Talk:Roxbury Latin School

message: Please stop! I'm sick of seeing this in my watchlist with just the same changes over and over. The current version - "oldest school in continuous operation" - with the reference to the school history - makes the most sense. "Existence" may be the "catch-phrase," but "operation" is more easily understood. Any chance of leaving it as is? --Brian Olsen 13:14, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not arguing that "existence" is incorrect (I'm an RL alum myself, I get it), just that "continuous operation" is more easily understood by people unfamiliar with the school. I haven't edited it myself - I'm just sick of the damn edit war, and I was trying to propose a compromise. --Brian Olsen 01:42, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit war 

message: I was accused of "vandalism" for simply editing the article to note that the "continuous existence" was controversial.  I mentioned that there is a school in Quebec City, founded in 1639, which bills itself as the oldest school in North America. Shouldn't that at least be mentioned?
My edits were deleted entirely and I am unable to respond to my accuser because s/he is evidently not registered.
Response: Listen hombre, your edits were poorly crafted, badly-written, and even if true--you provided absolutely no sourcing of course--were entirely unsuitable for the first paragraph of the entry.
:Response: The misleading claim is still in the first paragraph of the article, with or without my edits.  If you believe it is not appropriate for the first paragraph, then you should move it.  JPSheridan 17:11, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Vandalism?

message: I believe there is an error in the main article and I want to give the originator the chance to make the correction.
The article states that the school received a charter from Charles I. The most recent history of the school, Schola Illustris, makes no mention of a royal charter to the school. The original governing document was The Agreement (p.93ff) signed by Eliot, Governor Dudley and the 64 'donors' . This charter was superceded by the Charter of 1789 issued by the  General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (p. 134).
Rbyoung 02:10, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed correction 

message: I am assessing this article after a request as C / High. The title of it being the oldest school in North America is a significant show of importance, as well as its impressive list of alumni. The requirements for Top-importance however are extremely high and only about one school on average per country should get this rating. Wider discussion at WikiProject Schools may be required first, and it would be good if the alumni were fully sourced. As for the content of the article, I would say it is on the low end of C-class. The lead is way too long, it should only introduce and summarise the article per WP:LEAD. The other sections need to be referenced, and much needs to be expanded. WP:WPSCH/AG#S shows the missing sections of the article. An obvious missing section is History; I'm sure given the school's age there is plenty of material on this. In articles with similar importance the school's history has got its own article e.g. History of Baltimore City College. The article really needs more references; five just isn't enough for an article even of its existing size. Finally, some pictures and the school logo would be good. Camaron ·  Christopher · talk 14:50, 13 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Assessment 

message: Please add more history to the article. What is the exact former location? -96.233.19.238 (talk) 20:09, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Former location