Talk:Kitchener-Waterloo Collegiate and Vocational School

Kitchener-Waterloo Collegiate and Vocational School was a Social sciences and society good articles nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There may be suggestions below for improving the article. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

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September 17, 2006	Good article nominee	Not listed

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Sources

The majority of the historical background and other facts in the article to date are from the Grumbler 150th Anniversary Edition, edited by John Boulden, et al., and published by the KCI 150th Reunion committee; and/or from the personal conversations and recollections of this editor upon attending said reunion, May 27-29, 2005. Radagast 14:40, May 30, 2005 (UTC)

Name of the school

Some of the names of schools in Brown, 1927 are a bit different from what's given in the article:

Berlin County Grammar School instead of Berlin Senior Boys' Grammar School
Central Public School instead of Berlin Central School
Kitchener and Waterloo Collegiate and Vocational School for the name given to the school in 1923-24 (instead of Kitchener-Waterloo...").

I've left the names in the article as they were before, but if someone finds a third reference, these names might be worth checking out. JYolkowski // talk 22:56, 17 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Not sure if it's been edited since you wrote that, but currently it says "At the formal opening on April 4, 1924, the school received its current name, Kitchener Collegiate and Vocational Institute." and yet the current name (in the title and in reality) has "Kitchener-Waterloo" there instead of just Kitchener. I haven't found enough sources to make any changes officially. PeterHansen (talk) 18:10, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Failed GA

This article failed the GA noms because it failed the "broad in its coverage" coverage criteria. It failed this criteria because this article doesn't tell me what this school has to offer and most importantly it doesn't tell me what makes this school unique and different from other schools. If you have any questions feel free to contact me. Tarret 21:11, 17 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Moving citation comment from text

Re the missing police service weapon: "- I also read this story but can anybody site this article?" was added to the text inline by 99.225.35.103 (talk)

-Radagast (talk) 15:25, 22 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Removed the paragraph:

If and when the construction of the controversial new LRT rapid transit system is approved though all levels of
government, it will require that the statue be moved further back from the road. (Many 100-year-old trees and much
of the landscaping will be lost in the construction process)

This is neither here not there when it comes to notable alumni. Neither the 100-year old trees nor a statute are notable alumni.

129.97.169.179 (talk) 18:43, 5 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use rationale for Image:Kci logo.gif

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BetacommandBot (talk) 23:50, 13 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Done so yesterday. Please inform if anything further needed. Radagast (talk) 15:59, 15 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Alumni Description to Long

I fixed one. They should be short and sweet look at other school articles. If the person was interested they can look into the person. For example, Milt Schmidt, National Hockey League player, member of the Hockey Hall of Fame (dropped out at age 14)[6] I think should drop the part about age, but I hesitate as there is a reference in there so I figured I would post it here for someone that knows what to do. Tempust (talk) 03:34, 1 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]