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[edit] NCAA Suspension

As much as I hate to report bad publicity about my alma mater how should we tackle the NCAA Suspension in the 80's? I could not easily find an article on the net describing it and I do not remember enough details to even take a stab at it. N9urk 00:59, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Buildings

Should we add information on the buildings? Each of the buildings at UKY have an interesting History.

I will leave this for discussion at present. What do you all think? N9urk 00:17, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

I think that while many of UK's buildings are article-worthy, it is likely that not all are. One deciding factor is how much can actually be said about the building, aside from a directory listing type entry. It may be that eventually most buildings will have their own articles, but some are clearly more noteworthy than others. A North Campus example: Patterson Hall, as the first residence hall for females and the oldest currently in use, is reasonably notable. The three buildings (renovated Victorian-era homes) which make up the Gaines Center are less notable, only differentiated from other area houses by the program they currently house (though the Gaines Program itself probably does deserve an article). One way to achieve this sort of gradual expansion is to start with articles on major UK subtopics; we already have articles on a couple colleges and a handful of the most notable buildings. Perhaps a University of Kentucky Residence Halls article, from which articles could eventually be broken off about the individual halls? Perhaps a University of Kentucky Athletics article from which articles could be broken off about various athletic facilities and programs (UK Men's Basketball should really have its own article!). And so on. Cmadler 13:08, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Colleges

I had a few minutes so I started to add a list of the colleges at UKY. Maybe someone else can complete this? Here is the list: http://www.uky.edu/Provost/academicprograms.html. Thanks N9urk 00:12, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Eastern Kentucky University

in which city is eastern kentucky university located>?

Eastern Kentucky University is located in Richmond, Kentucky, with extension campus locations in Corbin, Danville, and Manchester. Cmadler 10:29, 10 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Enrollment Figures

Are the enrollment figures that are listed accurate? There seems to be a difference between the 2 reported enrollment figures (in the box and in the article). --Robby 03:47, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

It appears that neither is correct. [3] UK says "Enrollment at UK, including the Chandler Medical Center totaled 26,682 in fall 2005." The listed number of faculty may also be in error. Cmadler 11:10, 18 October 2005 (UTC)
I thought so. Thanks, Cmadler. I'll go ahead and change the enrollment figures. Any info on the faculty? I'll look around for that. --Robby 22:00, 18 October 2005 (UTC)
I can't find information breaking down the enrollment by graduate/undergraduate for Fall 2005. I did find the numbers for Fall 2004: [4] Should we use this information instead? In fact, that's the information used in the box. --Robby 22:27, 18 October 2005 (UTC)
For future reference, [5] is probably a good source for such data. Cmadler 19:14, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Academics

Although it's perhaps typical of the University, I find it sad that there's an "Athletics" section but no "Academics" highlight seciton. I'm going to make an abbreviated one, and then I'll flesh it out with more detalis after I get some more information. Draeco 22:55, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

I think this is a good contribution and a great idea. I have, however, reverted edits by 131.96.155.68 until the information added can be verified. The text removed seems to have some POV too. This section will be a good addition to the article. Here is the text I removed:
"The history department is also among the top in the nation. Noteworthy facultry include Ronald Formisano and Lance Banning, each among the foremost historians of 19th and 20th American history and Colonial American history in the nation. Other noteworthy figures include George Herring a brilliant historian of the Vietnam War and Ronald Eller among the most noteworthy historians of Appalachia."
If I have removed this in error, I apologize. I am not at all implying that 131.96.155.68 has vandalized this page. I just think this text may not be neutral and I'm unsure of it's facts. --Robby 00:49, 4 November 2005 (UTC)
I can personally vouch for Herring being a brilliant guy, but your point about neutrality may be valid here. Additionally, the few programs I listed in my last edit are by no means all UK has to be proud of; they're just the ones I knew off the top of my head at the time. I'm sure UK has several others I'm not aware of. When I'm on campus tomorrow I'll find out about them and add them to the list. Draeco 07:20, 4 November 2005 (UTC)
Hey, Draeco. Did you find out anything interesting on campus? I saw that you added some top-20 info. Sounds good, but what was your source (just for my own curiousity)? --Robby 16:18, 7 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Greek Organizations

I propose to add a list of notable honor greek letter organizations (i.e. Phi Beta Kappa, Omicron Delta Kappa) present at UK and to limit the list of social greek letter organizations to those currently sanctioned by the IFC, Panhellenic, and National Panhellenic. I will proceed with these changes if there is no opposition. Mnc4t 18:15, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

No opposition here. This article needs expanding! :) Seicer (talk) (contribs) 18:24, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
Sounds good --rogerd 01:38, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Regarding two biased sections

Regarding "Campus safety" and "Race relations" - these both do not conform to a neutral standpoint and are clearly biased against the University. It is suggested that the editor who wishes to keep the sections intact should introduce citations and expand both sections to include:

  1. Decline in violent crimes on campus or introduce crime statistics,
  2. Improved lighting and other campus safety improvements as part of the Top 20 plan and other safety mandates,
  3. Percentage of "blacks" and other minorities in relation to the rest of the student body, tabalised by the prior years for readers to garner an understanding of where UK stands in minority enrollment to years past,
  4. Include all incidents that involved "blacks" and "whites" because they could be "racially motivated",
  5. Clean up the article to remove the unencylopedic tone.

Until then, the POV stays. If you have any regards, see WP:RFC. Note that I do not consider edits by [6] to be valid: he was a contributing troll. Seicer (talk) (contribs) 22:15, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

After some major revisions, I've added the campus safety section back. I believe the writing is now more neutral and cleaner, and the citations are more thorough. I am not sure about where or how alcohol abuse on campus fits in -- is it part of campus safety or does it go elsewhere? Regardless, I think it is an element which needs to be mentioned, probably in more depth than I have done. I am still working on the "racial issues" section in my sandbox, feel free to help. Cmadler 19:20, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Kentuckian Yearbook merge

I'm not seeing how the article on the Kentuckian Yearbook will ever be much more than a stub, so I've placed tags proposing that it be merged into the University of Kentucky article. Kathy A. 22:08, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

Agree: If the yearbook had a history of winning national awards or was in some way the "yearbook gold standard", it might merit its own article. As it is, though, it may be worthy of mention in the main article for University of Kentucky, but not its own article. Acdixon 17:36, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
Agree: But what section would it go in? John Reaves 18:53, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
Agree: It would go under Media, to answer the above question. Seicer (talk) (contribs) 19:12, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
Merged per consensus. Former page redirects to this. Seicer (talk) (contribs) 19:20, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
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