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You are invited to participate in an RfC at Wikipedia talk:Notability asking if relevant notability guidelines should be modified to clarify that notability can be used as a criterion for inclusion in embedded lists. If it is passed, it may result in changes to this advice article. ElKevbo ( talk) 01:23, 24 August 2023 (UTC)
Under number 3, the example given is "List of alumni of Jesus College, Oxford". However, it is my understanding that current naming guidelines prefer the shorter "List of Jesus College, Oxford alumni". Should this example be changed to another article with the shorter format? Rublamb ( talk) 07:37, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
Is there a specific list of sources that are considered reliable for ranking universities? Is it College and university rankings? I ask because at Baylor University, there is a ranking by a group called Campus Pride. Thank you for your input. Magnolia677 ( talk) 19:14, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
I'm looking for advice as to what makes List of Harvard University people. I'm not saying that it should be deleted, it has hundreds of references for specific people (most with Wikipedia articles), but I'm wondering what any of those articles say that would not be equally appropriate if that many people would be located for List of Baltimore County Community College Alumni of List of Sigma Nu members. Naraht ( talk) 11:28, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
I'd like to add language to this essay to this essay that explicitly dissuades editors from adding or retaining detailed listings of academic departments or similar units in articles about colleges and universities. It's appropriate to include listings or descriptions of particularly large or prominent units (e.g., colleges of universities, historically important departments) but it's not appropriate to include detailed listings of smaller academic units (e.g., all 60 departments of a large university). The current advice we have for this material in the "Organization and administration" subsection of the "Article structure" section is:
It might be helpful to change it so it reads (proposed additions are bolded):
Thoughts? ElKevbo ( talk) 01:53, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
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You are invited to participate in an RfC at Wikipedia talk:Notability asking if relevant notability guidelines should be modified to clarify that notability can be used as a criterion for inclusion in embedded lists. If it is passed, it may result in changes to this advice article. ElKevbo ( talk) 01:23, 24 August 2023 (UTC)
Under number 3, the example given is "List of alumni of Jesus College, Oxford". However, it is my understanding that current naming guidelines prefer the shorter "List of Jesus College, Oxford alumni". Should this example be changed to another article with the shorter format? Rublamb ( talk) 07:37, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
Is there a specific list of sources that are considered reliable for ranking universities? Is it College and university rankings? I ask because at Baylor University, there is a ranking by a group called Campus Pride. Thank you for your input. Magnolia677 ( talk) 19:14, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
I'm looking for advice as to what makes List of Harvard University people. I'm not saying that it should be deleted, it has hundreds of references for specific people (most with Wikipedia articles), but I'm wondering what any of those articles say that would not be equally appropriate if that many people would be located for List of Baltimore County Community College Alumni of List of Sigma Nu members. Naraht ( talk) 11:28, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
I'd like to add language to this essay to this essay that explicitly dissuades editors from adding or retaining detailed listings of academic departments or similar units in articles about colleges and universities. It's appropriate to include listings or descriptions of particularly large or prominent units (e.g., colleges of universities, historically important departments) but it's not appropriate to include detailed listings of smaller academic units (e.g., all 60 departments of a large university). The current advice we have for this material in the "Organization and administration" subsection of the "Article structure" section is:
It might be helpful to change it so it reads (proposed additions are bolded):
Thoughts? ElKevbo ( talk) 01:53, 11 February 2024 (UTC)