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There's an article on Olivia S. Mitchell which has an orphan tag, and it seems to me that this article should link to that one. Does anyone else agree? 3005shdh ( talk) 14:30, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
I think that notable faculty should come before noted alumni - after all, they're Penn people now. I also am going to alphebetize the list of categories of noted alumni since I can't think of any reason why the current order exits. Flying fish 19:19, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
I'm surprised to see Wole Soyinka (the 1986 Nobel laureate in literature) on this list; his name was added earlier today (Nov. 20, 2006) by User:Chelsaz27. I am not aware of any connection between Soyinka and Penn. I did some research and all I found were articles about individual lectures he delivered on campus in 1996 and 2004. He's not an alum and, as far as I can tell, has never been a member of the faculty or held any other position within the university. Is there more of a connection than I was able to find, or was Chelsaz27 just eager to add another Nobel winner to the list?
If there's no response to this inquiry within the next couple of weeks I will delete Soyinka from the article. 4.232.225.112 02:05, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
I just checked Penn's "official" list of its Nobel laureates ( http://www.archives.upenn.edu/histy/notables/awards/nobel.html) and I note that it does not include Wole Soyinka. It also doesn't include Hideki Shirakawa (Chemistry 2000), whose autobiography ( http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/2000/shirakawa-autobio.html) explains that he was only at Penn for a year (1976-1977) as a visiting research scientist. Like most other universities, Penn does not count short-term visitors toward its Nobel total.
I suggest deleting him from the list as well, but I don't want to act unilaterally. If no one makes a good argument for keeping him on the list I will remove his name and Soyinka's early next month. 4.232.126.32 03:11, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
I noticed the link for Edward Doheny goes to Edward L. Doheny, the late oil tycoon, rather than the geology professor. I've added his middle initial 'J' to avoid the link. Leilams 08:52, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
Loren Eiseley's name could have appeared under several different categories of this list, but it isn't listed anywhere. Is there a reason for this? ( Apace361 ( talk) 02:49, 1 January 2009 (UTC))
Apace361 Loren Wisely, Penn Professor Biochemistry and Biophysics (September 3, 1907 – July 9, 1977) Is now on list 353 KB (39,733 words) OneMoreByte ( talk) 16:06, 2 September 2021 (UTC)
This is a looong list. Would it be better served by a category?
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Split - Article is over 100 kB, and should be split, starting with "Government" section. Thoughts? Suggestions?--
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Split The Haz talk 01:15, 21 April 2015 (UTC)
Strong Oppose UPENN has 1,649 alumni with Wikipedia article, [1] similar to NYU (1,581) [2]. Comparatively Harvard has 9,981 alumni with Wikipedia article, [3] and University of Michigan has 3,596 alumni with Wikipedia article [4]. Most large college's have similar number of alumni with Wikipedia article as UPENN, but none of their Notable Alumni articles has been split.-- Harvard Guy1 ( talk) 01:08, 3 May 2015 (UTC)
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I thought arguments in the "oppose" camp arguing against splitting up the Penn list were persuasive. I was especially convinced by argument made by Harvard Guy1 [see his (talk) 01:08, 3 May 2015 (UTC)] where he wrote that Harvard and Michigan have roughly double the number of people on their lists and their lists have not been split. I think that the Penn Academia people (who earlier this year were split from main group and placed on a separate list) should be put back. However, I defer to the more experienced editors. OneMoreByte ( talk) 14:08, 2 September 2021 (UTC)
Why isn't Chuck Bednarik, perhaps the greatest football player ever to play at Penn, included in the list of "College Football Hall of Famers"? ( Apace361 ( talk) 01:55, 9 December 2011 (UTC))
Per your comment, I added Chuck Bednarik. Thanks for the suggestion. OneMoreByte ( talk) 13:42, 2 September 2021 (UTC)
Mehmet Oz should be moved to the "Notorious" section of the article, as he has been exposed for promoting quack medicine. -- Westwind273 ( talk) 01:07, 18 April 2015 (UTC)
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The following entry was removed from list due to it not having its own Wikipedia entry. Though I have modified 100s and 100s of existing entries, I do not yet know how to add an entry. I take no umbrage if someone here agrees there should be one for an Olympic athlete who also was responsible for merger of Frito Lay and Pepsi "Herman Albert Schaefer (born in 1921 in Philadelphia, PA and died on December 6, 2012 in Southampton, NY) Wharton School of Finance Class of 1943, B.S. in Econ., and Penn Law Class of 1948, joined the Marine Corps, where he volunteered for bomb disposal and became an officer in the Navy during World War 2 on a battle ship in the Pacific, practiced law and then earned a C.P.A. and joined an accounting firm; joined Pepsi-Cola Company, where he was Executive Vice President and CFO responsible for making the initial contact with Frito-Lay, Inc., and implementing the merger that formed PepsiCo; played fronton tennis (which was a demo sport) at 1968 Summer Olympics [1] [2] [3]" OneMoreByte ( talk) 13:10, 2 March 2021 (UTC)
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please make it two or 1 column, cant read anything. not user-friendly — Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.38.173.6 ( talk) 19:58, 4 March 2021 (UTC)
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I was trying to fix the bare URLs issue. Everything was fine after edit id 1216132909, but after edit id 1216137343, the templates collapsed (cannot be viewed). I didn't notice it until I tried to edit again because everything loaded just fine in the preview window. The edit after that (1216138847) does resolve the last 4 of the bare URLs that I'd noticed.
How do I fix this without having to undo the work fixing the bare URLs?
