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COTF

Hey... wow time really does fly when you're not having fun... I've got loads of work that's piling up, including my undergrad research project. I'll pick one soon, don't worry. - Jameson L. Tai ^{talk ♦ contribs} 03:28, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

ROUND 8 WP:UNI/COTF

The current University Collaborations of the Fortnight are:
Editor Nominated Topic	Kennesaw State University
B-Class Improvement Drive	Columbia University
Start/Stub Improvement Drive	Chulalongkorn University
Every fortnight three higher education-related topics, stubs, or red linked articles are chosen for you to improve. Be bold! This COTF is organized by Wikipedia:WikiProject Universities. (Nominate future collaborations or see past collaborations.) This WP:UNI/COTF is effective: Mar 28 2008 ~ Apr 10 2008.

OK... so Columbia's a B-class article looking at FA nomination. Let's see if we can push it through FAN! (And good luck to anyone who speaks Thai and can translate the Thai version of Chulalongkorn University article into English) See you all 5 days before tax day (for those of us who are US taxpayers)! - Jameson L. Tai ^{talk ♦ contribs} 03:44, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

AFD of Kennesaw State University Student Recreation Center

Why list this article for deletion but not the others like it such as the one from your university or at GA Tech? --Jerm (^Talk/ _Contrib) 13:15, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Other crap exists, and I can't find all of them to delete when I delete one. Also, all articles are not the same, as some might lack notability while others do not. If you want to nominate other articles for deletion that you think fail the notability guideline, feel free. Hope this helps.—Noetic Sage 14:13, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

I am good. I try not to be a deletionist. --Jerm (^Talk/ _Contrib) 14:22, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Universities Newsletter: Issue VII (March 2008)

The March 2008 issue of the WikiProject Universities newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you for your continued support of WikiProject Universities! —Delivered on 18:01, 31 March 2008 (UTC) by MiszaBot (talk)

WP:UNI/D

Hey, on the date listings, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/FITcon was nominated on March 25th, so should I list it under March 25th or April 2nd? (Maybe clarify that on the page's instructions too? :D) Thanks. - Jameson L. Tai ^{talk ♦ contribs} 14:08, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

The University Barnstar has been added to Wikipedia:WikiProject awards/WikiProject

As mentioned in the title. Have a great day! - Jameson L. Tai ^{talk ♦ contribs} 15:26, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

Excellent, thank you!—Noetic Sage 19:25, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

Tool2Die4

You are fast! Tool2Die4 (talk) 20:14, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

Yes I am, so please stop removing speedy deletion templates. It is much appreciated. Thanks.—Noetic Sage 20:17, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

Bobst Boy

I never said to delete the article, but its such a minor event that it doesnt belong in the NYU navigation template. RogueNinja_talk 01:15, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

University AFDs

Hello. It seems some of the university-related AFDs are having trouble gaining enough discussion to form a consensus. I thought you might want to voice your opinion on these AFDs: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Student Action, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Indiana University Student Association, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Associated Students of the University of Hawaii. Thanks!--SevernSevern (talk) 17:07, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

Good B-School Articles

I noticed that you rated the UIUC College of Business page with a B. I appreciate your input and agree with your assessment. Can you point me to a good B-School article? I want to raise the bar.H.al-shawaf (talk) 17:48, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

There's an entire list of B-class University articles, but I think a particularly good one is Harvard University. If you want help on what to do to improve your article, take a look at WP:UNI's article guidelines or what it takes to be a Good Article.—Noetic Sage 20:51, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

I was aware of that category. However, I was more interested in ones rated higher than a "B". I did find the Tuck School of Business, which has featured status. I was also confused as to why Harvard was rated a "B". It seems like it deserves a higher rating.H.al-shawaf (talk) 00:35, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

To get higher than a B-class rating, an article has to pass Good Article status. It must be independently reviewed. Check out the WikiProject Universities project, specifically the Assessment department to get some more insight as to how articles are rated and which are good. We also have a list of accomplishments there.—Noetic Sage 01:27, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Student Government AFDs

Hello. I have proposed a change to the student government/student union section under Common Deletion Outcomes, and I would like your input. Thanks! User:SevernSevern aka Flunkerton (talk) 17:49, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

How does this sound for WP:OUTCOMES?

