Talk:Grey Coat Hospital

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References[edit]

The article had 3 sources for the same news item (BBC, Times, Independent). The same story has been printed in over a hundred other reliable sources around the world. As the three sources cited are substantially the same, I reduced them to one, referring to "duplicate references" in my edit summary. Another editor has restored them with the summary "Restore references removed without good reason". WP:CITE doesn't mention how many sources to quote, but I can't see the point of linking to duplicate stories from different media sources. - Fayenatic (talk) 13:44, 12 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Citing 2 or 3 sources shows that the story was well-covered in the media. I wouldn't suggest adding ludicrous numbers of citations but I think 3, with the references at the end of the article, is reasonable. It's also pretty poor practice to remove valid sources from articles. Millstream3 (talk) 14:40, 12 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Capitalization[edit]

There seems to be a lack of consistency as to whether the article refers to The Grey Coat Hospital with a "T" or the Grey Coat Hospital with a "t". This is further compounded by the on-and-off appearances of the word School so that it's sometimes [t/T]he Grey Coat Hospital School and sometimes not. I do see that on the school's website it is consistently The Grey Coat Hospital but without any expert knowledge it's impossible to see whether this should, in the article, vary over time or context. Can someone knowledgeable please intervene? Best to all, DBaK (talk) 08:49, 28 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I don't make a claim for special expertise or knowledge, but I'd be inclined to use capital T to match the school's own usage. The WP articles for The Daily Telegraph and The Times etc. do this (though I haven't checked them thoroughly for consistency). I'd similarly be inclined to use it in full, with School, where the name is used, but just "the school" where necessary to avoid repetition. JezGrove (talk) 10:11, 28 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks @JezGrove for the very useful reply. That generally sounds good to me on the caps, except that I doubt that we should call it The Grey Coat Hospital School if we are trying to name it correctly, as I think that, whilst it is indeed a school and it is good to say so when needed, it is I think formally just called The Grey Coat Hospital. Ermmmm. maybe?? Cheers DBaK (talk) 10:49, 28 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]