Talk:Merchiston Castle School

message: I suspect that much of this article came from the school's prospectus and indeed from someone at the school itself not familiar with the ways of wikipedia. That would be the reason why it reads like an advertisement. Certainly substantial rewriting is needed (though deletion would be wrong as this school is an important one in Scotland).
At the same time I am surprised that somebody who is not logged in to wikipedia is able to slap a notice on the page as has been done in this case. --Historian 10:43, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

message: The article currently compacts the school too much. I would advocate that, for example, seperate pages be written for each of the seperate houses, which would allow for greater detail. I see that Fettes College has similar links, so I believe Merchiston should have some too, them being rival schools. Crimson Blacknight 01:44, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Possible expansion of page? 

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Merchiston logo.JPG

message: A good start. More content and references needed to advance to a B. The history section needs expansion. There is excessive detail on the house system
which is only of interest to people at the school. Dahliarose 22:23, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Assess

message: The first/second paragraph of this article reads like something out of a prospectus. It needs to be changed, especially the stuff about high pass rates, which like every other private school is artificially boosted using scholarships etc.--MacRusgail (talk) 20:19, 17 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Advertising and bias

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message: Please can you remove the alleged historical sexual abuse section
This dates from a case from 2015. The case was closed and no one was sentenced. 
This does not represent the school. 
Merchiston Parent TraceyIMG2101 (talk) 13:44, 22 January 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: This needs a reliable source confirming that the case is closed with no further action being taken. See WP:RS. Dormskirk (talk) 14:52, 22 January 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removal of article link me section -