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The '''WikiProject Schools''' pages will help you to make excellent school articles. The project covers all articles about schools, school districts, and related articles such as [[school]], as well as institutions that use ''college'' or ''academy'' as part of their name, but are actually primary or secondary schools. It also includes [[further education]] schools and [[sixth form college]]s, and vocational and job schools that do not award recognised degrees in their own right.<ref name="college">Recognised degrees are generally bachelor, master, and doctoral degrees. This project includes polytechnics and vocational colleges that do not award degrees or which are affiliated to universities who issue the degree on their behalf. Colleges, universities, and other organisations that are authorised to issue their own degrees are covered by [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Higher education|WikiProject Higher education]].</ref>

== Project goals ==
This project aims to improve the quality of school-related articles. Articles within the scope of this project should become far more substantial than [[Wikipedia:Stub|stubs]], and ultimately match the quality of [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|featured articles]].

By their nature, school articles are often targets for [[Wikipedia:Vandalism|vandalism]] and [[Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not#Wikipedia is not a soapbox or means of promotion|promotional claims]]. Editors are asked to be as helpful as possible in removing irrelevant, inappropriate, or unsourced content.

== Article guidelines and notability ==
Guidelines at [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Schools/Article guidelines]] demonstrate what school articles should contain, and provide a recommended common page structure. These guidelines offer advice that editors are encouraged to follow.

== Article grading ==
School articles are graded for '''quality''' based on [[Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment|the Assessment scale]] and for '''importance''' using the [[Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Release Version Criteria#Importance of topic|Release Version Criteria]] scale. For further information, visit the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Schools/Assessment|Assessment department]].

==== [[:Category:WikiProject Schools articles by quality|WikiProject Schools articles by quality]] ====
==== [[:Category:WikiProject Schools articles by importance|WikiProject Schools articles by importance]] ====

== Recognized content ==
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=== Potential featured article candidates ===
This section notes school articles that can be recommended as a feature article. That is an article that is particularly well-written and complete. Please list an article that is close to this criteria so that everyone can edit away to bring it up to featured article quality and submit it for consideration as a featured article.

* [[Benet Academy]] (Illinois)
* [[Caulfield Grammar School]] (au)
* [[Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney]] (au)

=== Potential featured list candidates ===
* [[List of Old Malvernians]] – A peer review had been requested at [[Wikipedia:Peer review/List of Old Malvernians/archive1]]

=== Potential good article candidates ===
This section notes school articles that can be recommended as a good article. That is an article that is particularly well-written and complete but may lack the length or breadth to be a featured article. Please list an article that is close to this criteria so that everyone can edit away to bring it up to good article quality and submit it for consideration as a good article.

