Talk:Williams School (Connecticut)

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It needs additional references or sources for verification. Tagged since February 2011. --Mmariealysee (talk) 16:07, 17 February 2011 (UTC)I am an alumna of the school and I can attest from first hand experience that all of the information is valid.[reply]

It relies largely or entirely upon a single source. Tagged since June 2010.

It needs sources or references that appear in third-party publications. Tagged since June 2010.

It is in a list format that may be better presented using prose. Tagged since June 2010.

Its quality may be compromised by peacock terms. Tagged since June 2010.

It has been nominated to be checked for neutrality. Tagged since June 2010.

It may contain original research or unverifiable claims. Tagged since June 2010.

Its neutrality or factuality may be compromised by weasel words. Tagged since June 2010.

Its tone or style may not be appropriate for Wikipedia. Tagged since June 2010. --Mmariealysee (talk) 16:07, 17 February 2011 (UTC)Where?[reply]

It is written like an advertisement and needs to be rewritten from a neutral point of view. Tagged since June 2010.--Mmariealysee (talk) 16:07, 17 February 2011 (UTC)This is a collection of factual statements. I see no evidence of it lacking neutrality.[reply]

It may be confusing or unclear for some readers. Tagged since June 2010.--Mmariealysee (talk) 16:07, 17 February 2011 (UTC)Where?[reply]

It may need copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone or spelling. Tagged since June 2010.--Mmariealysee (talk) 16:07, 17 February 2011 (UTC)I corrected the grammatical errors I found.[reply]

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Hello, Mmariealysee. I will reply to your questions by bullet point:

Your attestment is of no value per wp:verifiability. I know, you may ask "why is my attestment of no value"? Okay, watch this: "As a former teacher, I can attest that at The Williams School, they salute the flag of Moldova every morning.". As you can see, there is no way anyone can challenge this... so citations are needed. Right now, I could blank the entire page and it wouldn't be against the rules as there are no citations.
The page has zero citations, all that you added was the school's website, which is not impartial. It isn't a neutral article... can you name a single negative or controvertial aspect of the school in the piece?
In terms of tone, it does read a little like an advertisement.
While some of the tense errors were corrected, there is a lot of editing yet to be done to clean up the article. Most of the "Academics" section needs to be pruned per Wikipedia:WikiProject_Schools/Article_guidelines. In particular the "Relationship with Connecticut College" section is not written like an encyclopedic entry. There are quite a few things like "Physical Education classes are offered to Middle Schoolers only. All middle schoolers must take gym." -- in a word, not well written.

I hope this helps! I'm happy to discuss anything else you like in further detail. Best, Markvs88 (talk) 17:11, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The article has been uncited for 15+ months, so it's a stub again. Best, Markvs88 (talk) 15:35, 12 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

And it's a stub again, as someone again copied and pasted from [1]. Markvs88 (talk) 00:25, 30 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect

I converted this article to be a redirect to the Williams Memorial Institute article because it had no information that was not in that article and no sources. It might make sense to delete this page and rename that article to Williams School (Connecticut), but I'll let someone else handle that. Indyguy (talk) 21:08, 17 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]