维基专题:学校/条目指引
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维基专题:学校/条目编写建议提供有关学校条目编撰的普通性指导,如条目架构等。本文为格式、条目内容之指南,并未经过社群认可,非维基百科正式的方针或指引。
若有意创建校园条目,特别是台湾高级中学、国民中学、综合高中、完全中学、高级职业学校、国民小学等各级学校者,台湾维基媒体协会之“台湾教育专案”另有提示建议:维基百科:台湾教育专案/彰县校园/学校条目建置懒人包。
鉴于英文维基百科中,高等(大专)院校条目指引与一般学校独立,我们在此不涉及高等教育机构的条目指引。不过,在相关指引建立前,您可以暂时于高等教育机构条目类推适用本指引。
条目命名
本节是对WP:命名常规的补充。
为了避免可能的歧义(例如:光是台湾就有5间以上的学校可以被简称为文昌国小)以及遵循名从主人原则,台湾的学校条目应使用其全称命名,如“台北市万华区龙山国民小学”不可以使用“龙山国小”。
至于汉语语境下,几乎不会使用到全称的学校,则可以通用校名建立条目,如“伊顿公学”不宜使用“温莎宫畔伊顿圣母英王书院”。
关注度
学校条目关注度适用教育机构关注度指引。除非您确定这间学校符合上述指引,且有可靠、独立第三方来源证明,否则我们不建议您建立学校的条目。
建立条目时,您可以在User命名空间起草条目,也可以在Draft命名空间建立草稿。为了避免条目正在扩充时,被热心的编辑提议以“资讯不完备”等理由删除,我们强烈建议您在条目撰写大致底定时,才移动到Main命名空间,让它成为正式条目。
如果您是维基百科新手,强烈建议您使用建立条目精灵辅助您建立学校条目。
一般诀窍
- 在您的沙盒中开始您的新条目,尤其这篇条目是您的处女作时。因为您只要公开这篇条目到主命名空间(main namespace),世界上的任何一个人都可以立刻看到她。如果您不知道怎么操作,可以访问WP:WPSCH/P列表上的其他使用者,他们会乐意协助。
- Style. Keep the prose 'tight'. This is an encyclopedia—avoid the use of familiar language, contractions (it's, he's, don't, etc.), and magazine or blog style. Do not use the first person plural 'we'.
- Avoid advertising. Don't use promotional language about your school or words that boost its image. Remember that this is an encyclopedia - it's not a school brochure, website, or Facebook entry.
- Avoid stubs. Only add schools that you are willing to do significant research on, and complete most of the generally required page sections. Don't automatically assume that someone else is interested enough in your school to finish it for you. Under certain conditions, very poorly made articles might simply get deleted and your effort will be lost.
- Avoid short sections. Consider combining sentences into flowing paragraphs of prose. Remember that books don't have one-line chapters. Section headings are large and too many in a small area make the page look ugly. Delete empty sections.
- Avoid ambiguity. Include the country of your school in the lead section. Wikipedia is read worldwide, and not everyone speaks the same English as you; some words have very different meanings in different countries. Dates should always be written out in full i.e. 4 July 1984 in the body as well as in inline references. Abbreviations must be written out in full at the first occurrence, and local terminology must be explained or wiki-linked, for example, K–12, Twelfth grade, Reception, sixth form. The letter K in the British school system is usually an abbreviation for Key Stage, but in the US is an abbreviation for kindergarten. Kindergarten is a pre-school in most European countries but part of the school system in North America. A prep school in the UK is an independent (private) primary/elementary school catering for students up to the age of 13 whereas in America a prep school prepares students for entry to university. A grammar school is a selective secondary school in Europe but an elementary school in North America. A college in the US is usually a university. In the United Kingdom, college has a multiplicity of meanings: Sixth form colleges and further education colleges provide education for students aged between 16 and 19 years. In the tertiary sector the universities of Oxford and Cambridge are made up of constituent colleges. College is also sometimes used to refer to university education.
- Write a strong lead. Be sure to write a lead that concisely summarizes the school into one or two paragraphs which make sense to someone who may know nothing about the school in question, and remember to include the country where the school is located.
- Support your contributions. Before you start an article on a school, or make additions, it is strongly suggested you first have an adequate amount of verifiable information about the school readily available, written in reliable published sources, independent of the school. This will make meeting the recommended content requirements far easier than trying to find all the information after you have already started the article (or hoping others will).
