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You don't need me to tell you that this is a school of high importance... could even be top. You have several people of international stature as old boys. The article itself is on the short side and I suspect has not included all the claims to notability that you have in over 400 years of history. The next stage is to get a "B". The most important missing aspect is refs. You need to find six, seven .. more sources. Books, sites, novel, biographies and using these as sources build up this article. You will need to learn to use the ref tag^[1]. Look below and then see how the ref tag can be used. If you have some bright students or alumni then they should help. You need many voices to avoid it sounding like an advert. Victuallers 08:45, 5 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Started referencing some stuff, and adding new stuff. Its not half hard trying to refernce some of those things though!!! MikeLeeds 17:46, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Don't forget pictures, and watch your tone, theres a lot that could be considerred WP:POV. Double/Triple your reference list and do some rewriting and it could even be GA. Adam McCormick 01:20, 7 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Where is the source for this comment?

Decide what you need pictures of. Load them into wikipedia and then add the articles. Victuallers 08:45, 5 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The school Motto

The schools motto is 'Hoc Age'. The translation of this into English has been disputed of late, and there is a regular edit - either to 'this time' or back to 'do this'. The translations should be discussed here, rather than just editing the page. When changing the motto on this page, please also change the motto in the info box. It is no good having two different mottos on the same page for the same organisation. I am a pupil here, and I have always understood it to be 'do this', however, it should be a proper translation.

Merriam-Webster agrees with you - 'do this'. I'd be inclined to correct it and cite the dictionary. -- roundhouse 18:16, 5 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Changed and referenced! MikeLeeds 16:20, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That will make a nice bit of controversy and give you a chance to show that you can do a ref well Victuallers 19:09, 5 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Talking of controversy I clicked on "Many pupils use Frizinghall railway station for their daily journey." and that tells me the school has not been operating continuously ... no mention of that ... but that is interesting..tell us more Victuallers 19:15, 5 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

There's this too: Notes on Suetonius. Google has 900 hits for "Hoc age". -- roundhouse 21:15, 5 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Headmaster

Incidentally this chap R B Graham was head at Bradford Grammar, 1938 to around 56. Perhaps you can dig up some more, for a Wikipedia article on him, eg there will have been an obituary in the Bradford press in 1957. -- roundhouse 19:30, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Old Boys

Do old boys have to have been taught at the school? Or do old teachers count too? Charles Thomson Rees Wilson was not a pupil, but he did teach. Does that make him an old boy or not?

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 Incidentally this chap [http://nlc.oldedwardians.org.uk/staff/GrahamRB.html R B Graham] was head at Bradford Grammar, 1938 to around 56. Perhaps you can dig up some more, for a Wikipedia article on him, eg there will have been an obituary in the Bradford press in 1957. [[User:Roundhouse0|-- roundhouse]] 19:30, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
+== Old Boys ==
+Do old boys have to have been taught at the school? Or do old teachers count too? Charles Thomson Rees Wilson was not a pupil, but he did teach. Does that make him an old boy or not?