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Hi there, I'm curious if any editors here have experience or insight into what the inclusion criteria should be for the student groups section. I'm most worried about the part that says, "other groups include..." which I understand to be a magnet for trivia. Obviously blue links are probably too high a standard. Is mention in newspapers sufficient?
Best, Liam M ( talk) 17:41, 31 August 2021 (UTC)
An unregistered editor has begun an edit war to remove a section labeled "Jon Lonsdale" from the "Safety" subsection of the "Student Life" section. The removed material:
The editor who removed this material - twice - used the edit summary "removing section of individual only remotely affiliated with Stanford." That doesn't seem accurate to me given what the cited sources say and how prominently the reliable sources link this to the university.
Unless there is further discussion or a more legitimate reason is given for removing this information, I plan to restore it as the provided rationale doesn't hold water. ElKevbo ( talk) 23:52, 25 November 2021 (UTC)
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There's an AfD with an outcome to merge Stanford University School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences to here, given that that now-closed department formed part of the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability, might that not be a better target (given that it is more specific)? Any objections? Klbrain ( talk) 14:44, 15 April 2023 (UTC)
For some reason, one Stanford school - the School of Engineering - redirects to this main article rather than having its own article. Here, it has a huge section in the Administration and Organization section, unlike the other schools which have their own articles. As a result, this main Stanford article article is clogged with masses of information about the School of Engineering, its history, every dean it’s ever had, right down to the names of faculty and awards they got. No way does this belong in the main article; it should be an article of its own like all the other departments. There is more than enough material for an article. I intend to split it out into Stanford School of Engineering. By my count, that would remove 16,000 bytes from this 213,000 byte article. I will wait a few days in case someone here objects.
There is also a much shorter section here, also in the Administration and Organization section, about the Graduate School of Education. IMO it doesn't belong here. I need opinions about whether to try to split that off into an article and expand it. All the other schools have their own, well developed articles, but the section here would need a lot of expansion to become an article. MelanieN ( talk) 17:01, 13 June 2023 (UTC)
@ Erp: (Discussion continued from User talk:WhisperToMe#July 2023
My edit did say "The central academic campus is mostly in the Stanford census-designated place, with portions in Palo Alto." so I could revise that to make it clear I'm referring to the sum of the Stanford holdings in the Palo Alto area, although it is clear the Palo Alto city limits do extend to some properties by the hospital.
I took a look at the map, and it does overlay "Stanford Univ" territory with the city boundaries, doing so in a single document. The document iself has a key to the right that shows "College or University" as being shaded a particular way. There's only one college or university on this map, "Stanford Univ" (the label is by "Laqunita Lk"). That's why I stated that the campus partially extended to Palo Alto.
WhisperToMe ( talk) 16:20, 1 July 2023 (UTC)
Stanford West apartments, [...] in Palo Alto.
[...]operate existing Stanford University Medical Center ("SUMC") facilities within the City of Palo Alto[...]
The article says that programs were abolished in 2020 there, yet I still see Cantonese classes offered on the course catalog https://language.stanford.edu/programs-languages/chinese/cantonese and press coverage about how Cantonese classes are offered and fulfilling the language requirement https://stanforddaily.com/2022/10/12/cantonese-course-now-fulfills-undergraduate-language-requirement/. Could someone look into this? 2600:1700:368C:110:F92C:B630:24A7:ECC5 ( talk) 16:04, 21 July 2023 (UTC)
I recently created a draft for the Stanford Internet Observatory. Any help would be appreciated. Thriley ( talk) 22:12, 22 July 2023 (UTC)
@ GuardianH: Can you please say more about why you removed this sentence from the lede of this article?
Your edit summary was "remember that anything in the lede needs to have its proper WP:DUE body weight, which this doesn't. Stanford is prestigious, but the article must still conform to policy" but in addition to the sources cited for this sentence the body of the article has a "Reputation and rankings" section that also includes relevant information with many citations. You know the current consensus about this kind of material in the lede of articles as well as anyone so I don't understand your objection. ElKevbo ( talk) 02:05, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
influence, wealth, and rankings have made it one of the most prestigious universities...", the Reputation and rankings section mentioned should:
one of the most prestigious universities.
one of the most prestigious universities.
one of the most prestigious universities.
