*The lead picture could be made bigger.
- I enlarged it.
What is "the class of 2013"?
- Clarified
- I see what it means, but shouldn't it be "came"->"come" in that sentence? bamse (talk) 18:40, 25 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Fixed
A question on notability (I am from Europe so please bear with me). At least in my country there is no emphasis on high school alumni (maybe on university alumni, but not much on those either). I guess that's different in the US, no?
- For the sake of not over-generalizing, I will limit the scope of most of my comments to Benet. I don't know that much about alumni relations in other schools, but for private schools like Benet, cultivating alumni relations is very important. By providing an atmosphere in which former students can remain connected to the school and to each other, Benet has established a quite expansive network of connections that can be useful for career-planning or for fundrasing. Alumni, especially the more successful ones, often prove to be the most fruitful targets of fundraising at Benet. And in compiling a list of Benet alumni who have later on become successful in life, the school is giving everyone a sense of pride in the fact that they are a part of a community that has produced so much talent.
- Outside of school development purposes, local newspapers like to keep track of Benet alumni as well (or any former resident, for that matter). Dan LeFevour, for example, got a lot of local media attention because he was a former resident of the area who went on to become a professional football player. Local newspapers love stories about former residents who become famous later on in life, and when they write those stories, the newspapers provide a bio that often includes the names of the schools they attended. As such, Dan LeFevour's affiliation with Benet was widely publicized in the region, in the same way that other alumni's affiliations with Benet were publicized when they became famous. The fact that Benet students have done well academically, and the fact that it already has so many famous alumni, certainly boosts its public image.
- Does that answer your question? I hesitate to expand my commentary to other high schools in the US, because I simply don't feel that I could make broad statements about US high schools in general.
- Thanks a lot. It more than answers my questions.
"clergy, businessmen, physicians, educators, attorneys, musicians, and journalists" seem like very normal professions to me. Why mention it?
- US society focused much more on agriculture in 1937 than we do today, much like the rest of the developed world. The fact that alumni have gone on to non-agricultural industries, in my opinion, underscores the kind of vocational preparation that the school offered.
- Makes a lot of sense.
What is a remedial course?
- Explained
- In the table, center alignment of the "Graduated" column would look better in my opinion.
- I don't know how to do that, but I'll look into it.
Short break, will continue review later.
bamse (talk) 09:06, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
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What are the inclusion criteria? Having a wikipedia article on the respective person?
- Yes that is the inclusion criteria. In fact, I previously had the sentence "Only alumni who have articles on Wikipedia are listed here" in the article, but I removed it per the advice of Moray An Par above. Basically, his/her concern was that the sentence conveyed an idea that was too obvious or redundant, especially if it is convention on Wikipedia that a person can be listed on a Wikipedia list if and only if he or she has a Wikipedia article. What are your thoughts?
- I am fine with the current situation. Personally I don't mind red-linked entries in tables either if there is a chance that an article will be created.
Wikilink "2010 election" in Jim Ryan's entry.
- Linked
Wikilink publishers (if possible) in references.
- I linked all of the ones I could find.
- Not sure whether they are identical, but at least they share the same name (please check): The San Diego Union-Tribune, Naperville Sun, Chicago (Magazine), Herald News. There are some Daily Heralds (refs 21, 24) which could possibly be wikilinked. bamse (talk) 18:40, 25 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- I added extra links for the Daily Herald, San Diego Union-Tribune, Naperville Sun, and Chicago Magazine. The article for Herald News is for a different publication in New Jersey.
That's all the images we have of Benet alumni?
- One more added; do you want more? Adding more pictures would cause the photos to spill over into the References section on my browser.
bamse (talk) 10:25, 24 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- On my browser, there is still space for two more images or so, but (from experience) I understand that it is virtually impossible to arrange images and tables in such a way that it looks good on all browsers and screen resolutions. I was just wondering that if we have images of most alumni, we could have an extra "image" column in the table instead of placing images outside the table. bamse (talk) 18:40, 25 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Photos are also available for Lee, McCareins, Salpeter, and Schaus. IMO that's not enough to warrant an extra "Image" column.
- Alright.
- I responded to some of your comments above. Please excuse my inability to fully respond. I'm busy at the moment and will respond to the rest of your comments later today. Edge3 (talk) 16:29, 25 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Thank you for your patience. Edge3 (talk) 23:44, 25 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Thanks for addressing my comments patiently. Only open question is the center alignment of the year column. I am not good at table syntax, but if you asked at wikipedia help pages or Help talk:Table you'd probably be helped quickly. bamse (talk) 00:16, 26 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- I figured it out through the IRC help channel. Edge3 (talk) 01:20, 26 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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