Talk:List of Texas Aggie terms

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[edit] Great source

http://www.aggiesports.com/traditions/school/dictionary.htm Oldag07 02:07, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Aggie Spirit

How do we definite it? Oldag07 02:56, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

"can ne'er be told..." :-) — BQZip01 — talk 03:24, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Brainstorming

Add those you don't like. Substract those that you don't. Cross out the ones you don't like.Oldag07 12:31, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

  • 1876 not an Aggie term
  • Ag
  • Aggie joke
  • Aggie Spirit - a bit intangible, but do-able
  • Bus driver - this should be in the yells
  • The chicken
  • Aggie code of honor
  • East gate
  • Farmers fight - should be in the Yells
  • First Yell
  • From the outside you can't understand it, from the inside you can't explain it.
  • Former student
  • Hissing Horse Laugh - maybe this should just go into the yells...then again, I've used it in class too...
  • Maroon out
  • Mug-down
  • Muster
  • off the wood
  • the other education
  • Patton Nothing about Patton is related directly to A&M...certainly not any specific terms
  • Raggies
  • Reed Rowdies
  • Reload
  • Return with honor - what the **** is this?
    • Obviously not that important. I thought the phrase being inscribed on the arches of the quad would make it mean something to you corps members. brainstorming goes you good stuff, and it gives you bad stuff. But it is the best way i know how to get new ideas. Oldag07 02:30, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Ring dunk
  • Silver Taps
  • Spirit of Aggieland
  • Sully
  • The quad
  • Tradition - vague
  • uncover - opening a can of worms there...
  • Welcome to Aggieland - eh maybe
  • West campus

Added my comments: — BQZip01 — talk 20:32, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sections

We could almost divide this page into several sections:

  • General Terminology
  • Sports
  • Traditions
  • Campus landmarks

What do y'all think? Oldag07 02:32, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

We could, but I think it would just be better to list is alphabetically. Otherwise, you can't use them in multiple articles that aren't exactly related (such as t.u. in Aggie Bonfire and the Lone Star showdown). I say leave it as-is. Good ideas all around though. — BQZip01 — talk 03:57, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Proposed term removals

In response to the comments that some of this article is "cruft", I think it might be wise for us to take a closer look at the list and see if there are any terms that are not really needed (i.e., not used in articles, won't be heard of much off campus). I think we could probably remove the following, but I won't actually remove any until I've heard from you guys.

  • "Aggies never lose, though we may run out of time
  • Batt
  • Aggie Code of Honor
  • Farmer's fight
  • Fish
  • "From the outside looking in..."
  • Highway 6 runs both ways
  • RAggies (if non-Aggie sources can be found for the tradition part, this should go on traditions page)
    • I thought i linked on a sports illustrated article Oldag07 (talk) 02:44, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
  • Saw Varsity's Horns Off

Karanacs (talk) 16:58, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

  • "Aggies never lose, though we may run out of time
Don't really care one way or the other
  • Batt
Keep common nickname for a notable paper
  • Aggie Code of Honor
Good to have as a reference (I intend to use it in the Corps article)
  • Farmer's fight
Maybe as part of the yells
  • Fish
Keep: unique usage of a well-known term
  • "From the outside looking in..."
Couldn't care less one way or the other
  • Highway 6 runs both ways
Couldn't care less one way or the other
  • RAggies (if non-Aggie sources can be found for the tradition part, this should go on traditions page)
Couldn't care less one way or the other
  • Saw Varsity's Horns Off
Absolutely keep: mentioned at almost every A&M home game by the announcers and by letters from visitors. A strong impact seen around the world
— BQZip01 — talk 00:45, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
Is "fish" really that unique to A&M? A lot of schools call their freshmen fish. Karanacs (talk) 17:38, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

I say we divide the list into sections. Athletics, Yells, Campus, Unique phrases, Bonfire, General Traditions. It is messy, but we have 85 terms on this page.

I do say we trim most of the terms here limiting most to one sentence at max. I say we can remove Mascot corporal. it is too specific. unless you want a corps of cadets section too, with is great. the frozen lake dissertation has lots of good corps of cadets words. if this does become a list, we should nominate this page for Featured List status.Oldag07 (talk) 02:44, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Proposed structural changes to page: User:Oldag07/Sandbox Oldag07 (talk) 03:34, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Mascot corporal is already discussed in the Reveille article, so it could be removed here without any issues. I don't think we should change the structure. People who are not familiar with Texas A&M will probably not be able to find the word they are looking for easily, and some terms could fit into multiple categories. Karanacs (talk) 17:38, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
From one point of view i understand what you are talking about Karanacs. If i new the term i was looking for, than the alphabetical hierarchy would make sense. However, if i knew nothing about A&M, than a more categorical hierarchy would make more sense. I personally believe that latter would make more sense. as for words that have multiple categories. of course as for actual categories, that would be difficult, but with some guidelines, it shouldn't be impossible.

We should trim each entry to 1-2 sentences max. it should reduce the idea that this is a bunch of random facts rather than a quick reference. Oldag07 (talk) 05:16, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Trademark

http://www.tamu.edu/trademarks/amtrademark.html —Preceding unsigned comment added by Oldag07 (talk • contribs) 18:02, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] FA nomination

Bad news, this article failed nomination. Negatives, we did not make it, positives, this article greatly improved. I need a huge break from wikipedia, as shown on my profile, but maybe a GA push would be more appropriate a few months from now. I think the article could pass now honestly, if someone wants to do that. Oldag07 (talk) 01:53, 6 March 2008 (UTC)