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The efforts of 139.133.7.37 are little short of vandalism.
The text says " up until 2004 it was an all boys school". Some girls appeared in about 1973. 194.73.96.226 10:42, 12 March 2007 (UTC)CCH.
Rees-Mogg did not attend Downside, he attended Charterhouse. Two of his children did attend Downside, not Jacob though, and his wife is one of the school's governors (as per http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/william_rees_mogg/article1368829.ece). O'Donoghue 11:25, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
Nor did Christopher Butler (onetime abbot of Downside) attend the school. He was a convert, and had been an Anglican clergyman. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.179.37.3 (talk) 19:14, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
Its precise location (Stratton-on-the-Fosse) lies between Norton Radstock and Shepton Mallet. Bath is some 11 miles away and the only relevance with Bath is that the school lies along the A367 which links Bath with the A37 near Shepton. The nearest important city is Bristol (only slightly farther than Bath) whilst the nearest actual towns are those I mentioned. Evlekis (talk) 06:28, 5 December 2009 (UTC)
81.148.109.16 should produce sources for the suicides and running away. Alternatively, another can. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.97.55.83 (talk) 15:06, 25 October 2011 (UTC)
We have an edit war brewing over the inclusion of the Child abuse section of this article, with User:Denhaagandy, an apparent SPA, repeatedly blanking it and User:Peteinterpol restoring. Denhaagandy appears to be claiming that The Times and The Guardian are not reliable sources (in direct contradiction of WP:RS, which states: "Mainstream news reporting is generally considered to be reliable for statements of fact"). Although my inclination is to take this straight to AIV and request a block (repeated section blanking, especially of sourced material, falls under the banner of vandalism), I am starting a thread here so that both participants can have one last go at thrashing out their respective arguments. For the record, I myself side strongly with Peteinterpol: the material has been cited to reliable sources, is relevent to the subject and has not (IMHO) been given undue weight. Unless Denhaagandy can provide a policy-based argument for removing this material (paywall sites are perfectly acceptable, per WP:SOURCEACCESS, and The Guardian isn't behind a paywall anyway), I believe it should be retained. Yunshui 雲水 07:30, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
I never said the guardian was bad, only the Times. In General Newspapers are not the best of sources. If you read the Historian Tacitus on Claudius' speech before the conquest of Britain, yes it is a good read, but then we have found the real tablets of his speech and they bear no relation to Tacitus' account.
Richard White was rightfully jailed for what he did. But let's look at what downside did. They called in the police at the time and the POLICE decided not to take further action. Abbot John Roberts sent Richard White far away. There he received some years of psychiatric treatment. When the Doctors said he was ok, he was returned to the community some 10 years later. He then taught only the oldest students. No subsequent complaint was made against against him.
Ofsted reports on Downside have always been very good apart from the one last year, in part, I suspect, because of Richard White. Because of that report Downside took serious action. If you bothered to read the Telegraph pupils have expressed their dismay at their restrictions. But this is for safety for them and the school?
I object to the positioning of the article. People wanting to know about Downside do not need this as virtually the first thing that pops up. It does have its place. I would suggest towards the end and not 1.2. There are many more important things about Downside which I will add to the article.
The monks there do not spend their time on the Internet and so what you write about them is not defended. So you can pretty much say what you like and it will be believed. I think Hittler had the same view about Jews so please keep this in mind.
