Talk:Academy of Live and Recorded Arts

Original founding directors
You claim: - "I don't think a school prospectus is a reliable source." How so? Surely a school knows who its Board of Directors is? Not only is it a direct source but by law (in the UK) the information MUST BE CORRECT. To name directors who are not in such a position is a criminal offense under the Company (Disclosures) Act (1985/6 revision and 2002 revision) which also requires the propectus includes the company ID number and the VAT number. As such it is a legal document.

Disclosure of names of directors 8.—(1) Where a company’s business letter includes the name of any director of that company, other than in the text or as a signatory, the letter must disclose the name of every director of that company. (2) In paragraph (1), “name” has the following meanings— (a)in the case of a director who is an individual, “name” has the meaning given in section 163(2) of the Act; and (b)in the case of a director who is a body corporate or a firm that is a legal person under the law by which it is governed, “name” means corporate name or firm name.

Further particulars to appear in business letters, order forms and websites 7.—(1) Every company shall disclose the particulars set out in paragraph (2) on— (a)its business letters; (b)its order forms; and (c)its websites. (2) The particulars are— (a)the part of the United Kingdom in which the company is registered; (b)the company’s registered number; (c)the address of the company’s registered office; (d)in the case of a limited company exempt from the obligation to use the word “limited” as part of its registered name under section 30 of the Companies Act 1985(3) or article 40 of the Companies (Northern) Ireland Order 1986(4), the fact that it is a limited company; (e)in the case of a community interest company which is not a public company, the fact that it is a limited company; and (f)in the case of an investment company within the meaning of section 833 of the Act, the fact that it is such a company.

HOW MANY SOURCES USED IN WIKIPEDIA CARRY A JAIL SENTENCE IF FORGED OR INCORRECT?

You can check the public record. PLEASE DO SO.

http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2008/draft/ukdsi_9780110806570_en_1Aimulti (talk) 03:05, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

Puffery removed
List of directors with no supporting references removed. No references supporting this list could be found. Commercial links also removed as per Wikipedia policy. Image removed as copyright has not been established. Date of ALRA was founded conflicts with date the Royal Victoria Building was restored and reopened.Aimulti (talk) 02:37, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
 * FYI a list of staff is not considered puffery. Making exaggerated claims about your self or your product is considered puffery. Also government information websites and websites of nonprofit orgs are not commercial links. On dates, ALRA was founded in 1979, began renting space in part of the RVPB in 1983. According to the sources any way. Please think carefully before you blank information on this article again. RetroS1mone   talk  05:04, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

Moving section: /*The Royal Victoria Patriotic Building*/ to talk page
It seems to me that the building that an organization rents space from isn't necessarily germane to the subject itself and it really doesn't relate to ALRA's operations. I would suggest that the building might deserve an article of its own, but not be part of the ALRA article:

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The Royal Victoria Patriotic Building
ALRA is located in the Royal Victoria Patriotic Buildings. The building was originally intended, according to an inscription on the building described in the Illustrated London News, 1 August 1857, for the "Education and Training of three hundred Orphan Daughters of Soldiers, Seamen and Marines who perished in the Russian War, and for those who hereafter may require like succour". First called the Royal Victoria Patriotic Asylum, the building was designed by Major Rohde Hawkins in a heroically ornate Gothic style. The foundation stone was laid by Queen Victoria on 11 July 1857 and the first phase was completed in 1858. The result was judged to be ‘bold, picturesque and effective’ by The Building News (October 8,1858). The first residents arrived on 1 July 1859. ALRA now shares the building with apartments, workshops, and a restaurant. }} Toddst1 (talk) 17:04, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
 * I agree. RetroS1mone   talk  23:54, 3 June 2008 (UTC)