User talk:Shapedy

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re: edits to Oak Park and River Forest High School

Greetings Shapedy!

I reverted an edit you recently made to this article and wanted to explain why.

The sentence that you edited was referenced and cited. In general, it is not acceptable to change a statement that has been cited, unless you also change the citation. The reference (the school's own website) very specifically states there are four stage performances.

Of course, the school website could be wrong .... often times because things change at the school without the website being updated. However, the threshold for wikipedia is verifiability, not truth. If you can find a source which supports your contention, please change back the edit, and please change the reference and cite for that sentence. Best of luck to you! LonelyBeacon (talk) 04:54, 3 December 2009 (UTC)