Talk:University of Maryland, College Park
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Cite sources!!! Jussen 22:22, 4 June 2007 (UTC) |
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[edit] General Housekeeping Comments
I think this page has lost its way a bit. In my view, the main page should really be that--a primary overview. Some of the sections get into far too much detail, most of it uninteresting to those who are seeking general info. I'm trying to use the University of Virginia as a model page. We should leave all these extra details and factoids off the main page since there are so many sub-pages devoted to individual topics (e.g. athletics, notable alumni). Some of the changes I list below have already been made but there are some things that I would like community feedback on before any action is taken.
Suggestions:
- Pictures
- Why are they so tiny? Perhaps we can enlarge the pictures once superfluous information is removed (see below).
- Academics
- List the colleges, in two columns if need be, to break up the endless lines of text.
- Move the info about the Nobel Laureates into this section (see UVA's page).
- Get rid of the info about the honors programs, except those that are exceptionally interesting, such as Hinman CEOs. The first sentence of the paragraph says it all, "The Honors Program is similar to most other honors programs throughout the country." So why is it on the page??
- Athletics
- I'm a UM alum and I love the Terps but can we please just move the team histories to the athletics page? I say highlight the major events (NCAA tourneys, etc) and have the general team info.
- Testudo
- I'll try to find references for those events and add a picture. Right now, it's just a glob of text.
- Notable People
- We need to cut back on the people. Moving the Nobel Laureates up to Academics will give up some space but others just simply need to be moved to the list page. I mean, do we really need to mention the Athletic Director of the University of Oklahoma? UM's own athletic director isn't even mentioned on the page!
- The criterion I would use for this section is to think about whether your mother would know who these people are: Jim Henson, Connie Chung, Larry David, Congressman Hoyer? Probably yes. Joe Castiglione? Michael Griffin? Gordon England? I would say probably not.
- The list of all athletes turned pro is neat but doesn't need to be on the main page; there are just a lot of them. They should be included in the separate Terrapins Athletics article or in the notable people list.
- We need to cut back on the people. Moving the Nobel Laureates up to Academics will give up some space but others just simply need to be moved to the list page. I mean, do we really need to mention the Athletic Director of the University of Oklahoma? UM's own athletic director isn't even mentioned on the page!
- Sections that should be removed or seriously overhauled.
- Hoff Theater - remove.
- Events - remove.
- Department of Public Safety - remove.
- The Greek Life section should really be about ALL student life at Maryland. A list of frats and sororities is, in my view, pretty useless.
- References: I don't know why the same page (e.g. the UM Timeline) has to be referenced over and over. Isn't once enough to link to the information? Perhaps better primary source references can be found. I will definitely look. Thanks, Epicadam (talk) 22:38, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Point of Failure
I'm a student at U of M, and neither I, nor any of my friends, have never seen this plaque mentioned in the wiki warning students about the legend. I really don't think there actually is one. Can someone confirm? Perhaps I'm just blind. User:70.108.29.250 21:19, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
- Then remove the information unless it can be verified. Leave the fact tag, however, since the entire paragraph is uncited. --tomf688 (talk - email) 21:55, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
- I, too, am a student at UMD. The 'point of failure' is there, but the plaque nearby does not warn freshman of the dangers. It explains what happened and why the point is there, but it doesn't tell people about the legend at all.
- Another UMD student here. The only basis we really have for the legend is what our tour guides tell us during Open House and Freshman Orientation, really. There doesn't seem to be any actual "physical" proof. Recalcitrancy 02:48, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
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- WHICH legend got removed? And, has anybody checked the page on Professor John Pease whose piece I bumped into? --leahtwosaints (talk) 00:10, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
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[edit] History of the anti-war movement at Maryland
I think some mention needs to be made of the history of the radical movement on and around campus during the late 60s and early 70s particularly as it relates to the anti-Vietnam War movement. Beginning in May 1970 the campus was shut down for part of three consecutive spring semesters. I personally recall the events of April 1972 when the campus was shut down by protests, occupied by the National Guard and placed under martial law for approximately a week. In the early 80s I had the privilege of meeting rock star Commander Cody who gave a concert during this time at Ritchie Colliseum which ended in pandemonium as the crowd tried to take over the Armory with National Guard and State Police barricaded inside. Cody recalled the episode during my brief encounter with him on the West Coast in 1983. Then of course there was the food co-op in the Student Union building which I understand still exists almost 30 years after we founded it. Tom Cod 20:30, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Failed GA
This article failed the GA noms due to lack of inline citations. If you feel the this article is still GA quality please feel free to seek a review. --Tarret 21:58, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Academics and Rankings Section
I added both an academics section and a rankings section to the article. I realize that a lot of these rankings are criticized, but people use them as references and that makes them relevant.
