Talk:New Beacon School

message: The name of this school appears to be The New Beacon School . Anyone object to a move? -- zzuuzz (talk) 02:18, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Article and school name

message: These sections are not appropriate content for wikipedia. I have given links to the relevant policies and guidelines, selectively quoted from them, and given an example of where the deleted material fell short:
WP:V
The threshold for inclusion in Wikipedia is verifiability, not truth. "Verifiable" in this context means that readers should be able to check that material added to Wikipedia has already been published by a reliable source. Editors should provide a reliable source for quotations and for any material that is challenged or is likely to be challenged, or it may be removed.
"The class room had to be disbanded as it was deemed a health hazard due to the large amount of mould growing on the walls. Recently it was found that the classroom contained asbestos and has therefore been sealed off."
:Really?
WP:NOR
Wikipedia does not publish original research or original thought. This includes unpublished facts, arguments, speculation, and ideas
"This tradition originated from an ancient Yule ceremony which was started as a form of punishment to those who stole from the harvest."
:Is there anything to confirm this?
WP:LIVING
Unsourced or poorly sourced contentious material — whether negative, positive, or just questionable — about living persons should be removed immediately and without discussion from Wikipedia articles
"Ian Funnel - a.k.a. Funky - in room 21, the longest serving teacher at the school and a former old boy"
:I'm sure Mr Funnel would enjoy seeing his details published.
WP:NOTE
A topic is presumed to be notable if it has received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject.
"The worst punishment is known as a "minus". This is used for disciplinary action. The boy(s) have to knock on the common room door and ask for the minus book. Their name is then entered into the book whereupon it will be read out by the Headmaster in Friday Chapel. The boy is then force to stand up and walk down the aisle on his own and proceed to the Headmaster's office where he will receive a severe telling off. He then missees all break times for a week and is force to do oddjobs. Teachers have given minuses out over a wide range of offenses (ranging from breathing too loudly to trying to stab another boy)"
:Who needs to know this information?
:Ewen (talk) 21:26, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removal of Tradition, Discipline & Terminology sections 

message: I removed the following Telegraph 12 November 2008 reference from the article."Music teacher at prep school jailed for sexual abuse of boys", The Telegraph, 12 November 2008. Accessed 16 February 2015  Before I just added a different reference, this was appearing first in the list of references.
It was supporting merely the date of 1882 for founding of the school here, and is not used elsewhere in the article, so it gives the appearance to me that someone was stretching to get the sensational story into the article, inappropriately.  The Telegraph article might or might not be used appropriately later in the article.  By the way, when I  read the school's history webpage (linked from what is now the first reference) I was not sure if it was 1863 or 1882 which is the founding date, but certainly some other source besides this one is more appropriate to establish that. --doncram 01:37, 1 September 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  reference removed 

message: As far as I recall (I was a pupil there from 1984-1989) the motto is Ex Fumo Date Lucem, as written by Horace. If you Google the pages version it will display results for the Horace version. This should be updated. 77.97.51.70 (talk) 20:29, 24 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Motto is incorrect