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User:220.245.180.132, Can you explain what these abbreviations stand for? Otherwise, I feel they should be left out of the article. Cnwb 12:14, 10 November 2005 (UTC)
User:L00ser I see no reason for you to edit the Anglican Church Grammar School site with inappropiate information that has no factual basis whatsover. I would like to put foward a ban on L00ser editing any site as he has blatently disregarded the rules and continues to vandalise the Anglican Church Grammar School site.
agreed, the 'controvesy' and 'student organisations' sections are a little biased, but they should NOT be delteted. feel free to edit. as an uninvolved aprty, it is obvious to me that these should remain.
By not posting here, User:220.245.180.132 has essentially pleaded no contest... The abbreviations should left out as they are rather abtruse. Be forewarned, Cnwb, the man we are dealing with here has a bit of a history. If he persists in this without explaining himself, take this to a higher level. Cheers, All.- Thesocialistesq 05:15, 25 December 2005 (UTC)
That is a terrible idea. They represent the students at Churchie and remain in those positions for a whole year. Their roles give them the right to be up there.
Hahaha, the funny thing is that you take this so seriously hahaha. Mate, you need to find yourself a girl.
oooooo big man, if u find that sad, then ur a bit sad urself, there are many people our school, and thus many computers at many homes, thousands, ill always win
Hahaha ummmmm hate to tell you big fella but our grammar school doesn't have a playground. you should get your story straight, first you say no one can "win" and then you tell me to join your "winning team", nice one...... ...... ..... ehem ..... ..... anyway its obvious you dont really no wat ur talkin about, oh well, makes it easier for me to WIN. Oh and by the way, I'm not "playing", if you think this is "playing" perhaps you should go to your local playground and partake in your "playing" there.... but thanks for the heads up big fella
shutup
i would like very much to find out if there is any basis in the incident that gave this moniker breath. I suffered three years of this shithole school and heard that it was. I suffered my time in Donaldson House and a senior told me there that the lad who fucked a dog was very much real. I would like to write a short history on this if possible.
i was a boarder in Donaldson House from 1988-90 and we once asked the sole repeat senior there if the legend of Zoomer was, in fact, true. He indicated that it was. He told us that it occurred when he was a Grade Eight student himself (so in 1982), the kid who violated the dog was a senior. He had thought that he was going to score on a date with a girl and had brought with him a condom in preparation. When his plans did not transpire, he opted for the dog that had integrated herself with the boarding community. He was found out the side of what was then the Grade Nine dormitory with the dog's hind legs wrapped in behind the crux of his knees. He was pulling her back and forth upon himself with her tail - doing her 'doggy style.' He used the condom at least! I cannot reference this, but this is what I heard from a living breathing senior in 1988. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.126.106.66 ( talk) 20:48, 4 May 2016 (UTC)
I was wondering what the concensus is on including a reference to this nickname for Churchie students is. It is a term that to my knowledge is commonly used amongst Brisbane students and by that measure should be included. If included it certainly should be made clear that the origin is apocraphyl and it's usage degogratry. 194.105.170.60 13:03, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
Nah, i dont think you should put zoomers in, its definiatly not for an encycoldidia (or however you spell it) lol
Not mentioning that churchie boys are called zoomers is like not mentioning hitler was a nazi.
the term zoomer comes from an incident that apparently happened when a kid was dared to have sex with the head masters dog and hence did so, and the dogs name was zoomer.
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The dogs name was not zoomer, the guy who did it was not popular and this was the nickname given to him by other students,
that student commited suicide and let us respect him by not using it derogaratorily.
Edit: It is a long time for me now but from what I remember the dogs name was "Zoomer" and it did not belong to any of the staff but another student. Yes the student whom was "caught" conducting a sexual act with the aforementioned dog did commit suicide but after having already moved schools once or perhaps even twice. All in all, very sad. Having said this I believe that a respectful mention (not easy I guess) should be made. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 114.78.21.42 ( talk) 05:20, 25 June 2011 (UTC)
Its a big joke that no-one gets about the private school boy in the Mazda car commercials going "Zoom Zoom". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.104.164.238 ( talk) 14:12, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
Have added the Kevin Lynch saga in. Its in St. Pauls and Grammar's page, it should be here too. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Kiran90 ( talk • contribs) .