- Images.: Using images and school crests, emblems, or logos can greatly enhance articles, but only use them when they help illustrate the topic (e.g. are relevant), and ensure that they are freely licensed or in the public domain (See Wikipedia:Image use policy). In most cases, the only way to accomplish this is for you to take the photo yourself and upload it following the instructions for licensing. For crests, emblems, or logos, see the special instructions in the infobox section.
- 资讯框:资讯框是很多种页面的重要元素。资讯框给定固定的格式,可以概观一所学校的重要资讯。(参看下方段落)英文维基百科规定,旗帜符号不应被使用。
- Go back to your new article in a day or two to see if it has been tagged for you to do something urgent to it. Someone might even have listed it for deletion.
- Return to your article frequently. A Wikipedia article, like all encyclopedias, is always a work in progress. Heads change, the number of students changes, new inspections are published, some former students (alumni) become famous, and someone may have changed your edits and damaged your work.
- Avoid bulk additions. The mass creation of short school articles is strongly discouraged and can even cause authors to be blocked for disruptive editing.
- Get help! post a question at WP:WPSCH/H or check out the various lists of coordinators and active members of this project at WP:WPSCH/P and don't hesitate to ask for help on their talk page, many of them are beginners too and you can help each other, while some of the lists are of really cool experts who just love to help out.
- Be bold! If you have already edited Wikipedia pages, you probably know what perfect articles look like. They cover everything they should without going on forever. Common sense could have told you almost all of the items mentioned above. Ultimately, assume good faith and go out there and write some good articles!
中立的观点
保持中立的观点描述学校。避免华而不实的称赞称赞、过度的描绘性形容词(就算参考来源就是这么写着)。无论各该学校是公立还是私立,皆不应为宣传语调。
避免提及学校的教育理念、教育目标,这通常只是宣传。
避免比较竞争性的、用以促进学校的体育成果、升学考试成绩等资料。就算撰写大专院校条目,依然要避免过度热衷推广学术。之前曾有一些例子:
- “某校拥有悠久、辉煌的历史。”
- “某校被认为是甲省、甚至甲国最顶尖的公立高级中学之一。”
- “某校是甲国录取率最低的学校(之一)。”
- “某某国民中学国中教育会考A等第者占87%,有86%的学生通过全民英检初级。”
避免列出在某一大专院校获得学位的学生姓名或数量。
结构
编写学校专题相关条目时,建议您依循格式手册的指示,与内容无关的字词不要做出内部链接,如年月日(这部分的话,如果有特殊相关性,可以酌予通融)。
若要写出一篇好的学校条目,关键在于说明这间学校为何独特?和其他学校有何不同?他有什么特殊的课程吗?或是有着历史悠久的冠军队伍?有名的校友?或发生了什么知名事件?
条目章节
以下章节名称仅供参考,可依照学校实务组织来调整。不要分出很短的段落;条目若非常短,最好不要分章节,避免不必要的页面混乱。
资讯框的内容
对于中小学条目适用的资讯框,社群已经在2020年间完成整合,现在我们统一使用{{Infobox school}}。
建议填写
- 所在地
- 街道地址、所在行政区、邮递区号、地理座标。对于英国学校,请填入组成邦:英格兰、苏格兰、北爱尔兰、威尔士,他们各有其教育制度及主管部门。
- 学生人数
- 建议附上参考资料,或至少标记资料年分(如
(2007)
)。其他随年度而变更的资料,如预算、教职员工数、生师比、毕业生,也应该如此。 - 校训
- 如非中文,应使用适当之语言模板,并附上汉语翻译。
- 视觉象征