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Stanford University School of Engineering was nominated for deletion. The discussion was closed on 20 August 2022 with a consensus to merge. Its contents were merged into Stanford University. The original page is now a redirect to this page. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected article, please see its history; for its talk page, see here. |
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Stanford University. If you find that such action has not been taken promptly, please consider assisting in the merger instead of re-nominating the article for deletion. To discuss the merger, please use this talk page. Do not remove this template after completing the merger. A bot will replace it with {{
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Stanford Graduate School of Education was nominated for deletion. The discussion was closed on 20 August 2022 with a consensus to merge. Its contents were merged into Stanford University. The original page is now a redirect to this page. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected article, please see its history; for its talk page, see here. |
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Hi there, I'm curious if any editors here have experience or insight into what the inclusion criteria should be for the student groups section. I'm most worried about the part that says, "other groups include..." which I understand to be a magnet for trivia. Obviously blue links are probably too high a standard. Is mention in newspapers sufficient?
Best, Liam M ( talk) 17:41, 31 August 2021 (UTC)
An unregistered editor has begun an edit war to remove a section labeled "Jon Lonsdale" from the "Safety" subsection of the "Student Life" section. The removed material:
The editor who removed this material - twice - used the edit summary "removing section of individual only remotely affiliated with Stanford." That doesn't seem accurate to me given what the cited sources say and how prominently the reliable sources link this to the university.
Unless there is further discussion or a more legitimate reason is given for removing this information, I plan to restore it as the provided rationale doesn't hold water. ElKevbo ( talk) 23:52, 25 November 2021 (UTC)
References
There's an AfD with an outcome to merge Stanford University School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences to here, given that that now-closed department formed part of the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability, might that not be a better target (given that it is more specific)? Any objections? Klbrain ( talk) 14:44, 15 April 2023 (UTC)
For some reason, one Stanford school - the School of Engineering - redirects to this main article rather than having its own article. Here, it has a huge section in the Administration and Organization section, unlike the other schools which have their own articles. As a result, this main Stanford article article is clogged with masses of information about the School of Engineering, its history, every dean it’s ever had, right down to the names of faculty and awards they got. No way does this belong in the main article; it should be an article of its own like all the other departments. There is more than enough material for an article. I intend to split it out into Stanford School of Engineering. By my count, that would remove 16,000 bytes from this 213,000 byte article. I will wait a few days in case someone here objects.
There is also a much shorter section here, also in the Administration and Organization section, about the Graduate School of Education. IMO it doesn't belong here. I need opinions about whether to try to split that off into an article and expand it. All the other schools have their own, well developed articles, but the section here would need a lot of expansion to become an article. MelanieN ( talk) 17:01, 13 June 2023 (UTC)
@ Erp: (Discussion continued from User talk:WhisperToMe#July 2023
My edit did say "The central academic campus is mostly in the Stanford census-designated place, with portions in Palo Alto." so I could revise that to make it clear I'm referring to the sum of the Stanford holdings in the Palo Alto area, although it is clear the Palo Alto city limits do extend to some properties by the hospital.
I took a look at the map, and it does overlay "Stanford Univ" territory with the city boundaries, doing so in a single document. The document iself has a key to the right that shows "College or University" as being shaded a particular way. There's only one college or university on this map, "Stanford Univ" (the label is by "Laqunita Lk"). That's why I stated that the campus partially extended to Palo Alto.
WhisperToMe ( talk) 16:20, 1 July 2023 (UTC)
Stanford West apartments, [...] in Palo Alto.
[...]operate existing Stanford University Medical Center ("SUMC") facilities within the City of Palo Alto[...]
The article says that programs were abolished in 2020 there, yet I still see Cantonese classes offered on the course catalog https://language.stanford.edu/programs-languages/chinese/cantonese and press coverage about how Cantonese classes are offered and fulfilling the language requirement https://stanforddaily.com/2022/10/12/cantonese-course-now-fulfills-undergraduate-language-requirement/. Could someone look into this? 2600:1700:368C:110:F92C:B630:24A7:ECC5 ( talk) 16:04, 21 July 2023 (UTC)
I recently created a draft for the Stanford Internet Observatory. Any help would be appreciated. Thriley ( talk) 22:12, 22 July 2023 (UTC)
@ GuardianH: Can you please say more about why you removed this sentence from the lede of this article?
Your edit summary was "remember that anything in the lede needs to have its proper WP:DUE body weight, which this doesn't. Stanford is prestigious, but the article must still conform to policy" but in addition to the sources cited for this sentence the body of the article has a "Reputation and rankings" section that also includes relevant information with many citations. You know the current consensus about this kind of material in the lede of articles as well as anyone so I don't understand your objection. ElKevbo ( talk) 02:05, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
influence, wealth, and rankings have made it one of the most prestigious universities...", the Reputation and rankings section mentioned should:
one of the most prestigious universities.
one of the most prestigious universities.
one of the most prestigious universities.
References