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It would be nice if this article was remotely close to feature article status. Check out both Michigan State University and University of Michigan which are previous FAs.

  • De-red link template & article.
    • OUHSC
    • Art Museum
    • Student Union
    • Stephenson Research and Technology Center
  • Expand the history of OU section (or create History of the University of Oklahoma.
  • Move images to commons.
  • Some of the pictures need to be updated to be of better quality.
    • Get an image of the Seed Sower statue with better lighting to bring out detail, perhaps flowers on south oval could be included
    • "View of the east side of Memorial Stadium looking southwest" has a cluttered foreground and isn't the most flattering view of the structure
    • GaylordStatue.jpg needs to be leveled/rotated
    • See also: Requested photographs of OU campus
  • Expand OU stubs.

University of Oklahoma appeared as a selected article on the Oklahoma Portal for June 10, 2006.

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[edit] Bedlam

Can someone verify for me the statement about the OU-OSU Bedlam rivalry being "lopsided"? I'm not sure where to find a statistic like who leads the series overall. Also, I think that the list of OU National Championships might be better consolidated to another article... As it is, I think it makes the athletics section really dominate this article. I know that OU's a football school, but it is a school. More information on major academic programs would be nice as well. Bobhobbit 8 July 2005 22:38 (UTC)

Working with Google a little bit, I was able to find web sites that stated that, as of July 2005, OU is 75-17-7 against OSU in football and 118-88 against OSU in men’s basketball. While the football score is indeed quite lopsided, the basketball score is much more even (118-88 represents a 57.28% winning percentage for OU). Furthermore, the way the sentence is structured is awkward: proving it requires not only proving that the series record for OU-OSU is lopsided, but that “most” other “inter-state college football rivalries” are also less lopsided.
Perhaps a better way to handle this issue would be to either simply include the series total records and leave it at that, or to just state that OU has an advantage in both football and men’s basketball? --EdisonLBM 01:08, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

I agree. I think the athletics part is important, but the academics section needs to be improved. Hell, OU has the best meteorology school in the world, and it gets barely a blurb. Tmrobertson 16:40, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

I agree as well - and I take action! I removed the redirect from Oklahoma Sooners and created an article there with the existing athletic content. I also moved things around a bit. I tried to follow the models of other universities (especially University of Minnesota. This article still needs work, but hey, it's a step in the right direction. Ottergoose 04:55, 8 September 2005 (UTC)
Now that there's a separate article for Oklahoma Sooners and Sooners, should the two perhaps be merged, or are the topics different enough that two articles are warranted? --Bobhobbit 04:48, 9 September 2005 (UTC)
They are completely different, I would not merge them. Ottergoose 02:37, 10 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Current event tag added/info added

I've edited this page to add info about the apparent suicide bombing on campus. Will draw up maps shortly. I am a student and was at the game and have been gathering as much information as I can about what is going on. --Redshield3 19:41, 02 October 2005 (UTC)

Added map and link to press release. -- Redshield3 21:02, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

Decided to make new page, link is in October 1 Bombing section . -- Redshield3 21:14, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] 100th meeting of Red River Shootout

Hello, I'm doing a bit of clean-up at Red River Shootout in anticipation of a few extra page views this weekend. If anyone here would like to help out that would be great. (And yes, I am aware that corporate interests and political correctness have led to a name-change). Johntex\talk 22:01, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Endowment statistics

According to this document on endowment assets, OU's endowment for FY2005 is $777.5 million, not quite the $1.3 billion listed on the OU wiki page. I'll change the amount, but feel free to revise per a substantiated link verifying the $1.3b amount. Thanks!