- 该校徽章、标志、校印、象征或臂章。可自该校网站复制或自校方文书扫描而得。必须提供来源、授权条款,并遵循合理使用规定。
- 官方网站
- 我们建议您到维基数据更新这方面资料。
关于视觉象征部分,一般难以取得自由版权档案,可以使用在户外长期展示的校徽替代,惟须留意原创性门槛和全景自由。(2019年6月讨论参照)
建议避免填写项目
- 联络方式:例如电话号码、传真号码、电子信箱。(见相关方针)
- 副职领导人与临时职位:例如副校长、副主席(见相关方针)、代理校长
- 尊称:前缀或后缀字(CEO、Dr、BA、BSc、MA、PhD等)及性别用语(先生、女士)。例如:不要使用“党委书记:王大华先生”,只需要写出“党委书记:王大华”就好了。
- 国家旗帜:在所在地栏位,勿添加如{{USA}}( 美国)的旗帜模板,请单纯使用“
美國
”或“[[美國]]
”
首段(引言、导言)
建议您在第一句中使用粗体字标示该校的官方全衔、常见名称及历史上使用过的其他名称,并描述其类型与位置。如:
在导言中,可以提到学校的历史渊源与特点,例如:谁创立了这所学校?创校时,学校的名称是什么?学校是否和其他教育组织有关系,或者隶属于某一学校系统/联盟?可以简要写出学生人数(注意:尽量使用最新资料,标记资料的日期。如果这些资料需要非常频繁的更新,建议您三思而后行)。
导言应总结文章的主要部分——历史、校友、建筑等。内容需要参考来源来证实,不过如果其后诸段已经有正确的引用,在首段可不必重复引用。
其他章节
== 學校歷史 ==
== 管理體系 ==
== 學校組織 ==
== 招生情況 ==
== 課程教學 ==
== 課外活動 ==
== 校園環境 ==
== 獎項及榮譽 ==
== 知名校友 ==
== 知名教職員 ==
== 歷屆校長 ==
== 參考文獻 ==
{{reflist}}
== 外部連結 ==
* {{official|www.example.edu}}
- 校史:描绘这所学校的历史,及其发展的重要里程碑。如果该校是以某人命名,记得放个内连连结到他的条目(不过有个前提,就是那位老兄具有关注度。如果没有的话,简单用一两句话带过他的生平即可)。如果适用的话,可以提及该校命名来由,还有和这个名字的联系。
- 管理体系:描述其法律状态、委托契约(foundation deed,如果是私校)、主管单位(如果是国立学校)或理事会的组成。
- 学校组织:描述学校如何管理学生的宗教、学术或竞争活动。谈及班级规模、编班方式、家长与学校如何联系、特殊需求。如果人员配置值得关注(如院系、科别等),亦可在此讨论。
- 招生情况(若具关注度):描述其录取方式、超额比序方式,学费和奖学金亦在此节讨论。
- 课程教学:提供学校课程的简要说明。它遵循国定、州定课程还是自己的校定课程?可聚焦其特色课程,如它是当地唯一一所教授德文或客家语的学校吗?它有烹饪科吗?请勿列出所有科目的清单以及学校的表现(performance),读者可以从学校的宣传折页或校网获得这些资讯。
- 课外活动:提及代表性的校队及值得关注的内容。如果该校有一些学生会、校刊、俱乐部、定期活动等传统特色,亦可在此讨论。本节标题可依据其校队、社团、传统或学生会的重要性而稍做变化,如写为学生会、体育及传统或班联会活动。
- 请勿列出人数过少的迷你社团或无指导老师、仅由学生管理的社团。所有学校都有社团,不过列入这些社团不是百科全书需要的学校基础描述。
- 除非像是在学时就出名的丹尼尔·拉德克利夫等,否则不应该提到特定学生。主要的课外锦标赛应列入“体育”、“田径”或“活动”的章节,可包含和该校声誉特别相关的任何成就,建议仅列出其最高成就,避免过度重视次要者。通常不应列出学生个人荣誉。
- 校园环境:描述校园的整体形状、大小,如有自由版权图像,则应包含在内。如果某栋建筑或体育馆本身或建筑师有趣、非常有名或值得关注,则可提及,并考虑列出单独的建筑(校舍)章节,如英文维基百科之伦敦学校#建筑。不包含每栋建筑物的所有细节、教室或设备的细节。
- 奖项及荣誉:列出该校(或其教职员工生)获得的著名奖项、认可、荣誉。本节应仅列出“本身具有知名度”的奖项。若学校曾多次获得相同类型奖项(如2020年获得甲奖项、2022年获得甲奖项),不宜将之分开表列。倘若本节过长,应拆分出子条目,仅在主条目留下摘要。编者亦可斟酌于条目其他段落提及奖项与荣誉,且不受限于该奖项本身须具备知名度之前提。至授予学校社团、校队之奖项,宜表列于其他恰当段落,如“体育及传统”段落,您可查看“课外活动”章节指引,了解这类段落替代性标题的细节。倘若该校仅只获得少数的学术奖项,应考虑是否以散文式书写列于“课程”段落即可。
- 知名校友:若可能,提供具关注度的校友名单,并列出适当、可查证的细节。如果此章节过长,可另建新的条目(如国立彰化高级中学校友列表)。本节亦可概述该校校友,参酌列出合宜、可得的细节,如校友对学校名誉的影响、校友所活跃的社会领域,或他们对社会的影响。请见#校友一节以了解更多资讯。
- 知名教职员:此处仅应收录本身具关注度(例如本身是作家、曾获得某教育奖等)的现任/退休教职员,或者被非常新闻报导。
- 历任校长:列出历任校长并简述其贡献,如过长则应拆分,如英文维基百科的伊顿公学校长列表。
- 参考文献 – 提供这所学校的可查证、可靠资讯(独立于学校本身之外)。条目不应仅包含自我提及之内容(含维基百科条目)。学校官网并非独立来源,不过仍可引用作为无关价值判断的资讯其参考来源,例如学校架构。提及学校获奖/荣誉及争议事件时,第三方来源更适合且尤其重要。For private schools in North America, an accreditation body or government source should be provided to show the organization is a legitimate school; for the UK this will generally be Ofsted. There is no requirement on Wikipedia for sources used in articles to be online; either online or offline sources can be used as long as they are correctly cited, reliable, and published. 如果参考来源为线上资源,要考虑可能未来会无法浏览,有的传播媒体甚至仅提供一段时期的免费浏览。因此,您应完整记录其作者、出版来源、完整标题、日期,如果可行,也可以将之存档。参照Wikipedia:列明来源中注释格式的技术性细节。
