Talk:Regents of the University of California

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[edit] Ward Connerly

Ward Connerly should be added to the list of current and former UC regents and a short discussion of controversial decisions on affirmative action is appropriate.

[edit] Style Question

Since the Regents are being listed in alpha order, it seems like an improvement to include their terms in the list, in case a user is looking for Regents from a specific time period. There is probably a link somewhere that would provide a chronological list, maybe at the official site--would it be better just to add that link at the top of the list or is it better to do what I did with Bagley? --Hjal 18:28, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Notability of Regents?

It's clear that many UC Regents are notable for other reasons, but does appointment to the Regents alone make a person notable? The current list of Regents (I assume that they are mostly the current appointments) are almost all red links, as is William T. Bagley, who I just added. He is clearly notable, and I'll do a page for him, but I'm not sure about the others. Some of the appointments in the past have been political party activists or major donors given the appointment as a reward, I think. If they weren't notable already, do they become notable becasue of the appointment, even if they do nothing that stands out while on the Board? --Hjal 18:28, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

I'm not a Californian, but given the scope and power of this board, I would think that all the members are per se notable. However, a lot of current and past regents don't have articles. What I've done is to reorganize the list of current regents, followed by a separate list of notable former regents. The standard for the second list, operationally, is having an article, in other words, there shouldn't be red links there. If you find or create an article about a former regent, add them to the list. Does that make sense? Kestenbaum 15:45, 26 October 2006 (UTC)