the article about why this is notable, explaining this as the reason why s/he keeps deleting it. Aside from the fact that the discussion page is the place to put such questions, Tarnower was a famous person, the murder was notorious, she was connected with the school. Respectfully suggest that s/he should get a username; someone using that computer has a history of vandalism. DavidOaks (talk) 22:46, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

Doesn't the word 'notable' as in notable alumni/faculty have a positive connotation? Therefore, Jean Harris would not be notable. If the murder was notorious, that does not make it notable.

No, that would be "admirable alumni/faculty." Check the corresponding list for the University of Puget Sound, where Ted Bundy is listed. DavidOaks (talk) 19:30, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] OTRS permission confirmed

For the material taken from the University Liggett School web site and incorporated into the article, that content has been released under the GFDL by the school's representative.

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howcheng  {chat} 23:42, 28 February 2008 (UTC)