- 外部链接:记得要有该校网站,如果有中文版会更好。列出一些读者可能有兴趣的连结, but whose contents might be beyond the scope of inclusion in the article (for example, links to the school's Parent Teacher Association). For understanding of adding external links to the school article(s), see guidelines of adding external links.
学区及学校条目列表
若您想要创建获改善学区条目,或学校条目的列表,您可以在Dallas Independent School District找到完整的学区条目范例、List of schools of the Dallas Independent School District找到完整的学校条目列表范例。如果您觉得那太复杂了,稍微没那么复杂的范例可以参考List of Clark County School District schools。
不应写入的内容
School articles should be written from a neutral point of view and only contain material of encyclopaedic interest; lists should be kept to a minimum; prose with context to the individual school is preferred. Remember that Wikipedia is not a directory, a depository of news links, a host of primary source material, or a place for promotional material or advertising.
Any mention of living people must conform with the biography of living persons policy, including the presumption in favour of privacy. While naming the head teacher or principal is permitted, lists or detailed information about current or former pupils, parents of current or former pupils, administrative staff, school secretaries, current or former teachers etc. is usually inappropriate. Special care should be taken in regards to the mention of individual pupils or providing information that would allow individual pupils to be identified (particularly where they are underage); such disclosures should only occur in exceptional circumstances. School articles must be balanced, and not give undue prominence to events outside the control of the school, that have involved staff or students.
学校条目尤其不应该 出现:
- 大量有关服装仪容的细节,除非有多项第三方来源叙及。惟制服可在没那么多来源的情况下简短 地被介绍,尤其如果制服很特别的话。
- Trivia which is only of interest to pupils in the school (such as school timetables, bell schedules, class-by-class rules, daily lunch menus, location of the toilets, or a room-by-room description of the school facilities);
- Wikipedia articles about schools must be neutral. The purpose is not to bring shame to educational institutions. Any such additions will be removed by the School Project coordinators or any other editor. The fact that such activities may be reported in the press is no business of an encyclopedia. Persistent reinsertion of such content may result in sanctions for the editor. See: WP:NOTNEWSPAPER, WP:UNDUE, WP:NPOV,and WP:BLPCRIME.