Be careful in relying on NACUBO as the gospel. I'd check with UO's fundraising arm. In some cases -- Michigan State's is one of them -- where only the main university endowment was listed, but not the separate listing of the foundation (which oftentimes, is separate). Also, total ednowment dollar amount doesn't always equal "current market value" which is what NACUBO rates. Keep in mind, some endowed gifts are of property (like stocks or land), bequests, trusts or other gifts whose value either hasn't been set or is shifting. 151.197.64.224 03:32, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] List of Colleges / Units

The list of Colleges is worth having on Wikipedia, however, I think it ought to have its own article, as it fills up a lot of the main page. Ottergoose 17:04, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

A word to the wise: college lists are frowned upon. Wikipedia prefers, if you are ever to move this article to "Feature" status, narrative prose of balanced, factual information -- that is, non-boosterism. Both the Michigan State University and University of Michigan have both been featured articles, so you might want to look at them. 151.197.64.224 03:27, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
I am going to edit this part. I plan on leaving in the list of Colleges but taking out the individual majors and departments. There is no need for the list of majors offered by the College of A&S. --Nmajdan 14:36, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Campus divisions

I made some changes to the Norman Campus section. I broke it off into three parts, Main Campus, North Campus, and South Campus. I added some information to these parts. What else needs to be changed? --Nmajdan 15:41, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Greek Life

I removed the list of sororities as we want to limit lists in the main OU article. If someone wants to create this list, create it under its own article (like List of University of Oklahoma Fraternities and Sororities) and insert a "See Also" under the subheading Greek Life. I added a couple paragraphs in place of the list. I eventually want to move the Greek Life article under a Student Life header. I may look at UofM and MSU's articles to see how they did it.--Nmajdan 13:45, 31 May 2006 (UTC)


North Campus is over 3 miles north of Boyd street, the so called boundry of Main campus. Also, the University owns land south of SH9, and this has been left out. -Anon.

[edit] History of OU

Since I don't know when this section will be written, either by myself or someone else, I am going to skip it for now. However, it will be needed before this article can get featured.--Nmajdan 21:32, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Since Collegiate Gothic is mentioned in the History section as the basic architectural style for the campus, why not mention that the specific style is called Cherokee Gothic and is quite unique to OU? 76.187.242.213 15:07, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pictures

It would be nice to have some historic campus photographs on this article. Also, the picture labeled campus corner should be relabeled as it is difficult to see campus corner from that vantage point and for those unfamiliar with OU it won't make any sense.

I attempted to rotate HolmbergHall2, but it might still need a little tweaking. I like the photo of the stadium on the east side. I agree, I wish the cars were not there, but its a rare occasion when that lot is empty. This picture was taken on a weekday morning before 8:30AM during the summer. I don't know if there's a time when there are fewer people on campus. I'm going through and uploading some higher resolution images of some I previously uploaded.--Nmajdan 16:32, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

The Holmberg Hall image looks a lot better now. With regards to the stadium, I might suggest taking a picture from the south east corner. Lighting in the morning would be perfect, and the bottom would be lined with trees rather than cars (I think). I'll attempt to take that picture this week, of course anyone is welcome to do it first :-) Ottergoose 18:35, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
Sounds good. Don't forget to check out the OU page at the Commons for other pics.--Nmajdan 19:13, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

I think someone should post a better picture of the south oval - maybe one with the fall mums in full bloom.

Agreed. Regarding the museum pics, we do have some pictures but more never hurts. I don't know if we need more in the article, but we can try to get as many unique pictures of OU's campus and buildings in the Commons as possible (Commons:University of Oklahoma).
That same user suggested pictures of every building that houses a college. Those pics would be good for the article on each college, but not for the article on OU... there's not enough room Ottergoose 15:35, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
Completely agree. I would love a picture of every building on campus for use in the Commons and the eventual article on the college or building. But, its too much for the main OU article.--Nmajdan 15:43, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

I have a better quality picture of the Bizzell library of much higher quality. Its on my other hard drive so it will be a few days before I can post it. I took the picture personally, so there is no worry about copyright. --Webmaestro 04:08, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

