Talk:Colyton Grammar School

I've just reverted loads of vandalism. Totnesmartin 21:44, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

On behalf of Colyton Grammar School, I would like to apologise for the vandalism made on this page. Colyton is in fact a good school with bright, intelligent, mature students. There are very few students immature enough to do this. Thank you. Anon.

Post re-write
Any issues with the article should be discussed in here before any changes are made.

The following are things that I think need doing.


 * The What Others Say section needs the sources citing.


 * We could do with a few images of the school. If anyone has any or would like to take some that would be nice.


 * The school crest would be nicer in a vectorised format - I don't know if the school has had this done. It doesn't look that bad as it is, however.


 * Possibility for future section about academic achievements. Must ensure clarity in this section and selective use of information - no need in displaying SATS results for example.

Any more suggestions?

GJack 22:43, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Would it be a good idea for a section on teachers and their subject? Or simply key figures (heads of years and departments) with possibly their qualifications? Other than that the above sounds like a good idea.

Pureferret 07:56, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Would it make the article biased if quotes form students were used? What if both positive and negative issues were raised? And then you need teacher and parental quotes =/ Pureferret 23:29, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:CGS school crest.png
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Fair use rationale for Image:CGS school crest.png
Image:CGS school crest.png is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

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BetacommandBot 05:16, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

link to category page
could someone who knows how to do these things link this page to "Educational institutions established in the 1540s". 129.67.158.52 (talk) 09:13, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Controversy section
I have tagged that section of the article as disputed, as there has been two attempts to remove it. 331dot (talk) 11:57, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

There seems to be an ongoing edit war on the "Controversies" and "Pupil of the Year" sections, principally between and. When disputes break out like this, with back-and-forth reverting, we need to down tools and come here to discuss what the problems are.

The key areas of the dispute are outlined in this diff. Here, Kenneth claims Jemma has "vandalised the page". I'm not convinced. The "Pupil of the Year" section was completely unsourced and even if it were not a blatant hoax, it would violate our guidelines on living people, which state unambiguously that contentious information that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be immediately removed.

The "Controversy" section, though sourced to the Exeter Express and Echo, I think also violates the BLP guidelines - it is an extremely negative comment against a living individual who is otherwise entirely non-notable, and we should exercise restraint in mentioning it (see WP:BLPCRIME). I would like to see another news source, preferably national (such as The Guardian, The Independent or The Telegraph, not the Daily Mail and absolutely under no circumstances The Sun) and then reduce the claim to merely "the head of physics" or "a teacher" and not name him. While we await such a source, I have removed the information. A source from BBC News has been provided - thanks.

If you disagree with anything I have written above, please don't undo changes or reintroduce the questionable content without a clear consensus, but mention your dispute here, so we can reach an agreement on what's best for the article. Ritchie333 (talk)  (cont)   10:54, 18 June 2014 (UTC)

Agreed, the consensus appears to be that the "Controversy" section violates BLP guidelines. It needs to be abbreviated; the non-notable individual can be referenced elsewhere to the single reference and mostly deleted. The only reference to the Grammar School should be a link to the reference Exeter Express and Echo and date of occurance. The detailed actions and event itself are not relevant to the school.Pippinfield (talk) 16:25, 25 September 2014 (UTC)

Hi there and thanks for starting this dialogue. I still think that devoting a whole section to the "Controversies" on the main Wikipedia page for the school (out of only 3 sections) is misrepresentative. This is a school that's existed for 500 years. Can we really justify a whole section devoted to one teacher and one crime? I think the section should be removed. Any thoughts? (bookwormJ 15:04, 1 June 2015 (UTC))

Vandalism by current and former students
Please refrain from editing this page, to either defame the school, albeit in a humour manner, or to add yourself to the 'Notable Colytonians' section. It puts the school in a bad light, and breaks Wikipedia's rule of vandalism.PJF1215 (talk) 22:43, 11 May 2022 (UTC)