Talk:Bethany College (Kansas)/Archive 1

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• Sbmeirow • Talk • 08:04, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

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History section in body

BCprezoffice keeps putting the history section towards the bottom of the article, but I honestly think it should go as the first section under the lead section. As far as I know of, the history section in most education articles is the first section, and so to be consistent, it should be the first one here too. Thoughts? Corkythehornetfan (Talk) 18:42, 3 November 2014 (UTC)

I have to agree with Corky, although I'd listen to rationale for placing it somewhere else...--Paul McDonald (talk) 19:14, 3 November 2014 (UTC)

Mission and Values section

I am against the addition of the Mission and Values section because I don't Wikipedia is the right place for it. According to WP:MISSION, it says they rarely tell us anything useful and do not help establish the notability of the company or organization. Here are some problems listed at the page: (taken directly from WP:MISSION)

Even though mission statements are verifiable, they are written by the company itself, which makes them a primary source.
They contain boastful words and puffed-up, flowery language.
They contain vague unsubstantiated claims such as We are the industry leaders in commitment to <insert industry here> excellence.
They focus on the speculation about the future of the company: becoming the industry leader, or the top producer, or the most reliable manufacturer.
They are promotional in both tone and purpose.
They are not usually verifiable in third party sources

I just don't see how this should be in the article, as it fails WP:MISSION in my opinion. I'd be willing to discuss it to see whether it should stay or not. Corkythehornetfan (Talk) 19:09, 10 November 2014 (UTC)

IF it belongs in the article, it does not belong at the top. I agree that it is coming across in violation of WP:POV and is borderline WP:ADV. Wikipedia is not a free web hosting server. However, the mission and values may be worthwhile to include if there is a reason. But just listing them is not the reason.--Paul McDonald (talk) 19:20, 10 November 2014 (UTC)

I just did some major cleanup/purging of this article. I moved the history section back to the stop and deleted the mission section. BCprezoffice, per user name and clear admission in edit summary, is on a marketing mission here. Jweiss11 (talk) 12:26, 11 November 2014 (UTC)

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Alumni and faculty

Not sure if Kent Kessinger should be on the list or not. I guess it wouldn't hurt... but I'm definitely sure that Ted Kessinger belongs on the list! Thoughts?--Paul McDonald (talk) 15:45, 11 November 2014 (UTC)

I would include him. He meets WP:BIO and has an article. If someone disagrees with the addition of Kent, then we can always add sources to back it up. Corkythehornetfan (Talk) 18:18, 11 November 2014 (UTC)