Talk:St George's School, Harpenden

message: "Possibly the best thing about St. George's is the house system?"  Please... this is supposed to be an encyclopedia, not a brochure. Joeyconnick 06:48, August 8, 2005 (UTC)
Four of our children have attended St George's and we think that one of the best things about the school IS the house system. Stevesullivan 09:25, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
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message: Hi, I am not an Old Georgian but I found the seal impression, worked out what it was and thought I should add it. It varies slightly from the current badge. From this old one it looks as if the motto is just 'Levavi Oculos' and the lower part is simply 'Sigillum Scholae Georgianae' (which means) 'Seal of the Georgian School'. Levavi oculos means 'I have lifted up mine eyes' (past tense) instead of 'I will lift up mine eyes' as in the psalm. The difference is seemingly intentional, and I suppose it means something like 'I have raised my sights.' On the seal St George is shown on the left in the guise of a Roman soldier, with the dead dragon at his feet: the upper right quarter shows three beacon hills with fires on top, presumably a reference to the foundation in Keswick. Not sure what 'skidda' means but 'Nutrix' means the (female) nurse or one who nourished it, i.e. the founding or original house: the bottom right quarter shows a bell, a dolphin, and a tree with a bird in it, and I have no ideas what these mean. The dedication panel inside the book is signed by Cecil Grant and by E Lyttelton, School Chairman, and the book was awarded to N.L. Williams for music in form IV.2 in July 1932. Hope it's of some interest, Dr Steven Plunkett 23:02, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Seal and image 

message: Jeez, people - it seems everyone who edits this article is either trying to big-up the school with clearly biased statements, or just wants to sabotage it. As far as I can tell from the edit history, I'm the only one who seems interested in keeping it from a NPOV. Maybe it's because I went to the school but didn't like it that somehow keeps my additions balanced, or maybe it's because I'm the only one not stupid enough to use Wikipedia as neither a brochure nor a playground.--Willbxtn (talk) 18:42, 21 March 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I feel your pain... time to clean this article up then. I did go to St Georges and I liked it, but I do know how to use wikipedia. Megodbike (talk) 10:26, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  This article keeps swinging between those advertising the school and those vandalising the site. 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: The article is stuffed with promotional trumpery sourced to their own website, it is entirely unacceptable, and needs to be cleaned up, the conflicted editor User:JBiggboiii69 has reverted my changes, I suggest they cease editing the article directly and suggest any changes here on the talk page. Theroadislong (talk) 14:23, 29 May 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: 15 of the 28 references are to the school's website, Wikipedia has no interest in what they say about themselves ONLY what reliable independent sources have reported. The tone is also entirely inappropriate and reads more like a prospectus. Theroadislong (talk) 14:33, 29 May 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Conflict of interest 

message: Following the repeated removal (by ) of some citations that I added following a previous admin's () removal, I wish to request that the following is re-added to the 'Old Georgians' Section. 
	
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|Lennox Berkeley	
| British composer of French influence, moving towards serialism in later life. 
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|Donald Coxeter	
| One of the great geometers of the 20th century. 
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I do not understand why Kleuske removed these in the first place, as they were correctly citated!
: Both Coxeter and Berkeley are well sourced and notable. Coxeter has been on this page for many year. --Salix alba (talk): 14:21, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit Request