- Current school events which are only of short-term interest;
- 电话号码、传真号码、电子邮件位址(邮递区号写在资讯框中,是可被接受的)
- Country or regional flags, including within infoboxes;
- 接受该中学学生就读的学院、大学列表
- 照抄学校的任务陈述,如教学目标等,因一般被视为广告
- Comparisons of sports results, exam results, etc. between schools which introduces rivalry, unless third-party reliable sources themselves make such comparisons; otherwise this is a form of original research. Such content can also be considered promotional, and although written for colleges and universities, the advice in Wikipedia:Avoid academic boosterism also applies here;
- 校歌歌词。 However, the lyrics may be placed on Wikisource and linked to from the article using
{{Wikisource}}
if it can be verified that the song is in the public domain or has been released by the copyright holder under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike licence. See Wikipedia:Public domain and Wikipedia:Non-U.S. copyrights for guidance on when material will enter the public domain. - 有关升学考试成绩表现,均不应录入。例如:不应该提到“某高中有多少比例的学生高考在该省平均前50%”(中国大陆),也不应该提到“某国民中学全体学生均在国中教育会考获得B以上成绩”(台湾)。
- 校内的学生组织,无论是校队、社团或学生会,都只应于能找到来自第三方参考来源(不可以是学校官方,或教育行政主管机关出版的资讯来源)有效介绍的前提下写入。如果引用上述参考来源后,仅能写出组织名称,导致条目相关段落变成社团目录,则不应该写入。参见Wikipedia:维基百科不是什么#维基百科不是目录。
另外,有关历任校长部分:历任校长不应全部列出于条目中,而是按以下原则决定是否列出:
- 具备独立关注度的校长,当然可以列出。其条目若存在,并应给出内部链接。
- 如果有第三方来源提及某校长任内在这间学校的政绩等事,而非仅有一笔带过他的姓名,可以列入。例如:
- 《中国时报》1990年代的报导,综整一位中学校长王梁甫退休前在云林县立土库国民中学与台湾省立土库高级商工职业学校的贡献。那么,可以在这两间学校的历任校长章节列出王梁甫,并应引用该篇报导作为参考来源,以佐证。
- 台中一中音乐课师生冲突时,媒体报导提到:“XX高中A校长认为,学生的行为非常不应该。”如此,则这篇报导就是属于“仅有一笔带过他的姓名”,不可以视为有第三方报导提及A某在XX高中的政绩
依据上述原则决定哪些校长可以被写入条目后,历任校长章节应该提到:
- 校长的姓名
- 校长的任期
- 任内的贡献或重大事件
在姓名、任期部分,允许仅使用学校官方资料,然而任内贡献或重大事件部分,应该要有独立第三方参考来源。
历任校长可以独立成一个章节,当然也可以与校史或校内知名人物等章节合并。
Formatting
Capitalisation
- School subjects would generally be lower case except where they contain proper nouns such as languages. If referring to a specific named course like Geography 205 Spatial Distribution of Populations, that would be capitalized. For a high school class where there's one course in the social sciences department named Geography, it could be capitalized, but there's seldom a need to. Generally – capitalize proper nouns. People in education tend to overcapitalize subject areas, but Wikipedia doesn't.
Applicable categories
Try to avoid overcategorization. Generally all of Category:Education, but especially articles in the subcategories of
- Category:High schools and secondary schools by country for secondary schools and high schools, divided by country and then subdivided by state, county or region
- Category:Middle schools for middle schools, divided by country and then subdivided by state or region
- Category:Elementary and primary schools for elementary or primary schools, divided by country and then subdivided by state, county or region
- Category:Private schools for private (non–government run) schools
- Category:Educational institutions by year of establishment categorized by year the school was founded, divided by century, decade, and then year.
- Category:School districts (for schools in Australia, Canada, and the US)
See also:
- List of schools by country
- List of the oldest schools in the world
- Category:Education by country
- Category:Public education in the United States for American public school (government-run) systems and broader public education topics, divided by state.
相关参考工具
历史
Some schools have published histories. Check the online catalogue at WorldCat. For UK schools the best reference is COPAC. Smaller schools might not have deposited a school history with one of the major deposit libraries so check the catalogue of the relevant local library (most are now online). Even if you do not live in the locality it is possible to borrow any book for a modest fee via the inter-library loan system
Many schools have buildings which are of architectural importance. Some English schools have been classified by English Heritage as listed buildings and are included on the Images of England website, while some American schools are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Statistics
Australia
- My School is a website administered by the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) which provides access to information about Australian schools.
- SchoolChoice provides information on a number of New South Wales and Victorian schools (mostly private schools), including history, enrolment numbers, facilities, location and occasionally alumni. Please note that fees and revenue information should not be included in Australian school articles.
