Talk:The Prebendal School

Advert
I've restored the tag that  removed without comment. In my opinion the tag is fully justified: the article currently reads like a promotional brochure for the school.

Examples:
 * (from the lead) 'a sense of history, tradition and continuity pervades the modern school'
 * 'Children receive a thoroughly good grounding in all subjects'
 * 'if a child is musical then the school has much to offer'
 * 'The happiness of each child while they are at the Prebendal is of paramount importance'
 * (In the 'Pre-prep' section) 'We aim to provide a stimulating and nurturing environment in which children can feel secure and confident.'

I could go on. Please:
 * do not remove the  tag again without discussion
 * tone down the POV considerably


 * the tag has been removed again so I propose  (PS I forgot to sign previous comment) AndrewWTaylor (talk) 17:16, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
 * How about I just protect the page against anonymous users? I agree it reads like an advert in places but it is also a large article which would probably deserve more work than deletion. I will remove the db tag just to give you time to respond here to my message. SGGH speak! 17:23, 27 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks - I'm not against the article in principle, and it clearly has potential. Anti-anon protection sounds good to me: I suggest we re-add the advert tag though. AndrewWTaylor (talk) 17:27, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I already did, unless it has gone again. If it has I will be having words with whoever removes it SGGH speak! 17:31, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
 * A lot of the text is verbatim from {http://www.prebendalschool.org.uk/], so there may be copyvio issues too. AndrewWTaylor (talk) 17:30, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
 * If we remove that part it should be good to go, the lead (bar 1 or 2 advert lines) seems at a glance to be good to go. SGGH speak! 17:31, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Article is Semi-Protected, I'm off to have words with this IP. SGGH speak! 17:34, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Oh incidentally, my watchlist is pretty blocked up, if problems continue you can let me know on my talk page. Happy editing SGGH speak! 00:26, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

POV
i don't know what POV stands for but i think i will help edit this article by toning down the POV. there is currently no advert tag and i don't know who removed it - i'll put one up for the time being. Timothymurphy (talk) 19:56, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

still, we need some references and sources. someone needs to go to the library. there must be loads of good books about this very historic school. i can't believe the level of gushing hyperbole there was in this article, and so many refernces to "we" - we aim to provide blah blah... "we take national curriculum principles and combine them with traditional vaules to provide a broad base and wide curriculum..."
 * Timothymurphy (talk) 21:07, 8 March 2008 (UTC) i've just brutally cut down this article. i hope this is ok. i just cut out lots of language that was just PR speak to make things more concise and impartial.

i also removed many internal links, such as every mention of children - if somebody doesn't know what a child is, they probably don't need to be looking up schools... Timothymurphy (talk) 21:07, 8 March 2008 (UTC) p.s. i didnn't put up an advert tag - not sure if it needs one Timothymurphy (talk) 21:25, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

importance rating
i would give this article a high importance rating because of being such an anicent school. it has an important place in the history of education for england and the world; for how schools have developed as institutions in the modern world. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Timothymurphy (talk • contribs) 22:05, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
 * in fact, make that a TOP IMPORTANCE rating Timothymurphy (talk) 22:08, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

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Headmasters of Prebendal School
In the list of Headmasters, where is Reverend Bate? 2A01:CB18:C8B:E700:FC3C:E388:8636:DB5E (talk) 16:19, 21 December 2023 (UTC)