Talk:John F. Kennedy High School (Richmond, California)/Archive 1

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Archive 1

Untitled

Though I do agree that the class of 07 is the best (as I'm part of it), we have to keep this article neutral. 07 wut it do! NoItAl 07:12, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

Needs work

This article really needs some work. I've formatted it a little. It looks like a lot of the content may have been taken from school literature and is not wikified. Richmondian (talk) 16:47, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

Demographics

How can Kennedy have the most students of any high school in its district when Richmond has more students included in its API score than does Kennedy? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.210.123.166 (talk) 22:12, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

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Notable Alumni

I've used the Wikipedia:WikiProject_Schools/Article_guidelines#Alumni for this. It offers advice and/or opinions rather than formal Wikipedia policies or guidelines, as it isn't considered to be thoroughly vetted by the community, but it is the most current essay.

It recommends a reference be given that indicates the alumni attended the school. The citation can appear either on the school page or the alumni page. If it appears on the alumni page, it doesn't need to be included in the school page. By that criteria, McKinley and Moore have references given in the article on the school, one to a FOX News article and another to a listing of statistics. Darden, Becker, and Asaro have references on their pages. The Becker reference is to article in the East Bay Times, and the Darden and Asaro references are each for a book with material written by the alum where they state that they attended Kennedy (I'm assuming that in the case of the Darden book, since I haven't yet found a statement to that effect in the text by going through the pages available on Amazon or elsewhere). The Barnes, Buffalo, and Farr pages state they went to Kennedy, but don't include a reference with that statement.

Finding online references for high school attendance, especially for older alumni, is difficult. For that reason, I don't object to including Barnes, Buffalo, and Farr in the list of notable alumni for Kennedy, as their pages, which have been vetted by Wiki editors, state that they went there. However, I do see that this is a potentially divisive subject. If it is a problem, I have no objection to doing a search for references to verify they attended the school. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JacDT (talk • contribs) 06:16, 6 January 2020 (UTC)

One note: I'm uncomfortable discussing the notable alumni list because when I started to reinstate the deleted portions of the page, I found myself on the list. I don't feel comfortable discussing a section with me in it. Would you like me to request a third editor to discuss this section? JacDT (talk) 06:12, 7 January 2020 (UTC)

Many alumni lists have no reference. I wouldn't worry too much about it, but if available, please add. What is more important is notability. If a person is not notable, their name will be removed. A name should either have an article on Wikipedia or a reference showing that the person is notable. Even then, entries often stand till notability is challenged. Debresser (talk) 14:10, 7 January 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for the input.JacDT (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 16:14, 7 January 2020 (UTC)