User talk:TF951497642

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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 19:41, 11 April 2019 (UTC)

Isolation as punishment

Hi, have you considered the wider global context of isolation used as punishment for undesirable behavior?

• Pupils isolated in "windowless room" for 2, 3 or 4 days at a time (2005)
• "isolation rooms for unruly pupils" (2006)
• "isolation booths" -- "eight hours a day for up to three days in there as punishment, and would not be allowed out for breaks" (2005)
• " pupils are made to sit alone in silence for hours" (2018)
• [1] "confined in small booths for up to seven hours, for accumulated minor offences including forgetting a pen, making a paper aeroplane, looking out of a window and sucking on a mint" (2018)

I've previously seen an account where a child was confined to one of these "consequence rooms" for their having said thank you for being given their school lunch -- in that particular school, children were not permitted to speak to catering staff (even to say thank you), and therefore must be punished.

It is well worth examining the proportion of children placed in isolation rooms who belong to ethnic minorities, or are differently able. MPS1992 (talk) 00:58, 21 May 2019 (UTC)

Solotary confinement

There is a huge banner at the top of the page saying the article is too long and your solution to the article's issues is to add thousands of characters more? I know you are here for a college course assignment but your edits still have to improve the article. Much of what you wrote was newsy - this is not a newspaper. This isn't the place to write an essay. What you should be doing is summarizing and paraphrasing what reliable secondary sources have said. If they are silent on the subject, then you have nothing to write. John from Idegon (talk) 15:43, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

Interesting opinion! I found all the information to be reliable and saw a lack of a section for Oregon regardless of length. I wrote in a non biased manner and added content about the history and use of solitary in Oregon prisons. Thanks for your feedback John from idegon. :)

TF951497642 (talk) 22:24, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

• also it is spelled solitary.

What this means is you do not have consensus for your change so it stays out unless and until you do. I'd suggest you go to the article talk page and attempt to gain consensus that the addition of another 5k material about the state of Oregon mainly sourced to the state of Oregon is somehow an improvement in an article that is already flagged as too long and too US centric.

You also need to understand that article content is decided by consensus. Replying to a fellow editor in a snarky manner might work for you at UofO. The existence of your content here rests entirely on what your fellow Wikipedians think of it. So if you think being a snark will help you, feel free to continue. I'm done here, and don't expect any help from me. If you want your content in, start a discussion on the article talk page. Do not replace it without consensus. John from Idegon (talk) 23:11, 31 May 2019 (UTC)