I can understand the comments of the school webmaster on the sexual abuse section and the school not wanting it to appear. On the other hand, it is an important part of history for survivors which should not be ignored. From the perspective of an encyclopaedia, I suspect a paper encyclopedia editor would be more interested in balance than inclusion of relatively small and controversial facts. Why doesn't the perpetrator have a Wikipedia entry??? No doubt all encyclopedia topics have controversial areas. Can they be dealt with in a consistent way? -- Blouis79 13:36, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
ummmmmm wavegetarian or wateva ur name is, stop being a bitch, get a job, and for the love of god get a girl friend, end communication —The preceding
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haha, WAvegetarian, dont take it seriously. that comment made by the unsigned user is a typical Australian Churchie "student" response: short, primitive and lacking in any form of logic or sense. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.177.157.77 ( talk) 12:31, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
The comment blow was removed from the wiki article, it was written by an ex stage crew member is true, the students in stage crew are not recognized for their work. And neither does the school administration notice the hours put in by the stage crew members. Personally i agree with the above comment and so do some other stage crew members.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.148.42.225 ( talk • contribs) 11:35, July 25, 2007 (UTC)
I felt that the stage crew section was written by a bitter exmember who was very upset by the lack of recognition for his work: here is the section I removed "After most events that occur during the school year that the Stage Crew boys are involved in takes away a lot of their spare time. This is because something that might only run for an hour will take hours and hours to set and pack up. For plays, the hours involve setting up, rehearsals, the performance and finally the pack up. For a dance, the hours would involve setting up, which takes a year 10 roughly 35 hours each with the time increasing as you go up the grades, driving the dance and finally bumping out that night. After a school dance that finishes at around 10:30pm, the stage crew boys are there until the early hours of the morning and leave the school at about 3:30 or sometimes 4:00 on sunday mornings.
Although stage crew is the main force behind most of the things that happen in the school that involve their equipment, there is a poor stigma about them. Not too many of the boys in the churchie community actually respect the stage crew community. Most boys see stage crew as a waste of time that they get out of class for and don no work whatsoever. However, these boys have never participated in stage crew and have no idea of what goes on behind the scenes of everything that happens at the school. " —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 220.244.146.142 ( talk) 15:22, 24 April 2007 (UTC).
I was in Strong House from 1996 to 2001. If this page is intended to reflect the full history of Churchie, then I feel that it should also include the two boarding houses (Strong and Donaldson) that was merged down with Gerald and Goodwin. I would write this section myself, however, I don't have the full references and the story behind why the two boarding houses was cut down.
Is there a link to an article about the fire with exact details? I found some on The Courier Mail and Brisbane Times but none mentioned the building the fire was in. According to The Courier Mail, the fire was at 4:30PM, not 5:00PM. If it is indeed 5pm then please feel free to change it back to the correct time. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.239.71.163 ( talk) 01:45, 9 December 2007 (UTC) The fire was in the library building - the Roberts Centre. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.94.205.245 ( talk) 06:25, 8 July 2014 (UTC)
I fail to see what the fuss is about. This item simply describes the methods by which the student body is formally organised.
The section beginning Boys in year 8 is of a different nature, as it describes certain policies of the school in relation to its pupils. It would be better to expand and clarify this section, and break it out as a separate item. Chasnor15 ( talk) 14:07, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
George Wilson is recorded under the heading "Rugby" as "Bury FC". This is an English football (soccer) club, but I am unable to trace him. Some mistake, surely?
