Talk:St Mary's Roman Catholic High School, Chesterfield

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old but not very old, no alumni, history short ... but a good start to a page Victuallers 22:48, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Assess again

Firstly - Good references but I don't think you are doing it right. Say I want to link to French Google site then I do it like this [1] ... do have a look Victuallers 13:57, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Where is this from?

  1. ^ you can clich here but look at the source to see where I typed this

[edit] POV Text Extracted from Article

The following text was removed from the article recently, as it does not appear to be NPOV to me. Also, it is unlikely that we'd be able to cite any references for it. (EdJogg)

St Mary's has a reputation for being one of the more desirable schools to attend in the Chesterfield area (or at least among parents) and is inaffectionately referred to as St.Fairies (see Fairy_(disambiguation) by some students and staff at other schools. Academically the school performs better than others in the area, but unlike other secondary schools in Chesterfield it has no "catchment area" and may "pick and choose" its students, who are either usually R.C. or promising academically. Despite having a sixth form of over 250 pupils, less than 20 of these are from other schools.
Maybe not referenceable but it's all true - I know from experience. Especially the bit about it being an RC meaning it has no catchment area - that's standard, procedure as far as I know so perhaps that one can get citated. Suggest trawling piczo or something for references to "St.Fairies" - it will be mentioned somewhere, if this is acceptable as a ref. The bit about sixth form members who previously attended other sixth forms is accurate but probably unreferancable... just try applying! (82.195...blah)
—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.195.117.194 (talk • contribs) 21:51, 4 December 2006.

EdJogg 14:53, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

In answer to the above comments...if you can provide a verified source for the information, then go ahead and include it. -- EdJogg 15:24, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Name Change

I feel that the correct title should be used in order to avoid confusion between Old Catholics, English Cathlics and Roman Catholics. The correct full title of the school is "St. Mary's Roman Catholic High School" thus I have changed the title of the article.

EdJogg, the use of "St. Fairies" is a derogative colloquial term, it is possible to cite it, however I feel that it would be inappropiate to do so. Berniewilson 04:25, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] References/Sources

I have added several sources of info thus I am about to remove the cite sources banner from the page.

Berniewilson 00:36, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

Good work. This article has finally got the attention it deserved - it needed some local knowledge to pull it straight. It's good to know it's in safe hands! Just a word of caution though, as an insider you'll need to be extra careful about writing for NPOV.
EdJogg 01:17, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] School project?

How about a wikipedia page for the school in Burkina Faso? see list the schools in BF in wikipedia ... Victuallers (talk) 15:10, 24 December 2007 (UTC)