Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Hopkins School (archive1)

Hopkins School

• Self-Nomination - Fixed up a school article to actual article size, with nice formatting IMO. Staxringold 06:06, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

Object, not ready for being a FA. Pictures lacks proper tags, and if you claim fair use on any of them you ought to provide a rationale for it. Try turning the list of facilities into normal prose. Also, I get left with a feeling that this article isn't complete - it says a bit about the history, a bit about where the school is, and thats about it, apart from the list of facilities. What makes the school special? Is there any school sports teams (which I understand there typicaly is on US schools)? As a private school, I'm assuming parents have to pay - but the article don't say, nor how much, nor what class of people attend? Overall, a good start, but I feel it's not ready quite yet. WegianWarrior 06:40, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

• Object
  1. The images Image:CThopkins logo1.gif, Image:HopkinsMascotGoat1.gif, Image:HopkinsGirlsSportsTeam1.gif have no copyright information.

     I find the GFDL claims for Image:CThopkins logo1.gif and Image:HopkinsMascotGoat1.gif to be quite dubious. Do you have any evidence to back this claim up? --Carnildo 19:20, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

  2. For something with 350 years of history, the history section is looking a little anemic. There's a rather large gap between 1660 and 1926.
  3. There are no references.
  4. It's got a Wikiproject infobox at the bottom. Get rid of it.
  5. I'm sure there are other problems.

  --Carnildo 06:44, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

• Object. Compare with Caulfield Grammar School and Stuyvesant High School - a featured article and close-to FA respectively - and you will see this article doesn't have the depth and notability of the highest quality high school articles. See the Schools Wikiportal for some inspiration and advice for this article. Harro5 08:11, August 30, 2005 (UTC)
• Object, I agree with all the points made above. Compare with Caulfield Grammar School and make sure you expand the History section. Also, are there any other references outside the school itself? - Mgm|^(talk) 08:47, August 30, 2005 (UTC)

• Trying to deal with very fair complaints, I had not seen the very nice Caulfield page. Thusfar I've added external links, copyright information, and I've started expanding the main information (before going into academic breakdowns)
• Added Academics section Staxringold 15:58, 30 August 2005 (UTC)
• Added Student Privileges section Staxringold 16:23, 30 August 2005 (UTC)
• Cosmetic work, and small tidbits of content Staxringold 21:25, 30 August 2005 (UTC)
• There've been NUMEROUS touch-ups and additions, and since this version was long since pulled from FA contention I've archived this. Staxringold 19:24, 4 September 2005 (UTC)