I feel the use of the word 'churchie', while a culturally accepted term to refer to the school in Queensland, is still classed as a slang term and should be removed and replaced with the full name of the school or an abbreviation with the exception of where 'Churchie' refers to a proper noun, such as an organization titled as such. Anybody have any thoughts on this? Twistie.man ( talk) 08:43, 25 October 2009 (UTC)
Please state your reasons and give appropriate examples as to why you believe that this article contains the following: (1) Low standards set by Wikipedia (2) Weasel words and unverifiable information (3) Additional references -- note that this last one has been set since 2007 and the article has vastly changed since then. And lastly, (4) Why you feel the Student bodies section should be presented using Prose. As these are subjective matters, I would like your input as to why those of you feel those tags need to remain. 124.177.173.49 ( talk) 12:53, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
Like many articles about educational institutions, self-promotion can become rife within an article and need to be referenced as to provide a NPOV. I noticed a removal of the weasel words template, however, I see paragraphs about the school with unreferenced quotes like "even though the 1st VIII remains the symbol of supremacy.", despite, when looking upon results, rowing results in Brisbane seem pretty even. I don't know much about GPS Sport, but perhaps a more in depth sport section to reflect how the school performs in other sports like rugby and cricket, rather than just the sports they succeed at. The article also includes other unreferenced self promotion statements, such as charitable events run by the school. Until such issues are cleared up, I don't believe this article meets WP:NPOV standards. JRA_ Westy Qld2 Talk 00:43, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
Cannot find this supposed 'press release' or any other notable material, however I may not be looking in the right spot. JRA_ Westy Qld2 Talk 10:10, 18 February 2010 (UTC)
I've rollbacked an attempt to remove well referenced content from the History and Controversy sections without any apparent explanation in edit summaries. If there's an explanation for why this information should be removed, please feel free to explain before removing it. - danjel ( talk to me) 07:57, 27 April 2011 (UTC)
I'm going to undertake a major edit of the Controversy section and feel as though I should explain what I'm going to do before I do it. Firstly, I'm going to remove the two lines about an anonymous 'ex-student' reporting being sexually abused between 1989 and 1992 because there is no reference for it (the link is dead). Secondly, I'm going to remove the sentences about a Churchie student being assaulted on Stradbroke Island. The bashing has nothing to do with Churchie itself and involves no 'controversial' behaviour on the part of the school. It was merely a coincidence that the student happened to be from Churchie - including such information is unnecessary and irrelevant for people visiting an encyclopaedic website to better understand the school. Also (and this could be debatable), I'm going to remove the paragraph about Robert Sharwood. Including details about 'kissing, fondling, oral sex and masturbation' seems like an attempt to draw the reader away from the implied 'controversy' on Churchie's part - his employment at the school. No sexual activity took place at the school. Additionally, the school fired the man upon learning of his past actions (see [1]). The issue with, and the controversy surrounding, Robert Sharwood was not Churchie employing him - in all the articles I have read, there is no criticism of the school's actions. The issue was Sharwood's history as a chaplain, which the school knew nothing about, and fired him when it learnt of it. I should note that the title of the source used is "Church 'covered up' sexual abuse" not "Churchie 'covered up' sexual abuse". So there was nothing 'controversial' about the school's behaviour. Hopefully people can see where I'm coming from. It seems as though a lot effort is expended in attempts to implicate Churchie in a range of 'controversies' without people bothering to acknowledge that the school itself is frequently an uninvolved party. (Apologies for the formatting of this response; I haven't used the talk page before.) W108 ( talk) 11:57, 28 December 2012 (UTC)w108
I've just done the edit and I've also deleted two other paragraphs. The paragraph to do with 'brawling' was deleted because it was unreferenced (dead link) and no other evidence of the incident exists that I can find. I've tried searching various terms on Google (i.e. 'Churchie' and 'brawling'; 'Churchie', 'station' and 'Cooparoo') and I don't get anything. Additionally, the paragraph about the alleged 'rape' by the Year 9s was very poorly referenced. Neither of the two articles cited ('Two schoolboys charged over sex attack on girl, 13', from The Courier-Mail and 'Private school boys charged with rape' from Perth Now) contain 'Churchie' or 'Anglican Church Grammar School', so neither can be used as references for the claim that Churchie students carried out the attack. Also, the City News article that purportedly revealed the boys to be from Churchie is non-existent - newspaper databases reveal nothing when the title 'Boys face Brisbane court on rape charge' is searched and the Courier Mail/Quest Community Newspaper website also shows nothing for the same search. If it cannot be proven that Churchie students were involved in/carried out the rape, then these claims have no business being on the Churchie page. I've deleted both paragraphs based on Wikipedia's verifiability guidelines ( WP:VERIFY). W108 ( talk) 12:32, 28 December 2012 (UTC)
References
I've just read through the list of houses at Churchie and the names of the housemasters has not been updated. I'm a current student at Churchie and I know that a few of the houses have new housemasters this year.
