Talk:Wellington College, Berkshire

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Assessment: Hello all, and thank you for contributing to this school article. I'm part of the Wikipedia:WikiProject_Schools/Assessment team, and I'm reviewing this page. I'm currently giving it a grade of Start on the Wikipedia 1.0 Assessment Scale and an importance of High on this importance scale. For information on improving this article, please visit the WikiProject Schools Project Page. My reasoning is as follows: Some good information but mostly unreferenced. Could use some work on WP:NPOV and a good reorganization. Adam McCormick 01:02, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

"HM Queen Elizabeth II" was wikified to British Monarch since it seems that the office of visitor is held ex-officio , instead of being held personally (as far as I can tell). 203.97.2.243 09:40, 21 Mar 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Citing sources: slang section

Does the slang section really need to cite sources? 1, as far as I can tell, there are none; all the content will have come from people like me who go to the school. 2, most of the content is reverted anyway by RC patrollers. 3, the post of visitor is ex-officio, as it was originally Queen Victoria (I believe). haz (user talk) 12:38, 9 May 2006

Yes, it does need to cite sources, and if there are none, the section should be removed. Wikipedia:Verifiability is an offical policy, and can't be ignored. Regards, MartinRe 12:46, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

• Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not a dictionary covers slang dictionaries. Section like this don't belong in this encyclopedia as they are only of local interest. They are being deleted from most id not all school articles. Adam McCormick 00:59, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Renaming

Perhaps this article should be renamed to just Wellington college, seeing as all the other school in Berkshire follow this format.--Robertvan1 22:13, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

It is to disambiguate between Wellington School in Somerset and Wellington College, NZ. haz (user talk) 09:31, 25 June 2006

It would be a good idea for this article to ju st Wellington college since it is the only one of major consequence. The others page titles all have qualifiers anyway so this page should be moved to "Wellington College" and the existing disambig page moved to "Wellington College (disambiguation)". Mr Bluefin 07:46, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

If noone objects within the next day or so I'll move the page to the suggestion above. I've already moved the existing dab. Mr Bluefin 07:46, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

• I do object, consequence is a POV term. The Berkshire school may well be the most notable. If however, you are receiving your education in New Zealand, there is no reason why some institution in the antipodes is of more consequence. Dab pages often are better without the qualifier of disambigation in brackets as the disambiguation to the correct page can then be done via pop-ups.--A Y Arktos\^talk 11:13, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

The problem with the current arrangement is that having the unqualified dab page linking to qualified article titles for each of the schools could give the impression that all the schools are of equal prominence (which I've said above was a wrong impression). My two cents are that: this article be moved to "Wellington College" and that the existing disambiguation page be moved to "(disambiguation)". I am not an alumnus of Wellington College in Berkshire, nor do I have any pro-Berkshire feelings. Mr Bluefin 11:58, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Needs a section on Masters of the College

In particular, 3 spring to my mind:

 - Benson, the First Master [also, cross-reference the Foundation of the College]
 - Longden, who was killed by a raid in WW2.
 - Driver, made stateless by the Apartheid-era South Africa, for his stance against Apartheid

[edit] Influence of Prince Albert

I recall, but cannot provide a reference, that it was, to some extent, fortunate for the College that Prince Albert passed away as young as he did. His original aim for the College was to turn it into a "technical school", on the German model, and it was only as a result of his demise that the college became a place dedicated to a general education. I am reasonably sure of this fact, being a former pupil, but cannot state it with authority.