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Wikimedia Chapter proposal: Wikimedia Texas

I wonder if anyone is interested in creating a Wikimedia chapter serving the state of Texas. See: meta:Talk:Wikimedia_chapters#Chapter_proposal_-_Wikimedia_Texas WhisperToMe (talk) 23:14, 20 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Need to get a photograph of Eric Pianka

Could anyone here obtain a photograph of Professor Pianka for his article? The current picture will be deleted shortly because it is fair use of a living person, so we need a replacement. Richard001 (talk) 03:18, 1 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Revamp project

I would like to overhaul this project page using Wikipedia:WikiProject Turnkey Project. Any objections? --Eustress (talk) 23:36, 14 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I was bold and updated the project page, seeing as how now admin actions have occurred on this project for a couple years. I think this new format will keep up organized and consistent with other projects. Hope to get things going again! --Eustress (talk) 22:36, 15 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The new format looks good! Thanks, and Hook 'em Horns! Johntex\^talk 23:06, 16 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Colt McCoy under GA review

Hello there, the article Colt McCoy which falls under the auspices of this Wikiproject, has come under review as part of GA Sweeps and a number of problems have been identified and listed on the talk page. If these problems have not begun to be addressed by seven days from this notice, the article will be delisted from GA and will have to go through the GAN process all over again to regain its status once improvements have been made. If you have any questions, please drop me a line.

I did some cleanup of the "personal" section. There are still some references that need reformatting. I will work on those if no one beats me to it. Johntex\^talk 02:21, 2 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

articles on colleges within UT Austin bloated with irrelevant information

I was looking at the Edit History of University of Texas at Austin College of Natural Sciences and Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs and there's something that kinda disappoints me. Namely, [1] and [2].

In the former, a section entitled "Notable faculty" is removed and a new section - "Key Undergraduate Programs" - is added. In the latter, a section entitled "List of deans" is removed and two new sections are added - "History" and "Degree Programs".

"History" is a problem because it's plagiarized from [3]. "Degree Programs" and "Key Undergraduate Programs" just, imho, are not at all encyclopedic. Wikipedia is not a guidebook but that's what these sections read like, all the same.

The editor of the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs article is 128.83.226.69 - an IP address registered to the University of Texas at Austin. That kinda makes it seem like these edits were part of a PR campaign by the University of Texas at Austin, which is kinda a conflict of interest. I can't help but wonder if UTCNS, similarly, is an account that's only ever been logged into with a UT Austin IP address.

Anyway, I propose all their contributions be removed. The only thing I think they do is replace relevant information with irrelevant bloat. I'd be bold, and do it, myself, but I'd just assume get feedback before doing it. TerraFrost 15:53, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

In so far as the above article subjects are notable, I don't believe they're ever going to be able to attain featured article status so long as PR lackeys [4] with no experience contributing to wikipedia, let alone writing featured articles, continue to contribute. Maybe this is why University of Texas rival Texas A&M University is a featured article whereas University of Texas at Austin is not. Of course, near as I can tell, PR lackeys are staying away from the main article, but still... I think they're a detriment to this WikiProject TerraFrost (talk) 04:38, 13 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Scope of List of University of Texas at Austin buildings

I made a few additions to List of University of Texas at Austin buildings, but could very easily add at least the other rows into the table (if not fill in all of the columns). Is there any kind of notability guidelines on what buildings should be included on that page? --Vollers (talk) 21:09, 12 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I think this list should be a future collaboration of the week. I went ahead and mentioned some missing buildings on the list's talk page, and the list badly needs to be updated. Once done, this would certainly be an impressive, informative, and useful article. As menioned above, I am not sure exactl where to draw the line with which buildings should be listed, but I think most on the campus should be included. Feel free to take a look at the talk page and list any other buildings that may be missing. Thanks! --Another Believer _(Talk) 03:49, 24 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Texas Peer Review

Texas just got promoted to GA, is now on a FA run, and it would be nice to have all the input we can get in our peer review. Thanks for the help. Oldag07 (talk) 15:34, 1 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

RfC for WP:BOOSTER

There is a request for comment about whether or not WP:BOOSTER documents a standard consensus and good practice that all editors and school/college/university articles should follow as an official policy or guideline. Madcoverboy (talk) 19:35, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Copy editing Texas

Howdy! I know i am an aggie, but most people associated with this university are not just Longhorns, but Texans as well. And, making our state look good has got to be somewhat of a priority for us. I have divided the Texas page into 6 parts. Hopefully with more manageable chunks, people will be more willing to copy edit the page. would anybody at this project be willing to copy edit one section of the Texas page? Thanks and gig em.

