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Debating section

The new debating section is a good addition to this article. However, it is a bit too long given the overall length of the article (called undue weight in Wikipedia's guidelines). My suggestion is to condense the individual winner list by dropping the student names and just listing each award once with the years won. As in: NC Lincoln Douglas Debate State Champion, 2004, 2007, 2008.... If this is done, this list should be ordered alphabetically (I placed the list as it exists in chronological order per MOS. Also, it might be helpful to link this to the award to Lincoln–Douglas debate format since not all readers will know what this means. It also would be good to add some secondary sources, such as newspaper articles about the awards; the current sources are reliable but are not independent of the school since it is a member of the organization. Rublamb (talk) 12:23, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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-== Debate Team ==
+== Debating section ==
-I don't want to get into another Plano Football v. CA XC argument, but I do believe the debate section requires a tad more. debate is also HUGE in NC (as football is in Texas,) and the CA debate team's success is all more recent (ergo more relevant) than the Plano Football Teams' success (with their last champion title over a decade ago.) I'm just adding some hsitorical State Championships.
+The new debating section is a good addition to this article. However, it is a bit too long given the overall length of the article (called undue weight in Wikipedia's guidelines). My suggestion is to condense the individual winner list by dropping the student names and just listing each award once with the years won. As in: NC Lincoln Douglas Debate State Champion, 2004, 2007, 2008....  If this is done, this list should be ordered alphabetically (I placed the list as it exists in chronological order per [[Wikipedia:MOS|MOS]]. Also, it might be helpful to link this to the award to [[Lincoln–Douglas debate format]] since not all readers will know what this means. It also would be good to add some secondary sources, such as newspaper articles about the awards; the current sources are reliable but are not independent of the school since it is a member of the organization. [[User:Rublamb|Rublamb]] ([[User talk:Rublamb|talk]]) 12:23, 6 September 2024 (UTC)
-LD and PF are Huge in NC, with NC teams placing 1st and 3rd at Public Forum Nationals last year. Furthermore, PFdebate.org has noted the tarheel east district as one of, if not the most, competative PF districts in the nation. LD, while not so dramatic, is similar in importance.
-I don't mean to drive anyone crazy, it's just something I think should be explained in more detail as relevent information.  <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/65.87.175.169|65.87.175.169]] ([[User talk:65.87.175.169|talk]]) 03:04, 15 October 2008 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
-== Assessment ==
-I am assessing this article following a request at WikiProject Schools. I'm maintaining the exciting low-importance rating, as I don't see enough evidence at present to justify higher importance. In order to get [[WP:BCLASS]] the article will need to pass all of the B-class criteria, which it unfortunately does not at the moment, and hence I am retaining the existing C-class rating. Referencing does not need to be perfect for B-class, but the current article has large gaps in referencing in places which need to be filled. The lack of referencing is also impacting on the content itself, for example "Cary Academy has a few unusual schedule features." is stated in the schedule section. Unusual in comparison to what? A source is needed to back up such comments; really everything needs a reference except the most non-controversial statements per [[WP:V]]. Some parts of the article do also come-off to the reader as rather promotional. Per [[WP:NPOV]], the article content should be factual in nature, with any opinions given backed-up by sources and who made them identified ([[WP:YESPOV]] explains this more). For example, the speech and debate section states "Cary Academy is also known for its strong Speech and Debate Team, participation in which is available to Upper School students." Known by [[WP:WEASEL|who]], and in comparison to what? Sources for such content should preferably not be from the school itself (use as greater variety of sources as possible), and any reliable sources which disagree with that view will need to be provided also per [[WP:NPOV]]. The lead needs to be expanded to be better summarise the article per [[WP:LEAD]], and I would recommend re-organising the article to follow the standard section layout at [[WP:WPSCH/AG#S]]. On format, try to keep lists to a minimum, since prose is preferred, and always uses bullets (<nowiki>*</nowiki>) for vertical lists, or commas if it within a sentence. Never use dashes/hyphens (-) for lists. On external lists, please keep them to a minimum per [[WP:EL]] and avoid bare URLs. [[User:CT Cooper|CT Cooper]]<small><span style="font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;·</span>&#32;[[User talk:CT Cooper|talk]]</small> 16:41, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
-==Schedule Section==
-Do we really need a section about the school's schedule features? I think it may be better just to incorporate it into the academics section, rather than leave it a very short and entirely separate one. What does everybody think? [[User:Qazwsx999|Qazwsx999]] ([[User talk:Qazwsx999|talk]]) 20:37, 10 April 2011 (UTC)