Talk:Rossall School

Assess for Schools
A very good page. If you request an assessment then I feel you would do well. See above. Make sure you keep everything well referenced and keep to a neutral view Victuallers 07:52, 30 April 2007 (UTC) looking much better ... will it be a GA? Victuallers (talk) 20:29, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

There are no female 'notable old Rossallians'. Not sure what that says about the school... — The preceding unsigned comment was added by Nao* (talk • contribs).
 * One to consider would be Davinia Murphy/Taylor. There is already reference to her in other articles (could nicely be linked to Kate Moss etc).

— The preceding unsigned comment was added by Nao* (talk • contribs).

thankyou i'll see what i can find —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Shookisback (talk • contribs).

Rossall has only been properly co-educational since the 1980s and numbers of the girls was low in the early years - the oldest OR girls will therefore only be in their mid to late-30s and there will be few of these. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.195.137.85 (talk) 18:06, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

What invasion threat?
Article suggests that the cadet unit was started as a response to imminent invasion by the dastardly Frenchies and shillelagh wielding Fenians. The CCF article itself makes no mention of this. Is there some evidence of this actual threat or was it a figment of a segment the populace's imagination.

The article for the most part reads as though it was cut and pasted from the school's 1975 prospectus. Albatross2147 (talk) 22:40, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Reply: Fairly certain that evidence for this can be found. Do not forget that Rossall was founded as a church of england school and was full of the most fiercely protestant pupils and teachers. The reason that the main CCF article will not mention it is because the CCF has since evolved from being this extra line of defence to a more positive organisation. Even if the threat of an invasion was not there and the threat was a figment of a certain segment of the population's imagination, it could still have been founded because of a fear of such an invasion. You joke about the Fenians, but of course their movement had been founded in 1858 and they were the first serious Irish Nationalist threat. I will get researching for evidence of this.

Also, I should like to point out that your criticisms of it being a prospectus are somewhat unfair. The article is stuctured as per many other GA school articles. If it seems to be overly positive it might be pointed out that this article has been criticised in the past for containing non-notable facts and statistics about the school. These have since been edited out, under the advice of moderators and peer reviews. It seems each moderator has their take on what a good article should be. (Please note Victuallers comments at the top of the page.)

LennyLeonardson (talk) 19:35, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Re-assessment
Following a re-assessment request I have now upgraded the school to high importance because of its pioneering status in a number of fields. It is the first school in the UK to have a combined cadet force, one of the first to offer the International Baccalaureate, and has the unusual privilege of being the home of a science and astronomy centre. There is also a unique game of hockey named after the school. This is an excellent page which is close to being a good article. There are two sections consisting mainly of lists (the campus section and school terms) which would be best converted to prose. These sections are also lacking in references. The school terms section could probably be trimmed as most of it is of a somewhat trivial nature and is really only of interest to people at the school. Dahliarose (talk) 23:15, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

Bot report : Found duplicate references !
In the last revision I edited, I found duplicate named references, i.e. references sharing the same name, but not having the same content. Please check them, as I am not able to fix them automatically :) DumZiBoT (talk) 20:22, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
 * "astronomy169" :
 * Rossall School Astronomy - About Dr Nick Lister
 * Rossall School - Astronomy About Nick
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GA
I think this can pass GA and I am nominating it as such. --Secisek (talk) 09:21, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Use of Rossall by government departments
Describing the government action as "seizing" is a bit insensitive to people who were close to the situation at the time. We were at war. Government activities were paramount to our survival. Government departments had to get out of London. The Ministry of Pensions provided support to the families of servicemen who had been wounded and killed. Many schools were requisitioned and are gracious about their contribution to the war effort in retrospect. The government departments moved out of Rossall as quickly as they could. Perhaps my generation can feel happy that Wikipedia articles are being written by people who have not been affected so directly by bombing. Michael P. Barnett (talk) 15:47, 25 November 2010 (UTC)

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Dining Hall
I added a little section on the dining hall bit, however I am new to wikipedia, so I am not sure if how I cited the paragraph is right... I would be thankful if someone can tell me what to improve, or do it themselves... --KFW142 (talk) 20:24, 12 March 2021 (UTC)