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Please alter the mottos section as calling the school's motto "a remarkably forward-thinking ideology for a British public school" is incredibly biast. At least cite some sources as to why it is so. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.164.81.12 ( talk) 19:36, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
The school mottos section is written like an advert as is some of the rest of the article, please rewrite it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.164.81.12 ( talk) 17:32, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
< 200 school articles this good. Well done. See Schools project to get in the top 10 in the world. Victuallers 14:53, 28 July 2007 (UTC)
Folks at 137 ( talk) 00:36, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
The image is on the speedy delete list as it has no source or copyright info, thats whu it was removed from the article. Before reinstating it fix that. Or take another (free) picture. Justinc 01:12, 25 September 2005 (UTC)
I intend to flesh out this article further with details of the School's history and its current activities. I felt a rewrite was appropriate to clarify the nature of the School's constitution and to allow for expansion under certain categories. Perhaps notable Old Berkhamstedians should come above the list of Headmasters, as the latter is rather long and the former more interesting!
-- James 15:43, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
Note to myself: imperative should be imperative-- James 10:57, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
As a Berkhamsted student myself, I can't agree that this is a "schoolboy joke", but understand that it might be deemed unreliable. Writing it, I purposefully included "supposedly" to indicate this. Perhaps other could give their opinions.-- James 11:30, 1 June 20Source]].06 (UTC)
I edited it out on the basis that while this may be a fact (or rumour) known to you personally, it's not externally sourced. MichaelMaggs 12:01, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
The goat grazing rule was known to the pupils back in the late 80's. 195.153.160.240 10:29, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
Michael, the rumours about the head boy's privileges are so widely known (by more or less every senior school pupil, and certainly every pupil in sixth form) that, true or not, they should be included in the article. The fact that it is not given any citations is that by its nature as a rumour, it is unlikely to be written anywhere linkable. Incidentally, on top of the priveleges listed above, I'd always heard that the head boy is the only pupil allowed to grow a beard... -- RaphaelBriand ( talk) 22:19, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
Article states that "Only prefects and Masters are permitted to walk on the Grass Quad". Not true. Only masters (change to "teachers"?) and THE HEAD BOY are allowed. The only head boy privilege (see above) actually enforced/genuine. -- RaphaelBriand ( talk) 22:24, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
There are proposed improvements on todo list: the shortage of citations is a particular weakness. Hence "start" rating on WPHERTS. Folks at 137 ( talk) 00:36, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
Her own article says that she was born in 1966, and this one says 1971. Which is true? -- RaphaelBriand ( talk) 16:11, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
Why do Wikipedia moderators keep changing this atricle saying information is wrong, when they don't even go to this school and don't know anything about it? The concept of century old traditions e.g. an old rule saying you can graze a goat on the quad if you are head boy (an actual rule lasting from medieval times) might seem odd to an ignorant american guy who knows only modern schools, but that doesent mean that such ignorance should be allowed to infiltrate this article. The removed material i'm refering to should be restored - and if there are any further complaints about its inlusion in existing paragraphs then I suggest a new 'trivia' section is made - thousands of wikipedia articles are allowed to have such sections and I fail to see why relevant, interesting and true information should be deleted from ours. It's a perfectly reasonable request. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.133.255.181 ( talk) 23:23, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
The current version seems to omit most of the 20th century history of the two schools. Obvious questions include:
- Pointillist ( talk) 00:53, 25 June 2009 (UTC)
Need to add sources or remove it. Also re-write many parts that are advertisement like. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ConfusedSquid ( talk • contribs) 21:04, 17 July 2016 (UTC)
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Berkhamsted School#Shorter tenures asserts that Hunt's successor, William Pitkin, was not quite the academic of former Berkhamsted days. Yet he was clearly a prominent member of local society, having served as a
Member of Parliament (MP) for Berkhamsted, and whose descendants included a member of the
U.S. Supreme Court and
Oliver Wolcott, a signatory of the
Declaration of Independence
.
No source is cited for the whole section, and the claim is at best dubious. There has never been a constituency called "Berkhamsted", and I can find no trace of anyone named "Pitkin" ever sitting in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom or it predecessors at Westminster: a search of the History Parliament website lists no MPs named Pitkin.
I haven't removed this for now, because I wonder how much else of this poorly-sourced article is fictional? -- BrownHairedGirl (talk) • ( contribs) 16:08, 23 May 2021 (UTC)
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The current head of Fry's house is Clare Tan. Andrew Harker has been 'retired' as the head of Fry's house. Same with Loxwood, the current head is now Danielle Wates. Martin Middleton has retired.
