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

Could the graphic marked as a"modern logo" actually show the modern interlocking AU logo? The version shown is the older and, IMO, less appealing version that is rarely seen, if ever. Collimd (talk) 14:36, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

[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

I think the issue between the conflicting reports is in how they are looking at the numbers. If look at the total number of students enrolled at each university on all it's campuses, there is no way for Auburn to compete as Alabama has UAT, UAB, and UAH, where as Auburn only has its main campus and AUM. However, in the public eye, UAB is often seen as a different identity from the main campus in Tuscaloosa, so comparing the enrollment of the main campus of each university is valid approach. After all, if you're only going to use the enrollment on all campuses, how does Troy University measure it with all its worldwide campuses? Collimd (talk) 14:27, 26 March 2008 (UTC) collimd

[edit] Rankings

The US News and World Report rankings need to be reevaluated and changed based on the 2008 release. The article claims positions in the state and SEC that are inconsistent with the listing dating back even to last year. This should probably be done by unbiased individual as unfortunately I probably would not be. --Kchambers 16:32, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

Funny, I was sure AuburnPilot responded here, but it's gone. He updated[1] the article to the current numbers. AUTiger » talk 18:45, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Assessment

I've rated this article a B Class, but I suspect it could pass as a good article candidate. The biggest issue I see is inline citations. There needs to be more references. - auburnpilot talk 19:13, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Along with several others, I have swapped citation requests with references for most of the article. There are still a few missing citations, though. Earthsound 23:35, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] RE: Split

I think that is a possibility for splitting the history into a difference article. Thoughts? Eric Wester 16:53, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] NPOV

"Auburn has traditionally been rated highly by academic ranking services" That's a joke right?..............I have seen fewer articles with more of a bias than this. Than I saw that most of the edits are done by people who say they go to, or have gone there. Being the highest ranked University in Alabama is NOT something that qualifies it for such praise. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.12.185.94 (talk) 01:23, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

Auburn has been ranked among the top 50 public institutions 15 years in a row. For a list of some academic rankings Auburn has received recently, see http://www.ocm.auburn.edu/rankings.html. Earthsound 13:22, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
The real question is, what is a Canadian doing looking at a school in Alabama, commenting on things he doesn't know about a school he'll never be qualified for, while holding biases against a state and school that don't belong anywhere, much less in Wikipedia. One sentence does not qualify any article as being half as NPOV as you claim, regardless of the factual inaccuracies. Funny. Morte42 (talk) 07:05, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Library section

Who wants to start it? :) Auburn has the largest library in the state of Alabama, but no mention of it in the article. This needs to be remedied.

There's enough public information out there on the library to make it a good candidate for its own page.

Who can help? Earthsound 23:38, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

I could help, but I am a student employee of the library. Would that constitute some kind of conflict of interest? Dennibr 18:38, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

  • I don't think so as long as you don't act in a biased manner. -Fnlayson (talk) 19:25, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
Simply write with a neutral point of view and cite reliable sources and there is no problem. Let the facts speak for themselves (volumes; objective, verifiable rankings) and avoid puffery. AUTiger » talk 19:50, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Old Village

Wasn't the "old village" (reference housing section) referred to as the CDV (Corrine-Draughton Village or something)? /Blaxthos ( t / c ) 16:36, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

Yep, CDV was the Caroline Draughon Village and was demolished within the last year or so. It has been temporarily replaced with a parking lot for those who live in the dorms, and a few empty fields. See this announcment from AU. And oddly enough, I always thought it was spelled Draughton, but apparently not. - auburnpilot talk 16:48, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Traditions

I noticed that the Wreck Tech parade has been flagged as having no sources. Should it even be in the traditions section as 1) Auburn and Georgia Tech no longer paly each other on a regular basis in football and 2) it is nowhere near the level of tradition as the other items listed in that section? Collimd (talk) 14:32, 26 March 2008 (UTC)