Talk:William Ellis School

message: I think it's actually 1000 rather than 900, or at least thats what my HOY told me. If anyone has a better estimate then please change it back. Felixwells 13:32, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Number of students 

message: Some of the srticke seems to have been taken from here although no copyright information is present. Should we remove the violating content? --Felixwells 22:21, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copyright violation? 

message: I think that it may be appropriate to mention the leadership of the former Headmaster the late Mr. F.W. Lockwood and his Deputy Head the late Mr. A.E. Ball, under whose leadership the school developed considerably in the immediate postwar years.  If there are contributors who support this, would you please post you comment here.  thanks.Miletus (talk) 19:51, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  earlier headmasters 

message: There is no objective way in which current academic achievements can be compared to those of 160 years ago as claimed. Similarly, subjective quality assessments such as "fine" are inappropriate here. ExLibre (talk) 10:34, 8 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Educational standards 

message: I've managed to get access to a copy of the book in the reference, and it does discuss the authors of the song. W.S.Robertson wrote the lyrics for a competition in 1927. He was in the 4th form at the time, so was maybe 15? That would make him 100 this year if he was still alive. Copyright lasts for a minimum of 50 years after the authors death, so he would have had to have died before the age of 50 in order for the lyrics to be out of copyright now. I think that highly unlikely and unless it can be confirmed the safest route would be to remove the lyrics. As an aside Mr Wheeler who wrote the music was a master at the school, definitive age unknown although was said to be young in 1902. Music copyright lasts 70 years after the death of the composer, so his copyright might be close to expiring. And I cannot find anywhere in the book that says the scong is a reflection of the victorian values of the school, so that part can come out as well. Fmph (talk) 19:08, 8 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Poss copyvio on lyrics

message: Because they were seven miles away.  Would the local newspaper's website be an adequately good source?
http://www.harrowobserver.co.uk/west-london-news/local-harrow-news/2012/03/12/traffic-chaos-as-school-and-football-events-clash-116451-30513651/
(I was there at the time.  We did indeed get taken on a seven-mile coach trip once a week for games.  Just need to find an acceptable source.)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.6.102.118 (talk) 03:29, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Access to the school playing fields was via a seven mile bus journey.[why?] 

message: The co-ordinates takes you to somewhere in Hull! I'm not sure how to do co-ordinates, i'm afraid. 194.66.229.8 (talk) 15:43, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Fixed.Tmol42 (talk) 16:47, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Co-ordinates wrong

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: I’m surprised not to see Jon Amiel film director on the list. Profmarsh (talk) 19:59, 12 April 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: I can't immediately see a decent source - it's not sourced in the article about Jon Amiel. Can only find Debrett's, which I think is not considered reliable. Not that I'm doubting it, just that we need a source. Tacyarg (talk) 20:05, 12 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  William Ellis alumnus