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Written in the style of an advertisement

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I've added an Advert template to this page. Be easy on me; it's my first time flagging an article as such. That said, I think it's more than appropriate. Examples:

  • Sentences like "Urban students learn early on how to navigate a culture of collaboration, inclusion and mutual respect" are specifically lifted from the school's own material (PDF link)
  • The lede calls the school "innovative", which isn't substantiated, and is, again lifted from the school's homepage
  • The cost of going to this school is couched in "The Urban School, because it is private and self-supporting", which is a defensive / editorializing framing.
  • Some other superlatives thrown in there:
    • title-winning
    • highly selective
    • state-of-the-art
    • award-winning

All-in-all, there's a lot of copy & pasting from marketing material without citing the source, and a lot of editorializing about how excellent this school is. The school may be excellent, but this article needs to stick to the facts.

General Edits

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I've made some changes for the sake of clarity. I'm an urban alumnus. I hope that my changes are in keeping with what is currently going on at the school. starkt 13:08, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

3/19/2007: I have added a table (which as been appropriately cited) to condense information. Additionally, a photo of the school (as taken from the school's page) has been added.

COI tag (April 2022)

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large number of conflicted users have edited this promotional article. Theroadislong (talk) 19:22, 1 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

It sure looks that way. Going through the alumnis I found at least one article who's sole source was to the fact they went to the school, as well. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 19:24, 1 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Secondary sources?

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I'm having trouble finding any WP:SIGCOV of this school in secondary sources. I don't believe independent schools have assumed notability. Anyone able to dig anything up? ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 19:36, 1 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I found this. Not exactly what we're looking for. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 19:41, 1 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]