The Academics Section, I believe, should be where we add the content regarding academics at the university. I realize I didn't start off with much, but I think that together, we can all do research and make that section better.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Krobilla (talk • contribs) 05:36, November 13, 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Original research
The section regarding campus legends clearly contains some original research. These claims need to be cited, or they may be deleted. --tomf688 (talk - email) 05:01, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
- I have added citations to some of the campus legends, but I was unable to find anything about the biology-psychology building. I am going to keep looking. Krobilla 00:44, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
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- After searching UMD's web page, doing a google search, and searching The Diamondback, I was unable to find anything about Bio-Psych building. I propose that the section be removed. Krobilla 00:50, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
"Prior to the establishment of the medical school at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, the medical school was located in College Park, and Morrill Hall is actually where the cadavers were kept." This seems highly unlikely since the medical school was founded in 1807 and Davidge Hall on the Baltimore campus was built in 1812, well before the College Park campus was established.SHJohnson 02:26, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Greek life
The "Greek life" section has a list of the fraternities/sororities on the campus, but doesn't contain much other content. It would be nice to have it expanded to at least a couple of paragraphs. --tomf688 (talk - email) 05:07, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
I added some very basic information, which I will cite fairly soon. Krobilla 00:45, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] New Userbox template
Here's an alternative Userbox template for any Terp to use: JGHowes 16:06, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
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[edit] GA Fail
Just looking at it the first thing that I notice about this article is it's lack of references. There are entire sections that have no references. Do not post anything without a reference. While there are other things this is the biggest area of concern that you should try to fix, in the meantime I will thoroughly review the rest of the article. I really feel like putting a fact tag on the entire article. It is well written but without sources it cannot be verified. Professor Davies 18:17, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Name
Isn't the school officially entitled: University of Maryland and not University of Maryland, College Park, which is just a form of clarification when discussing the University of Maryland System? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Josephabradshaw (talk • contribs) 14:41, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
The correct name is the University of Maryland, College Park. (It helps to hold a position in the Undergraduate Admissions office! :) FINALLY, answering all those emails is paying off! --leahtwosaints (talk) 00:10, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Jim Henson statue
There is a very special Jim Henson comemmoratory statue at the University. Angie Y. (talk) 19:39, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] University of Maryland Food Co-op
The University doesn't want to advertise the existance of a student owned, run, and controlled Food Co-op in the Student Union Building, since they view it as financial competition. I'd like to see a mention of the Co-op, and do it myself. I'm mentioning it now, since I was one of the founders of the co-op. It's noteworthy because it opened only after students had the foresight to use unclaimed money from a mandatory "student activities fund" which had been underused, unnoticed for years, and which the Administration quietly kept. When the Admin. refused to allow use of any facility or funds, the students responded. Several hundred students demonstrated, at a time when huge demonstrations no longer took place. It is student owned & controlled. So, would anyone mind if I word it properly and reference it? I mean, affordable (and in 1976 edible) food for an hour of volunteering between classes? Not to mention the fact that the students have continued to keep this vital alternative open for over 30 years now. I'm mentioning my desire to include a very concise entry on the page, because I plan to adhere to NPOV, but yes, I was involved in starting that place. Thanks. --leahtwosaints (talk) 00:10, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
- I say go for it. Not sure you have to go into all the detail about student funds, etc. for one because that was 30 years ago and two, unless them hiding funds has any particular significance today, it's not really worth mentioning.
- But, the co-op is one of the more interesting features on campus. I'd say it should be part of a new student life section, instead of info about just frats and sororities. Epicadam (talk) 19:57, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
- Do please add stuff about the co-op! Add whatever you feel like, and we can look over it to help make it more NPOV. Jussen (talk) 02:41, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
