Talk:Temple University
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[edit] Date Established
The article states that the university was founded in 1884 however didn't become known as Temple College until 1888. It is shown as "Incorporated in 1888" all over the campus as well as on the logo picture in the info box, however is listed at 1884 2 lines below it in the same info box. Which date should be used? I would imagine 1888.Allitalien 03:14, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Notable Achievements
WHAT IS THE POINT OF THIS SECTION??? Shouldn't this be about notable TEMPLE UNIVERSITY achievements, such as honors, rankings, etc. and not achievements of its alumni... it makes having a NOTABLE ALUMNI section extremely redundant. I am all for listing the MAJOR notable alumni on the main page and then including the link to the full list, however if it is to be redone it should be more orderly.Allitalien 03:14, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Japan
- At Tokyo it says the Temple University is a university in Tokyo, Japan. /130.237.115.228 13:30, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
- There is a campus in Tokyo. There's also one in Rome. Metasquares 03:07, 26 August 2006 (UTC))
[edit] POV
- this has no place in a wikipedia entry. furthermore the page is completely devoid of any sources. i have tagged it POV but i think the page requires alot of cleanup including removal of original research--modesty 21:18, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
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- Well the pov tag is out of place. Stating that an article is "little more than an advertisement" w/o point out what you mean by that is not enough to tag the article. Also the statement about the t is not enough as the is not a enough of a pov statement to say the the whole article is POV, nor is the idea that it devoid of references, which while a problem is not enough to say is POV. I'll put a check and copy edit tag up, as well as a reference section, but before you tag pov please read WP:POV, and WP:NPOV. --Boothy443 | trácht ar 05:43, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
- Also the edit that you added to the article could be said of the same as the article you complained about, it is unsourced, could be considered original research, and is just as pov as what the rest of the article stands. Granted i think this is room for improvement in the language of the article but i would be leary to say that it is POV. --Boothy443 | trácht ar 05:47, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
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- thanks for leaving it up long enough to let me take it down. i see your points and i removed the pov check --155.247.166.28 17:10, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
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- I am guessing that you are the person that posted the statment above mine, one of the problems with IP editing is tracking edits by users. I thank you, i apprecheate that you took the time to read over my points and took them under consideration. Whiel you did remove the tag i am going to put it back up for at least the next xeveral days to see if their are editors that might think otherwise. If their are no further objections i'll take it back down over the weekend. As for tags their are others that are of use to have points like yours expressed that are better then useing th pov tag, at least in my opinion, you can take a gander at the tags at WP:CR. --Boothy443 | trácht ar 04:13, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Residence Halls
Changed some of the wording around on Residency Halls and also tried to reduce some of the redundency in the paragraph. Hopefully it satisfies some of the criticisms that are listed below but it still could use some work. I was thinking of an external page may be best to explain each individual dorm. Also, for some reason each of them uses the full name of the dorm, which NOBODY uses...
[edit] Dining
I included some information on the cafeteria in the section and wasn't sure if it warrented a new header or maybe sub-heading. Allitalien 23:04, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Criticisms
- The Criticisms section has a broken link as reference and seems to be a small-scale bickering type-of-thing? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Tmcw (talk • contribs) .
ummmm, recently graduated from temple, and this article (while it covers the history pretty well as i understand it) completely fails to describe temple in any way. in fact if memory serves the wording in most of the sections (dorms, student life especially) are exactly like the temple produced materials they shoved down my throat every day since i applied. to clarify i'm saying the article was written by an employee of temple, probably under the direction of temple's administration.
to be specific the student life section is an out right lie (aside to references to specific buildings existing). Temple has little or now campus life to speak of. first off most of its students are commuters (last estimate i heard was 70%). even students who live on or close to campus usually complain about having to go all the way across to city to shop, go to a restaurant, or see most movies (the movie theater is small and usually doesn't play flicks until well after they've left normal theaters). while there are numerous temple sponsored activity's, and the SAC, IBC, and a few bars they do very little to keep most students around campus.
as for the dorms sections: how about describing the actual dorms where there are and what there like. and the line about extending learning experiences beyond the class room is straight out of admissions brochures. The list of neologisms is utter bunk to. most of those are official acronyms used by temple to label the buildings and institutions in question (hence the students use them. SAC (actually still in use as opposed to "former"), TSG, MCPB, UDC, CSS, TECH Center, IBC, and THEO are all in this category. noone i have ever met has used "the code" (including alumni who graduated as far back as 1972). similarly, center city is not a temple neologism. it is in fact the name used through out the philadelphia metro area to refer to the heart of the city. its such a common term that it appears on MAPS OF THE DAMNED CITY. its a neighborhood name similar to old city and south philly, etc; or soho, hell kitchen and midtown in manhattan.
24.185.239.254 06:20, 11 December 2006 (UTC) RF 12/11/2006
I'm NOT a Temple alum, but I have to agree with the points raised by the above poster; the section about residence halls really does read like it was written by a Temple employee. HandsomeSam 19:56, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
I am a current Temple undergrad, and i'd like to vouch for the original persons' comments...
also, there is no mention of the History of temple university...as in, why is it called TEMPLE university and not "university of north philadelphia" or the like? Why is there a building called "The Baptist Temple" which says, 'founded in 1880' (dont quote me here), 'and over 50,000 men and women trained for HIM'?" (found on corner of Berks Mall and Broad St). To hear the current administration, Temple was never a religious school and the Baptist Temple is never spoken of (which is obviously false)... Jesusfreakz85 0:08, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] beury beach?
i've been a student here for going on 4 years and I have never ever heard that. Usually it's just referred to as the Bell Tower.
[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Tempowlslogo.gif
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[edit] Importance
I took down the importance rating because I see no way that this article can be of Top importance to any of the wikiprjects associated with it. If you are a member of either project please re-rate this article's importance. Acidskater 16:18, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