- Australian Boarding Schools' Association has a fairly comprehensive listing of boarding schools in all the states of Australia. Includes introductory information about schools, enrolment statistics, contact details and year levels offered.
- Australian Schools Directory Provides fairly detailed information on schools with featured pages.
United Kingdom
(Note: Following major changes in UK government in 2010, some UK agencies have changed their focus and/or their websites. See also: Independent School Inspections)
- England:
- The Department for Education (DfE) on the GOV.UK website has comprehensive information about schools.
- "Get information about schools" page allows you to search for a school and provides detailed information such as location, enrolment figures and a link to the school’s Ofsted reports page.
- The "Standards" page, which contained comprehensive lists of Beacon Schools, academies, and specialist schools, has been "decommissioned" following the 2010 United Kingdom general election – an archive can be found here.
- Schools are inspected by Ofsted (a separate government department independent of the DfE) and independent schools are inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI).
- Most county councils and district councils have comprehensive websites which provide details of school admissions policies and other useful information. The "Find your local council" page on the GOV.UK website allows you to find your local council by entering a postcode.
- Many schools are academies and the websites of these schools as well as the "Get information about schools" page has a link to the controlling Academy trust. They publish annual reports and financial statements that may be of use.
- The Department for Education (DfE) on the GOV.UK website has comprehensive information about schools.
- Scotland:
- Education Scotland and its "Parentzone Scotland" page on the GOV.SCOT website has comprehensive information about schools.
- "Find a school" page allows you to search for a school and provides basic information such as location, SEED Number and a link to the school's inspection reports.
- Schools and ISC-member independent schools are inspected by Education Scotland.
- The "School Information Dashboard" provided by the Scottish Government allows you to search for a school and provides detailed information such as location, enrolment figures, ratio and full-time equivalent.
- Education Scotland and its "Parentzone Scotland" page on the GOV.SCOT website has comprehensive information about schools.
- Wales:
- The Department for Education and Skills (DfES) on the GOV.WALES website has comprehensive information about schools.
- "My Local School" page allows you to search for a school and provides detailed information such as location, enrolment figures, ratio and full-time equivalent. The "Get information about schools" page on the GOV.UK website can be used to find the URN of the school and provides basic information.
- Schools and ISC-member independent schools are inspected by Estyn. Stats are published by the Welsh Government.
- The Department for Education and Skills (DfES) on the GOV.WALES website has comprehensive information about schools.
- Northern Ireland:
- The Department of Education (DENI) on the GOV.UK website has comprehensive information about schools.
- Schools Plus page allows you to search for a school and provides detailed information such as location, enrolment figures, ratio and full-time equivalent.
- Schools and ISC-member independent schools are inspected by Education Training Inspectorate (ETI).
- The Department of Education (DENI) on the GOV.UK website has comprehensive information about schools.
United States
- The National Center for Education Statistics' Search for Public School Districts provides numbers of students, schools, staff, and students; total budget numbers; and more. It can be cited easily with Template:NCES District ID.
- Each state has an education agency that oversees the state's schools & school systems and publishes information reports. i.e. Texas Academic Performance Reports.
Awards
(Note: These are examples only and the list is not intended to be exhaustive. Contributors are welcome to add other notable international or national awards here so that they can be researched and used by other school article editors.)
Awards should only be mentioned if they themselves are notable. Not all awards are genuine awards. Local awards for Beautiful Gardens around the schoolyard, or Good Food for the school canteen do not really count.
In the United Kingdom, information on awards is available at UK teaching awards, and at School Achievement Award Scheme. Budget allocations for a Specialism College (in the UK) are not items for the 'Awards' section.
In the United States, information on awards is available at Blue Ribbon Schools Program run by the United States Department of Education and at Blue Ribbon Schools of Excellence Program (BRSE). See also Wikipedia article: Blue Ribbon Schools Program.
In Australia, the Citizenship Award Order of Australia in Queensland confers awards to primary and secondary schools in Queensland each year. Such awards could contribute to the level of notability required for primary school articles. People's Choice Awards gives one prize per year for a school video from over 1,100 registered contenders.
Global: The International School Award for cross-cultural school projects is administered by the British Council in the UK and with partners in many other countries.
校友
All alumni information must be referenced. See Wikipedia:Footnoting for technical help. Individual alumni need a citation to a) verify that they did indeed attend the school, and b) verify the statement of their notability in their short one- or two-line description. When alumni have their own articles in mainspace, it is not necessary for their notability to be referenced, as long as it is done in the biographical articles. Be sure to check the existing biography article to ensure that it demonstrates alumni status with a cited reference.
