Talk:George School
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[edit] Quaker Schools
I took out the link to Category:Quakerism because I think that the link to List of Friends Schools and to Category:Quaker schools should be sufficient. Logophile 16:52, 22 May 2005 (UTC)
- agreed. If someone wants to know about Quakerism, that doesn't mean he wants to know about GS. Th'above user is right that he'll click on Quaker Schools from Quakerism if he wants to know about Quaker Schools, and that will bring him to GS.--Signor Giuseppe 14:51, 23 May 2005 (UTC)
This is an excellent article, I attended GS from 95-99 and I am pleased it has more then just a stub on Wikipedia, I will try and get some decent photos of George School next time I am there to upload into the article.
- I'm delighted that my classmates (I also attended from '95-'99) are enjoying this article that I've worked so hard on. It is still a pity that Westtown's is longer, and that we provide a link to them, but not vice versa. Then again, it's a bigger school and was founded first, so I guess that's okay...--Signor Giuseppe 23:26, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
- First of all it's not a competition. If you think the two articles need to be interlinked, then go edit `town's. The article's a good start, but there's still lots to be done. I'll add some suggestions below. --Ahc 12:59, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Improvement's needed Sept 2006
Here are some thoughts about what could be added to improve the quailty of the article:
- Images would be helpful, the school's logo and a campus scene (main building being the obvious choice).
- Lengthen the history section some. The school's 100 years old, we should have more to say about it.
- Notable alumni section. Many school's sites have one.
- Someone should check the schools project pages for appropreite templates and categories to add.
- Some basic school demographics (size, diversity stats, percentage of grads going to college).
Of getting some references in place would also be nice. Much of the current school information can probably be referenced to the GS site. History and such would probably require someone spending some time with Kingdon's book. --Ahc 13:18, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Location
Curiously, although the mailing address is Newtown, most of the campus seems to actually be in Middletown township. Worth noting? The township line is just south of the Newtown bypass. More confusing is that the link for Newtown goes to Newtown Borough, not Newtown Township. The bits of campus not in Middletown are in Newtown Township. -- Olof
[edit] Notable Alumni
I have removed Ennis Cosby (son of Bill Cosby) from the list of notable alumni, on the grounds that Ennis does not meet the Wikipedia criteria for notability. Frankly, he is known to the public only by virtue of his father's fame. That isn't enough to justify either a mention as a notable alumnus, or his own Wikipedia article. See Wikipedia:Notability (people). —Aetheling 03:52, 28 September 2006 (UTC) (GS '66)
- I also believe that Mary Martin, the actress, attended GS. Can't find a cite for that, maybe its in Kingdon's book.
[edit] Notable Faculty
If someone would like to argue the case that Eric Wolarsky qualifies as 'notable' for Wikipedia, perhaps they should spell his name correctly. -- Olof
[edit] Oldest co-educational high school?
Please cite this if you are going to claim this. For example, Punahou School was founded in 1841 and was co-educational from the start. AND all the way in Hawaii. --Kukini 22:53, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
- I agree with you, I just was following links from westtown, which was founded in 1799, which makes it the second oldest and thought, well, at least this this would be third oldest. Which it isn't, by far. Nice catch. leontes 22:56, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
- It was your catch that helped me make this one. It seems that many high schools are making claims such as this on Wikipedia. --Kukini 22:57, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
