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Victuallers 17:18, 13 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Untitled

It is said in this article that Dart and WIGAN used to be one house. This is true, But they fail to bring up the fact that they were separate houses before amalgamation. This was due to boarding numbers declining in the mid to late 90's.

Rewrite needed?

As it stands, the article is heavy on notes about house rivalry and sporting achievements. Isn't there somebody familiar with the school who can rewrite it so that it gives a more complete picture? (I'm not sure that details of how often Butler-Krome won the swimming belong here.)

Notable alumni

I've added some of these, but I'm aware that they are all Old Boys, sorry. Can someone now add some women from Queen's and beyond? Lyn50 10:39, 19 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

House Paring needs verification

If I remember correctly, Dart was not pared with Woodbridge. In fact, every Day House was pared with a Boarding house. Things may have changed since 1989 though...

Robertjf72 (talk) 12:07, 10 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The house pairing is correct. Serac72 (talk) 15:55, 20 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Protected

Right folks, let's stop tussling. I have protected it for three days. This should not be hard to reference. I will alert wikiproject Australia. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 01:15, 28 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for flagging this for the folks at the Australia wikiproject - but let's be clear: this is unreferenced material. It is not a "content dispute" - it is vandalism by a single-purpose account. See Wikipedia:Verifiability: "The burden to demonstrate verifiability lies with the editor who adds or restores material, and is satisfied by providing a citation to a reliable source that directly supports the contribution."

Hopefully the Australia Wikiproject will produce sources speedily. If not, that unreferenced material needs to go. Neutrality^talk 01:34, 28 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 26 January 2017

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Ballarat Grammar School → Ballarat Grammar – The school would prefer the wiki page title and page uri to move from 'Ballarat Grammar School' to 'Ballarat Grammar'. The change is a decision from the Headmasters PA. Do not sign this. 49.194.160.38 (talk) 23:14, 26 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose as less clear; this isn't a grammar. The subject of an article does not have control over its title and contents. Ppp ery 02:21, 27 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose It's irrelevant what the school wants us to use. It's no tclear wha teh common name is. A "grammar" is an informal term for "grammar school" and even the school's webpage still uses "school" for its official name (Ballarat and Queen's Anglican Grammar School). The school's website is http://www.bgs.vic.edu.au/boarding/ Presumably the bgs is for "Ballarat Grammar School". Note also hat the Australian school directory at http://www.australianschoolsdirectory.com.au/ lists it as "Ballarat Grammar School". There's no problem creating a redirect from "Ballarat Grammar" but I think the main article should remain under this title. Meters (talk) 10:00, 27 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Per WP:OWN "No one, no matter how skilled, or how high standing in the community, has the right to act as though they are the owner of a particular page. Also, a person or an organisation that is the subject of an article does not own the article, and has no right to dictate what the article may say". Also oppose per WP:COMMONNAME AusLondonder (talk) 04:13, 31 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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 *'''Oppose''' as less clear; this isn't a [[wikt:grammar|grammar]]. [[WP:OWN|The subject of an article does not have control over its title and contents]]. [[User:Pppery|<span style="position:relative;top:10px">P</span>p<span style="position:relative;bottom:5px">p</span>]][[User talk:Pppery|e<big style="position:relative;top:10px">r</big>y]] 02:21, 27 January 2017 (UTC)
 *'''Oppose''' It's irrelevant what the school wants us to use. It's no tclear wha teh common name is. A "grammar" is an informal term for "grammar school" and even the school's webpage still uses "school" for its official name (Ballarat and Queen's Anglican Grammar School). The school's website is http://www.bgs.vic.edu.au/boarding/ Presumably the '''bgs''' is for "Ballarat Grammar School". Note also hat the Australian school directory at http://www.australianschoolsdirectory.com.au/ lists it as "Ballarat Grammar School". There's no problem creating a redirect from "Ballarat Grammar" but I think the main article should remain under this title. [[User:Meters|Meters]] ([[User talk:Meters|talk]]) 10:00, 27 January 2017 (UTC)
+*'''Oppose''' Per [[WP:OWN]] "No one, no matter how skilled, or how high standing in the community, has the right to act as though they are the owner of a particular page. Also, a person or an organisation that is the subject of an article does not own the article, and has no right to dictate what the article may say". Also oppose per [[WP:COMMONNAME]] [[User:AusLondonder|AusLondonder]] ([[User talk:AusLondonder|talk]]) 04:13, 31 January 2017 (UTC)