Talk:A-level

Making the article more accessible

There's a basic problem in this article of assuming people already know what terms like "sixth form" mean. Actually, if you're not from countries that use this term like myself then you don't know what this is. I have no idea what age this refers to (16, 17, 18). It's a common problem on Wikipedia where people from particular countries just assume the entire world knows what terms like this refer to and then the article becomes inaccessible. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 159.253.162.8 (talk) 10:08, 23 July 2018 (UTC)

I concur. Arosa (talk) 02:57, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

Information repeated twice. Should we merge?

Details on the UK A level reforms are mentioned in the intro and again under the section "current uses." Both are very similar. We should move combine the information (on reforms), in the intro, with the information, under the "England A level reforms," subheading in the "current uses," subcategory. This will means that the information is not repeated. Bigboxman8 (talk) 12:19, 11 February 2019 (UTC)

Made changes. Feel free to edit the section on UK reforms (under the "current uses," subcategory) if details are missing. Bigboxman8 (talk) 12:39, 11 February 2019 (UTC)

Total lack or references in the national sections

The sections are so well written but must be deleted as unreferenced text! Could the authors protect their work by sharing the references. Top bar of this edit-source editor- press cite, then select Templates tab- and from then on its all done for you. --ClemRutter (talk) 21:30, 16 November 2020 (UTC)

Requested move 12 June 2021

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) Lennart97 (talk) 11:43, 28 June 2021 (UTC)

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GCE Advanced Level → A-Level – Moved in 2016 ignoring a RM consensus to keep at A-Level (see [1]). A-Level is now a redirect so I can't move the page back to it. — Berrely • ^Talk∕_Contribs 12:36, 12 June 2021 (UTC) —Relisting. (t · c) buidhe 05:49, 21 June 2021 (UTC)

This is a contested technical request (permalink). Sam Sailor 15:31, 12 June 2021 (UTC)

 Five years is a considerable amount of time with nobody objecting, but let's here what people say. Sam Sailor 15:31, 12 June 2021 (UTC)

Survey

Feel free to state your position on the renaming proposal by beginning a new line in this section with * '''Support''' or * '''Oppose''',then sign your comment with ~~~~. Since polling is not a substitute for discussion, please explain your reasons, taking into account Wikipedia's policy on article titles.

• Are there sources using these respective names? BD2412 T 03:50, 20 June 2021 (UTC)
• Support - A Level is the WP:COMMONNAME and is ubiquitous in the country of focus for this article. Most of the sources for this article appear to use "A Level". GCE Advanced Level is an official name to which we should not give too much weight.  Mysterymanblue  07:08, 21 June 2021 (UTC)
• support clear wp:commonname—blindlynx (talk) 14:36, 22 June 2021 (UTC)
• Support As a North American, I heard of "A Level" long before its official name Toomuchcuriosity (talk) 18:14, 23 June 2021 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Article name

I appreciate that this issue has been discussed before, but shouldn't the article name be unhyphenated "A level" to match the usage in the lead? It is also the spelling used by the Department for Education If Wikipedia used the correct form it would assist in encouraging the proper usage. And if I'm wrong, then shouldn't the first sentence of the lead and other similar instances in the article be changed accordingly in order to be consistent? JezGrove (talk) 18:31, 15 May 2022 (UTC)