Talk:Melbourne High School (Victoria)
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Nice article, Celendin. It's certainly grown since the first time I looked at it. :) --Randolph 03:53, 22 May 2005 (UTC)
Thanks, are you an Old Boy ? --Celendin 12:48, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
Maybe a MHSOB category should be created lolSmorter 04:15, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] User Box for MHS
I have created a user box for all the melbourne high students and supportors to put on their wiki home page, to add it to your home page simply cut the following text: {{User Melbourne High School}}. If you have done it correctly it should look like this.
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Melbourne High School (Victoria) is a proud supporter of Melbourne High School |
This user box was created by Ajindustries, a current student. Ajindustries 08:42, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Trivia
I think that the part about Lindsay Fox making a famous deal with the school to land his helicopter on the school oval is a silly joke that one of the older students may have put in as a bit of fun. If anyone know the real reason for why his helicopter does land on the oval, please include it. For now I'll just remove the bit about the deal. EDIT: Found the answer on Lindsay Fox's wiki page. Shaliron 09:27, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
- What is absolutely ridiculous about this article is that it makes the "seven pillars" rubbish sound like some sort of anti-hero secret society. As a current student I can say that all it is is some potheads that frequent the Art department tagging up the school. They are pretentious and false, and do not seek to "emphasise the importance of friendship and respect across all of the schools 4 year levels" in the slightest. I think that this should be deleted - as it is, essentially, completely false. The school has enough underserved accolades without people thinking it has its own secret society, much less if the society is merely a group of oxygen thieves intent upon spewing their "non-conformist" filth all over the already broken school.
- It is alright child, Inkblood will get you.
Hey, the tunnel leading to the yarra under the school is untrue, however there is a large cavity under the school that stretches to under the principal's offfice. How do I know? I asked the principal a couple of weeks ago before an assembly. Overall a very comprehensive article, and definately an accomplishment. - Fothers
The underschool area is owned by the Army Cadets, and used as their Q-Store. The validity of the tunnel is very possible, although it would have been Naval commanders escaping, because we were relocated to Camberwell High. - JC
[edit] Famous alumni
- "Bluey" Truscott - WWII fighter ace and sometime Melbourne goal sneak
I know he existed, but I question the credibility of the comments. For now, he has been removed. For future entries, please include source. --coblin 09:26, September 7, 2005 (UTC)
He is a WWII fighter pilot (he fought for Britain). Source is the Bluey Truscott scholarship pamphlet. Go find one for yourself =P -Readded him Ledward 02:19, 9 September 2005 (UTC)
- Russel Crowe went to Sydney Boy's High School, by the way. --coblin 09:27, September 7, 2005 (UTC)
- What does that have to do with this article? Zhanster 00:37, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
I meant "sometime Melbourne goal sneak"--coblin 05:02, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
[edit] protect?
This article seems to be getting a lot of vandalism recently. Not surprising—boys will be boys, even if they're boys that are meant to be smarter than that—but perhaps it would be a good idea to protect it... —Felix the Cassowary (ɑe hɪː jɐ) 12:01, 8 September 2005 (UTC)
I agree.--coblin 05:02, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
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- No, only Asians apply to get in and we all know they can't vandalise things. --Anonymous.
[edit] Inclusion of Julian Knight
Cassowary, you have misdefined "Famous" and confused it with "Infamous". In lists of alumni for schools they generally list people who have contributed to the community in a positive way. Maybe you should go and create an "Infamous Past Students" section if you really want to put Julian Knight in.
-removed Julian Knight (again)
Ledward 02:15, 9 September 2005 (UTC)
- Infamous people are still famous. (You yourself said he was ‘famous for the wrong reason’.) Julian Knight is a well-known MHS Old Boy who (at least while I was at MHS) was certainly spoken of often enough. His name warrants inclusion in the list as much as anyone else's. A section on 'infamous past students' separate from 'past students who are notable in the community for having done good things' would be stupid. Not including him is also not NPOV. (Also, its entirely debatable whether footballers have ‘contributed to the community in a positive way’—I vote we delete them, too!)
- —Felix the Cassowary (ɑe hɪː jɐ) 04:08, 9 September 2005 (UTC)
I agree with the inclusion of Julian Knight. He was famous. There is no need to remove infamous people. Wikipedia is neutral. It gives facts. It does not stand to bolster the image of MHS. --coblin 07:25, 28 September 2005 (UTC)
- I noticed Knight has been removed from the article, and the section renamed to Distinguished Old Boys. As he's far from 'distinguished', does anyone have any objection to the renaming of this section to Notable alumni? -- Longhair 06:13, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
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- Go for it Longhair! No objections here. Grumpyyoungman01 06:27, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Fluff
This article could do with a bit of a haircut. "World class", "former glory", etc. - brenneman(t)(c) 01:07, 12 September 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Famous alumni guidelines
Not trying to be authoritarian, but the alumni are getting out of hand.
