Talk:Monmouth School

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[edit] NPOV Please!

Goodness this page is declining into POV-ness! "It is the only boarding house with a garden" well so what! As well as this being a little liberal on the truth front, the addition of a specific Chapel House section (the point of which is debatable in its own right) without any other houses is ever so slightly biased. I have had to correct this sort of thing on here before, when only boarding houses were mentioned in the house list for example. Could we please keep the rivalry inside the school bounds? Dan 21:45, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

I agree, why on earth does Chapel House have its own section? Either this should be removed or incorporated into a section which covers each of the houses in more depth. SillyWilly
The School has far more interesting buildings than Chapel House. It's pretty POV to keep it in on its own. Perhaps a section on the different buildings in the school - in particular the original part of the school, the Chapel and Library Anthropax 20:01, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
I've removed the quote about Chapel having the only garden since its not true. School house has a garden and I think that you could count that little bit near Wierhead as a garden too. Charles Baynham 23:19, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Sorry but can you lot stop changing the section about boarding?! New House is not the holder of the cup, School House is, so stop changing it to New House!

[edit] The Grange

Do other users think The Grange needs a small section here, as a feeder school to MS? Anthropax 20:01, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

What a certain magister who will remain nameless would think of that I don't know... I agree that it would be the best place and that it is necessary. Whether I shall ever get around to doing it, I don't know.Dan 20:02, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

Should The Grange not have its own page? There's a list of prep schools here. Probably there isn't enough information available for it to be anything more than a stub. SillyWilly 22:09, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Prince Edward

I hate to be typically pretensious, but the fuller correct form for adressing to the aforementioned person is: His Royal Highness (or HRH) The Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex. It may sound odd, but it's correct. Unless you'd rather, which is acceptable, just HRH the Earl of Wessex? Dan 20:08, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

My apologies, it doesn't sound grammatically correct to me, but I cannot claim to know the protocol for addressing royalty! I accept your revision. SillyWilly 22:03, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Alumni

In what sense was Tom Little "the youngest person to die in world war II"? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.85.217.239 (talk) 12:07, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

I don't mean to steal anyone's thunder, but how famous does someone have to be to warrant inclusion under the Alumni heading? Would a sensible rule of thumb be that they should have their own Wikipedia entry? SillyWilly 18:10, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Agreed - I'm removing the two rowers (Ben Curtis and Rob Hollis), as neither have their own page. Have either won anything? I guess if they have, but don't have a page then they could still be included. Anthropax 14:41, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] In Welsh

In the Welsh language this is Ysgol Trefynwy, right? Paul Silverman 13:21, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

Yes, but it's never called that. For a start it would be pretty ironic if it were, as the school doesn't offer Welsh as a subject. The local comprehensive can however be: "Ysgol Gyfun Trefynwy"- Monmouth Comprehensive School. The sites at the link you give, I think, refer to that school. Dan 21:19, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Houses

I think that the section about Chapel house should be demoted to a sub-section in a section "Houses", or even put into a table. That way all the other Houses could be mentioned or left space to be mentioned whenever someone with the knowledge gets around to it. Charles Baynham 23:22, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Famous Old Pupils

Would it be possable to add a list of famous old pupils? 80.41.236.212 15:24, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Yes, this is what is trying to be achieved under the Alumni section. Charles Baynham 23:24, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] School Motto

Does the school have a motto?
User:Brenont 21:25, 25 May 2007 (UTC)