Talk:Merewether High School

message: There seems to be a lot wrong with this page, especially unrequired information (re. graffiti) and opinion/bias. --bdude Talk 05:20, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article 'stupidification' 

message: This article has been classed on the Wiki Schools Project as an article needing short term attention. As a result it has been given immediate assessment, the feedback given from this was: A good article with plenty of encyclopedic content, it also has an infobox and some pictures. However, this article has some weaknesses with original research issues and a lack of content in some sections such as "student body". Camaron1 | Chris 19:11, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Assessment

message: :Image:Merewetherhslogo.gif is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.
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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Merewetherhslogo.gif

message: Suggest to add in the section "Notable Alumni" as per below. (Source: I attended MHS 1979-1984. Scott was two years ahead of me and was school captain in 1982 - so his name would be on the honour board in the main office)
Scott Bevan, ABC News 24 Presenter & Journalist
Bmcarney (talk) 00:59, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi Bmcarney, unfortunately Wikipedia cannot accept original research, but if you can find a reliable source which substantiates the claim, I'd be happy to add him the alumni section. Regards, Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 04:44, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

text: I have no idea who Emily Boyd is. She doesn't notable enough to have her own article. How is she associated with "Remember the Milk" and where is the evidence that she is an alumni of the school? For that matter, how is remember the milk notable? --AussieLegend (✉) 09:36, 19 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request on 19 November 2012 

message: 203.41.229.134 (talk) 05:28, 7 November 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: as you have not cited reliable sources to back up your request, without which no information should be added to, or changed in, any article. It is not that I disbelieve you, but this is not verifiable- Arjayay (talk) 09:11, 7 November 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I know that 203.41.229.134 is correct but I support Arjayay's decision. However, there seems justification to change the date for other reasons. In 1976 a restructure of schools in Newcastle was announced and this restructure took practical effect at the beginning of the 1977 school year. Essentially, most schools became coeducational and non-selective. Newcastle Girls' High School became Newcastle High School, Newcastle Boys' High School (my school at the time) became Waratah High School, Newcastle Technical High School became Merewether High School and so on. For some reason, several of the articles about Newcastle schools cited 1976 as the establishment date. This is technically correct but practically wrong. Even this article stated that, but it was added without sources, in 2005 with this edit. When an infobox was first added to the article in June 2006, the editor who added the infobox strangely added 1979, also without sources. This appears to have been a typo that has never been noticed, until now. As it stands, the article says "From 1952 until 1976, the site ... was occupied by Newcastle Technical High School." This is correct and supports 1977 as the establishment date as well as failing to support 1979. Since 1979 is both a typo and unsourced, and 1976 was never sourced, I think it's appropriate to use the correct year in the infobox. --AussieLegend (✉) 10:53, 7 November 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Ironically, just after writing the above I found a source supporting 1977. --AussieLegend (✉) 11:05, 7 November 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 7 November 2014 

message: This article could be linked to Kim Sutherland who is the Head Teacher Creative and Performing Arts at the school. 2002:3CF0:356:0:9415:8B0C:8B1B:54D1 (talk) 10:57, 20 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Linking

message: I've got no idea how to edit a wikipedia page, but the principal is no longer Christine Rippon. Anthony Southward has taken her place.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Avokatedo (talk • contribs) 23:33, 12 February 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Change of management 

message: Christine Rippon is no longer the principal - Rochelle Dooley is :) 2001:8003:C992:3500:7994:4FAB:77F7:F0C4 (talk) 02:05, 25 April 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Done I was able to find a source confirming this. Deauthorized. (talk) 02:56, 25 April 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  New Principal 

message: Suggestion to add Sarah Kendall to Notable Alumni. She is listed on the school's website as part of the alumni focus https://merewether-h.schools.nsw.gov.au/learning-at-our-school/creative-arts.html.BoiPussoire (talk) 04:42, 10 February 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Addition to Notable Alumni