Talk:The Frederick Gunn School

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	Reasoning for assessment: Has no references and is mostly original research. Only really list lodging and historical information. Needs significant expansion with referenced material. Adam McCormick 22:18, 26 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

What exactly were the the violations of the lingo section, and why was it flat out removed. I'm going to put it back, unless there is a good reson for removing them.

The "Jargon" section is against wiki policy[edit]

"Lingo," "Jargon" and "slang" sections have been removed from every single school article including Phillips Exeter Academy, St. Paul's School, and The Albany Academy; you may refer to the discussions on those pages to verify. Most blatantly, Jargon sections violate Wikipedia policy on original research (as found here: WP:NOR) and its policy against urban dictionaries (as found here: WP:NOT#DICT). Jargon sections are also un-encyclopedic and useless to anyone outside of the school membership, much like inside jokes. This is a resolved issue in wikipedia.

Nbruschi 22:08, 8 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Importance tag[edit]

The campaign for the Gunnery seems relatively unimportant, especially because it just names the people who donated to it. There needs to be more info on the history and significance of the school itself on the page. If anyone is familiar with the subject matter, please help out. Nbruschi 04:07, 19 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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history[edit]

Do people like the part of the history that talks about Fredrick Gunn and the punishments that he used? Specfically this part:

Gunn was known to be a disciplinarian with an imaginative flair for reinforcing his points: When students were caught engaged in fisticuffs, they were forced to sit in each other's laps for 30 minutes; a child using foul language was asked to lecture to a herd of cows without using the same word twice; a restless interrupter of the class was told to run around the church blowing a horn at each corner until he was fatigued enough to sit still; and a liar walked 10 miles and brought back a wood chip to prove he did it.

I recently graduated from the Gunnery, and have heard stories about Gunn and what he did to teach students a lesson, but the way that these are written, almost seem to mock Gunn. If nobody objects to this, then I would like to re-write that part. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Superducktoes (talk • contribs) 19:22, 11 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Nevermind that quote is actually from the gunnery website. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Superducktoes (talk • contribs) 19:30, 11 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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