Talk:Auburn University
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The following content was moved from Auburn Sandbox. Draft articles are probably best created in user subpages. Andrewa 01:48, 28 Sep 2004 (UTC)
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[edit] Campus
The main Auburn University campus occupies most of the southwestern corner of the town of Auburn, Alabama. The traditional entrance to campus is known as "Toomer's Corner," the intersection of College and Magnolia streets. Campus extends from that corner down both streets all the way to University Avenue, the Auburn bypass. The campus is d
Auburn's campus is broken into five distinct sections. Central Campus is the oldest of these, and makes up the majority of the academic buildings. In this section, you will find many of the major Colleges and Schools in the University, such as the College of Engineering and the College of Liberal Arts.
[edit] featured article
Have you guys ever considered applying for consideration as a featured article? This article is very thorough and meets, IMO, most of the requirements, tangible and intangible, to be a featured article. The first step for consideration as a featured article is to request peer-review, the procedure of which can be found here. Ttownfeen 23:26, Apr 29, 2005 (UTC)
- Done. Autiger 19:00, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)
[edit] WikiProject Universities
We need to keep an eye on Wikipedia:WikiProject_Universities. Could some of the guidelines be applied here to improve the article structure? -- Fingers-of-Pyrex 16:01, 2005 May 12 (UTC)
[edit] Reintegration and article length
I've re-integrated the Athletics and Traditions sections for several reasons.
- The article length is not significantly above what is considered generally acceptable per Wikipedia:Article size.
- A sampling of other comparable universty articles uncovered no other with a breakout like this.
- The content that was moved is far more germane to what is important to AU family/culture than other text that might be trimmed such as the Housing and Greek sections.
Although I would like assume good faith (WP:FAITH) on the part of the anon editor who split the article and say it was just overzealousness, I would note that the split was one of a series of edits (string-edits) that initally masked vandalism added to that section just before the split. Autiger 20:01, 11 July 2005 (UTC)
- I agree with the merge-back. I've redirected Auburn University Athletics to Auburn University. — Fingers-of-Pyrex 20:34, July 11, 2005 (UTC)
- Thanks, I had planned to submit for deletion, but that is the more appropriate action. Autiger 23:56, 11 July 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Plagiarism/Copyright
User 216.226.180.2 is attempting to insert copyrighted material verbatim from this website. Please be on the lookout for any other infringing material he/she may have inserted. Littlerob1221 19:59, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
[edit] History
This history section has become too long. I suggest creating a seperate article, such as History of Auburn University and collapsing the section to main highlights only. The same probably needs to be done with athletics, but definitely with history. Ttownfeen 22:48, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
Toni Tennille is listed both as a graduate and a non-graduate. This needs to be fixed. DesScorp 9:47, 30 November 2005
Either the Plainsman or the Corner recently did an article on urban legends. They addressed the issue of the soroity houses/dorms, and determined that this was not true. I will try to find the article. Audrey i dont know if this is going to work...http://www.theplainsman.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/19/43cfae91c061e?in_archive=1
Could there be a history page on Samford Hall / or a link to one? I have a page on the clock / bell tower hosted on the Auburn web servers that I would like to wikify. I have listed the link under the General Interest section. Also, could some of this information be incorporated into the history section / sub-article? Thanks, Dennibr 01:29, 14 October 2006 (UTC)dennibr
[edit] Famous Alumni
Richard Marcinko (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Marcinko) is another famous alum that should be added to the list.
Billy Hitchcock (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Hitchcock) should be added to the list also. Did he graduate in 1941 or 1942?
[edit] Sources Needed
There are only two named sources in this entire article; that really needs to be fixed. auburnpilot talk 03:54, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Status as largest school in state
The statement that Auburn is the largest school in the state contradicts data given by U of A. According to their Sept. 2006 figures, Alabama is the largest in the state, which is what is claimed in the U of A article. Numbers will fluctuate so a temporal tag may be in order.
Hanjabba 05:50, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
- Source provided. I did find it interesting that UA and AU both relased news items claiming to be the largest university in September '06. Auburn Alabama auburnpilot talk 05:51, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
- The individual universities' claims can be disputed, but the enrollment numbers don't lie. According to the 2006 figures, Alabama is the largest. However, Auburn could have surpassed Alabama by now. This is clearly a time sensitive issue.
Hanjabba 06:20, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
Universities compare size based on official fall enrollment. Certainly the numbers may vary from year to year, but not more often than that. Perhaps I'm just a poor reader, but I reviewed both links provided by AuburnPilot above, and neither claimed that either Auburn OR Alabama was the largest institution in the state. Both said that the institution's Fall 2006 enrollment was a record for the institution. ---- WarEagle78
