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[edit] Lehigh University

After engaging in a few weeks of heavy editing through several parties, I feel that this article meets the criteria for a Featured Article. It contains all pertinant, factual information and is free of filler and is "tight". The pictures included well represent the university. The article is strictly NPOV.

Note: Self-nomination Plm209 15:21, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

  • Support as nominator Plm209 15:19, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment Just by browsing through the article, it needs the most important thing to be a "featured article." Where are the references? This nomination will be voted down automatically because of that. In addition, "Engineering highlights" section destracts from the article's main focus which is probably should devoted mostly to the school not its alumni. See past American-centric University featured articles: Wikipedia:Featured articles#Education. --4.253.37.16 15:32, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
    • One more comment The "trivia" section probably shouldn't exist to become a featured article and if it did then should be in paragraph form instead of a list.--4.253.37.16 15:40, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Weak Oppose Needs a few more pictures. I would like to see at least one modern picture of the campus, a picture or two in the sports section (two would be nice, one of the team playing and perhaps their sports complex if they have one), and I would rather see a picture of a Ford Mustang as it was designed, not a current model one. PPGMD 15:34, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
    • Reply I didnt know if you noticed the photo gallery on the bottom of the page. This includes photos of many buildings on campus. Will be working on the sports photos and mustang photo soon.
  • Oppose per the anon editor.Rlevse 15:48, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Oppose Definitely a good article, but, along with PPGMD's comments: way too many red links, too many short sections (coed. should be either expanded or put into academics, for example), too many one-sentence paragraphs. The trivia section isn't bad in and out of itself, but it seems too long in comparison the rest of the article. Stilgar135 17:05, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Opppose lack of references, stubby sections, overwhelming Table of Contents, trivia section. Sandy 01:27, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Oppose Too listy, too many red links, too many one sentence paragraphs, and the infamous non-encyclopaedic trivia section rears its head - if the information in the trivia section is noteworthy, then it should be integrated into the rest of the article and be made to blend in, but if the trivia info is insignificant then it should be removed. LuciferMorgan 22:22, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Oppose I agree with Sandy, sorry. Terri G 17:00, 16 August 2006 (UTC)