Talk:Uxbridge High School, London

Edit request on 21 November 2012

This request is on behalf of Uxrbridge High school Administration as they would like to manage this page so please remove all content on this page. Ddarji (talk) 20:57, 21 November 2012 (UTC)

This is not a place to request a thing. Blanking a page based on non reliable information (In fact blanking in general) is against Wikipedia's policies.

Sorry. but the page does not belong to the school or its administrators. It belongs to Wikipedia. So they cannot "manage" it. In fact, they need to familiarize themselves with conflict of interest guidelines. As long as article content is worthy of inclusion and properly sourced, it will stay. And for the record, with limited exceptions a role account (a user account shared by multiple people) is prohibited and will be blocked, per WP:ROLE. --76.189.101.221 (talk) 21:21, 24 November 2012 (UTC)

I'm not seeing any indication of a role account editing here. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 21:32, 24 November 2012 (UTC)

Ddarji claims to be speaking "on behalf of" the school's administrators and indicated the administrators want to manage the article. As well, this edit makes very clear that someone associated with the school has edited the page because it used the word "we've" in the content that was added: "For the past few years Uxbridge high school has not been achieving good standard of result however we've just hit above average results in the U.K." (emphasis on "we've" added by me). Also, the word "we" was used in this thread in which you participated at the help desk, where they were also advised about account-sharing. Ddarji also blanked the entire article, except for the first two sentences. At this point, the primary concern appears to be conflict of interest. --76.189.101.221 (talk) 21:56, 24 November 2012 (UTC)

Speaking on behalf of the subject of an article is a conflict of interest, not a role account. The first person plural may be a figure of speech, particularly when relating to a school. To give a parallel example, I routinely refer to my employer as "we" ("we are the most profitable manufacturer of evil nuclear-powered cats") but that does not mean that my employer-provided account (or my Wikipedia account) are used by more than one person. In the event that it's not just a figure of speech in this instance, then the editor has already been advised about the policy in the discussion thread you mention. That's entirely adequate. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 22:25, 24 November 2012 (UTC)

Yep, no one is saying anyone violated the role account guidelines. The editor/school representative in the other thread is not the same editor/school representative in this one (or so we must assume). Therefore, the advisory in both places is not only appropriate, but necessary. --76.189.101.221 (talk) 00:24, 25 November 2012 (UTC)

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Uxbridge County School info

Interesting link here to the Charities Commision, which shows a record for a charity entitled "THE UXBRIDGE COUNTY SCHOOL ARTS AND CRAFTS FUND (ICW BISHOPS HART SCHOOL" with a charitable object of "AWARD OF A PRIZE OR PRIZES FOR PUPILS IN THE SCHOOL, FOR MERITORIOUS WORK IN ARTS AND/OR CRAFTS" and a "DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 26TH JULY 1926".

A book claims to have a "comprehensive list of the war dead from both wars who studied at Uxbridge County School, which later became Bishopshalt. Material used includes, local papers, regimental histories and diaries, Uxbridge County School Magazine and several volumes of material from Bishopshalt School" but is not in stock on Amazon. May be worth reaching out to Bishopshalt School to see if they hold a copy?

Not sure if notable enough to include in article itself but leaving it here regardless. 92.40.212.1 (talk) 19:18, 18 November 2022 (UTC)