Talk:Sam Houston State University

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Contents 1 Alcalde 2 Fair use rationale for Image:Sam 008.jpg 3 Athletics section starting to take over page 4 Infobox problem

[edit] Alcalde

The following was removed from alcalde and would fit in this article, just not sure where:

The Alcalde is the name of the annual yearbook of Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas, published from 1910-1998 and 2003-present, named in honor of Texas Governor Oran Roberts (1815-98), who signed legislature establishing the university in 1879.

jareha ^(comments) 18:10, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

Jareha, Probably the place to put it until the History section expands a little more is the Trivia section since you'll be able to put it in there without worrying about how to shoehorn in a topic that doesn't really exist. OF course, you'll have to re-word it somewhat even to do that. Also, what does the name Alcalde have to do with Roberts? Madmaxmarchhare 21:26, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

I'll probably drop this into the article, after a bit of reworking, later today. Roberts was nicknamed "The Old Alcalde". jareha ^(comments) 22:52, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

Ah, interesting. I'll probably work on the history section this summer, when I've got a little more time. Then, I'll merge in whatever you'll write and it will look spiffy. Madmaxmarchhare 00:33, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

Added, hopefully you like the changes. jareha ^(comments) 01:38, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for adding to everyone's knowledge about SHSU; it looks good! Take care and we'll see you around. Madmaxmarchhare 02:13, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Sam 008.jpg

Image:Sam 008.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

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BetacommandBot 01:20, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Athletics section starting to take over page

Howdy. Although I love Bearkat sports as much as any Sammer, I'm starting to wonder if the athletics section takes up too much space relative to the rest of the article. I'd like to explore the idea of moving the athletics section to its own article, like many other universities have done. I know it will reduce the size of this article by a fair amount, but I think that will open the way for more academic information, etc. to be written in. Any thoughts? Madmaxmarchhare 16:30, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

I'm going to break out the section in hopes that it will encourage additions to the page proper. It seems to be the way a lot of university pages are going, anyhow. Madmaxmarchhare (talk) 21:37, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Infobox problem

There is content for the 'former names' in the infobox text, but it does not show up in the article. It is in the infobox when editing is attempted, but the information does not show up in the article. Could someone take a look and fix it?-MBK004 03:02, 2 November 2007 (UTC)