Article too big? OIM20 ( talk) 09:10, 29 March 2024 (UTC)
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There's an article on Olivia S. Mitchell which has an orphan tag, and it seems to me that this article should link to that one. Does anyone else agree? 3005shdh ( talk) 14:30, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
I think that notable faculty should come before noted alumni - after all, they're Penn people now. I also am going to alphebetize the list of categories of noted alumni since I can't think of any reason why the current order exits. Flying fish 19:19, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
I'm surprised to see Wole Soyinka (the 1986 Nobel laureate in literature) on this list; his name was added earlier today (Nov. 20, 2006) by User:Chelsaz27. I am not aware of any connection between Soyinka and Penn. I did some research and all I found were articles about individual lectures he delivered on campus in 1996 and 2004. He's not an alum and, as far as I can tell, has never been a member of the faculty or held any other position within the university. Is there more of a connection than I was able to find, or was Chelsaz27 just eager to add another Nobel winner to the list?
If there's no response to this inquiry within the next couple of weeks I will delete Soyinka from the article. 4.232.225.112 02:05, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
I just checked Penn's "official" list of its Nobel laureates ( http://www.archives.upenn.edu/histy/notables/awards/nobel.html) and I note that it does not include Wole Soyinka. It also doesn't include Hideki Shirakawa (Chemistry 2000), whose autobiography ( http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/2000/shirakawa-autobio.html) explains that he was only at Penn for a year (1976-1977) as a visiting research scientist. Like most other universities, Penn does not count short-term visitors toward its Nobel total.
I suggest deleting him from the list as well, but I don't want to act unilaterally. If no one makes a good argument for keeping him on the list I will remove his name and Soyinka's early next month. 4.232.126.32 03:11, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
I noticed the link for Edward Doheny goes to Edward L. Doheny, the late oil tycoon, rather than the geology professor. I've added his middle initial 'J' to avoid the link. Leilams 08:52, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
Loren Eiseley's name could have appeared under several different categories of this list, but it isn't listed anywhere. Is there a reason for this? ( Apace361 ( talk) 02:49, 1 January 2009 (UTC))
Apace361 Loren Wisely, Penn Professor Biochemistry and Biophysics (September 3, 1907 – July 9, 1977) Is now on list 353 KB (39,733 words) OneMoreByte ( talk) 16:06, 2 September 2021 (UTC)
This is a looong list. Would it be better served by a category?
RJFJR (
talk)
16:18, 21 January 2011 (UTC)
Split - Article is over 100 kB, and should be split, starting with "Government" section. Thoughts? Suggestions?--
Jax 0677 (
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18:34, 29 December 2012 (UTC)
Split The Haz talk 01:15, 21 April 2015 (UTC)
Strong Oppose UPENN has 1,649 alumni with Wikipedia article, [1] similar to NYU (1,581) [2]. Comparatively Harvard has 9,981 alumni with Wikipedia article, [3] and University of Michigan has 3,596 alumni with Wikipedia article [4]. Most large college's have similar number of alumni with Wikipedia article as UPENN, but none of their Notable Alumni articles has been split.-- Harvard Guy1 ( talk) 01:08, 3 May 2015 (UTC)
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I thought arguments in the "oppose" camp arguing against splitting up the Penn list were persuasive. I was especially convinced by argument made by Harvard Guy1 [see his (talk) 01:08, 3 May 2015 (UTC)] where he wrote that Harvard and Michigan have roughly double the number of people on their lists and their lists have not been split. I think that the Penn Academia people (who earlier this year were split from main group and placed on a separate list) should be put back. However, I defer to the more experienced editors. OneMoreByte ( talk) 14:08, 2 September 2021 (UTC)
Why isn't Chuck Bednarik, perhaps the greatest football player ever to play at Penn, included in the list of "College Football Hall of Famers"? ( Apace361 ( talk) 01:55, 9 December 2011 (UTC))
Per your comment, I added Chuck Bednarik. Thanks for the suggestion. OneMoreByte ( talk) 13:42, 2 September 2021 (UTC)
Mehmet Oz should be moved to the "Notorious" section of the article, as he has been exposed for promoting quack medicine. -- Westwind273 ( talk) 01:07, 18 April 2015 (UTC)
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The following entry was removed from list due to it not having its own Wikipedia entry. Though I have modified 100s and 100s of existing entries, I do not yet know how to add an entry. I take no umbrage if someone here agrees there should be one for an Olympic athlete who also was responsible for merger of Frito Lay and Pepsi "Herman Albert Schaefer (born in 1921 in Philadelphia, PA and died on December 6, 2012 in Southampton, NY) Wharton School of Finance Class of 1943, B.S. in Econ., and Penn Law Class of 1948, joined the Marine Corps, where he volunteered for bomb disposal and became an officer in the Navy during World War 2 on a battle ship in the Pacific, practiced law and then earned a C.P.A. and joined an accounting firm; joined Pepsi-Cola Company, where he was Executive Vice President and CFO responsible for making the initial contact with Frito-Lay, Inc., and implementing the merger that formed PepsiCo; played fronton tennis (which was a demo sport) at 1968 Summer Olympics [1] [2] [3]" OneMoreByte ( talk) 13:10, 2 March 2021 (UTC)
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please make it two or 1 column, cant read anything. not user-friendly — Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.38.173.6 ( talk) 19:58, 4 March 2021 (UTC)
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I was trying to fix the bare URLs issue. Everything was fine after edit id 1216132909, but after edit id 1216137343, the templates collapsed (cannot be viewed). I didn't notice it until I tried to edit again because everything loaded just fine in the preview window. The edit after that (1216138847) does resolve the last 4 of the bare URLs that I'd noticed.
How do I fix this without having to undo the work fixing the bare URLs?
Article too big? OIM20 ( talk) 09:10, 29 March 2024 (UTC)