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Selected member schools

What is the point to the reverts here? A short list would seem to add some valuable content to what is an exceedingly slight treatment of SACS. -- JJay 22:29, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

Because the list doesn't need to ballon to the 13,000 listed in greater and updated detail here. Arbusto 23:41, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

I'm going to add a fact tag to that number since I have been unable to confirm it. I would point out that your link has well under 1,000 colleges (eliminating candidates, and the various campuses for the same institutions). For the time being, I've changed the list definition to colleges. -- JJay 23:50, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

How are you not able to confirm it? SACS CASI accredits over 13,000 schools and school systems throughout the United States and overseas. Today, SACS CASI is the global leader in helping schools improve student learning through accreditation. It's right at the bottom of the official homepage. Arbusto 23:55, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

Good and thanks for removing the tag. And how many of that number are colleges and universities? -- JJay 00:02, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

What does it matter? It "is a regional accreditor for over 13,000 public and private educational institutions ranging from preschool to college level in the Southern United States." Why are you only changing the list to college? You are arguing that a list is helpful, but excluding some for no reason. Arbusto 00:05, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

Lists of members

What's the point of keeping a list of 13,000 members? Why is the person who is arguing that the list is helpful only including colleges? And why is he only including 18 schools out of that list? The link provided on the article with a list of members has statistics, dates of accreditation, accreditation expiration, and will be updated while the wikipedia list will not always. Arbusto 00:10, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

• If you want to change it to include high schools that is ok with me. It would seem that the issue is more meaningful for colleges though. Note that I have only removed two names from the list, so at no time has this list been over 100 members, let alone 13,000. -- JJay 00:15, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

I'm not saying the list has been 13,000. However, if someone wanted to make the list complete they could control-c that 48 page PDF file and paste in the list. There's no winning: either the list is going to be misleading and incomplete or you'll have a 13,000 school list. Arbusto 00:24, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

Right now it is defined as selected colleges. Hence, far less than 13,000 schools. I think for the time being it should be limited to colleges for which we have pages. I don't see anything misleading about that. On a side note, it seems kind of strange to do an article on SACS and not mention any schools that it has accredited. How is this article supposed to be expanded if we can't talk about schools? And if it is going to be limited to a few lines, why do an article at all, since there is far more info on the group right on their site? -- JJay 00:33, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

There is a SACS category. Arbusto 01:49, 3 April 2006 (UTC)