Talk:George P. Burdell

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[edit] IMDB

Should the current IMDB reference to GP Burdell be included in "external links?" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.15.34.234 (talk • contribs)

Done. —Disavian (talk/contribs) 14:52, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Dead link

The link to the georgia tech site is dead. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.99.91.45 (talk • contribs)

[edit] Expand

The following from here should be worked into the article somewhere:

Drennon said George's first prank came after he was snubbed by a fraternity he had intended to join. "That irritated George. He went out and ordered a truckload of furniture to be delivered c.o.d. to that fraternity. Of course, the order was made by George P. Burdell."
"In 1981, The Chronicle of Higher Education ran a contest to determine the most outstanding college legend. "George Griffin [then retired dean of students] asked me to write it up George. The essay had to be less than 500 words; I wrote it up, we sent it off, and it won first place. We won $500 for the Georgia Tech Alumni Association."

Also, this says: (new informaton bolded)

George P. Burdell was created in 1927 as a practical joke. Incoming freshman William Edgar Smith received two enrollment application forms by mistake. He completed one accurately for himself, and filled out the other using as the surname either the first name of his friend's mother, the name of a former headmaster, or the name of his cat. Sources differ as to which of the three Burdell was named.
He once enrolled for 3,000 quarter hours and has received two degrees. Burdell has also occupied several important positions at Georgia Tech, including a Regents' Professorship, the Deanship of Humanities and Fine Arts, and a seat on the Board of Regents.

From here:

Burdell, George P. — of Georgia. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 2000. Still living as of 2000.

—Disavian (talk/contribs) 15:03, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

I added the relevant parts today. —Disavian (talk/contribs) 05:41, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fail GA

lead does not summarize article, has cite needed tags, ref fmt inconsistent.Sumoeagle179 03:17, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

Yes, is there any way to expand the lead? I know the article's not long, but still.--Wizardman 05:22, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
Is that any better? FYI, in the first review, the lead was simply "George P. Burdell is a fictitious student officially enrolled at Georgia Tech in 1927 as a practical joke." I agree that was a bit short, but there's not much more detail to be had than the current version, IMO. —Disavian (talk/contribs) 05:33, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
Okay, the addition is better. It's a short article, so 3 sentences can probably suffice as a lead. 2 was pushing it. I'll look over the article again to see if I can find any other problems.--Wizardman 13:03, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] GA on hold

The only issue is that the image has no fair use rationale; it's tagged fair use, which I agree with, but it needs a rationale per the image guidelines for GA: "6 (c) any non-free images must have a fair use rationale". Once that's done I will pass the article. Mike Christie (talk) 01:08, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Rationale has been added. —Disavian (talk/contribs) 05:55, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
Passed GA. Nice article. Mike Christie (talk) 10:53, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] His birthday...

History records show that George P. Burdell was “born” on September 15th so many years ago. This year, September 15th fell on a Friday before a home football game; it seemed to be the perfect opportunity to throw Burdell a birthday party.

http://www.nique.net/issues/2000-09-22/campus%20life/2

This is something that I think you might want to consider adding. September 15th? Funny. Funny how in 2000 someone had a similar idea as whereis... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Onesimplehuman (talk • contribs) 01:34, 5 April 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Userbox

I'm working on the following userbox if anyone wants it. Any comments, suggestions, etc. can be left at my talk page. -Leif902 22:10, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

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{{User:Leif902/UserBoxes/Burdell}}
This user is on first name terms with George P. Burdell.
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