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Is there reason the men's ice hockey team isn't mentioned at all? Not to It seems odd that a sport which has shown considerable success in the past is left out altogether. AKMAdam ( talk) 09:04, 7 February 2020 (UTC)
Ciogmmsn, presumably the same editor who previously edited this article without an account or not logged in (e.g., this edit), insists that this article's infobox include the college's zip code and its radio station. No rationale or explanation has been provided.
The documentation for this template indicates that the postal code is optional. In fact, this field is rarely (if ever) used in articles about U.S. colleges and universities. There is an apparent consensus among most editors of these articles that this information is not important enough for readers to merit inclusion in the infobox. This particular article has had this template since at least January 11, 2006 - over 15 years - and unless I'm mistaken the article has never included the zip code in the infobox.
There is no parameter in the infobox for radio station; this has been added using one of the free parameters. That in itself argues against the inclusion of this information in the infobox; at a minimum, we can clearly say that there is no consensus to include it in many articles. I am opposed to including it in this article and nearly all other articles - there may be rare exceptions, I suppose - because the information simply is not among the most important summary information that readers need to immediately know about the college.
Ciogmmsn, I welcome your explanation and discussion! ElKevbo ( talk) 23:41, 14 July 2022 (UTC)
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Is there reason the men's ice hockey team isn't mentioned at all? Not to It seems odd that a sport which has shown considerable success in the past is left out altogether. AKMAdam ( talk) 09:04, 7 February 2020 (UTC)
Ciogmmsn, presumably the same editor who previously edited this article without an account or not logged in (e.g., this edit), insists that this article's infobox include the college's zip code and its radio station. No rationale or explanation has been provided.
The documentation for this template indicates that the postal code is optional. In fact, this field is rarely (if ever) used in articles about U.S. colleges and universities. There is an apparent consensus among most editors of these articles that this information is not important enough for readers to merit inclusion in the infobox. This particular article has had this template since at least January 11, 2006 - over 15 years - and unless I'm mistaken the article has never included the zip code in the infobox.
There is no parameter in the infobox for radio station; this has been added using one of the free parameters. That in itself argues against the inclusion of this information in the infobox; at a minimum, we can clearly say that there is no consensus to include it in many articles. I am opposed to including it in this article and nearly all other articles - there may be rare exceptions, I suppose - because the information simply is not among the most important summary information that readers need to immediately know about the college.
Ciogmmsn, I welcome your explanation and discussion! ElKevbo ( talk) 23:41, 14 July 2022 (UTC)