Talk:Dollar Academy

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Contents 1 What evidence is there for Garfield Sobers studying at Dollar? 2 When did the Academy go co-ed? 3 Infobox 4 Assess

[edit] What evidence is there for Garfield Sobers studying at Dollar?

None at all. He visited the school last year to support Dollar's Barbadan scholar programme, but never studied there himself.

[edit] When did the Academy go co-ed?

It may have been the first co-educational institution in the United Kingdom.

A date would be useful here. Or was it founded as a co-educational institution? Flapdragon 15:15, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

The Academy has always been co-educational since its foundation in 1818.--Dtp500 19:30, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Infobox

Can somebody sort out the infobox, their is some information in it that is not showing up.

The infoboxes are pre-set. You cannot just add in information on the article edit page - a whole new template would have to be created.

[edit] Assess

This is an excellent well-written start class article with an impressive collection of data. You need to focus on references to bring the article up to B class. You make some impressive claims but they are not backed up by references. Alumni without Wiki articles should be referenced. The school hymn in particular needs a reference. Have you checked that it is out of copyright? It is recommended that you change the infobox to the standard UK infobox. Please ask at WikiProject Schools if you need any help with any of the above. Dahliarose 22:49, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

Changed importance to "high" because of the fact that the school is the oldest co-educational school in Britain (and oldest co-ed boarding in the world). Also one of Scotland's largest and most well-known independent schools and impressive alumni list, particularly George Reid, James Dewar, Alan Johnston, Fraser Nelson, Alfred Gardyne de Chastelain, Amha Selassie I. Scotanica 12:21, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

I was erring on the side of caution as the claims are not backed up by references. If true then the high importance is justified. Dahliarose 23:24, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

School Song - The correct words are "Here in a fair green valley. . . :" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.142.20.89 (talk) 12:12, 21 October 2007 (UTC)