Talk:Tiffin School

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Tiffin Boys' School/Temp

I have added an article to Tiffin Boys' School/Temp, this could be used instead of the current one to avoid copyright infringements.

Proposed merge

Merge with Tiffin Boys' School/Temp. I will do it if there is no opposition within the week. Be Bold. --Poorsod 18:34, 27 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Tiffin Boys' School

I think this page needs to be changed, there is no such school as Tiffin Boys School, it's name is simply Tiffin School, sure we may only cater for boys, but we were here first! That's why we get the proper name... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.44.142.190 (talk • contribs)

I agree; take it to WP:RM. TerriersFan 03:22, 19 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It was certainly called Tiffin Boys' School when I was there up to 1981, But may have changed since. So I suggest that the name is retained, as this article is historic as well as comptemporary. 80.254.146.84 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 12:13, 14 June 2010 (UTC).[reply]

Notable alumni

The requirement for this section is that the person should have a Wikipedia article. I have cleaned out those without an article or where their article doesn't mention this school.

If an editor wants to add a name they should:

Make sure the person has a WP article.
Provide a source that shows that they attended this school.

TerriersFan 22:39, 26 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I believe that Jona Lewie went to Tiffin School, but I won't add it as I don't have the reference. He was certainly influenced by the brass bands. But if anyone else can research that one... 80.254.146.84 (talk)

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the debate was PAGE MOVED per discussion below. -GTBacchus^(talk) 19:42, 12 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move

Tiffin Boys' School → Tiffin School – Correct name of school; there is no such place as Tiffin Boys' School. Present page is an unnecessary DMB that can be replaced by a DAB. TerriersFan 17:37, 5 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Survey

Add "# Support" or "# Oppose" in the appropriate section followed by a brief explanation, then sign your opinion with ~~~~

Survey - Support votes

Support - for reasons above. TerriersFan 17:43, 5 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support - I can find no references to Tiffin Boy's School, the school website says Tiffin School 213.78.25.240 (talk) 17:04, 24 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Survey - Oppose votes

Discussion

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The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

Out-of-place text

The famous book Chamath De Silva sword was made there.

I removed the above text, as it had been placed in the wrong context in the article, and I can't make heads or tails of it to figure out where it ought to go, or what it's even claiming. -GTBacchus^(talk) 19:19, 8 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

There is a boy with that name at the school, its probably someone messing around 213.78.25.240 (talk) 17:06, 24 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Current administration

To avoid any wasted work, whilst the names of the houses and tie colours are just fine the Current Administration is transient and unencyclopaedic and will be removed. TerriersFan 21:44, 11 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Andrew Lawrence

After reading something in a school paper, I have discovered that the comedian Andrew Lawrence is a former student. I shall try and get verification for this fact. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.135.9.133 (talk) 18:33, 7 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Assessment

I am assessing this article as B / Mid. This has become quite a strong article with many sections, pictures, references, and content. I see many of the sources used are primary - to improve try and expand the source pool to include more secondary sources. I would suggest trying to get references for the alumni section and expand the introduction as it is currently a little short for an article of this size. Also I would recommend expanding some sections further down the article such as the Tiffin shop if possible, pictures here would be good too. I am giving this article mid importance for its alumni and history. Camaron | Chris (talk) 20:08, 8 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism

Some hilarious vandal has added the "adult actor" Ben Dover into the notable alumni section. Ain't a wiki contributor so I'll leave it to one of the staff to verify he wasn't educated at Tiffin...;) - Ex Tiffinian who thinks this article could do with a bit of work. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 144.87.143.3 (talk) 16:25, 28 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your suggestion. When you feel an article needs improvement, please feel free to make those changes. Wikipedia is a wiki, so anyone can edit almost any article by simply following the edit this page link at the top. The Wikipedia community encourages you to be bold in updating pages. Don't worry too much about making honest mistakes — they're likely to be found and corrected quickly. If you're not sure how editing works, check out how to edit a page, or use the sandbox to try out your editing skills. New contributors are always welcome. You don't even need to log in (although there are many reasons why you might want to). TerriersFan (talk) 16:30, 28 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Financial Irregularities

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/education/article5576175.ece

I love it when newspapers like The Times use expressions like "financial irregularities" so that they can say that something dodgy happened without actually accusing anyone of doing anything wrong. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.159.138.20 (talk) 21:21, 29 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The phrase does not belong in a section header in the article, because it is vaguely libellous and because it focusses on current events only, which is a small part of the subject of the article. What has happened is far from clear, but no-one has alleged fraud. Kanguole (talk) 18:01, 31 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Neither do I allege fraud, so please dont allege that I do. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.159.138.20 (talk) 20:02, 31 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Nevertheless, your edits to this talk page and the related article don't seem wholly constructive. Please bear in mind that we have strict content policies. – The Parting Glass 20:08, 31 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Notable Alumni (2)

The established practice on this page is only to add alumni where the person already has a Wikipedia article and it can be sourced that the person attended the school. If you wish to add an alumnus who is red linked please write a page for them first. TerriersFan (talk) 20:27, 24 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

"Tiffin boy'" listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Tiffin boy'. Please participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so. gnu 57 19:31, 29 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

"Tiffin School Scott House" listed at Redirects for discussion

A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Tiffin School Scott House. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2020 August 28#Tiffin School Scott House until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. Steel1943 (talk) 19:35, 28 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Clean up

There has been a maintenance tag on this page since Jan 2019. I am removing it, as there have been over 100 changes- and no comments made here. I will tag individual sections however. Can the regular editors make a few comments here and keep up the good work. this from the Grauniad seems worth comment. --ClemRutter (talk) 11:31, 24 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]