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Lübeck University of Applied Sciences
Would someone from WP:UNI mind taking a look at this article? There are some minor things which can be cleaned up fairly easily (e.g. MOS:SECTIONCAPS, WP:NOTDIRECTORY, WP:ORDER), but the main thing is that the article seems to be citing de:Technische Hochschule Lübeck as its only source. Actually, it's not really citing the German Misplaced Pages article about the school per se, but rather the sources cited in the German Misplaced Pages article, but the way it's doing this is not how it should be done. In addition, it might be a translation of the German Misplaced Pages article which would require attribuition per WP:TFOLWP. -- Marchjuly (talk) 06:01, 7 August 2019 (UTC)
- I've moved the article to Technical_University_of_Applied_Sciences_Lübeck, a user was trying to create a new article for the renamed institution, and cleared up a few of the issues. Someone still needs to look at the attribution issue Aloneinthewild (talk) 19:17, 15 August 2019 (UTC)
Weather sections
Noticed today that some American GA universities have climate sections .with those giant overwhelming charts.....is this normal...seems odd no? Columbia University#Climate.--Moxy 🍁 16:24, 14 August 2019 (UTC)
- I removed these sections from the three articles in which I found them and asked the editor who added them to stop until we can discuss it here. I don't think the information is appropriate in these articles; WP:UNIGUIDE is our current advice for what material should be included in these articles. ElKevbo (talk) 17:20, 14 August 2019 (UTC)
- It seems duplicative to me. Climate tables are already in most of the articles for the towns or cities in which the universities are located. --Ken Gallager (talk) 18:39, 14 August 2019 (UTC)
- Agreed. People can click through to the location to see the climate. Robminchin (talk) 02:07, 15 August 2019 (UTC)
- It seems duplicative to me. Climate tables are already in most of the articles for the towns or cities in which the universities are located. --Ken Gallager (talk) 18:39, 14 August 2019 (UTC)
Proposed change on using a college seal vs. logo
I've reopened an old can of worms and proposed in the Talk page for the colleges and universities infobox that, for some universities and colleges, it makes considerably more sense to feature a school's logo prominently rather than its seal or coat-of-arms. In some cases, a school's seal isn't used for any public recognition purposes at all, is only used for stamping diplomas and that sort of thing, and so it's strange for those schools to feature it so prominently on the page rather than a recognizable logo. If you have opinions, please contribute. — Preceding unsigned comment added by WorldsApart (talk • contribs) 15:34, 19 August 2019 (UTC)
Is a university "affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention" a "Baptist university?"
I've opened a discussion at Talk:Anderson University (South Carolina) asking if a university "affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention" is a "Baptist university." Your input would be appreciated! ElKevbo (talk) 18:29, 23 August 2019 (UTC)
- Please note there are several other colleges and universities in nearly identical situations e.g., Augsburg University is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America but does that make it "Lutheran" or is that an appropriate shorthand description? ElKevbo (talk) 22:02, 23 August 2019 (UTC)
- Honestly the larger issue of that descriptor seems like a case-by-case kinda thing (dependent on the nature of the affiliation in relation to financing, curriculum, or culture). Quick search for "Baptist" in Anderson U's financial reports shows that a fair degree of control is held by South Carolina Baptist Convention (provides the funds, and controls its charter through the appointment of the University's trustees), so I don't see anything wrong with calling it a baptist institution. In saying that though, I also don't see anything wrong with how the lead is presently worded (its a private university.... Anderson is affiliated with baptist convention...). Leventio (talk) 04:11, 24 August 2019 (UTC)
- As I mentioned on the Anderson talk page, to me "affiliated" has the meaning of a voluntary association, which would not include (in this example) a university funded and controlled by the convention (via the appointment of its trustees) – in corporate terms, the SC Baptist Convention is the parent company of the university. It struck me last night that this could be a US English usage of "affiliated", in which case we should follow MOS:COMMONALITY and "use a commonly understood word or phrase in preference to one that has a different meaning because of national differences" on Misplaced Pages. Robminchin (talk) 15:22, 24 August 2019 (UTC)
/* Top rankings */ in page College and university Rankings
Hi, I would like some help from other editors; one user some time ago decided that the College and university rankings page was too messed up with over 20 rankings listed up together, making no distinction of those virtually unknown and those well-established, well respected and that every country in the world cares about, as the ARWU Shanghai ranking, the QS ranking and the THE ranking. So the person made a new section about these three specific rankings before all others. Then another user showed up and added the "Leiden ranking" I had honestly never heard of (in years of dealing with education and rankings), in what is obviously a personal move, but as such user is a registered and active editor and I'm just an IP, I understand I'll need more people to seriously look into the issue for my opinion alone won't count much. I would therefore be quite grateful if somebody who is familiar with the topic could participate in its discussion page. Thank you. 213.245.146.78 (talk) 20:35, 3 October 2019 (UTC)
Nomination of Portal:Universities for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether Portal:Universities is suitable for inclusion in Misplaced Pages according to Misplaced Pages's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The page will be discussed at Misplaced Pages:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Universities until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the page during the discussion, including to improve the page to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the deletion notice from the top of the page. Certes (talk) 16:31, 4 October 2019 (UTC)
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