Talk:Bristol Grammar School

message: Good article... short on references. Watch phrasing ...its meant to be nuetral. Uniform details? Is this notable? Need help? Victuallers 21:36, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Trivia sections on Wikipedia are considered very bad form. All imformation within this section should be dispersed to apropriate places within the article. --The_stuart 18:49, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Trivia section

message: Hi everyone. Someone decided to give this article a lot of attention, which is a good thing, but as Richard says there are quite a few inaccuracies, and things that don't belong on Wikipedia.
For a start, the entire "campus trivia" is redundant. It's all really rumour and conjecture, and is far too chatty. Same for many other parts ("There is a electronic score board complete with irriatating noises"?????) Details such as what floor plans in blocks are not required on this article, and the punishment section can be revised (the section on corporal punishment is incorrect, since corporal punishment is illegal in all forms, including at public schools. It's not that "existing laws may contradict this" - it's that existing laws make it totally illegal (human rights act etc.)
So basically, a big hand to whoever tidied up the article, but we do need to work on grammar, style, and removing all POV and rumour. Oh yeah, and we've been through the whole "Don't vandalise the page or I'll tell the school" thing. It doesn't really work (if you couldn't tell). Big mistake on my part that one (and "contacts throughout the school" just sounds pompous if you ask me. Besides, reporting people for "messing with this page from inside the school" would surely violate freedom of speech? But hey, it's a moot point). Suggestions are welcome Nick04 05:37, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Recent Edits 

message: I clicked on to this site because I wanted information about Bristol Grammar School. All I got was juvenile gibberish. I suppose that tells me all I need to know.
Sadly, some people seem to think it's amusing to edit the article and insert rubbish, you can always view past versions using the History tab. Hope you've not been too discouraged by the actions of a minority! Cyberprog 17:55, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Editing 

message: Love the new text... the page could do with a revamp.
However,
* It doesn't flow in places, seeming very broken with many independent "Campus" paragraphs.
* Reads like an ad. - Estel (talk) 11:21, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Additions 

message: I have contacts within the school (throughout the food chain). People messing with this page from within the school should be aware that they will be reported.
Cyberprog (talk) 12:31, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Re: Vandalism 

message: Please provide sources to back up many of the assertions made in this article. The Land 14:25, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Personal experience is not valid for Wikipedia articles, because it can't be verified. If you can locate and cite the book then that's great. The Land 20:07, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unsourced material 

message: The layout of the school has changed recently, so I've added bits in. (by the way, your arguments make excellent reading) Zoanthrope 20:55, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  2006 changes 

message: The changes made by a QEH student to the school song have been reported to QEH. Let this serve as a warning to others :)
"Thank you for your e mail concerning the corrupting of the BGS site. We have  tracked down the culprit and I am sad to say that he is in the Upper Sixth. He is suitably apologetic but I would like him to apologise in person. Please contact me and we will try to arrange something. He has also been blocked from the system.
Steve Ryan
Deputy Headmaster"
:Bah. We QEH boys get all the blame... mattbuck 19:37, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: We lads of QEH are the best thought, aren't we? Algebra man 20:29, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

text: In my entire time at QEH, I don't think I ever made a defamatory comment about BGS. About the headmaster they had when I went round on an open day, yeah, but never about the students. But I'm 10 years out of date now. Roll on the revolution! mattbuck 22:46, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

text: Believe me, if that's true then you're doing a lot better than we at QEH now. And most couldn't even tell you who the headmaster is! Algebra man 12:04, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  QEH Changes 

message: I have heard that BGS is the best school in the south west for classics but I can't find a reference. Any ideas where i could find the information? Askin 18:37, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, I did get As in my A level Latin and Greek there - but it was a few decades ago, so it probably doesn't count. 86.142.81.25 11:31, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Classics 

message: Two things... first off, Old Bristolians sounds a bit odd. I admit I don't know if that's what they're really called and if they are, ok.
Secondly... I'm really not sure most of those were at all notable. If they were, more of them would have wikipedia pages, and not just stubs either.
mattbuck 19:38, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notable Old Bristolians 

message: Hi,
I'm not involved with the school, but I was read the Boy's Own Annual from 1923-4 and this includes copies of the coats of arms of 'our public schools'. Listed among them is Bristol Grammar, where the shield (exactly the same as is still in use) has underneath the motto: Ex Spinas Uvas, not Ex Spinis Uvas as the article mentions. Am I to take my source as wrong, or has it been changed to correct the Latin?
- Jarry1250 (t, c) 13:28, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Your source is wrong. The motto is Ex spinis uvas - which is not only correct Latin but also the version that appears in all BGS sources. SNALWIBMA ( talk - contribs ) 14:39, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  School motto 

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