-- 203.6.250.10 ( talk) 02:13, 7 May 2011 (UTC)
Just wondering why this article, after some pretty extensive editing, still has these two banners. The banner calling for additional citations (which I note was created in 2007) seems a little unnecessary given that there are no [citation needed] tags in the entire article. All of the 'weasel words' mentioned have been removed and the article contains very few unsupported claims. Could anyone who thinks it should stay please explain why? Otherwise, it should be deleted. Also, the lead section of the article exactly mirrors those of other schools' pages that do not have a 'lead section' banner (see, for example, Geelong Grammar School, Melbourne Grammar School, Brisbane Grammar School and St Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace). Once again, this banner seems to be on this page unnecessarily. If there are any reasons as for why it exists, could they please be made clear so the lead section could be improved? If not, it should be deleted. — Preceding unsigned comment added by W108 ( talk • contribs) 13:53, 28 December 2012 (UTC)
In light of the above, and since no one has given any reasons for the continued presence of the banners, I'm going to take the initiative and remove them. If someone else thinks that there are too few references/the lead section is too short, please do us a favour and improve the article instead of pasting a banner on the page for five years and waiting for someone else to do it. W108 ( talk) 00:50, 30 December 2012 (UTC)
In the introductory paragraphs it's stated that "Churchie, [is] widely recognised as one of Australia's most prestigious schools", yet the reference given reads "One of Brisbane's most prestigious schools". A single claim that it is one of Brisbane's most prestigious schools is hardly evidence that it is widely recognised as one of Australia's most prestigious schools. - Matthew238 ( talk) 12:32, 9 July 2014 (UTC)
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User:220.245.180.132, Can you explain what these abbreviations stand for? Otherwise, I feel they should be left out of the article. Cnwb 12:14, 10 November 2005 (UTC)
User:L00ser I see no reason for you to edit the Anglican Church Grammar School site with inappropiate information that has no factual basis whatsover. I would like to put foward a ban on L00ser editing any site as he has blatently disregarded the rules and continues to vandalise the Anglican Church Grammar School site.
agreed, the 'controvesy' and 'student organisations' sections are a little biased, but they should NOT be delteted. feel free to edit. as an uninvolved aprty, it is obvious to me that these should remain.
By not posting here, User:220.245.180.132 has essentially pleaded no contest... The abbreviations should left out as they are rather abtruse. Be forewarned, Cnwb, the man we are dealing with here has a bit of a history. If he persists in this without explaining himself, take this to a higher level. Cheers, All.- Thesocialistesq 05:15, 25 December 2005 (UTC)
That is a terrible idea. They represent the students at Churchie and remain in those positions for a whole year. Their roles give them the right to be up there.
Hahaha, the funny thing is that you take this so seriously hahaha. Mate, you need to find yourself a girl.
oooooo big man, if u find that sad, then ur a bit sad urself, there are many people our school, and thus many computers at many homes, thousands, ill always win
Hahaha ummmmm hate to tell you big fella but our grammar school doesn't have a playground. you should get your story straight, first you say no one can "win" and then you tell me to join your "winning team", nice one...... ...... ..... ehem ..... ..... anyway its obvious you dont really no wat ur talkin about, oh well, makes it easier for me to WIN. Oh and by the way, I'm not "playing", if you think this is "playing" perhaps you should go to your local playground and partake in your "playing" there.... but thanks for the heads up big fella
shutup
i would like very much to find out if there is any basis in the incident that gave this moniker breath. I suffered three years of this shithole school and heard that it was. I suffered my time in Donaldson House and a senior told me there that the lad who fucked a dog was very much real. I would like to write a short history on this if possible.