I am a current Berkhamsted Student so my sources will be reliable. There is also a change with a Girl School head of house, which I do not remember. Mosesman015 ( talk) 19:16, 13 December 2023 (UTC)
There seem to be two men with the same name, Alan Goldberg. 2A00:23C4:7C8F:A400:A821:E105:5BF6:EE63 ( talk) 14:55, 2 March 2024 (UTC)
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Please alter the mottos section as calling the school's motto "a remarkably forward-thinking ideology for a British public school" is incredibly biast. At least cite some sources as to why it is so. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.164.81.12 ( talk) 19:36, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
The school mottos section is written like an advert as is some of the rest of the article, please rewrite it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.164.81.12 ( talk) 17:32, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
< 200 school articles this good. Well done. See Schools project to get in the top 10 in the world. Victuallers 14:53, 28 July 2007 (UTC)
Folks at 137 ( talk) 00:36, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
The image is on the speedy delete list as it has no source or copyright info, thats whu it was removed from the article. Before reinstating it fix that. Or take another (free) picture. Justinc 01:12, 25 September 2005 (UTC)
I intend to flesh out this article further with details of the School's history and its current activities. I felt a rewrite was appropriate to clarify the nature of the School's constitution and to allow for expansion under certain categories. Perhaps notable Old Berkhamstedians should come above the list of Headmasters, as the latter is rather long and the former more interesting!
-- James 15:43, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
Note to myself: imperative should be imperative-- James 10:57, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
As a Berkhamsted student myself, I can't agree that this is a "schoolboy joke", but understand that it might be deemed unreliable. Writing it, I purposefully included "supposedly" to indicate this. Perhaps other could give their opinions.-- James 11:30, 1 June 20Source]].06 (UTC)
I edited it out on the basis that while this may be a fact (or rumour) known to you personally, it's not externally sourced. MichaelMaggs 12:01, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
The goat grazing rule was known to the pupils back in the late 80's. 195.153.160.240 10:29, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
Michael, the rumours about the head boy's privileges are so widely known (by more or less every senior school pupil, and certainly every pupil in sixth form) that, true or not, they should be included in the article. The fact that it is not given any citations is that by its nature as a rumour, it is unlikely to be written anywhere linkable. Incidentally, on top of the priveleges listed above, I'd always heard that the head boy is the only pupil allowed to grow a beard... -- RaphaelBriand ( talk) 22:19, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
Article states that "Only prefects and Masters are permitted to walk on the Grass Quad". Not true. Only masters (change to "teachers"?) and THE HEAD BOY are allowed. The only head boy privilege (see above) actually enforced/genuine. -- RaphaelBriand ( talk) 22:24, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
There are proposed improvements on todo list: the shortage of citations is a particular weakness. Hence "start" rating on WPHERTS. Folks at 137 ( talk) 00:36, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
Her own article says that she was born in 1966, and this one says 1971. Which is true? -- RaphaelBriand ( talk) 16:11, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
Why do Wikipedia moderators keep changing this atricle saying information is wrong, when they don't even go to this school and don't know anything about it? The concept of century old traditions e.g. an old rule saying you can graze a goat on the quad if you are head boy (an actual rule lasting from medieval times) might seem odd to an ignorant american guy who knows only modern schools, but that doesent mean that such ignorance should be allowed to infiltrate this article. The removed material i'm refering to should be restored - and if there are any further complaints about its inlusion in existing paragraphs then I suggest a new 'trivia' section is made - thousands of wikipedia articles are allowed to have such sections and I fail to see why relevant, interesting and true information should be deleted from ours. It's a perfectly reasonable request. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.133.255.181 ( talk) 23:23, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
The current version seems to omit most of the 20th century history of the two schools. Obvious questions include:
- Pointillist ( talk) 00:53, 25 June 2009 (UTC)
Need to add sources or remove it. Also re-write many parts that are advertisement like. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ConfusedSquid ( talk • contribs) 21:04, 17 July 2016 (UTC)
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The
Berkhamsted School#Shorter tenures asserts that Hunt's successor, William Pitkin, was not quite the academic of former Berkhamsted days. Yet he was clearly a prominent member of local society, having served as a
Member of Parliament (MP) for Berkhamsted, and whose descendants included a member of the
U.S. Supreme Court and
Oliver Wolcott, a signatory of the
Declaration of Independence
.
No source is cited for the whole section, and the claim is at best dubious. There has never been a constituency called "Berkhamsted", and I can find no trace of anyone named "Pitkin" ever sitting in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom or it predecessors at Westminster: a search of the History Parliament website lists no MPs named Pitkin.
I haven't removed this for now, because I wonder how much else of this poorly-sourced article is fictional? -- BrownHairedGirl (talk) • ( contribs) 16:08, 23 May 2021 (UTC)
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The current head of Fry's house is Clare Tan. Andrew Harker has been 'retired' as the head of Fry's house. Same with Loxwood, the current head is now Danielle Wates. Martin Middleton has retired.
I am a current Berkhamsted Student so my sources will be reliable. There is also a change with a Girl School head of house, which I do not remember. Mosesman015 ( talk) 19:16, 13 December 2023 (UTC)
There seem to be two men with the same name, Alan Goldberg. 2A00:23C4:7C8F:A400:A821:E105:5BF6:EE63 ( talk) 14:55, 2 March 2024 (UTC)