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Removed patent nonsense:

"Wesleyan is an elite college, being one of the handful that rejects far more applicants than apply."

Surely a unique achievement, if true. Jmabel 08:34, 22 Dec 2003 (UTC)

• As a hunch - maybe they reject more than they accept (which is quite unusual - most colleges accept something like 70%, where the elite ones accept under a quarter). Pakaran. 05:38, 26 Jan 2004 (UTC)

• Well, they certainly reject more than they accept. Not an easy school to get into. If anyone knows the actual acceptance rate, that would be worth mentioning (as we do for Harvard and others). Jmabel 07:13, 26 Jan 2004 (UTC)

"Famous" alumni

Kudos to whomever spent the time collecting the list of famous Wesleyan alumni. I tried to sort them by field. One of you (I am not a Wes alumnus and therefore leave you to judge) needs to do some editing, however:

1. First of all, you either need to pare down the list or remove the adjective "famous," because an exhibited photographer, say, is not per se famous. The author of a book is not per se famous. Becoming a federal judge does not imply fame.
2. Words/phrases like "renowned," "celebrated," "award-winning" (even if you cite the award) and "world's leading authority" do not belong (IMO).
3. Instead of giving long descriptions of people (and if they're famous, why would you need to?), it would be good to create an article about them, even a stub, and put the information there. Be sure to create a link back to Wes.

-Rjyanco 02:36, 13 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Whether to mention Ohio Wesleyan

Hi Pnikolov, I'm removing your addition of Ohio Wesleyan because this article is about Wesleyan University. Wesleyan shares a common Methodist heritage with all the twenty-odd other "Wesleyans," and Ohio doesn't get any special status. It also really isn't relevent to this article whether Ohio Wesleyan is a selective institution, as this is about Wesleyan University only.

I've reverted, but don't want to start an edit war, so if you feel like changing it back, please say why in this talk page.
--Asbestos 20:14, 5 Nov 2004 (UTC)

The inclusion is necessary because the two schools are so often confused that it needs an explanation which one is where. If any two colleges from your "22 Wesleyans" are ever confused it will be those two. If you don't think so, you can administer a survey and find out yourself. I think this is a reason enough for inserting a reference to both and make things clearer.

~~PN

Hi PN,

as the article states that Wesleyan University is in Connecticut on its very first line, I don't think that there is much danger of anyone thinking that this is about the university in Ohio. Could you please point me to refereces where people say "Wesleyan University" when they mean "Ohio Wesleyan University"?

Also, as you have a history of playing dirty (see Talk:Wesleyan), of deleting valid links to this page and inserting copy-righted articles into Misplaced Pages in order to boost the number of links to Ohio W so that you would win a minor point in a discussion, I would say that you are deliberately targeting Wesleyan University in preference of Ohio W. As I said in the other page, if you don't stop this kind of abusive editing I'm afraid I'm going to have to refer this to the sysops.

If you have a valid point to make, however, such as evidence that numerous people come to this aricle meaning to go to the article on Ohio W, I'd love to hear it.

--Asbestos 03:28, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Whoever this Asbestos user is...feel free to refer it the sysop. The inclusion of information such as the one that is included about Wesleyan (OH) is perfectly consistent with the policies of the encyclopedia.

Hi PN, thank you very much for reverting your last edit and for choosing not to include Ohio U on this page after all. --Asbestos 14:18, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)