Also, I remembered I have several pictures of the Sower, from much closer and with better lighting as to bring out the detail. I think the better picture of Bizzell will be appropriate for higher up on the page, since it is, in my opinion, the most famous building on campus --Webmaestro 04:20, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
Excellent. Can't wait to see them. Also, we really need a picture of the Bizzell statue as well.--NMajdan•talk 00:17, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
Ok, I uploaded and changed the images of the Library and the Sower, how do you like them? I also have a few pictures of the National Weather Center and the Lloyd Noble Center, what is the best way to let you guys see them and determine if you would like them on the page? --Webmaestro 23:34, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
Those look great. In the future, upload the picture you take to the Commons. If you don't mind, I may edit those a little. I'll let you see both copies before I reupload them to the site to get your approval. There is a link somewhere above to the OU page over at the commons.--NMajdan•talk 13:20, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
I agree with NMajdan - great work Webmaestro. Ottergoose 14:16, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
Ottergoose, you can see my edited version of the pics on Maestro's talk page.--NMajdan•talk 14:36, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

NMajdan• - Thanks for all your work on the page. A few months ago it had nothing. It looks terrific now!—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.119.9.189 (talk • contribs) 1:35, June 25, 2006 (UTC)

Your welcome. --NMajdan•talk 12:17, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] OU as a nickname

Why is OU a nickname of the University of Oklahoma?--BigMac1212 00:37, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

If my history serves me, this goes back to the days of the Big Eight Conference. If you see that list of schools, three are "state" schools: Iowa State, Kansas State, and Oklahoma State. The other five are not. But consider their abbreviations: Oklahoma (OU), Colorado (CU), Kansas (KU), Missouri (MU), and Nebraska (NU).--NMajdan•talk 12:00, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
I have a pennant banner dating from the 50's that reads "Oklahoma U." Also, calling OU "Oklahoma University" is not unheardof in Oklahoma. 76.187.242.213 15:09, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
No, not unheard of, but still rare. Also, if you've ever read the fight song, they do include the phrase "O-K-U" in the lyrics.--NMajdan•talk 16:08, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Featured Article

Well, no real advice on the latest peer review other than Andy's script. Once all citations have been converted to one of the {{cite}} templates ({{cite web}}, {{cite news}}, etc) and when the page has been thoroughly de-red linked, I will put this up as an FA candidate and see what criticism I can get there.--NMajdan•talk 20:58, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

I completed the citations. There are also some more comments in the Peer Review section for OU. I could use some more experienced editor's help correcting the lead, if anybody can help.--NMajdan•talk 17:31, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Military information updates

I'm debating on moving the updates from 214.13.70.107 to the history section. They are great additions but I don't know if information regarding the history of the north and south campus belong in the section they are originally in. I'd like to see more information regarding what is currently there in those sections and more the historical content to the history section. Any comments?--NMajdan•talk 18:59, 15 July 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Citation 22

Citation 22 needs to be cleaned and updated. --Bearly541 03:13, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for bringing that to my attention. How that was missed, I don't know.--NMajdan•talk 03:44, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Library/Law School

The law school has been located on Timberdell since the 70s not 2002, that was when the new Law Library opened. Which is the largest law library in the state, and should be mentioned.

[edit] Gaylord Library

When I get a chance, I will add in info. about the Gaylord Library to the Museum and Libraries section. It is, in my opinion, one of the best places to study on campus: not crowded, awesome view, beatiful building (Gaylord Hall)—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.97.77.44 (talk • contribs).

[edit] Residential

After much protest from students, I know that it is no longer required for freshmen to live on campus. Can someone find out about this? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.97.77.44 (talk • contribs).

[edit] Beat the Hell Out of Texas Image

The Beat the Hell out of Texas image has changed because the South Oval has been repaved and renamed the Michael Price Walkway, or something to that effect...as told by my friend who attends OU. He sent me a new image of the new "Beat the Hell Out of Texas" image which is located between Nielsen Hall and Bizzell Library. Where is the old file so that I can update? Bearly541 talk 03:24, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

Well, we should keep the original image of the phrase at its original location. However, feel free to upload an image of it at its new location. Just because its not outside Dale anymore doesn't mean we need to delete that image. Its good for historical reasons.--NMajdan•talk 03:41, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

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