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[edit] Screamin' Deacons

If you plan on going to any WFU basketball games, here is what you must do...

For games against Duke or UNC, students camp out for two days in order to get quality seats. There is a fan club, the Screamin’ Deacons, that allows all members entry to the games, but it costs $15 to join, and you must attend every game and sit in a specified area while wearing the club shirt.

from the College Prowler guidebook, Wake Forest University - Off the Record —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Hla5 (talk • contribs).

I thought They were the Screamin' Demons. When did the name change? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by The Yar (talk • contribs).
The name hasn't changed. Hla5, please don't advertise on Wikipedia. JHMM13 (T | C) 14:40, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] John Engel

How exactly is this guy notable? JHMM13 (T | C) 03:20, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cleanup

This page does not utilize the wikipedia universal format for universities. Some one should work to make it up to date. ArchonMeld 04:01, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] This seems a bit of a stretch

I have removed this sentence: "Wake Forest is consistently ranked as one of the top universities in the United States." It's somewhat of a judgement call as to what constitutes "one of the top universities in the United States," but I wouldn't say being 27 puts it there. "Top unversities in the United States" ususally means something along the lines of Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, Duke, MIT, etc. LaszloWalrus 10:26, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

Out of the thousands of universities in the U.S., I think #27 on a respected list right alongside UNC-Chapel Hill, BC, Georgetown, etc. means it can be considered one the top universities in the U.S. I'm putting the phrase back in. JHMM13 (T | C) 09:56, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
Alright. I guess it is; the phrase seemed a bit odd to me. LaszloWalrus 21:28, 28 June 2006 (UTC)


[edit] This is Out of Control

This is an encyclopedia not a place for every possible piece of information available. What's next - listings from WFU phone book? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Sulpicius (talk • contribs).

I agree that it has gotten rather long and it needs a lot of cleanup. I think we now have the giant piece of limestone from which we can sculpt a featured article. If you wish to delete sections you find unnecessary or reduce them in size, you should consult the user who has made these changes and get to work on it. I sincerely hope you do because it would be nice to see Wake on the front page. JHMM13 (T | C) 01:39, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My Philosophy Behind my Wake Forest Edits

I am the one adding most of the info regarding Wake Forest, and no I am not Joe Martinez, but I do go to Wake Forest. What I have done is compiled the best features of all college articles into the Wake Forest article. I edited this article with 3 types of readres in mind:

  • Perspective Students
  • Current Wake Students
  • Those out there trying to get a grasp of the quality of Wake Forest (be it academics - and trust me they use wikipedia a lot too, corporations, and etc.).

I want them to get a comprehensive idea of Wake's qualities (and I only speak the truth) either for giving them perspective on their potential future or for resources to be tapped.

I do agree it is one giant piece of limestone. What I was hoping someone would do is to create a easy directory tab (which I do not have the technical knowledge to do) like the one that exists at the bottom of Duke's article, that would allow easy access to information about Wake Forest, both inside information and general. Basically I want the information to be readily available and none of it cut.--Charhally 06:25, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

I agree. Unfortunately, I haven't the time to get onto Wikipedia enough to do anything about it myself. I encourage any users here to take the initiative to push this article to featured article quality. As you said, many people rely on the quality of this article to learn about Wake. Good luck, and thanks for your work! JHMM13 (T | C) 15:31, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] History of Wake Forest

Oh and someone needs to make a History of Wake Forest article.

[edit] Image:GirlStudying.jpg

The illustrative photo used in this article is hosted at the Commons:, but it's against Commons policy. It has been removed and will soon be deleted. Thanks for your understanding. —UED77 07:46, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Images

Guess what. Unsourced or unfree images are unacceptable here or at the Commons. Please take the time to understand Wikipedia:Image use policy and Commons:Commons:Licensing. If sources and proof of a free license are provided for any of the images I have deleted I will happily restore then. When in doubt please ASK FIRST to save everyone else's time cleaning up after you later. See Wikipedia:Media copyright questions and Commons:Commons:Help desk. Thankyou. pfctdayelise (translate?) 15:27, 16 July 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Personal Opinions

Some of the paragraphs added recently seem to be mostly unverifable opinon. I removed them. Salsb 18:57, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bias

This article has quite a bit of bias. I have removed part that said that the professors are respected by their colleagues and the students work ethic and great education enabled the university to produce Rhodes, Truman, and Marshall scholars. It might be true, but it's very vague and uncited. LaszloWalrus 03:20, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Seal

Please bring up your image disputes with the appropriate Wiki authorities with regards to the Wake Forest seal. I uploaded it with a fair use claim. If you do not agree with the claim, please do not just delete it from the page. Thank you, JHMM13 (T | C) 02:09, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Reversion after 11/11/2006 Merger

Is it possible to define the appropriate technique for merging two articles? The Nov 12 revert suggests "reverting plagairism edit". I made the Nov.11 edit - there was an amount of new information added in edits of 6 different parts of the article, as well as a merging of the WFU Study Abroad article. I am guessing this merging of the WFU study abroad article was the reason for the reversion. According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Merging_and_moving_pages, it's ok to copy text between articles if merging ("How to merge pages, second alternate version"). If that was not the issue, could the reverter point out the other content that needed reversion. --Turketwh 00:47, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

Much of the information included in this merger was plagiarized material from wfu.edu. I'm not implying that you did it, I'm saying that it is safer to keep it off this article, and I don't have time to sift through what is good or not. If you want to merge it and find out what is plagiarized and what isn't, go for it. Thanks, JHMM13 (T | C) 23:26, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Notable Faculty List

While some of the people on the notable faculty list are well known by the general public (Maya Angelou for example), many of the others may not be outside of a particular field. This section could use cleaning up (reducing the list), better explanations of why they are notable, or more links to Wikipedia pages instead of just a text list. I think the way the NC State article is doing this is pretty nice: List of North Carolina State University People --Turketwh 00:52, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] religious affiliation?

Is there one anymore? There clearly was at one time, but did it fade away? Can someone with an understanding flesh that out and possibly add to the intro paragraph whether the school is religious or not? --Bobak 03:58, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

I'm pretty sure the school is no longer affiliated officially with the Baptist Church, but unofficially, there are obviously some ties that remain. Wake Forest is not a religious school...it used to be, like many other Unis. JHMM13 (T | C) 20:10, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
I think there is some documentation on the previous Baptist affiliation on the WFU website (from the original Baptist starting of the University to the finalizing of the split in the 80s). It could be useful to do some research from that data and add this to the history section, particularly given it's significance to the University. I'll see what I can start gathering up over the holidays. I also have a WFU history book which probably has some information. --Turketwh 05:18, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Blank space on the top of the page

I can't seem to get rid of this. What gives? JHMM13 17:01, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] new ranking

buisness wekek has ranked the calloway school #17 in the country for 2007. 152.17.52.193 06:24, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Here is the link to support this claim: 2007 undergrad b-school rankings. If you want, you can put it in the article in the appropriate place. JHMM13 07:16, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
I've done this now. JHMM13 16:36, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
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