i was a boarder in Donaldson House from 1988-90 and we once asked the sole repeat senior there if the legend of Zoomer was, in fact, true. He indicated that it was. He told us that it occurred when he was a Grade Eight student himself (so in 1982), the kid who violated the dog was a senior. He had thought that he was going to score on a date with a girl and had brought with him a condom in preparation. When his plans did not transpire, he opted for the dog that had integrated herself with the boarding community. He was found out the side of what was then the Grade Nine dormitory with the dog's hind legs wrapped in behind the crux of his knees. He was pulling her back and forth upon himself with her tail - doing her 'doggy style.' He used the condom at least! I cannot reference this, but this is what I heard from a living breathing senior in 1988. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.126.106.66 ( talk) 20:48, 4 May 2016 (UTC)
I was wondering what the concensus is on including a reference to this nickname for Churchie students is. It is a term that to my knowledge is commonly used amongst Brisbane students and by that measure should be included. If included it certainly should be made clear that the origin is apocraphyl and it's usage degogratry. 194.105.170.60 13:03, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
Nah, i dont think you should put zoomers in, its definiatly not for an encycoldidia (or however you spell it) lol
Not mentioning that churchie boys are called zoomers is like not mentioning hitler was a nazi.
the term zoomer comes from an incident that apparently happened when a kid was dared to have sex with the head masters dog and hence did so, and the dogs name was zoomer.
EDIT"
The dogs name was not zoomer, the guy who did it was not popular and this was the nickname given to him by other students,
that student commited suicide and let us respect him by not using it derogaratorily.
Edit: It is a long time for me now but from what I remember the dogs name was "Zoomer" and it did not belong to any of the staff but another student. Yes the student whom was "caught" conducting a sexual act with the aforementioned dog did commit suicide but after having already moved schools once or perhaps even twice. All in all, very sad. Having said this I believe that a respectful mention (not easy I guess) should be made. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 114.78.21.42 ( talk) 05:20, 25 June 2011 (UTC)
Its a big joke that no-one gets about the private school boy in the Mazda car commercials going "Zoom Zoom". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.104.164.238 ( talk) 14:12, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
Have added the Kevin Lynch saga in. Its in St. Pauls and Grammar's page, it should be here too. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Kiran90 ( talk • contribs) .
I can understand the comments of the school webmaster on the sexual abuse section and the school not wanting it to appear. On the other hand, it is an important part of history for survivors which should not be ignored. From the perspective of an encyclopaedia, I suspect a paper encyclopedia editor would be more interested in balance than inclusion of relatively small and controversial facts. Why doesn't the perpetrator have a Wikipedia entry??? No doubt all encyclopedia topics have controversial areas. Can they be dealt with in a consistent way? -- Blouis79 13:36, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
ummmmmm wavegetarian or wateva ur name is, stop being a bitch, get a job, and for the love of god get a girl friend, end communication —The preceding
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haha, WAvegetarian, dont take it seriously. that comment made by the unsigned user is a typical Australian Churchie "student" response: short, primitive and lacking in any form of logic or sense. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.177.157.77 ( talk) 12:31, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
The comment blow was removed from the wiki article, it was written by an ex stage crew member is true, the students in stage crew are not recognized for their work. And neither does the school administration notice the hours put in by the stage crew members. Personally i agree with the above comment and so do some other stage crew members.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.148.42.225 ( talk • contribs) 11:35, July 25, 2007 (UTC)
I felt that the stage crew section was written by a bitter exmember who was very upset by the lack of recognition for his work: here is the section I removed "After most events that occur during the school year that the Stage Crew boys are involved in takes away a lot of their spare time. This is because something that might only run for an hour will take hours and hours to set and pack up. For plays, the hours involve setting up, rehearsals, the performance and finally the pack up. For a dance, the hours would involve setting up, which takes a year 10 roughly 35 hours each with the time increasing as you go up the grades, driving the dance and finally bumping out that night. After a school dance that finishes at around 10:30pm, the stage crew boys are there until the early hours of the morning and leave the school at about 3:30 or sometimes 4:00 on sunday mornings.