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* [[Aquinas College, Perth]] – Demoted from GA on 30 January 2010. Some problems with unreferenced sections and dead links.
* [[Auburn High School]] – Problems with dead links being used as references.
* [[Balboa High School (San Francisco, California)]] – Demoted from GA on 13 February 2010. Issues with dead links, layout, and coverage.
* [[Bishop McGuinness High School (Oklahoma)]] – More expansion needed.
* [[Bridgnorth Endowed School]] – A school article assessed as high importance which is now having its potential realised, requires some further work with structure.
* [[Brisbane Boys' College]] – References need to be clean-up and some further expansion is required.
* [[Broad Run High School]] – Demoted from GA on 19 July 2009.
* [[Brunswick (Brittonkill) Central School District]] – Long and structured article, a few referencing and style issues.
* [[Cinco Ranch High School]] – Some stylistic things needs to be sorted out, but the main concern is that the article is poorly referenced.
* [[Charter School of Wilmington]] – More references needed and trivial information needs to be removed.
* [[Dhaka Residential Model College]] – Former good article which was delisted on 15 October 2010 due to poor sourcing.
* [[Durham School of the Arts]] – Some issues with images and references need resolving.
* [[Fenwick High School (Oak Park, Illinois)]] – Some image copyright and citation issues, the lead also needs improving.
* [[Gordonstoun]] – Issues with article neutrality and content.
* [[Hasland Junior School]] – Good referencing and quite a bit of information, just needs expanding slightly.
* [[Hopkins School]] – Former featured article demoted on 18 December 2007. More references and removal of trivial details is required.
* [[Hurst-Euless-Bedford Independent School District]] – Demoted from GA on 26 February 2010. Problems with dead links and an excessive number of lists.
* [[Institut Le Rosey]] – Much improved since last attempt at gaining good article status. Further pictures of the school could be helpful. Also see [[Talk:Institut_Le_Rosey#GA_fail|GA review]] and [[Wikipedia:Peer review/Institut Le Rosey/archive1|peer review]].
* [[Jamaica College]] – Some issues with article structure and images, plus more expansion needed.
* [[King's School, Ely]] – See [[Wikipedia:Peer review/The King's School, Ely/archive1|peer review]] and [[Talk:King's School, Ely/GA2|latest GA review]]: has some prose/organizational issues. History needs to be re-written in chronological order; many excellent sources are available for doing so.
* [[La Salle Green Hills]] – Needs to follow the [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style]], and there are also some neutrality, prose quality, and citation issues.
* [[Lethbridge Collegiate Institute]] – Demoted from GA on 28 February 2010. Some problems with dead links in the article's referencing remain.
* [[Limavady Grammar School]] – Generally a well written article. If possible further expansion is needed.
* [[Lubbock High School]] – Former good article, which was demoted on 9 June 2009.
* [[Oak Park and River Forest High School]] – Some referencing issues remain.
* [[Phillips Exeter Academy]] – See [[Talk:Phillips Exeter Academy/GA1]]
* [[Plano Senior High School]] - Demoted from Featured Article on 9 April 2015.
* [[Preuss School]] – Demoted from A-class on 25 February 2010. Issues with missing and dead references, need to improve the lead, and a lack of more recent information about the school.
* [[Proviso East High School]] – Some content gaps and referencing issues.
* [[Robert College]] – Demoted from GA on 6 September 2009. Problems with neutrality and referencing.
* [[Rossall School]] – See [[Talk:Rossall School/GA1]].
* [[Rowan-Salisbury School System]] – Possible further expansion and some wording issues.
* [[Scotch College, Melbourne]] – Well written but still needs expansion.
* [[Scotch College, Perth]] – Demoted from GA on 7 June 2009.
* [[Shenandoah Valley Academy]] – Needs further expansion.
* [[Sylvan Hills High School]] – A small amount of clean-up, a few referencing gaps, and possibly further expansion.
* [[Tamalpais High School]] – Some referencing style and layout issues remain.
* [[Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology]] – Issues with images need resolving, more should be added if possible.
* [[Trinity College, Perth]] – Needs further expansion and more third-party references.
* [[Upper Canada College]] – Needs referencing issues to be resolved.
* [[Wellington College, Berkshire]] – See [[Talk:Wellington College, Berkshire/GA1]]
* [[Wesley College, Melbourne]] – See [[Talk:Wesley_College,_Melbourne#To_Do_List...]]
* [[Westfield High School (Fairfax County, Virginia)]] – Demoted from GA on 14 March 2010. Various areas of problems including reference gaps, image copyright concerns, and an excessive focus on controversy.
* [[Wheaton Warrenville South High School]] – Long article but some referencing issues remaining.
* [[William A. Shine Great Neck South High School]] – The article lead needs improvement, more third-party references are required, and some parts need better focus.
* [[Central Catholic High School (Bloomington, Illinois)]] – Needs a bit more fleshing out, some copy-editing, and preferably more third party sources but most of the content is there.
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== Requests, maintenance and monitoring ==
=== Article requests ===
The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Schools/Article requests|article requests department]] helps co-ordinate the creation of missing articles within the scope of the project. To request an article be created please visit [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Schools/Article requests#Requests]].

=== Articles recommended for deletion ===
* See [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Schools]] for a current list of schools which have been nominated for deletion
* See also [[Wikipedia:Watch/schoolwatch/Schools for deletion archive]] for a historic listing of school deletion debates

