Talk:Bishop Wordsworth's School

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Well done. You have an article in the top 250 schools on wikipedia. However The infobox is not done using a standard box and you references do not use the ref tag However if someone corrects this then the article could go into the top 100 or so and ve a "good article". Need help? then ask at the schools project or Victuallers 13:53, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

Inofobox now seems OK. I've started to sort out the references using the proper tag. Hope you can finish off the job and provide proper descriptions.


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The football team list has been removed a number of times as it is not in my opinion in the spirit of wikipedia. Please add your comments. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.137.137.59 (talk • contribs)


I agree that it is unecessary and that it just clogs up the page. If there is a list on the school site, there could simply be a link to that page. CWH Lareneg 20:46, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Head boy's privileges

The stuff about keeping a goat was rumoured when I was at Bishops, the one about a sword is new to me. I'm inclined to think they're both made up. Can anyone confirm otherwise? Arthur Holland 17:51, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Way too much info

There is way too much info on the school here.

We don't need names of House captains, descriptions of uniform, lists of the duties of senior prefects. We don't need a description of the school council, or anything about the bitterness students feel about the rugby team. We don't need much about sport at all, except that the school has done well in some sports.

All of that sort of thing should be on the school's website, for which a link is provided at the bottom of the page. This article could stand to lose about 60% of its content. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 144.173.6.67 (talk • contribs)

---I trimmed the article considerably, but it's still too long IMHO. When you look at the other links in the group Wiltshire Schools, this is still by far the longest even after the changes. Schools that are much older and longer established are content to put down a brief history and a list of famous alumni. Wikipedia isn't here to provide free advertising to whoever wants it. There is still a LOT of information here which should be on the school's website, not here.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 144.173.6.66 (talk • contribs)

Does it need who won the house cup? - somewhat irrelivent in my mind. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.4.189.179 (talk • contribs)

I agree, and have removed it. MHDIV ɪŋglɪʃnɜː(r)d(Suggestion?|wanna chat?) 22:18, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] This is probably the sort of thing that is meant

'Recently the addition of a new Sports Hall complex, including a well equipped gym and aerobics studio has provided even more opportunity for boys to excel.'

That's probably the sort of thing the above poster means. This is blatent advertising for the school. NPOV? Hardly. If it were in quotation marks as a quote from the faculty, it would be pretentious, but acceptable. As it is, this is not at all in the spirit of Wikipedia.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 144.173.6.66 (talk • contribs)

N.B. that is a quote by a member of Staff; some of the Staff at Bishops can be pretentious! Nothing wrong with that! PLease will you all sign your additions! I will try tio restructure the page to cut it down, when I come of my forced wikiholiday! Englishnerd 17:35, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

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'Tis OK, have sorted it out now. MHDIV ɪŋglɪʃnɜː(r)d(Suggestion?|wanna chat?) 22:51, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Senior Prefects/Houses

This information is not notable, and is in violation of WP:NOT and should be deleted.144.173.6.67 07:56, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

No, it's not. The info is relevant to the subject. Why do you think that it is in breach of WP:NOT? MHDIV ɪŋglɪʃnɜː(r)d(Suggestion?|wanna chat?) 20:29, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
It isn't in any way notable. From WP:NOT "Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of items of information. That something is 100% true does not automatically mean it is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia". This is the longest Wiltshire School article, longer than articles for schools which have much longer and more distinguished histories. This is largely because it is full of information which has no notability, and should be on the school's webpage. If I delete this and it is reverted again, EnglishNerd will be in violation of 3RR. I'm going to be sporting and wait for the day to finish, so that the two reversions he has made are archived. However, this page is far too long, and needs to lose, I would imagine, 40% of it's content.144.173.6.67 23:10, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

No, I won't. It's only within 24 hrs. It is proper etiquette to wait till the dispute is settled to make controversial changes. The houses are deffo relevant to a school article. The senior prefect system is unique in its practises to this school. It is relevant. The idea in [[WP:NOT)) is that you shouldn't include somethign that is true, but is generally taken as a given, i.e. is always the same across the board. There are articles for schools which are a lot longer than this. MHDIV ɪŋglɪʃnɜː(r)d(Suggestion?|wanna chat?) 10:41, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 04:51, 21 January 2008 (UTC)