User:Cjc13/Problems

Problems with"People educated at ... school"

A list of problems with using "People educated at" in names for categories.

• WP:Commonname
• "Educated" is both an adjective and past tense of a verb.
• "Educated" as an adjective can be used in a judgemental way. To a lesser extent it can be true of the verb.
• "People educated at Foo School" suggests there may be also be uneducated people ("People uneducated") at the school.
• "Educated at ..." is not specific to schools.
• "was educated at ..." is normally used to cover both school and university, as "he was educated at X School and Y University". To say someone "was educated at Foo School" without mentioning a university when he/she also went to university can imply that they received no education at University.
• "People educated at ... school" is inconsistent with the name of the parent category.
• "Former pupils" is a perfectly fine term that can used.
• For UK schools, "Alumni" is often defined as "Former pipils", so using "Former pupils" is more consistent with those categories using "Alumni".

Former pupils

In any sentence, title or phrase using "Alumni" in relation to schools, "Alumni" could be replaced by "Former pupils" without changing the meaning of the sentence, title or phrase.