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The following is an archived discussion of a featured list nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured list candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The list was promoted by Dabomb87 17:36, 19 February 2012 [1].

List of colleges and universities in North Dakota[edit]

List of colleges and universities in North Dakota (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

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Nominator(s): Ruby 2010/2013 20:57, 2 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I am nominating this for featured list because it is a comprehensive, helpful, and easily navigable collection of all post-secondary institutions in North Dakota. It will be particularly helpful for high school students who are beginning to plan their college journey. The list is pretty short compared to my last one, and shouldn't take much time to review for interested editors. I should mention that this is a Wikicup nom. I look forward to your comments. Thanks in advance! Ruby 2010/2013 20:57, 2 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved comments from The Rambling Man (talk) 09:37, 16 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Comments
  • Don't use red-linked abbreviations (e.g. NAST). All abbreviations should be expanded before use (e.g. ABHE). You may need to consider a key.
  • I'll work on this in coming days (haven't decided whether I want to simply list all the accreditation agencies in the lead, or make a key. The list is short enough for the former, IMO). Thoughts would be great. Ruby 2010/2013 05:26, 6 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • I added all of the agencies to the final lead paragraph for ease of use. Thanks, Ruby 2010/2013 05:07, 7 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • "an enrollment of 14,194 students as of fall 2010 enrollment data" reads clunkily with 2 x enrollment...
  • Two institutions lacking references for the year of foundation.
  • Refs shouldn't be sortable.
  • Not quite sure what you mean here- I don't believe they are sortable. Ruby 2010/2013 05:26, 6 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Sorry about the confusion. I removed the sortable feature for the whole defunct table, as there really is no need for such a small table (the colleges are in alphabetical order anyway). Thanks, Ruby 2010/2013 19:26, 6 January 2012 (UTC) Per Giants' comment below, I made the table sortable again (all but the ref column). Ruby 2010/2013 04:32, 10 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Why isn't Assumption College redlinked?
  • Ref 29 needs an en-dash.
  • From the external link, there are Hair design colleges that aren't listed here. Why is this? It says there are 30 colleges in ND, you list just 21. Perhaps some explanation of inclusion/exclusion criteria needed.

The Rambling Man (talk) 09:33, 5 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks very much for the review! Much appreciated, Ruby 2010/2013 05:26, 6 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]


Resolved comments from Giants2008 (Talk) 19:11, 10 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Comments –
  • "The North Dakota University System contains eleven public colleges, which includes NDSU." "includes" → "include"? The colleges is a plural element, after all.
  • In the photo caption, should Ave have a period at the end as an abbreviation of Avenue?
  • Also, alt text would be nice to include with the image.
  • Is it possible to make the columns in the Defunct institutions table sortable?
  • Ref 1 has a hyphen in the title that probably should be an en dash. Giants2008 (Talk) 02:26, 8 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • All done except the first comment. As the North Dakota University System is a singular entity, I didn't think it would be proper to convert "includes" to 'include". I'd be willing to listen to a second opinion on this though if you disagree. Best, Ruby 2010/2013 03:59, 8 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Resolved comments from NapHit (talk) 22:01, 23 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Comments
  • "(NDSU) is the largest public institution, having had an enrollment of 14,407 students for fall 2010." -> (NDSU) is the largest public institution, with an enrolment of 14.407 students for fall 2010.
  • Defunct institutions table has a caption yet, the top table doesn't, I would add one to the top table to be consistent.

NapHit (talk) 17:57, 22 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Support Great work. NapHit (talk) 22:01, 23 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

  • Support. Seems solid and I'm happy enough that it satisfies the criteria. GRAPPLE X 03:25, 12 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - all issues seem to be resolved. (fellow WikiCup competitor). --He to Hecuba (talk) 22:10, 15 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]


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