Talk:King's School, Worcester

message: needs refs and pics for a B Victuallers 23:13, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

message: I've reverted the article to a version which is nearly four years old. On 12 October 2005 an unregistered editor copied and pasted the entire school history webpage. The edit is here; the internet archive of the page is here; the current version is here. Most everything after this edit is a derivative of this original copyright problem, and so I've had to revert to the last clean version. If someone wants to get the school to verifiably release this text under a free licence then it can be restored, otherwise it's going to need some original work. For more information see Wikipedia:Copyrights and Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission. -- zzuuzz (talk) 19:51, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: The history section is enitrely copied, so I won't restore it. But the rest of the page is original text, written in part by me. So I am going to reinstate it. BartBassist (talk) 08:23, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Copyright problem

message: The article has been written in good faith, but has been tagged by a parent  project for style, lack of required information, insufficient citations, or other issues. This is in no way intended as a criticism, and should be regarded as flagging of areas that need attention. Worcestershire Wikipedians may be able to help improve this article.--Kudpung (talk) 03:56, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Clean up

message: List  cleaned up (but  content  not  verified for notability). It  is advisable that  casual contributors to  Wikipedia also  familiarise themselves with  the rules and tools, and use a sandbox to check  format  and rendering  before saving.--Kudpung (talk) 02:37, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Alumni

message: Inline references and sources are still  urgently  required. Unsourced material (such  as the entire history  section, for example) can be removed. --Kudpung (talk) 02:37, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I wrote the current history section to replace the previous one, which was suffering copyright issues and had been deleted. Surely at the point flagged as needing an inline citation, the source is obvious from the text: the writings of Florence of Worcester and William of Malmesbury. I can't make any more specific citation than that, as I haven't actually read any Florence or Malmesbury – but I'm pretty sure that they must have written what I am told that they wrote, as no-one would make it up. Just an example to explain my thinking on citations, and why the article is short of them. BartBassist (talk) 23:30, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I fully  sympathise BartBassist, and quite  understand the problems associated with  this article, and appreciate your efforts to  put things right. I've spent  a lot  of time on  it  too. However Wiki  is extremely  strict on what  might  well  be true but  can't  be substantiated. Providing  a reference that  shows the date of publication of Florence and Malmesbury, the publisher, and the ISBN would do  the trick - if you  are absolutely  sure the mentions  are in  the books. Some maintenance editors will even insist on  page numbers, but  I'm  not personally going  to  be the one to  delete anything that  is not  clear vandalism.--Kudpung (talk) 10:37, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Florence of Worcester and William of Malmesbury wrote their works in the twelfth century – I don't think they had ISBN numbers and publication dates back then! But I will have a think and try to provide something. BartBassist (talk) 11:53, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: References

message: This is a complex article, due much  to  the large number of contributors, and the amount  of vandalism and copyvio it  has suffered. Although  serious editors have contributed in  good faith, Its academic status does not  however exempt it  from  complying  with  the Wikipedia guidelines and MOS. School articles in  particular should reflect  the quality  they  claim  for their establishment,  especially  when it concerns King's School , Worcester.  --Kudpung (talk) 04:05, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Quality

message: Odd that Choir house was boarding until 1995, when I was in Choir House as a dayboy 1977-1982.   For some years it was a mixed day/boarding house, but I have no chance of knowing when that stopped - I can't even remember if it reverted to all boarding for new intakes while I was there.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.220.138.220 (talk) 22:07, 15 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Choir house  

message: Why no mention of its time as a grammar school? I think it was one from the 40s to 1974.
RBlockhead (talk) 10:58, 9 September 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Grammar School 

message: Prep schools are " fee-paying school[s] for children of the ages of 8-13, often preparing them for entry into British public schools or other secondary independent schools."https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preparatory_school_(United_Kingdom). St Albans also offers before the age of seven, by definition a "pre-prep".
--I'mJamesMcGill (talk) 21:47, 19 January 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, it will have to be refered to as a junior school, means pretty much the same thing. Also, having a pre-prep does not make the entire school a prep, and have you looked at my link?Theoosmond (talk) 17:42, 23 January 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Could I ask you, where does it say all primary schools must follow the national curriculum? The wikipedia page for primary schools certainly does not say anything about the national curriculum. And I stand by my words that the junior schools are not prep schools, they do not offer education up to 13 years.Theoosmond (talk) 22:13, 23 January 2016 (UTC)
replies: text:  We'll settle on 'Junior school' as St Albans and Hawford do not necessarily meet the requirements of Prep or Primary school. --I'mJamesMcGill (talk) 12:46, 24 January 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Glad we have reached consensus.Theoosmond (talk) 12:52, 24 January 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Prep school or primary school 

message: Surely sources should be referenced by citing?--I'mJamesMcGill (talk) 22:08, 19 January 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sources 

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