Talk:Texas#Copyedit_plan Oldag07 (talk) 00:13, 14 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

List help

I need help completing List of University of Texas at Austin alumni and have offered a related challenge here. --Eustress (talk) 21:32, 4 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

College Fight Songs

There is a thread on the administrators' noticeboard which may concern editors involved in this WikiProject and may affect the article Texas Fight. Please see Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard#Lyrics. CrazyPaco (talk) 01:03, 6 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

UT FB Coaches Infobox?

Yay or nay? Corpx (talk) 05:23, 20 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

College Baseball/MLB

Would like thoughts on whether or not to add a "College" field to the MLB Player infobox Corpx (talk) 03:29, 18 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

2005 Oklahoma vs. Texas football game GA Sweeps: On Hold

I have reviewed 2005 Oklahoma vs. Texas football game for GA Sweeps to determine if it still qualifies as a Good Article. In reviewing the article I have found several issues, which I have detailed here. Since the article falls under the scope of this project, I figured you would be interested in contributing to further improve the article. Please comment there to help the article maintain its GA status. If you have any questions, let me know on my talk page and I'll get back to you as soon as I can. --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 06:20, 28 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Missing a Charles Whitman tower shooting article

I think I remember there being an article about the shooting but now all I can find is the information within the Charles Whitman article. If one is started, what should it be titled? Google shows the following number of hits per search:

University of Texas massacre (239,000)
University of Texas Tower shooting (51,700)
University of Texas massacre (50,000)
University of Texas tower massacre (33,500)
University of Texas at Austin Tower shooting (15,800)

Considering the school wasn't called The University of Texas at Austin until the next year, I'd think any inclusion of "at Austin" probably shouldn't be included in the article's name. Also, since the Main Building's tower is infamous for the shooting, IMO, the word tower should be included even though adding tower with shooting and massacre has 187,300 and 206,000 less hits respectively then University of Texas massacre. If tower is used, should it be Tower or tower? as "University of Texas Tower" is not the Main Building's proper name.

Here's the [[Category:University shootings|category]] about other university shootings. Many of their titles follow the format of: University Name followed by either massacre or shooting. Any collaboration and comments would be nice. NThomas (talk) 01:32, 4 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

GA reassessment of David Heymann

I have reassessed the above article as part of the GA Sweeps process. There are some concerns which you can see at Talk:David Heymann/GA1. If these are not addressed, the article will be de-listed. Jezhotwells (talk) 19:04, 12 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Universities COTM Nomination

Hello WikiProject University of Texas at Austin. I just wanted to let you all know that the University of Texas at Austin has been nominated for next month's WikiProject Universities Collaboration of the Month. If you'd like to take advantage of this opportunity, be sure to vote for the university. While you're there, consider helping improve one of our current Collaborations of the Month.

Happy editing! -Mabeenot (talk) 19:01, 25 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Big 12 WikiProject

I'm trying to gauge the interested in created a Big 12 WikiProject and wondering who would like to be involved. There are already pages for WikiProject Big Ten and WikiProject ACC. A Big 12 project would cover the schools themselves and anything to do with conference sports including: events, rivalries, teams, seasons, championships and lore. There is already quite a bit of activity here on Wikipedia regarding the Big 12, and I think a project could help coordinate and unify our efforts. Please see Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals/Big 12 if you are interested, and add your name to the list. Grey Wanderer (talk) 00:24, 26 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Picture request

Would someone at UT mind getting a picture of Yale Patt for me? Raul654 (talk) 03:18, 30 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Stubs?

Should we at least create stubs for buildings that appear on the List of University of Texas at Austin buildings? Not only are many buildings missing from this list (see talk page), but many of the buildings probably deserve their own article. Would be nice to have as many UT buildings with their own articles (assuming they are notable enough) as possible. --Another Believer _(Talk) 19:32, 27 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

File:Texas Flag at DKR - North Texas vs Texas 2006.jpg listed for deletion

A file related to this WikiProject, File:Texas Flag at DKR - North Texas vs Texas 2006.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for deletion. Please see the discussion if you would like to participate in the discussion. Johntex\^talk 16:20, 22 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]