=== [[File:Crystal package settings.png|30px]] ‎Articles in need of emergency, short term attention ===
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* Please do not turn this list into a discussion thread. Coordination of work done/to be done should take place either at [[WT:WPSCH]] or on the article talk page
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* [[St. Joseph High School, Laoag City]]. One-line stub. Tagged since June 2010
* [[St Malachy's College]] - UK school, <s>needs infobox</s> and a bit of clean-up. May 2011.
* [[Aldridge School]] - UK school, <s>needs infobox,</s> and cleaning  up  for style and tone. June 2011.
* [[Haverstock School]] - UK sch. Needs expansion. Although notability is not inherited, this school has produced important alumni. August 2011.
* [[Wichita Northeast Magnet High School]] - Request for other authors to examine article. September 2011.
* [[Baochang High School]] - very  poor stub. Looks like a machine translation  from  Chinese. September 2011
* [[Williamsville North High School]] - Multiple issues, content needs pruning. Possible target for vandalism. Keep on watch lists. September 2011
* [[The S.B.O.A Matric. & Hr.Sec.School, Coimbatore]] -  very  poor. Needs a lot  of work and research. October 2011
* [[SM St Joseph Papar]] - entire contents written  in  a Wikitable. October 2011
* [[Dereham Neatherd High School]] -  UK  school. One-line stub. Needs infobox and Ofsted refs. November 2011
* [[Gaynes School]] -  UK  school. One-line stub only ref is schools.
* [[Lenzie Academy]] content dispute about undue coverage of negative things reported and referenced.  More eyes needed ASAP. [[User:Gtwfan52|Gtwfan52]] ([[User talk:Gtwfan52|talk]]) 00:19, 5 February 2013 (UTC)
* [[Westlake High School (Texas)]] have been trying to clean up promo tone and extreme out of guideline article.  various IP editors keep reverting.  More eyes needed. [[User:Gtwfan52|Gtwfan52]] ([[User talk:Gtwfan52|talk]]) 22:04, 3 June 2013 (UTC)
* [[St. Louis University High School]] highly promotional private school article.  Currently encountering much resistance trying to remove non notables from the notable list, but the whole article is highly promo in a sometimes typical fro private school fashion. [[User:Gtwfan52|Gtwfan52]] ([[User talk:Gtwfan52|talk]]) 04:13, 25 August 2013 (UTC)
* [[Nye County School District]] and [[Pershing County School District]]-never graded into the class system, cannot be linked to other school-related pages. [[User:DudeWithAFeud|DudeWithAFeud]] ([[User talk:DudeWithAFeud|talk]]) 01:24, 8 January 2014 (UTC)
* [[New R. S. J. Public School]] The page requires a map for both the buildings. It need improvement in Hindi and Simple English Wikipedia. It also needs rating on Importance scale.--prathamprakash29 12:10, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
* [[Eastside Catholic School]]  A lot of previously cited and neutral content that existed before late-2013 has been replaced by copypasta from the school's marketing material. <small>[[User:Goldman60|<span style="background-color:gray;font-variant:small-caps;font-weight:bold;padding:1px 4px 1px 4px;color:yellow;">Gold Man60</span>]]</small> [[User talk:Goldman60|<small>Talk</small>]] 09:33, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
* [[Rosepine High School]] I tagged the article as not notable, not written like encyclopedia, and no sources. The article needs to be corrected or it should be deleted. [[User:Delta13C|Delta13C]] ([[User talk:Delta13C|talk]]) 20:09, 1 December 2015 (UTC)
* [[Arcata High School]] Students adding material without sources and with no intention of stopping long enough to read the instructions.  I request help from someone experienced with Schools Project.  [[User:Ellin Beltz|Ellin Beltz]] ([[User talk:Ellin Beltz|talk]]) 17:54, 9 January 2016 (UTC)
* [[Special:PrefixIndex/Kendriya Vidyalaya]] - about 50 articles here. Urgently in need of removal of unsourced puffery and unencyclopedic information, as well as content that's duplicated from the [[Kendriya Vidyalaya|main article]]. [[Special:Contributions/103.6.159.65|103.6.159.65]] ([[User talk:103.6.159.65|talk]]) 16:39, 5 March 2016 (UTC)
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=== {{Anchor|Article alerts}} Article alerts and deletions ===
Listings of articles recently  proposed for [[Wikipedia:Good articles|GA]], [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|FA]], and [[Wikipedia:Deletion policy|deletion]].<br /> '''Deletions''': Please note that many school articles can be rescued or [[Wikipedia:Redirect|redirected]].<br /> Details are updated daily by  a bot. Click 'show' to view.
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== [[File:P social sciences.png|35px]] Participants ==
Participants in this project are listed at [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Schools/Participants|'''Participants''']]. If you wish to join our project and be of active help in '''maintaining the quality of Wikipedia school articles''', please add your name to the list. If you wish, you can then also add the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Schools/Templates|schools project userbox]] to your user page. This main page and the navbox on the right list some of the more urgent tasks; be sure to keep it on your [[Help:Watchlist|watchlist]].

== Templates ==
Use templates to further spread recognition of this project and create more consistent messages. They are explained and illustrated on our [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Schools/Templates|'''templates''']] page. There's also a small one you might like to add to your own user page.

=== Infobox templates ===
''For full instructions on the use of infoboxes for schools, see [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Schools/Article guidelines#Infobox]].''
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== Sister project links and related WikiProjects ==
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* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Education]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Education in Australia]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Education in Canada]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Higher education]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Lights Camera Wiki/School]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject School Years]]

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