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Arbus Driver since you wish to keep revising my edits. Why don't you add current information such as who is the new principal. Or can you? No you cant. I am a prefect of the school I wish you to For this so-called free encyclopedia either delete the page or leave editing to members of the school body. If you wish to talk leave your e-mail here I will check the page tomorrow. Special:Contributions/72.27.57.253 (talk) 02:32, 19 September (UTC)

This is the place to talk

If you wish to talk about this article then this is the place to do it. Click the "+" or "New Section" tab above and type away, but please remember to keep it civil (we're all on the same side you know, just coming at things from different perspectives). You may find Talk page guidelines#How to use article talk pages helpful. -Arb. (talk) 11:17, 21 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

And in case you are not aware, by convention replies are indented using a colon. -Arb. (talk) 15:16, 21 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Replies to replies are indented with two colons. And so on. -Arb. (talk) 15:16, 21 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

References

I've removed three unverifiable references and added a couple of reference templates. You may find it helpful to read Wikipedia:Citing sources. -Arb. (talk) 11:30, 21 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I am the source of information.

That's the one that catches us all out when we first start editing Wikipedia. See Wikipedia:Verifiability. -Arb. (talk) 00:07, 24 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Head pupils and school council

I've removed these as the consensus is that they are not encyclopaedic. Please read Wikipedia:WikiProject Schools/Article guidelines, particularly the section entitled "What not to include". -Arb. (talk) 11:37, 21 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

<br/>s

I've removed half a dozen <br/>s from the end of the history section. In general this kind of formatting is depreciated: different users have monitors of different resolutions so what looks good on yours may look awful on mine or vice versa. A better approach would be to convert the table in "Notable alumni" to bullets so that it flows more cleanly round the infobox. Or move it further down the article; it usually comes very near the bottom of school articles, just before "External links" and "References". -Arb. (talk) 11:48, 21 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Anonymous editing

Wikipedia permits anonymous editing for good reasons and you are perfectly free to edit that way if you wish. However, it is always pleasanter to have extended discussions with logged in users; having an id allows something of one's personality to shine through. So, if you plan to be around for a while, please consider setting up an account (it only takes a few minutes) and logging into it whenever you edit. -Arb. (talk) 11:54, 21 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

MOE Code

That would be a useful addition to other Jamaica school articles. Where did you find it? -Arb. (talk) 11:58, 21 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

www.moe.gov.jm/PUB2004.PDF

Thanks. -Arb. (talk) 00:09, 24 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

NavBox

St Catherine was missing from the NavBox for some unknown reason. It is back now. -Arb. (talk) 11:59, 21 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Gallery

The gallery was unnecessary, a single crest per school article is sufficient. The one used in the infobox seems wide for its height. Are the proportions correct? -Arb. (talk) 12:02, 21 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yes It's correct but since you attend the school do what you feel like with the crest, seeing as this is your article.

Here's the nub. The article belongs to no one. Wikipedia is the encyclopaedia that anyone can edit. Unfortunately, over the years it's built up a whole raft of conventions which make it harder than it should be for new comers to contribute. Considering that, you've done a great job on this article. The meat of it is clearly your contributions and the its history will always show that, I'm just trying to help you polish it. -Arb. (talk) 00:16, 24 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Photos

At the moment the article is Start class but it shouldn't be too hard to get it to C, B or higher (see Wikipedia:WikiProject_Schools/Assessment#Quality_scale. One good way to improve it would be through the addition of a few good quality photos. So, if you have access to a digital camera and can get to the school during a Golden hour (photography) you might try for a well composed shot of the main gate or entrance and any other buildings that you think appropriate (is there a chapel?). Go for quality over quantity though. -Arb. (talk) 00:03, 24 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Citation

-Arb., there is no actual document to say that St. Catherine High is: 'the largest single shift secondary school in the English speaking Caribbean' but what this means is that we have the largest population on roll at on time from the hours of 7:45am- 2:30pm schools may have the same number of students but all the students are not on roll at the same time. I am asking for you help as I would like the citation needed thing to be removed. Thank you.

Hello, er, Pucks (presumably). All kinds of things can be used for citations so perhaps there is one that we haven't twigged yet. How do you come to know this fact? Where did you get your information from? Was it aural or did you read it somewhere? If the later, where? -Arb. (talk) 14:02, 27 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It would also be good to get rid of the two banners at the top of the article. To do that you need a lot more references. Taken to its logical conclusion the Wikipedia requirement for verifiability could be interpreted as demanding a footnote for every factoid in an article (though few go to that extreme). The St Catherine High article has almost none. For an example of the minimum needed take a look at JC which X01 is busy trying to get to Featured Article status (I wonder which of you will achieve that first?) -Arb. (talk) 14:43, 27 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

St. Catherine High - A History

Pucks, Can you provide an author and/or date and/or publisher for this reference? It would make it look more complete. And if any of the factoids in the article came from it (and they surely did) then giving them inline references would be a step in the right direction. If you included the page number for each of these then so much the better. If you need help to get started with the formatting of these let me know. -Arb. (talk) 09:29, 28 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This is a document written by the school. It carries information passed on by founders, It is not published by any publishing company. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.27.10.196 (talk) 04:27, 3 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

OK, so the school is the "publisher". Is there a named author and/or publication date? -Arb. (talk) 20:38, 3 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Future Edits

Edits are always welcome as information is dynamic, so please ensure you read all Wikipedia guidelines and feel free to sign up so that your future contributions are noted and can be discussed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pucks (talk • contribs) 06:39, 24 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

copy editing

I copy edited for grammar mostly, and removed the "copy edit" heading. I also changed the formatting of the references to that of wikipedia. A lot of this article is referenced to a single book by Father Matthew Ashe, that was never published. But, the article seems pretty viable, so I didn't remove much.Editfromwithout (talk) 23:31, 6 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Assessment comment

The comment(s) below were originally left at Talk:St. Catherine High School/Comments, and are posted here for posterity. Following several discussions in past years, these subpages are now deprecated. The comments may be irrelevant or outdated; if so, please feel free to remove this section.

Last edited at 15:18, 21 September 2009 (UTC). Substituted at 06:49, 30 April 2016 (UTC)

Nun

What is the pass mark for st. Cathrine 96.43.180.8 (talk) 20:25, 29 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I dnt see an answer

Nickayla peake (talk) 20:30, 29 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]