I welcome a rewording of the article and will participate in it, but please keep it succinct and to the point. Let us put it in the right place of the main article. I would like an apology from yunshuil for his or her mistakes. Also I would point out that no threats wer issued. The lady concerned was thanked by me because at least she responded with kindness. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Denhaagandy (talk • contribs) 12:03, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
andy called me.and i agree with him. it is important to note the child abuse, but this is related to some few individual and this is where i agree with andy. let us instead note it further in the article. it will not lose its prominence but as is the article is verbose and needs some editing. i assume this is what this forum is for. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Potty1234 (talk • contribs) 14:11, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
Surely this can come under the right to be forgotten, a concept discussed and put into practice in the European Union (EU). It is no longer relevant to the current state of the school and therefore by having this section in the Wikipedia tarnishes the schools good name. ~~KathRM~~ — Preceding unsigned comment added by KathRM (talk • contribs) 16:19, 12 August 2016 (UTC)
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One user is persistently removing the following content from the "Child abuse" section:
"Department for Education officials were said to be taking an urgent interest in child protection arrangements at the school. Inspection reports refer specifically to seven monks who have worked at the school at different times and whose behaviour has been "a cause for concern". The Independent Schools Inspectorate had previously criticised a lack of urgency in making improvements to child protection. The Charity Commission also sent a compliance team to work with the school on this, which it treated as "a high-risk case".[17] The Abbot responded by apologising to parents and reported that 50 years of confidential school records indicated that four of the monks had faced police action, two had restrictions imposed on them, and one was cleared and returned to monastic life. A review of school governance was already taking place.[3][18] The school now works closely with the Diocese of Clifton in matters pertaining to Safeguarding Children and the two most recent Independent School Inspectorate Reports (2012, 2015) have noted the School's full compliance with current regulations."
It is notable that one of the three major Catholic public schools in the UK caused child protection concerns due to the behaviour of seven monks employed at the school. This is part of the broader Catholic child abuse scandal and cover-up which continues to attract national attention. The section might need some updating, but the volume of content that one user is repeatedly removing is not justified. Do other editors have views on this? Peteinterpol (talk) 21:41, 19 September 2017 (UTC)
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Reference 1 Edubase is showing as a deadlink & the number of pupils and the ratio of males to females it is used to support are out of date. The up to date information is on the UK Government "Compare a school" site - Downside School. Therefore please change:
Changing reference 1 to "Downside School - Absence and pupil population". Compare a school. UK Government. Retrieved 20 September 2017. Thanks.— Rod talk 16:30, 20 September 2017 (UTC)
Another user, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Clive_sweeting&action=edit&redlink=1 has twice now amended a 'new section' heading to alter the meaning in a way I did not intend when I wrote it. That section was signed by myself with my user name. I have asked the user on their own Talk page to desist. Content on a Talk page by an editor is personal to them and must not be altered. I will report this if it persists. Peteinterpol (talk) 16:57, 13 October 2017 (UTC)
I contest the persistent reference to this page as 'my Talk Page ' There is no ownership by contributors of pages they have initiated as I indicated in an earlier deleted entry. Could fellow editors ensure that irrespective of the issue being discussed this principle is upheld,16 october' 2107 Clive_sweeting
An editor who may have a connection to the school judging by the PR type additions (which I have since copyedited for neutral point of view [1]) had also removed all mention of the child abuse scandal from the lead and considerably truncated the "Child abuse" section. I have restored the mention to the lead, but have not restored the detailed blow-by-blow material which had been removed from the actual section, since it still retains a succinct description of what went on cited to reliable sources. I'll leave it to other editors to decide how much, if any, of the deleted material should be restored. Voceditenore (talk) 10:31, 4 September 2018 (UTC)
From the school website (my bolding) we have
"The Benedictine community of St Gregory the Great was founded at Douai, France, in 1606 by a group of English and Welsh monks who were in exile because of the laws in England against Catholics at that time. As the community expanded, it started a school for English Catholic boys, who were unable to find a Catholic education at home: this was the very start of Downside School, in 1617. The monks were engaged not only in teaching but also in scholarly work, writing and lecturing, and in priestly and pastoral work.[1]
Clearly they think they were founded in 1617 by The Benedictine community of St Gregory the Great which was founded in 1606. Several school directory websites list the founding year as 1606. I suspect that is the result of a sloppy reading of the school history, perhaps reading only the first 15 words.
I feel it's safe to go with the founding year of 1617 provided by the school itself. Very interested in hearing from other editors. Gab4gab (talk) 16:22, 9 September 2018 (UTC)
Is it just me, or is that "photo" of the cricket pavilion a computer rendering of a pavilion over a real photo? CharlesSpencer (talk) 22:32, 15 May 2020 (UTC)