Talk:Wilmington Montessori School

This article was nominated for deletion on 2 February 2008. The result of the discussion was Keep.

It is requested that a photograph of School building, 1400 Harvey Road Wilmington DE, 19810 be included in this article to improve its quality.

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This is a page for Wilmington Montessori School, a non-profit school located in Wilmington, DE. The school is referenced on other wikipedia pages/stubs,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Northeastern_United_States_school_stubs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware_Association_of_Independent_Schools http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_Delaware_Valley_Independent_Schools

Like the other schools on those pages, WMS would like to have it's own Wikipedia entry to further detail it's history, philosophy, programs, accreditations and memberships. Daddy.twins (talk) 14:45, 2 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Daddy.twins (talk) 13:39, 2 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. While I disagreed that the article was so irretrievably promotional as to warrant immediate deletion, it did violate our neutrality policy, which is one of the core policies on Wikipedia. As a single example, it was alleged that the school inspires "the joyful discovery of self and a passion for learning and independent thinking". A Wikipedia article cannot make statements of this sort unless it is quoting a reliable secondary source. It is unlikely that such a source would make claims of that nature, since joy and passion are difficult to objectively quantify. :) One of the reasons that involved persons are strongly discouraged from creating or editing articles related to themselves is that it can be difficult to write objectively about topics of importance to ourselves and also because it may be hard to avoid including information we know to be true, but cannot prove through proper sources. As an encyclopedia, Wikipedia strives to serve as a compendium of previously published information. It does not host new or original information, even if true. And for purposes of verifiability (an essential element for any research resource) all information must be attributable to reliable secondary sources. Primary sources, like the school's own website, cannot be used to substantiate remarkable claims about the school or to verify its notability, although it can be used as the basis for simple, unremarkable information about the school's history or campus.

I have stripped the promotional language from the article, although one highly questionable assertion remains regarding the esteem granted the school. This needs a proper source, or it will have to be removed. But as I note your evident involvement, I would encourage you not to further edit this article except to provide the kind of references requested or to correct simple factual inaccuracies.

If you have questions about any of these policies or guidelines (tucked behind the colored text), please feel free to let me know or to seek assistance at the help desk, where volunteers usually respond to queries within hours, if not minutes. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 14:09, 2 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

On reviewing the criteria for sources and citations, I have removed the unattributed comment from the lead paragraph that was flagged as requiring a citation. Daddy.twins (talk) 14:08, 2 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]