Talk:University of KwaZulu-Natal

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[edit] Merger of pages

The proposal that the page for the University of Durban-Westville (UDW) be merged with the pages for the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) is ill founded. Although UDW no longer exists, and merged with the also defunct University of Natal to form UKZN, UDW also had its own independent (not to mention interesting) history, and merits its own entry.168.209.97.34 20:52, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

UDW is now a part of UKZN and, in the interests of unifying the universities involved, it should be included as part of the UKZN with the view to redressing wrongs of the past. We should look into the future! --John Taylor 11:50, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

The past is what it is, right or wrong. UDW should be remembered for its diverse history. No harm in providing links to UKZN both ways. sandman

Funny the old UN page has been merged into the UKZN page.. Typical ..

I do think that both UDW and UN should have separate articles. Both were separate universities, and considered to be separate legal entities. Even for the sake of cross referencing, this is important: Alumni of the separate unversities should be listed under the universities they graduated from. This isn't about inequality, this is about fact. -Kieran 19:35, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

Well, I've been bold and reconstituted the University of Natal page. I've sorted out the alumni list, too: Only one of the alumni graduated from UKZN, the rest from UDW or UN. All three articles still need a lot of work, but I do think they should be separate. -Kieran 20:28, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Copyvio...

The whole article isn't a copyright infringement (as far as I can tell), but the description of the campuses come straight off the university's material. Mikker ^(...) 22:19, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

Viva UDW Viva! The length of the UDW page does not justify UDW, we need more detailed articles, whos going to be the first! May UDW values outlive the capitalistic/elitist mindset of ex-UND totalitarians who are currently trying their best to kill of the remaining UDW culture! (Previous unsigned comment by anonymous user on IP 198.54.202.250)

It seems the clock tower photo by User:Elefuntboy was removed along with the copyvio material. As the photo is GFDL, I've restored it. -Kieran 10:35, 23 February 2007 (UTC)