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Work on articles that need cleanup. A randomized short list is here Work on the collaborations of the month Create a page for each and every university and college and add {{infobox University}} for it. See the missing list for those institutions still awaiting articles. Place {{WikiProject Universities}} on every related talk page. Ensure all articles, including Featured articles, are consistent with the article guidelines. Continue upkeep of University Portal

Adamson University (again)

Cruft is an ongoing problem in relation to our article on this Catholic university in the Philippines. I recently took out chunks of detail, for example the listing of every degree course on offer. Two editors who are only active on this topic have added chunks back. I suspect COI. Itsmejudith (talk) 18:49, 19 January 2012 (UTC)

I made an effort there but I have a feeling the cruft will return. Disavian (talk) 08:38, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

University Seals on Commons

Keep an eye out for university seals (and other images) that are uploaded to Commons. If they're currently under copyright and included in Wikipedia under fair use, Commons admins will delete them as Commons only hosts free images. Unfortunately, they will not move the image to en so we will have to start from scratch to find and upload the image ourselves. ElKevbo (talk) 19:56, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

• Yes! Kevbo speaks the truth! I will DR a university seal and upload a fair use one every time I see one. Please, everyone, don't upload a seal/logo to commons unless you can show that it's PD--GrapedApe (talk) 13:25, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

2nd opinion of List of Chancellors of East Carolina University

Would some experienced editors here take a look at List of Chancellors of East Carolina University. Seems to me that the garishly colored tables and the unprofessional comic sans organizational tree should be changed to match standard format. Anyone else agree?--GrapedApe (talk) 03:01, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

Yes. ElKevbo (talk) 06:30, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

I cleaned it up to make the formatting match FLs for university presidents. Thanks to User:Esrever for further cleanup. (Note: I have copy and pasted this discussion to Talk:List of Chancellors of East Carolina University).--GrapedApe (talk) 14:37, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

List of Ivy League university presidents

List of Ivy League university presidents suffers from a severe case of Ivy League-cruft. It is a list of all of the university presidents who presided over an Ivy League institution. There is nothing there that is not already included (or should be included) at all of the individual List of Presidents of XX University articles. I think this article should be dismantled into its component institution parts. What say the project?--GrapedApe (talk) 15:13, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

I agree. Not useful. Itsmejudith (talk) 23:14, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Agreed. The Ivy League was not even founded until 1954. If it is to exist, then only presidents from 1954 on should be listed. Are we to have a similar list for every academic and athletic conference? Seem superfluous. CrazyPaco (talk) 01:37, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Ivy League university presidents--GrapedApe (talk) 02:07, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

WikiWomen's History Month

Hi everyone. March is Women's History Month and I'm hoping a few folks here at WP:Universities will have interest in putting on events (on and off wiki) related to women's roles in university history. We've created an event page on English Wikipedia (please translate!) and I hope you'll find the inspiration to participate. These events can take place off wiki, like edit-a-thons, or on wiki, such as themes and translations. Please visit the page here: WikiWomen's History Month. Thanks for your consideration and I look forward to seeing events take place! SarahStierch (talk) 20:56, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

50 years of rings

Is Wikipedia the place to record intricate details of 50+ years of class ring design variants? What if I told you that this cruft took up 25,489 bytes of a 37,374 byte article? Some free-thinking new users seem to that kind of material is perfect for wikipedia, and they keep reverting my removal of it. See this exciting discussion Talk:MIT class ring#Is listing every depiction of the Ring really necessary?.--GrapedApe (talk) 04:42, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

I'd never heard of a class ring before. It is mildly interesting that such a thing exists. I would like to know if it is a really important part of student life in a major American university. Other than that, I don't think we need to carry much detail. Itsmejudith (talk) 23:17, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Most universities and high schools in the US have class rings. MIT's Brass Rat ring and Texas A&M's Aggie Ring are both major parts of those universities' cultures. Most others school's rings don't have nearly the importance or tradition placed on them as those two. CrazyPaco (talk) 01:41, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

Scholarships in University of Missouri–Kansas City article

Can I please get a third opinion in Talk:University of Missouri–Kansas City in the section at the bottom labeled "Scholarships?" Another editor and I disagree about the inclusion of a handful of scholarships in the article. Thanks! ElKevbo (talk) 21:46, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire

I made some changes to this article to try to reduce the peacockery. I'd appreciate it if someone else could take an objective look at it as well. Thanks! Mesconsing (talk) 17:42, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

Much better, thank you. Itsmejudith (talk) 23:18, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, but another editor undid many of the changes. I don't want this to turn into an edit war, so another outside edit would be great! Mesconsing (talk) 18:40, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

University of Pristina

There is a split proposal regarding the University of Pristina and opinions would be welcome[1].--— ZjarriRrethues — ^talk 22:53, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

Also see two section above that one. --WhiteWriter ^speaks 22:57, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

Split proposals

There are some proposals and as many opinions as possible will be welcome Talk:University of_Pristina/RfC: split proposal--— ZjarriRrethues — ^talk 18:44, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

RFC

I posted a note at College_and_university_article_guidelines a few days ago, but it's occured to me that it probably isn't watched as much as this page is. Would anyone like to weigh in? Best & thanks, Markvs88 (talk) 14:55, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

I've done some sluething and have posted my findings on insidecollege.com here. IMO since it's a repository from a marketing firm it should be added to the list of unreliable sources. Best, Markvs88 (talk) 12:01, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

"Highly selective" in lead

Another editor and I are disagreeing about whether the lead of Bucknell University should include the phrase "highly selective" or something similar. Please weigh in since there seem to be only two of us conversing. Thanks! ElKevbo (talk) 22:50, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

The source of the phrase is the US News', which calls the university among the "most selective" colleges in America.LedRush (talk) 00:43, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

There are now three of us conversing so I guess that's an improvement but we still don't seem to be getting anywhere. Additional input would be most welcome! ElKevbo (talk) 21:18, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

Frontier Fiesta

Attention needed at Frontier Fiesta (University of Houston).--GrapedApe (talk) 05:16, 17 February 2012 (UTC)

Chinese grad students at US universities

Not sure where this goes, but I found:

• "More students look to US for grad school." China Daily. August 25, 2011.

WhisperToMe (talk) 08:10, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

Seeking Help

Hello all. I'm writing an article on Kevin Gillespie, the upcoming President of Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and I'm hoping that someone would be willing to help me expand the article. Thanks! Also if anyone out there could tell me if there is a difference for JPG and JPEG files when uploading pictures to my page. The picture I want to add is JPEG and I'm having some difficulties uploading it. Is this normal or am I just completely off base with trying to upload this particular file?? Ad532119 (talk) 23:26, 27 February 2012 (UTC)AD532119Ad532119 (talk) 23:26, 27 February 2012 (UTC)

I gave it some basic formatting and an infobox. Not a bad start. Disavian (talk) 15:50, 28 February 2012 (UTC)