Talk:Tag:amenity=college
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What is a college?
What is a college ? Is it for the secondary education ? FredB 13:04, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks for the clarification. FredB 13:37, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
Does this tag apply to a Junior College, as well? NuckChorris 21:54, 2 May 2009 (UTC)
Yeah I think the definition could still be made clearer. In the England these days the normal thing is to go to "school" until you're 16, and you've done your GCSEs, then study at "college" for two years doing A-Levels, and then move on to "university". That's very much a normal education path in, with college being a stage at around age 16 to 18. So this tag has been put on the place where I went to "college" Greenhead college here as I would expect, but actually does that fit the definition currently on the page? Was I having "further" education there?. But of course as soon as we mention age brackets the discussion gets hugely complicated. Different countries do all kinds of different education at different ages (see unending "preschool" discussions) -- Harry Wood 17:27, 31 May 2011 (BST)
If you check the explanation on Wikipedia, college is not a universal name (outside UK and commonwealth countries) for education around 16-18 years, secondary education/school appears to be more international term (although this goes against the definition used in England as far as I understand?). I think that's why the definition is the way it is. And yes, according to the international definition Greenhead College is not tagged correctly as I understand things. An international classification is in the table for ISCED. OleLaursen 14:05, 8 May 2012 (BST)
scattered across town - Use on a relation
This should really be used for relations (assembly of buildings, sometimes scattered across town) too. Ipofanes 20:42, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