"The notability of student unions may vary between different counties and different universities. A case-by-case demonstration of notability for each student union should be the prime determining factor in each AFD"

User:SevernSevern --Flunkerton (talk) 19:21, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Great work!

		The Invisible Barnstar
		You deserve recognition for your tireless efforts at Wikipedia:WikiProject Universities, especially your recent assessment drive. Your work is greatly appreciated! --Midnightdreary (talk) 03:34, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of International Association of Torch Clubs

A tag has been placed on International Association of Torch Clubs requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a company or corporation, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is notable: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not indicate the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, as well as our subject-specific notability guideline for companies and corporations.

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WikiProject Universities Newsletter: Issue VIII (April 2008)

The April 2008 issue of the WikiProject Universities newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you for your continued support of WikiProject Universities! —Delivered on 21:32, 2 May 2008 (UTC) by MiszaBot (talk)

Rankings in lead

There is a debate at WT:UNI#Rankings in lead about the consensus for including or excluding rankings from the lead of university articles. Your input would be appreciated. Madcoverboy (talk) 18:19, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

Hey! How are things?

Hey Tony, we haven't seen you around WP:UNI for a while. Hope all is well. - Jameson L. Tai ^{talk ♦ contribs} 23:55, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Hey, I see you're on an extended WikiBreak. Hope you have a relaxing break and come back refreshed :) - Jameson L. Tai ^{talk ♦ guestbook ♦ contribs} 04:32, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

Jimmy Webb - POV tag

If you add a POV tag to an article, you are supposed to go to the talk page of that article and say "why" you think that it is POV, so 1) people can discuss it and 2) fix it. You added a tag to the Jimmy Webb article, but did not go to the talk page and say why. Thanks. 4.240.78.152 (talk) 20:00, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

RfD nomination of TF:SA

I have nominated TF:SA (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) for discussion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at the discussion page. Thank you. MBisanz ^talk 02:40, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

As a previous active contributor of WP:UNI/COTF...

We are starting WP:UNI/COTM, please review the ten randomly selected nominees and vote for the articles you wish to improve. (Category:WikiProject Universities COTM candidates) The COTM will run throughout the month of December. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me or comment on WT:UNI/COTM. Have a great day! - Jameson L. Tai ^{talk ♦ guestbook ♦ contribs} 21:43, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

A new round of Collaboration of the Month is about to begin!

The current University Collaborations of the Month is University of California, Berkeley
Every month a B-Class higher education-related topic is chosen for you to improve. Be bold! This COTM is organized by Wikipedia:WikiProject Universities. (Nominate future collaborations or see past collaborations.) This WP:UNI/COTM is effective: Dec 01 2008 ~ Dec 31 2008. Pick your next WikiProject Universities COTM Candidate!

Yes, it's that time! A new article has been chosen our COTM next month.

Here's something I want to try, start treating it as a peer review. Start by skimming through the article, making sure the article fits our article guidelines. Then review for content: any copyvio, notability issues, reference listings, following the Manual of Style. Again, let's make sure we stick to the objectives listed on WP:UNI/COTM. Feel free to use the talk page of the article or COTM page to reflect or express opinions on how to make this program even better. Feel free to utilize #wikipedia-en-robotics ^connect if you wish, that channel doesn't get used enough and I'm usually there if I'm near a computer.

And here's something even more radical. See if you can attract authors currently maintaining the different COTM articles to join our WikiProject and better yet, our COTM project. I found when I started this program, jumping ships and editing other universities' articles was a big leap, but it's been very fun so far. I'd like to see more people actively participating.

