Talk:Loretto School

Assess
Mid importance because of alumni and the claim (though unreferenced) to be Scotland's oldest boarding school. More substantial encyclopaedic content is required. Tell us more about the history and what makes the school notable. We don't really need to know about the school uniform in the introduction! More content and references required to advance to a B class. The infobox should be changed to the standard UK schools infobox.Dahliarose 23:11, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks for this. A new contributor to this article, I shall try to address some of the issues here over my spare time next few weeks. 81.178.38.169 (talk) 00:58, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

Name
Any idea how the school came to be named Loretto; usually schools with the name Loreto or Loretto are Catholic schools. Rms125a@hotmail.com (talk) 23:45, 27 August 2010 (UTC) Link to history inclduing derivation of name added.Ancienterracht (talk) 09:45, 25 October 2012 (UTC)

Don Boyd abuse allegation; no mention?
Why is there no mention of this case in the article? It was a big deal at the time and attracts ongoing coverage becasue of the prominence of the alleged victim. Don Boyd claimed he was sexually abused, the teacher was charged but the case was dropped.

Semi-protected edit request on 5 August 2017
Please would you remove the last line of the first paragraph - 'The school is currently under investigation as part of Lady Smith's inquiry into child sexual abuse.'

Please would you remove 'Headmaster of Junior School Philip Meadows'

Thank you. PinkieHouse (talk) 14:26, 5 August 2017 (UTC)


 * Yellow check.svg Partly done: I have removed Meadows, since I can find no mention of him on the school's web site. The information about the investigation appears to be reliably sourced and relevant, so you'll have to provide a policy-compliant reason if you'd like it removed. Rivertorch   FIRE WATER   15:51, 5 August 2017 (UTC)

Child abuse inquiry
The fact of Lady Smith's inquiry into child sexual abuse certainly belongs in the article, and I have previously contributed in fending off persistent attempts to whitewash it away. The information about the inquiry is included in the History section where it ties in with the Don Boyd et al's allegations. I do question however whether it needs to be mentioned twice, and doubt it is so fundamental to the overall topic (the school) that it be included in the lead, along with the broad basics of geographic location and how many pupils.

The ip editor gave a rather clumsy edit summary ([//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Loretto_School&diff=prev&oldid=842163648 diff]) but did not in fact delete the information, and was careful to shift the reference within the text to its relevant position. I have reverted to that version which seems (to me) to give the subject matter due weight, neither airbrushed out nor tabloid headline. I hope there is consensus that this adequately and dispassionately records the fact in context. Captainllama (talk) 03:28, 21 May 2018 (UTC)


 * I agree with the above comments. Dormskirk (talk) 19:20, 21 May 2018 (UTC)

U16 rugby disqualification worth mentioning?
The only sport coverage in the article is the golf academy. Does the recent incident where the school's U16 rugby squad were disqualified warrant a mention in history? (source: ) —C.Fred (talk) 19:25, 5 March 2022 (UTC)
 * I dont think so, no. -Roxy the grumpy dog . wooF 19:32, 5 March 2022 (UTC)
 * The source is the East Lothian Courier, presumably reliable, but likely reporting on things that might be notable only to people in that area (pop. 100,000). And I doubt this small aspect of the school will be of any significance by the end of the season.  signed, Willondon (talk)  19:41, 5 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Certainly with the source given it should not be stated, as did, that it was done purposely; unless i'm entirely misreading it, the Courier piece says it was unintentional.  As to whether it belongs in the article at all...nah ~ given a few months, let alone the years and longer we trust WP will be here, it will be an irrelevancy. Happy days ~ LindsayHello 19:45, 5 March 2022 (UTC)