Talk:Birkenhead School
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Good school - poor article. Look at others Victuallers 10:12, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
An Old Birkonian who does not have an entry in Wikipedia should not be listed as a famous old boy. Some of the people currently listed seem to me to be unlikely ever to deserve a separate biographical entry. JMcC 08:27, 14 September 2005 (UTC)
- First off, juust because the links are red at the moment does not mean they should be removed. This is not Wikipedia policy. Second, all these individuals have an entry in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, the definitive list of notable British historical personages, and if they have an entry in that I think they definitely deserve an entry here, considering some of the relative nobodies who do get an entry. Who do you think is not notable enough to be listed? -- Necrothesp 20:34, 14 September 2005 (UTC)
- You are quite right. If they are in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, they must have done something notable. I am just displaying my ignorance in admitting I have not heard of them. I had thought that the fact that they were still in red was a good sign that they had't done anything really noteworthy otherwise they would already have an article. However Wikipedia is still young and after writing up Philip Toosey I realise this is a mistake.JMcC 09:59, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
Poor article with the school rapidly following suit. L1v3rp00l (talk) 00:40, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
- The inspectors have just paid a visit, so a more objective opinion will be published shortly. JMcC (talk) 18:30, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
[edit] sixth-form
"Sixth-form" means nothing to me. Is this like sixth grade? Perhaps the article could explain in parentheses what this is. Also the article uses it hyphenated and lowercase ("sixth-form") and unhyphenated and uppercase ("Sixth Form level"). It should probably be consistent. Volfy 17:52, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
- Easy to forget such things as sixth forms are not universally understood, especially since the number system starts at the age of eleven and the sixth form covers two years! Link now added to explain. JMcC 00:39, 16 November 2005 (UTC)
