User talk:Wikiedit7452

Hello, Wikiedit7452! Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions to this free encyclopedia. If you decide that you need help, check out Getting Help below, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by clicking or using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your username and the date. Finally, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field. Below are some useful links to facilitate your involvement. Happy editing! Woody (talk) 15:36, 16 December 2007 (UTC) Getting started A tutorial • Our five pillars • Getting mentored How to: edit a page • upload and use images Getting help Frequently asked questions • Tips Where to ask questions or make comments Request administrator attention Policies and guidelines Neutral point of view • No original research Verifiability • Reliable sources • Citing sources What Wikipedia is not • Biographies of living persons Manual of Style • Three-revert rule • Sock puppetry Copyrights • Policy for non-free content • Image use policy External links • Spam • Vandalism Deletion policy • Conflict of interest • Notability The community Build consensus • Resolve disputes Assume good faith • Civility • Etiquette No personal attacks • No legal threats Community Portal • Village pump Signpost • IRC channels • Mailing lists Writing articles Be bold in editing • Develop an article The perfect article • Manual of style Stubs • Categories • Disambiguation Pages needing attention • Peer review Miscellaneous User name • User pages • Talk pages Clean up: General - Spam - Vandalism Join a WikiProject • Translation Useful templates • Tools • User scripts

King Edward's School, Birmingham

Hi there. I noticed your recent edit to the King Edward's School, Birmingham article. You revert removed lots of typo fixes and formatting changes that were made in line with the Manual of Style. Those issues are separate to any of the problems that you seem to have with the section headings. I cut down the article because it was turning into a WP:SPAM piece for the school. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a brochure. Compare this with this. Compare the table of contents of them both, and then look at the actual paragraph sizes.

If you wanted to read about the school, would you really want to know where the gold DofE expedition happens to be going next year? Please don't revert my changes, discuss them at the talkpage and we can discuss any issues you may be having. regards. Woody (talk) 15:36, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

I know all about the school. The fact that the school is proud of it, frankly, means nothing to wikipedia. Good for them, add it to the school website, or update the outdated DofE page. This is not the place to announce trips, or to act as a trip planner.

I removed the living history section because it did not need, or merit such a long piece about it. It needs a sentence, I just couldn't find a place to put it. With regards to diving, in terms of historical context, it really isn't that improtant. It is fine for News and Views, just not for an encyclopedia on the topic.

There are a plethora of concerts at the school each year, need we mention all? I suggest that the text be amended to say "main concerts"

I agree that the alumni section can be trimmed, I will do that now.

I just want to thank you for discussing this instead of revert warring. Regards. Woody (talk) 19:26, 16 December 2007 (UTC)