- Who should be included?
For stand-alone lists of alumni, alumni to be included must meet the normal criteria established for that page. Inclusion in Lists of alumni included as part of a large article should be determined by WP:SOURCELIST and the same criteria used to determine the inclusion of other material in the article according to Wikipedia policies and guidelines (including Wikipedia:Trivia sections).
All alumni meeting these criteria are to be included on an alumni list, regardless of how much time they have spent on a school roll, from one day to several years, and whether or not they graduated.
- Style of entries
The Wikipedia:Manual of Style (embedded lists) guideline invites consideration of whether information might be more appropriately presented in list or prose form. As the notable alumni of a school typically form an assorted group with little in common, describing all of them in prose would be clumsy. Unless there are very few notable alumni, lists are recommended as the most accessible way of presenting all of them. Adding a prose summary is encouraged, particularly if the list is split off as a separate article.
Entries should be bulleted and have a very brief description of their notability. Links to articles related to an entry are encouraged, but beware of overlinking, for example if many alumni have entered parliament, there is no need to link to the parliament of a certain country more than once. After a description, state when they graduated or what years they attended.
Alumni may be categorized alphabetically, or according to the field that made them famous: e.g. politics, medicine, academia. It is acceptable to list someone in more than one field, provided that this is mentioned in a side note. Add something like: "(Also listed in sport)".
As all alumni who attended a school for any amount of time must be included across all alumni articles, some attendees will have attended more than one school. Place in brackets the name of any other schools that they attended.
- Most Rev Sir Marcus Loane KBE, Anglican Archbishop of Sydney (1966–1982) (also attended King's School)
- Separate alumni pages
If a list of alumni in a school article becomes quite large, consider moving it to another page entitled "List of...". It is not necessary to include "notable" in the article title, as all articles in the mainspace need to follow notability guidelines. Have a look at other alumni pages in Category:Lists of people by school affiliation, for an example of a separate alumni page see List of Old Malvernians with its summary. If the alumni are listed in a separate article, the alumni section in the school article should link to the list article and provide a brief summary. See Harrow School#Notable alumni or Baltimore City College#Notable alumni for examples of such summaries.
- Notable alumni sources
Alumni to be included should meet Wikipedia notability criteria, and must be verifiable; a biography page in Wikipedia that does not provide a source cannot be used as a reference. The following is a list of external sources which contain notable alumni from various schools. Ideally this should be used for sources that are selective (separating the most notable from the rest of the alumni). When using information from one of these sources, always try to confirm it with another source (such as a newspaper article specifically about the person) and don't automatically assume any source is comprehensive, even in its field of expertise. Ideally you should confirm something from both sides (e.g. the school acknowledges the individual, and the individual acknowledges the school).
International sources
- Australian Dictionary of Biography – The Australian Dictionary of Biography has a quite comprehensive database of notable Australians. Most bios seem to mention the person's high school and university (if applicable).
- United States
Athletes:
- The Baseball Cube has a very extensive database of baseball players, with the data searchable by city, high school, college, team, etc.
- Basketball Reference has a list of NBA players' high schools, searchable by state.
- National High School Baseball Coaches Association contains lists of BCA award winners back to 1992, including National Senior Players of the Year Winners, Coaches of the Year and Assistant Coaches of the Year (by District), and National Groundskeeper/Field of the Year; District and National High School Baseball Coaches Association All American Teams, 2005 through 2007; National, District, and BCA/Louisville Slugger State Players of Year. The BCA Hall Of Fame lists coaches inducted after meeting criteria, including 20 years of varsity coaching experience, and being elected.
Local sources:
- Boston Public Schools – Includes various notable people like Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy. Lists about a dozen schools.
- Baltimore County Public Schools – Already partly used for Dulaney High School, but not all names could be used yet, either because their notability isn't confirmed, or a particular school doesn't have an article.
- Houston Independent School District - Used as a source in several articles about schools operated by this district
- Individual alumni information;
Use this sub-page for recording school alumni who can't yet be placed in an article (e.g. the school article doesn't exist yet). When an article is made, the info can be moved there. By linking from this sub-page, somebody who creates the article would see this in the backlinks.