Although stage crew is the main force behind most of the things that happen in the school that involve their equipment, there is a poor stigma about them. Not too many of the boys in the churchie community actually respect the stage crew community. Most boys see stage crew as a waste of time that they get out of class for and don no work whatsoever. However, these boys have never participated in stage crew and have no idea of what goes on behind the scenes of everything that happens at the school. " —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 220.244.146.142 ( talk) 15:22, 24 April 2007 (UTC).
I was in Strong House from 1996 to 2001. If this page is intended to reflect the full history of Churchie, then I feel that it should also include the two boarding houses (Strong and Donaldson) that was merged down with Gerald and Goodwin. I would write this section myself, however, I don't have the full references and the story behind why the two boarding houses was cut down.
Is there a link to an article about the fire with exact details? I found some on The Courier Mail and Brisbane Times but none mentioned the building the fire was in. According to The Courier Mail, the fire was at 4:30PM, not 5:00PM. If it is indeed 5pm then please feel free to change it back to the correct time. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.239.71.163 ( talk) 01:45, 9 December 2007 (UTC) The fire was in the library building - the Roberts Centre. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.94.205.245 ( talk) 06:25, 8 July 2014 (UTC)
I fail to see what the fuss is about. This item simply describes the methods by which the student body is formally organised.
The section beginning Boys in year 8 is of a different nature, as it describes certain policies of the school in relation to its pupils. It would be better to expand and clarify this section, and break it out as a separate item. Chasnor15 ( talk) 14:07, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
George Wilson is recorded under the heading "Rugby" as "Bury FC". This is an English football (soccer) club, but I am unable to trace him. Some mistake, surely?
I feel the use of the word 'churchie', while a culturally accepted term to refer to the school in Queensland, is still classed as a slang term and should be removed and replaced with the full name of the school or an abbreviation with the exception of where 'Churchie' refers to a proper noun, such as an organization titled as such. Anybody have any thoughts on this? Twistie.man ( talk) 08:43, 25 October 2009 (UTC)
Please state your reasons and give appropriate examples as to why you believe that this article contains the following: (1) Low standards set by Wikipedia (2) Weasel words and unverifiable information (3) Additional references -- note that this last one has been set since 2007 and the article has vastly changed since then. And lastly, (4) Why you feel the Student bodies section should be presented using Prose. As these are subjective matters, I would like your input as to why those of you feel those tags need to remain. 124.177.173.49 ( talk) 12:53, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
Like many articles about educational institutions, self-promotion can become rife within an article and need to be referenced as to provide a NPOV. I noticed a removal of the weasel words template, however, I see paragraphs about the school with unreferenced quotes like "even though the 1st VIII remains the symbol of supremacy.", despite, when looking upon results, rowing results in Brisbane seem pretty even. I don't know much about GPS Sport, but perhaps a more in depth sport section to reflect how the school performs in other sports like rugby and cricket, rather than just the sports they succeed at. The article also includes other unreferenced self promotion statements, such as charitable events run by the school. Until such issues are cleared up, I don't believe this article meets WP:NPOV standards. JRA_ Westy Qld2 Talk 00:43, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
Cannot find this supposed 'press release' or any other notable material, however I may not be looking in the right spot. JRA_ Westy Qld2 Talk 10:10, 18 February 2010 (UTC)
I've rollbacked an attempt to remove well referenced content from the History and Controversy sections without any apparent explanation in edit summaries. If there's an explanation for why this information should be removed, please feel free to explain before removing it. - danjel ( talk to me) 07:57, 27 April 2011 (UTC)
