User talk:GordonD

June 2011

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Hello Elizium 23, I was a pupil at the school in the mid 1960's and wish to preserve a little of it's history and the fact that it did exist. I have had no affiliation with any organisation or owner of the building or site since it closed in 1971.

Would you review my article and make any comments, I have made it factual. Thank you. GordonD (talk) 23:53, 20 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I think that given those two factors, your actual conflict of interest is close to nil. I have retracted the notice. The article looks alright for starters. I have one edit in mind, I will make it and let you continue if you have more improvements to make. Elizium23 (talk) 01:58, 21 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your fast reply and the edits. Can you Accept the article and I will continue to add to it as I obtain new information. I am in the process of checking copyright on an aerial postcard photo of the school from 1960 and I intend to add that to the article. Thanks. GordonD (talk) 20:08, 21 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I thought my article Huyton Hill Preparatory School could be moved after review by Elizium23, but the notice about needing review remained, so I have moved it back. GordonD (talk) 20:10, 24 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

== Your submission at Articles for creation ==

You recently made a submission to Articles for Creation. Your article has been reviewed and because some issues were found, it could not be accepted in its current form; it is now located at Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Huyton Hill Preparatory School. Please view your submission to see the comments left by the reviewer. Feel free to edit the submission to address the issues raised, and resubmit once you feel they have been resolved. (You can do this by adding the text {{subst:AFC submission/submit}} to the top of the article.) Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia! avs5221^(t|c) 12:20, 26 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for reviewing my article. The school is of interest to social historians who may want to research schools that were evacuated from main cities in England at the outbreak of World War II. It is notable for its progressive approach to discipline which will be of interest to educational and social historians. It also has the claim of being the first school in England to host an aircraft landing field. Since many other schools also have pages in Wikipedia I thought that this was an appropriate and interesting addition. I hope you will reconsider allowing the article to be published.GordonD (talk) 20:18, 26 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

All of these things are very interesting, and it really pains me to say this because you clearly enjoy writing about the school. But, that said, my problem with the article is two-fold. One, of course, is the lack of sources. This leads into my second point of contention. While all of these stories about the school make for a very charming article, they do not lend themselves to an encyclopedic article. For instance, I don't imagine you'll be able to find secondary sources referencing the school's punishment system. While it's an interesting read, it's not very important in the grand scheme of things. Likewise, wartime airfields are a well documented occurrence in England, but you may have trouble writing a thorough enough article about the school's own airfield to justify an entire article. Perhaps a small subsection in another article would be appropriate?

Of course, this is all contingent upon your ability to research and document reliable secondary sources. If you find a handful of sources that attest to the importance of this school, its airfield and punishment structure, etc., then please include them in the article. Otherwise, I stand by my previous assessment. Nonetheless, thank you for your continuing enthusiasm and receptiveness to criticism.

avs5221^(t|c) 23:44, 26 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation

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Logan _Talk ^{Contributions} 07:16, 9 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Logan, thanks for your review and assessment. GordonD (talk) 18:40, 11 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

File source problem with File:Huyton Hill Preparatory School - aerial.JPG

Thank you for uploading File:Huyton Hill Preparatory School - aerial.JPG. I noticed that the file's description page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you did not create this file yourself, you will need to specify the owner of the copyright. If you obtained it from a website, please add a link to the page from which it was taken, together with a brief restatement of the website's terms of use of its content. If the original copyright holder is a party unaffiliated with the website, that author should also be credited. Please add this information by editing the image description page.

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Hi, thanks for your comment about the picture. I have removed the caption and reviewed the copyright status. GordonD (talk) 21:52, 21 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

September 2011

Welcome to Wikipedia. It might not have been your intention, but your recent edit removed content from Huyton Hill Preparatory School with this edit. When removing content, please specify a reason in the edit summary and discuss edits that are likely to be controversial on the article's talk page. If this was a mistake, don't worry; the content has been restored, as you can see from the page history. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia, and if you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. A fluffernutter is a sandwich! (talk) 21:00, 20 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, thanks for your comment and apologies for not filling in the edit summary. I removed the content as there was a query about the copyright staus of the picture which I have now changed and I have resored the picture to my article. GordonD (talk) 21:55, 21 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Possibly unfree File:Huyton Hill Preparatory School - aerial.JPG

A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Huyton Hill Preparatory School - aerial.JPG, has been listed at Wikipedia:Possibly unfree files because its copyright status is unclear or disputed. If the file's copyright status cannot be verified, it may be deleted. You may find more information on the file description page. You are welcome to add comments to its entry at the discussion if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. —Bkell (talk) 22:07, 21 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi again, Gordon. You've tagged this image with the {{PD-US-1996}} tag, which claims that it's in the public domain in the United States because, among other things, it was in the public domain in its home country on January 1, 1996. Do you have any evidence for that? —Bkell (talk) 22:07, 21 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The picture was scanned from a 1950 postcard that was given free by the school to parents. The school closed in 1969 and the headmaster died in 1971. The postcard used for the scan was destroyed in a house fire and I do not know of any other original. GordonD (talk) 09:18, 22 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]