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[edit] Wiki Cloning
Zeimusu - I've edited the Wikipedia page content for Park University per your suggestions: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_University
and would appreciate your review and reconsideration of the "clean-up" notice.
I've reviewed the Wiki pages of a few of our peer instituitions: William Jewel College http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Jewell_College
Washington University http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_University_in_St._Louis
I think our page is similar in style and tone. We plan to further develop our content to include information about prominent Alumni and noteable awards/rankings we've received, as in the above examples.
Thanks for your consideration.
Lyn Harris lyn.harris@park.edu
[edit] Quality
As an alum, the success of this Wikipedia entry is dear to me. If you find new links on the What links here link, please incorporate them. Remember, as Wiki authors, we do not have to agree with ideals, but we should link the facts.WikiTorch 18:01, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
In the Notable Alumni section, I have made the educated decision to list alums by year then alpha order. If a year is not available, they are listed below in alpha order. If you have the dates, please enter them.WikiTorch 18:19, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Enrollment
The enrollment figure (currently listed in the article as 25,000) definitely needs a citation. The closest I could find in google searches for the v-campus was 2,000 in 2000. Further the article needs to differentiate between what is enrolled in Parkville (which various books from 2005-2006 list as between 11,000 and 13,000 - even that number strikes me as high and probably includes all the branches and v-campus) but I can't find that for sure either and what is virtual in the outlying campuses. The move to a v-campus needs more history but regretfully Park is not forthcoming on its own site. Americasroof 16:51, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
- I cleaned it up but Park is playing fast and loose with its enrollment figures incorporating its entire network into the number. It's disillusioning to catch them at it. Americasroof 21:38, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] US News Claim of Second Largest ELearning
The earlier version said Park was ranked as the second largest elearning institution. They can't be substantitated at http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/elearning/elhome.htm Again I wish there weren't so many games going on here. Americasroof 21:38, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
- And for good measure the data provided unedited by the college doesn't make sense. http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/college/directory/brief/drmiss_2498_brief.php
- Americasroof 21:59, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
