Talk:Royal Belfast Academical Institution

Staff

Is there any need to mention virtually every member of staff? Table tennis coach?! Stu 16:54, 3 January 2006 (UTC) mrs cosgrove-french teacher Mr Macafee-physics teacher — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.141.181.248 (talk) 16:37, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

Incorrect terms.

RBAI IS a state school, it recives plenty of state funds. Do not say 'Ireland', the school has never been in the Republic of Ireland, it has alwas been on the same spot in collage square east in Belfast. the correct way of saying it is Northern Ireland and abroad as they do take part in competitions abroad (i.e. the Republic of Ireland).

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>Have to disagree - For a start, Wikipedia defines [Ireland] As the "island of Ireland" - not simply as the republic of ireland, and specifically, some sports competitions are ireland wide, just like the Irish Rugby Team. As an example, Swim Ireland covers the whole island, not just Northern Ireland. The heats are based in the four provinces, ie, the nine counties of Ulster for us, and then the finals cover all of Ireland. Therefore, it is not an "Incorrect Term" to say that the swimming team came first in "Ireland", in fact, any other term would in fact be incorrect.

> RBAI has been in Northern Ireland since 1920, before that it was in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Remedi (talk • contribs) 12:05, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

Victoria Cross

VC

I recall from memory that the school has an old boy who received the Victoria Cross. Indeed it is referred to on the school website. If coorect, and anyone has the supporting detail, it warrants inclusion in the Alumni section. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 193.32.3.83 (talk) 17:20, 17 January 2007 (UTC).

It was John Alexander Sinton --Counter-revolutionary 12:46, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

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Category:Old Instonians ?

Fairly large collection of past pupils, how about a [[Category:Old Instonians]]?--Counter-revolutionary 11:48, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Don't see why not. There are plenty of similar English cats. And there's actually a Old Portorans cat. The parent cat should be Category:People by school in Northern Ireland. Stu ^{’Bout ye!} 12:06, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Excellent! Are categories easy to create? --Counter-revolutionary 12:08, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, edit the first article you want the category on, place the text [[Category:Old Instonians]] at the bottom as usual and save. Then click on the red category link. Once the new page has opened paste the parent cat into the text area - [[Category:People by school in Northern Ireland]], and save. You might want to put some explanatory text at the top. ie, This category is of old boys of RBAI in Northern Ireland, known as Old Instonians. Stu ^{’Bout ye!} 12:18, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Done. --Counter-revolutionary 12:46, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Clicking on Sir Donald Currie's name reveals that he went to Belfast Royal Academy. Did someone get BRA and RBAI mixed up?

Evieconrad (talk) 02:11, 29 January 2010 (UTC)EVC

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Assessment

This article is progressing well. You need lots of references and preferably a few pics to advance to a B. The alumni would be best put in alphabetical order. Mid importance because of history and alumni. Dahliarose 11:48, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

Bicentenary reworded; for removal of WP:ADVERT tag

Propose the paragraph below to replace the Bicentenary section, reworded to address the tagged ADVERT concerns, a REF added, so then remove the WP:ADVERT tag.

200 years of R.B.A.I.

The foundation stone at RBAI was laid on 3 July 1810, and in 2010 the school celebrated its bicentenary. The celebrations took place throughout the calendar year and included events such as Old Boys' evenings, school open days, a gala dinner in Belfast City Hall and the RBAI Grand Concert at the Waterfront Hall, Belfast. The concert included music from both the choir and school orchestra, with a mix of musical styles all arranged by head of music, Philip Bolton.

References

Replace the above paragraph and remove the tag in a week or two, if no objections. Mediation4u (talk) 08:35, 30 August 2011 (UTC) ^{editing is fun}

Motto

Quaerere verum means "to seek the truth". Quaerere is the present active infinitive of quaero. It does not, and cannot grammatically, mean "seek the truth", which would require the second person plural imperative "quaerite".

I've amended it accordingly. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.14.89.34 (talk) 13:55, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

History

The history section is fairly pitiful, and there's lots more to be written here. I've given you Smith & Wise 1989, which has a far more detailed history going into many things like James Thomson being the first master of the "mathematical and arithmetical school", how much was raised in public subscription, why there was no government funding to start with, and significantly more on the original mission statement from William Drennan and others; and Jamieson 1960, which is an entire book of history. I've also given you two sources for for David Bigger being one of the original governors. Uncle G (talk) 01:58, 15 June 2019 (UTC)

Incorrect information about Inchmarlo

“Of those, approximately 99% (around 40)” This is incorrect, as Inchmarlo does not have ~40 pupils per year, instead usually having up to 24. I am aware of this as I was a pupil there and have family members there, but I can’t really find any sources for this lol Ashiwashi (talk) 22:13, 6 January 2024 (UTC)