Let's start off the new COTM program the right way. I want to see those articles in GA and FA soon. Hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving holiday and enjoy those Black Friday deals. - Jameson L. Tai ^{talk ♦ guestbook ♦ contribs} 09:13, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

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The info is not right. You cannot find the references for something that is not right. I don't know who entered the text but the one wo entered the text is responsible for the references. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 3a95a8i9 (talk • contribs) 15:33, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Now it looks much better. Thanks to your efforts on finding references. You can enter a huge text when you can provide most of the references, when you cannot for some of them , I believe that is fine. But when you enter a text which has citations needed everywhere, it does not look good in my judgement. I think what you did know is quite appropriate and looks much better. Again thank you for working on the references. Hope this explanation helps. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 3a95a8i9 (talk • contribs) 18:24, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

List of largest universities by enrollment - necessity (or not) of 'world's'

Thanks for looking in on this page; I agree that the new title is clearer and better reflects Wikipedia's standards. But I do wonder if the removal of 'world's' is a good thing. A quick look at buildings and cities seems to indicate the presence of world, viz: List of tallest buildings and structures in the world, World's largest cities, World's largest urban agglomerations, list of largest buildings in the world. Are you open/happy to putting world back in there, somewhere? Thanks for your thoughts! Natebailey (talk) 09:43, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

Sure if you want to put it back in there I don't really care. It seems a little redundant, but if you added it I would add it to the end: "List of largest universities by enrollment in the world". I just don't know what that includes that the first title does not.—Noetic Sage 16:35, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Down and Above

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NYU Violets

Hi, I responded to your comment on my talk page. Strikehold (talk) 22:31, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

I have replied. Strikehold (talk) 15:14, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

List of New York University alumni

Hi Noeticsage, you reverted my unsourced addition of Ben Zinn to this page - I have since added him back, with an appropiate reference - but shouldn't you, in fairness, remove ALL alumni who don't have a reference? Regards, GiantSnowman 00:47, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

not if documentation is available . One should give the reference that is used in the Wikipedia article about them, usually their official cv or the like. DGG (talk) 23:55, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

Notability of residential colleges

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GA Sweeps invitation

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We are always looking for new members to assist with the remaining articles, so if you are interested or know of anybody that can assist, please visit the GA sweeps page. In addition, for every member that reviews 100 articles or has a significant impact on the process, s/he will get an award when they reach that threshold. If only 14 editors achieve this feat starting now, we would be done with Sweeps! Of course, having more people reviewing less articles would be better for all involved, so please consider asking others to help out. Feel free to stop by and only review a few articles, something's better than nothing! Take a look at the list, and see what articles interest you. Let's work to complete Sweeps so that efforts can be fully focused on the backlog at GAN. If you have any questions about the process, reviewing, or need help with a particular article, please contact me or OhanaUnited and we'll be happy to help. --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 07:29, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

Unreferenced BLPs

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Interview

Hi Noeticsage, I am a Wikipedian and researcher from Carnegie Mellon University, working with Professors Robert E. Kraut and Aniket Kittur. We’ve published many scholarly papers on Wikipedia and are partnering with the Wikimedia Foundation on several new projects.

I have been analyzing collaboration in Wikipedia, especially Collaborations of the Week/Month. My analysis of seven years of archival Wikipedia data shows that Collaborations of the Week/Month substantially increase the amount and nature of project members’ contributions, with long lasting effects. We would like to talk to Wikipedians to better understand the processes that that produce this behavior change.

We’ve identified you as a particularly good candidate to speak with because of your involvement with the WikiProject Universities' Collaborations, which is one of those we’ve been investigating. It would really help us if you would be willing to have a short talk with us, less than 30 minutes of your time. We can talk via skype or instant messenger or other means if you’d prefer. Do you have time at any point during this week to chat? If so, please send an email to haiyiz@cs.cmu.edu or drop a line on my talk page.

Thanks!

(This my personal website) Haiyizhu (talk) 22:48, 20 November 2011 (UTC)

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Nomination of Notre Dame residence halls for deletion

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Speedy deletion nomination of University of Notre Dame residence halls

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A tag has been placed on University of Notre Dame residence halls requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a club, society, or group that does not credibly indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please read more about what is generally accepted as notable.

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