There are alot of significant figures that rise from MHS, we can either not have this topic, or we can. If we do, we need the years they started/graduated (or left, if they didn't graduate). Also need sources please. --coblin 05:00, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
[edit] ex mhs murderer???
i hered a rumor at school a while ago that there was a guy from mhs ... does anyone know if there is any truth to this? ... annon
- you should read the bit about Julian Knight (above) --Shaliron 02:41, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Alumni queries
"*Chris Wardlaw - Australian Athletic coach for the Sydney Olympics, currently head of Hong Kong education" What is 'Honk Kong education'? and why is it notable?
[edit] Leadership struggles
The School awards, badges and rank section describes the Army and Air Force cadet ranking system before the school leadership system, and in greater detail. The cadets are one of many involvement activities, and do not warrant such a disproportionately large description in this section. This may give readers the impression that the cadets play a primary role in school leadership. Perhaps this could be trimmed down (with a link to the Australian Cadet Corps website for those who wish to know more), or the other non-cadet leadership roles increased in detail. For example, there is no mention of the music captain at all. Any thoughts? Rocket Surgeon 13:51, 13 April 2006 (AEST)
Agreed. Most of the Cadet ranks in the school are not as relavent to the school as compared to the actual leaders, i.e. Music Captain. Yes the rankings are of some importance but outside the walls of the actual members of cadets, they are not needed in so much detail to the general school community and this article.--Shaliron 11:59, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
Relatively easy to fix. Just add a "Music/Co-Curricula programs" section. Ledward 04:56, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
The AAC/AAFC are probably the largest and most influential of the groups at the School.
Are you guys kidding? A minority at the school wear badges...but cadets wear uniforms once a week. Plus, the military have had a great link to this school...more than you think...
[edit] Names of student leadership
We should revert/remove all names of current students which somehow make their way into the article. They are irrelevant to the actual history of the school, and imho are just plugs for themselves.
Ledward 05:00, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
Concur. Natronomonas 10:25, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Cock House
While the target of an awful lot of "hehe, giggle giggle it's funny" editing, I don't think we need to remove all references to it. I was under the impression the houses competed for the Cock House trophy, not Cockhouse... but my memory might be off. Anyone current/more knowledgeable able to help out? Natronomonas 10:25, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Edit Protect
How about edit protecting the article. There's vandalism on it everyday. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Demonblade (talk • contribs) 20:57, 22 August 2006.
- Not a lot of vandalism here - only one every few days over the past weeks which is not remarkable for a school article. Best to have it kept on watchlists and revert to keep the mess out - Peripitus (Talk) 12:01, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] NPOV Chorale & PIG
These two sections are still ridiculous in the sense that they endlessly self-plug.
I looked at it for about 15 minutes today and I have no idea how to fix it without removing the entire section completely; so I just tagged them. Someone do something!
Ledward 05:44, 20 September 2006 (UTC) I'll try to do my best.
But the sections will be cut down significantly.--Shaliron 08:17, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
We should remove those sections entirely and replace them with summaries of the Music Programme (which really deserves a section of its own) and the Involvement Programme. Excalibur2211 11:49, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
Fair enough then. If these involvements get a section, than so do all the others, so it'll be better if there's just a general overview on all of them.--Shaliron 03:28, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
Just added a section on the Music Programme, a quick 15 minute type up job. Probably has a lot of typos in it...can someone check and add for me? Thanks. Excalibur2211 04:26, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Listing Cadet ranks
Do, don't? There's stuff in there I think is relevant to Melbourne High specifically, especially the band note (not many other units have bands therefore the main AAC article will probably not include it, and relevance requires that all the ranks be listed). How would we cull this, if we do, as not to lose information? Excalibur2211 11:13, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Sporting Program
I was suprised that the article makes little mention of the sports program at MHS (besides from a brief mention of the Cockhouse comp), it being one of the key extra-curricular activities at the school. Someone should add a separate section similar to the one's on cadets and music; I would add one myself but I'm busy with study and unfortunately don't have the time. 10:27, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
Holidays is just around the corner Excalibur2211 13:45, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Major deviation
Seems like people have gone again for a major advertising fest with the PIG again.
Reverted back to Sharilon's version. Comparing that one and the current one, I think that one is better. There are things that have been added, but I'm lazy. Excalibur2211 13:44, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Involement Groups
whoever has changed the involvement groups has no idea about which groups are widely held at melbourne high. if you read the groups as they are shown on the page at the moment you would be completely misguided as to the actual structure of them inside school. i speak as a current student. so when i change it can the persiphus guy or whatever stop changing it back to his current misguided one? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 124.176.160.248 (talk) 06:44, 6 March 2007 (UTC).
