Talk:Royal Central School of Speech and Drama

University ratings
(I'm posting this to all articles on UK universities as so far discussion hasn't really taken off on WikiProject Universities.)

There needs to be a broader convention about which university rankings to include in articles. Currently it seems most pages are listing primarily those that show the institution at its best (or worst in a few cases). See Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Universities. Timrollpickering 00:14, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

Largest Specialist Centre in Drama in Europe?
The page currently says "The School has been described as the largest specialist centre for training and study in drama, theatre and the performance arts in Europe". What's the source for this? Ignacio Bibcraft has evidently looked for a source, but the page that he references only says "you will be part of one of the largest gatherings of specialist postgraduates in Europe". This is only talking about postgraduates, and it says only "one of the largest", not "the largest". I can't find the claim given in the article repeated anywhere on the Central website. ThomasL 17:36, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

The answer seems to be that the claim is not true. "The RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF THEATRE ARTS (GITIS) is the oldest and largest theatre school in Russia. It was founded in 1878. Now GITIS is a unique theatre academy which trains students for all professions in the theatrical arts and at the same time provides a traditional university education in the arts and the humanities. Some 1500 students, qualification-advancement students and post-graduate students from Russia and other countries study here annually". (http://www.gitis.net/eng/info.shtml) Central has less than a thousand students (http://www.hesa.ac.uk/holisdocs/pubinfo/student/institution0506.htm). ThomasL 17:46, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

Yes, I found the source but thought even while inserting the link that really the whole paragraph ought to be revised. I was going to do this today, but my polecats needed feeding and I couldn't finish what I'd started. Well done for turning an eye to the article. Sincerely, Bibcraft 22:39, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Related discussion
Here is a discussion about the related alumni category. Carminis (talk) 09:57, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

"The late" Harold Pinter
Is it appropriate to refer to Harold Pinter as "the late Harold Pinter" when describing his receipt of an honourary fellowship? He wasn't late at the time. We wouldn't talk about "the late William, Duke of Normandy" invading England in 1066, would we?

External links modified
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Article name
The name of the school has an ampersand in both its formal and common name, no different from that of the TV show Law & Order. I've restored this version. If we're going to move it to a name that is demonstrably incorrect, that certainly needs to go through a Request Move discussion. --Tenebrae (talk) 22:17, 5 September 2017 (UTC)

Copyright problem removed
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History, Princess Alexandra and Royal Title.
I have marked the citation as a dead link, but not yet removed it, because I have not yet been able to find an alternative citation. Given the way they are written, most of the citations that I have found, seem to copy/follow the Wikipedia article.--ServeDotty (talk) 13:34, 8 March 2021 (UTC)

A curse
May they forever be remembered as the fools who rejected Penelope Keith on the grounds that she was too tall. Pity there's no appropriate way to work that into the article. Lawikitejana (talk) 00:29, 25 September 2023 (UTC)