Talk:University of the State of New York

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[edit] Regents College / Excelsior College / External degree program

A contributor seems to be committed to making the USNY's former external degree program (now operated as Excelsior College, which is appropriately covered in a separate article), the main theme of the USNY article.

I have reverted these changes twice, and will do so again, for the following reasons:

• I cannot see any reason to replace the infobox footnote "*This is the motto of the State of New York, which appears on the University Seal" with information about the former external degree program.
• The language that was inserted in the infobox read more like an advertising blurb than an encyclopedia article:

  USNY is also a degree-granting body in its own right. It conferred degrees for quarter of a century, and today, well over 50,000 people hold bachelor and associate diplomas directly issued in the name of The University of the State of New York.

I substituted "However, from 1971 through 1998, USNY did directly confer degrees via its Regents external degree program," and I did it in a manner that did not overwrite the footnote about the motto.

• Adding three paragraphs about the history of the external degree program to the article summary section implies that the external degree program is the main mission of USNY. (AFAICT, it is not.) The same material is already in the Excelsior College article.
• Seeing the other contributor's concern about increasing the topic's visibility I did create a new subsection specifically for the former Regents College program. (Most of the content of that subsection was already in the USNY article; I merely relabeled it.)

--orlady 03:32, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Erroneous and redundant?

I am totally baffled by the edit summary for this edit. What was "erroneous and redundant" about the narrative that I added? Where is the "contrasting viewpoint" left intact? (I see nothing in the article left intact.)--orlady 05:56, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

I continue to be baffled. Even my spelling corrections to this article have been reverted, now allegedly in the name of "equal weight to opposing views". If you want "tolerance and civility," please discuss your concerns here.--orlady 13:27, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] FYI: Page protection

The article was fully protected at my request about 48 hours ago (on 6 April 2007 (UTC)) so that the differences of opinion about its contents could be discussed on this talk page, instead of in a revert war. --orlady 13:20, 8 April 2007 (UTC)