I'm going to undertake a major edit of the Controversy section and feel as though I should explain what I'm going to do before I do it. Firstly, I'm going to remove the two lines about an anonymous 'ex-student' reporting being sexually abused between 1989 and 1992 because there is no reference for it (the link is dead). Secondly, I'm going to remove the sentences about a Churchie student being assaulted on Stradbroke Island. The bashing has nothing to do with Churchie itself and involves no 'controversial' behaviour on the part of the school. It was merely a coincidence that the student happened to be from Churchie - including such information is unnecessary and irrelevant for people visiting an encyclopaedic website to better understand the school. Also (and this could be debatable), I'm going to remove the paragraph about Robert Sharwood. Including details about 'kissing, fondling, oral sex and masturbation' seems like an attempt to draw the reader away from the implied 'controversy' on Churchie's part - his employment at the school. No sexual activity took place at the school. Additionally, the school fired the man upon learning of his past actions (see [1]). The issue with, and the controversy surrounding, Robert Sharwood was not Churchie employing him - in all the articles I have read, there is no criticism of the school's actions. The issue was Sharwood's history as a chaplain, which the school knew nothing about, and fired him when it learnt of it. I should note that the title of the source used is "Church 'covered up' sexual abuse" not "Churchie 'covered up' sexual abuse". So there was nothing 'controversial' about the school's behaviour. Hopefully people can see where I'm coming from. It seems as though a lot effort is expended in attempts to implicate Churchie in a range of 'controversies' without people bothering to acknowledge that the school itself is frequently an uninvolved party. (Apologies for the formatting of this response; I haven't used the talk page before.) W108 ( talk) 11:57, 28 December 2012 (UTC)w108
I've just done the edit and I've also deleted two other paragraphs. The paragraph to do with 'brawling' was deleted because it was unreferenced (dead link) and no other evidence of the incident exists that I can find. I've tried searching various terms on Google (i.e. 'Churchie' and 'brawling'; 'Churchie', 'station' and 'Cooparoo') and I don't get anything. Additionally, the paragraph about the alleged 'rape' by the Year 9s was very poorly referenced. Neither of the two articles cited ('Two schoolboys charged over sex attack on girl, 13', from The Courier-Mail and 'Private school boys charged with rape' from Perth Now) contain 'Churchie' or 'Anglican Church Grammar School', so neither can be used as references for the claim that Churchie students carried out the attack. Also, the City News article that purportedly revealed the boys to be from Churchie is non-existent - newspaper databases reveal nothing when the title 'Boys face Brisbane court on rape charge' is searched and the Courier Mail/Quest Community Newspaper website also shows nothing for the same search. If it cannot be proven that Churchie students were involved in/carried out the rape, then these claims have no business being on the Churchie page. I've deleted both paragraphs based on Wikipedia's verifiability guidelines ( WP:VERIFY). W108 ( talk) 12:32, 28 December 2012 (UTC)
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I've just read through the list of houses at Churchie and the names of the housemasters has not been updated. I'm a current student at Churchie and I know that a few of the houses have new housemasters this year.
-- 203.6.250.10 ( talk) 02:13, 7 May 2011 (UTC)
Just wondering why this article, after some pretty extensive editing, still has these two banners. The banner calling for additional citations (which I note was created in 2007) seems a little unnecessary given that there are no [citation needed] tags in the entire article. All of the 'weasel words' mentioned have been removed and the article contains very few unsupported claims. Could anyone who thinks it should stay please explain why? Otherwise, it should be deleted. Also, the lead section of the article exactly mirrors those of other schools' pages that do not have a 'lead section' banner (see, for example, Geelong Grammar School, Melbourne Grammar School, Brisbane Grammar School and St Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace). Once again, this banner seems to be on this page unnecessarily. If there are any reasons as for why it exists, could they please be made clear so the lead section could be improved? If not, it should be deleted. — Preceding unsigned comment added by W108 ( talk • contribs) 13:53, 28 December 2012 (UTC)
In light of the above, and since no one has given any reasons for the continued presence of the banners, I'm going to take the initiative and remove them. If someone else thinks that there are too few references/the lead section is too short, please do us a favour and improve the article instead of pasting a banner on the page for five years and waiting for someone else to do it. W108 ( talk) 00:50, 30 December 2012 (UTC)
In the introductory paragraphs it's stated that "Churchie, [is] widely recognised as one of Australia's most prestigious schools", yet the reference given reads "One of Brisbane's most prestigious schools". A single claim that it is one of Brisbane's most prestigious schools is hardly evidence that it is widely recognised as one of Australia's most prestigious schools. - Matthew238 ( talk) 12:32, 9 July 2014 (UTC)
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