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[edit] Becoming a cosmetologistBeing a former beauty school student, I took the liberty of adding some "common knowledge" info about beauty school. If anyone wants to claim "original research" or demands citations, I will be happy to look for them, so just let me know. Succubus MacAstaroth (talk) 22:37, 25 September 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Several commentsIn many respects, the article is plagued by sloppiness and overly eager generalizations. Comments:
[edit] more info(Original comment from the village pump) For your cosmetology section of the Encyclopedia portion will you add more information about it. Like nature of the work, working conditions,and qualifications. Thanks.
The comment about booth rental being illegal in many states is vaguely worded and unsupported. I'm currently researching booth rental in hair salons, and I purposely look for restrictions on the practice. There are additional licenses needed in many states, but it is only prohibited in New Jersey and in Pennsylvania at present. I will offer citations the next time I discuss this; the laws are available online. --GiantLizard2008 (talk) 23:08, 1 October 2008 (UTC) cosmetology is not a bad thing 2 do in a job career bcuz alot of people get money doin hair so what do u think about this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.158.171.2 (talk • contribs) I think your opening discussion of cosmetology is rude. These people are specialized, and the great ones are highly educated most of them with at least one college degree, not that a degree means anything. [edit] cosmetolgy— Italic textA Cosmetolgy is a person who helps people with there apperance.Anopther word for a cosmetologist is beautision.A beauttision is a person that does hair,nails and facail apperances.If you wont to be a cosmetoligist,you would have to go to suchool so you can get your liscense for it. I am glad the person who wrote the article in the cosmetology section knows how to spell yah you need to go to s-c-h-o-o-l SCHOOL not suchool Im confused, where'd the definition go? - Cosmetology is a somewhat pretentious 'non-word' invented to, supposedly, refer to the treatment of skin, hair and nails... This statement is erroneous. The Random House Unabridged Dictionary states that the word cosmetology has its origins in the middle of the 19th century and comes from the Greek kosmeto(s) appended with the suffix -logy. (See [2] for reference.) Given that the word cosmetology is also listed in Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, and Princeton University's WordNet, I would hardly call cosmetology a non-word. I would also say, since the word is the standard descriptor for the profession and is contained within the title of that industry's accrediting commission (The National Accrediting Commission of Cosmetology Arts and Sciences; see [3]), that it is inaccurate to call it a pretentious term. Thraxamer 02:32, 6 March 2007 (UTC) [edit] Job Info!I was wondering..I've always wanted to be a cosmetologist..buuut I'm only in eigth grade and i have great tallent when it comes to other peoples bodies and hair and nails and make up but are there tips where to go to get the things you would need to score a job! and if i was going to what do i wear???????? cosmetologist make over $10,000 dollars a year —Preceding unsigned comment added by 168.10.46.125 (talk) 17:53, 9 September 2008 (UTC) sincerly, need help with fashion trend —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.175.175.238 (talk) 17:13, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] What to do to improve this articleEditors of this article will be interested in the pattern of hits to this article. They are unique among the articles I've checked, and highly suggestive.[4] On weekends, the hits drop to about half. As a webmaster, this is a clear indication to me that many readers come to this article with practical, job related interests. Of course Wikipedia cannot be promotional, and cannot be "how to". That being said, there should be some extra sensitivity in this article to the needs of the readers. A good place to start is following up on the two tag recommendations to improve references and to give a wider perspective -- certainly extending to English-speaking countries (other countries have their own Wikipedias). Schools seem to get enraptured with WP:PEACOCK language -- it's never going to be more inappropriate than in this sort of article, where it's crucial readers get a workable understanding of the field. So...this existing sentence is poor...
It's not only verbose, but it has (I believe?) factual misinformation. The essence of the sentence is that there are private and vocational schools. That's it. There is no other essential content to the sentence. Leave out the flowery language, tell readers what they need to know:
Notice this also makes the article more "international" ... e.g., it avoids mentioning "high school" ... which means little or nothing to people in England, India and the Philippines. When you keep the language trim, you can give the reader more before their attention drifts. I'm not an expert in this area, but write me on my talk page if you need editorial assistance. Regards, Piano non troppo (talk) 10:31, 11 September 2009 (UTC) | ||||||||||||||||
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