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There was a suggestion that private schools be banned in Britain. A counter-suggestion was made, that Eton would have to move to Ireland. It was pointed out that this would produce a generation of Gaelic-speaking Etonians. In the event, all of this never took place. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.53.52.160 ( talk) 07:29, 25 May 2017 (UTC)
I have removed “the Goldsmith family” and the Vanderbilt family from the section on Old Etonians headed “Royalty and nobility”:
In view of the first point above, I would also be in favour of removing the Astor family, the Grosvenor family (neither the present head of the family nor his father attended Eton), and the Rothschild family. What do others think? 45ossington ( talk) 07:33, 26 August 2021 (UTC)
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IP user
User:175.38.42.62 added picture
File:3rd row, 4th from right - Alan Cecil Lupton 1891 Eton.jpg to the article (and it seems to me that the title of the File includes
original research, but that's another issue). I removed it on the grounds that the people named in the caption weren't mentioned in the article.
Then another IP user
User:2405:6e00:2e68:8d00:30ef:f9a9:f72c:8008 restored the photo, and added the following paragraph: In 1891, Science Master Dr Philip Herbert Carpenter died at Eton from an accidental overdose when he was House Master to Alan Cecil Lupton, whose forebear was Eton Provost Roger Lupton and distant cousin was Catherine, Princess of Wales
, with references.
I cannot see how either the photo or the text adds anything to an article about the College, and neither can
Hoary (see
WP:HD#Eton College 5 August), and would like to remove them.
ColinFine (
talk) 16:58, 6 August 2023 (UTC)
I can't see anything in the history section to describe how a free school for poor boys turned into a fee-paying school for the wealthy. Surely this is a topic worthy of being covered here.
Marchino61 ( talk) 06:22, 8 November 2023 (UTC)
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There was a suggestion that private schools be banned in Britain. A counter-suggestion was made, that Eton would have to move to Ireland. It was pointed out that this would produce a generation of Gaelic-speaking Etonians. In the event, all of this never took place. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.53.52.160 ( talk) 07:29, 25 May 2017 (UTC)
I have removed “the Goldsmith family” and the Vanderbilt family from the section on Old Etonians headed “Royalty and nobility”:
In view of the first point above, I would also be in favour of removing the Astor family, the Grosvenor family (neither the present head of the family nor his father attended Eton), and the Rothschild family. What do others think? 45ossington ( talk) 07:33, 26 August 2021 (UTC)
The following Wikimedia Commons file used on this page or its Wikidata item has been nominated for speedy deletion:
You can see the reason for deletion at the file description page linked above. — Community Tech bot ( talk) 04:36, 7 June 2022 (UTC)
IP user
User:175.38.42.62 added picture
File:3rd row, 4th from right - Alan Cecil Lupton 1891 Eton.jpg to the article (and it seems to me that the title of the File includes
original research, but that's another issue). I removed it on the grounds that the people named in the caption weren't mentioned in the article.
Then another IP user
User:2405:6e00:2e68:8d00:30ef:f9a9:f72c:8008 restored the photo, and added the following paragraph: In 1891, Science Master Dr Philip Herbert Carpenter died at Eton from an accidental overdose when he was House Master to Alan Cecil Lupton, whose forebear was Eton Provost Roger Lupton and distant cousin was Catherine, Princess of Wales
, with references.
I cannot see how either the photo or the text adds anything to an article about the College, and neither can
Hoary (see
WP:HD#Eton College 5 August), and would like to remove them.
ColinFine (
talk) 16:58, 6 August 2023 (UTC)
I can't see anything in the history section to describe how a free school for poor boys turned into a fee-paying school for the wealthy. Surely this is a topic worthy of being covered here.
Marchino61 ( talk) 06:22, 8 November 2023 (UTC)