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GA Review

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Images

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Sections to add

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There are several topics that this article doesn't cover yet but are crucial to any university article:

  • Libraries
  • Student groups/Student organization
  • Rankings
  • Curriculum and majors
  • Budget and endowment

Small expansions

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  • The lead needs to be a summary of the entire article per WP:LEAD - all the major topics of the article need to be covered in the lead.
  • The "20th century" section of the "History" focuses almost exclusively on aviation, but Purdue is known as an engineering school more broadly. This section does not explain the diversity of Purdue's accomplishments - it is too narrow.
  • Entire paragraphs of the "Campus" section are unsourced.
  • The "Campus" section would benefit from a map or a general description so that the reader understands where different sections are in relation to each other.
  • Including a description of some of the ongoing research at Purdue would be helpful. I thought it was at Purdue that scientists discovered the plant without DNA - it had only RNA.
  • The "Legends" section is a single sentence. This needs to be a summary of the daughter article.

Sources and notes

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  • The footnotes are not formatted properly - see WP:FOOT and WP:CITE. We do not use bald links.
  • Most of your sources are from Purdue itself. It is a good idea not to rely too much on Purdue's site, but rather on secondary sources that are more objective. Purdue's website is essentially an advertisement, so we need to be very careful what we use it for.
  • The "References" section is confusing - why are these sources separated out? Why are they numbered?

This is an excellent start on the article. I do not think that the issues I have raised can be addressed in a week, however, so I am failing the article. I have no doubt, however, that the editors will be able to improve the article and renominate the article in the near future. I hope these suggestions are helpful! Awadewit (talk) 02:13, 31 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]