Talk:Worcester College, Oxford/Archive 1

Archive 1

Postal address

this is a stupid system

I am looking for the postal address of Worcester College and I cannot see it

all I get is some demand for a password for a network I am not a member of

very unhelpful

Robin-Edward Poulton MA(St A), MSc(Oxon), PhD(Paris) Visiting Professor of International Studies Virginia Commonwealth University & University of Richmond 3206 Grove Avenue Richmond VA 23221 USA Tel/fax: 1 804 355 6821 ‘Every life leaves behind an echo that is audible to those who take the trouble to listen’ Amitav Ghosh, author of ‘The Glass Palace’

I followed the External link to the Worcester College website, then clicked on Contacts / Contact Us. Hey presto. The postal address... Ian Cairns 14:09, 29 July 2005 (UTC)

Merging

Merging seems like a good idea to me, transfering it to the Worcester College, Oxford page.217.42.213.159 18:57, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

I've completed the merge - but there is room for improvement Ian Cairns 14:05, 29 July 2005 (UTC)

Not clear what merge the above was. However, the latest for the Canal Building is a must. It will be deleted otherwise. --Bduke 01:04, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

Notable former students; Category:Alumni of Worcester College, Oxford

I've tidied the notable former students into 2 columns, removing the descriptions that have been added to the names of a few. There is also Category:Alumni of Worcester College, Oxford which includes a whole lot of other people and possibly doesn't include some of those listed here. What is the distinction? Anyone who is in Wikipedia is, ipso facto, notable.

My feeling is that the two should be amalgamated and kept in step with each other. They can then either all be listed here (perhaps subdividing the list à la the one on the Ch Ch page, with or without additional info for each), or there could be separate pages, as at

• Brasenose_College,_Oxford#People_associated_with_the_College or, slightly different,
• Balliol_College,_Oxford#Notable_people), or the minimalist approach at
• Corpus_Christi_College,_Oxford#Notable_former_students_and_fellows or .... (why aren't these standardised, I wonder? Shouldn't Wikipedia:WikiProject University of Oxford give some guidance?)

--GuillaumeTell 16:52, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

Jesus_College,_Oxford#Alumni has two narrative paragraphs and links to featured lists, which seems a good compromise to prevent the article from being dominated by what will always be an incomplete list. Addedentry (talk) 09:39, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

Pronunciation key

The article on Worcester - the city - gives its pronunciation as /ˈwʊstǝr/ with a final r. I suspect a majority of British English speakers don't pronounce the final r, but Wikipedia:IPA_for_English gives /ər/ as a transcription for the final 'er' in 'mercer' (with alternatives of /ɝː/ and /ɚ/). Addedentry (talk) 11:43, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Though I agree with this way of doing things, it is currently under review at Wikipedia talk:IPA for English#Rhoticity in place names, so some things may change. Lfh (talk) 11:51, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the pointer! I don't want a revert war, so I'm happy to wait for any consensus that emerges from the review. Addedentry (talk) 12:28, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Coat of arms

I'm wondering if anyone knows the meaning/history behind the coat of arms. I've heard several stories but none seem correct and I can't find it on the official website. Thanks, The coat of arms are those of Sir Thomas Cookes, a Worcestershire baronet, whose bequeathed funds were used to endow and found the college. He also founded Bromsgrove School,and accordingly that establishment uses his arms too.(user JR. See Wikipedia entry for Bromsgrove school.

I've heard a few different and apparently expert views on what the birds are.. swallow, chuff etc, but all are agreed it's not the ducks by which undergraduates now identify the college! Martlet on wikipedia says that the birds are martlets (like swallows but with no discernible legs) and this fits with the description the provost once gave me, that the legs are absent to symbolise 'never stopping in the search for knowledge'... Since the martlet is on Wikipedia and has a reliable source on that page, should I enter it on the website?

Does anyone know the significance of the colours of the crest? Thanks MickO'Bants 16:53, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

Whilst the source may be verifiable to us Worcesterites, it isn't classed as verifiable for Wikipedia, and so should really have a cited source. That said, most of this article doesn't and isn't disputed, so I shouldn't worry about it too much. me_and 17:49, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

The coat of arms bares Martlets as per the Blazon which is as follows: "Argent, two chevronels between six martlets, three, two and one gules." The curious thing to note hear is that the blazon for the coat of arms has the martlets as red (Gules) not black (Sable) as the arms are so commonly depicted. I'm not sure if worcester college ever had the arms granted by the College of Arms as since they are an Oxford College they are exempt from needing to (Though some still do, most Recently Oriel College who did so in 2010 despite using their arms for several hundred years) Bromsgrove school maitain the red martlets and the motto but these seem to be missing from the modern day worcester college ChevronTango (talk) 11:05, 19 April 2012 (UTC)