Talk:Scots College (Sydney)/Archive 1

Archive 1

useless junk

is it just me or is the information on the house system at scots really unnecessary...the article actually lacks substance...feels like it is lifted from a student handout or a school website. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Mpearse (talk • contribs) 00:11, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

I think that all information pertaining to individual people or housemasters within houses should be removed. Perhaps date founded and motto and crest should remain. Jpe|ob 00:56, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

Agreed. That is relevant to some people and it makes sense that it should remain.mpearse 11:46, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

If you are refering to the teacher awards which I believe were removed some time ago they have been added by somebody (probably a student) as a spoof and are not in any way true. Also, is Wiliam Macky William Macky? — Preceding unsigned comment added by New biggles (talk • contribs) 07:20, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

Prefect's Names

I removed the 2006 Student Prefect's names due to irrelevance. This principle has been established and followed within other Wikiproject:schools. Jpeob 07:28, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

I can but wonder whether the prefect who found it so necessary to see his name on Wikipedia would think of that. Artiste-extraordinaire 10:19, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

Things to add

• Pastoral care system
• More sports than rowing. It's not as if they win.
• Co-curricular activities: they do Debating and Public Speaking, too!

Artiste-extraordinaire 11:05, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

there are some serious problems with this articel...it seems to me to be an article which started out ok, but was then added to in a biased fashion by members of scots or its staff or alumnai. serious editing needed, almost as serious as my spelling problems. please somone who knows the infro fix it! mpearse 10:21, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

I've removed a lot of unencyclopedic material, mostly relating to the House Gala Day. I hope this fixes it. Blarneytherinosaur 01:15, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

Things to add_2

The Scots College also forms a relationship with the IPEKA High christian school, Jakarta, Indonesia. Every year, under the guidance of Ms. Previati, these boys from the IPEKA school experienced several activities, such as home stay by Scots boys' parents and also going into the classes offered by TSC. As the IPEKA school is a co-ed school, it also forms a relationship with St. Cahterine's school in Waverly. The girls from IPEKA school has activities organised by the St. Catherine's school. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 129.94.6.28 (talk • contribs) 10:11, 15 June 2006.

Scoogle and Technology that the college uses

I think that the article should be expanded in certain areas, like how Scots .NET is used, that the students have laptops, why they have laptops, etc... Scoogle should also be talked about in greater detail, and this information could be merged from Scoogle-course-management.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Alterctrlego (talk • contribs) 22:03, 1 November 2006 (UTC).

I disagree that the technology section needs to be expanded. If anything it needs to be reviewed for notability. Wikipedia is not a soapbox. If it is notable, the information in the Scoogle-course-management article should be here, but I am yet to be convinced. As far as I am concerned, you can merge it here, but it might be removed later as unencyclopedic. Blarneytherinosaur talk 00:04, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

Why was the school started?

I disagree with the reason for starting the College "for the Scots". See Built to Last in the school library/archives, by Phillipa Andrew. Rev Arthur Aspinall (q.v.for details of this issue) had a large parish in outback NSW in the 1880's. He saw the need to educate the children of the pastoralists and so pointed out this need to the Presbyterian Church. When the school started the early pupils were from the pastoralist families that he knew-including the Martels, and possibly the Strahorns. Somewhere there is a list of the original families which I have seen at some time. I am happy to correct the article but did not feel free to so without permission. User:Phayla 28 April 2007

There is no source cited to support that contention so I have removed it. If you have access to a history of the College, feel free to make additions and corrections to the article, and wherever you can please cite your sources. Blarneytherinosaur talk 03:37, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. I have an useful newspaper article on the College in my archives. Will try to find it. Phayla 5 May 2007

Have not yet found the article mentioned (I have two packed expanding A-Z files of data on the Aspinalls-I am a family member). But I am finding other useful references and communications from the 1990's. As I find references I will add them to this site and/or Arthur Aspinall (or other family members of note I am also adding to Wikipedia). Have added a quote about the influence of the Forbes area to the College which reinforces my initial comment about the reason to start the college (under History). Thanks for everyone's help, encouragement and additions. Have added a "References" section to the article. Phayla 6 May 2007

Dr Robert Iles - when did he become Principal?

I finished my high school education at the College back then in 2002. During my years in Scots, Dr Robert Iles had been the Principal. Do any of you know what year he become Principal at this school? --203.15.122.35 07:15, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

Anti-semitism?

The article as it reads purveys a rather distorted view of reality - there have been no criminal chargles laid, nothing proved. The issue as I understand it is one of regular private school bashing by tabloid newspapers with a slow-news day. Concerning the incident in question, the students involved were not senior students, they had left the school in previous years. While the issues surrounding the event are definitely worth discussion, this is not the forum for that. The facts remain that wikipedia is not a vessel for anti-elitist tabloid bigotry and the wholesale reproduction of defamatory lies by determinedly ignorant people - just the sort of behaviour the anti-semitism movement seeks rightly to diminish. Will edit shortly if no response recieved. Kenneth Charles (talk) 00:48, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Vandalism Cleanup

The Reverand Dr Jordan Francis Lestrange has been returned to John Gilchrist. Jordan Lestrange is a current student Corexdefender (talk) 07:11, 26 March 2012 (UTC)