Talk:University of Alaska Fairbanks
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[edit] Sun Grant
According to the article on the Wiki about Sun Grants and information gathered from UAF's website, they are not a national Sun Grant university; they are regional. I'm removing this piece of information because it's misleading. UAF technically only has three grant designations. --IndigoAK200 19:42, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Founding/forgot to log in
just in case someone's interested, I entered the original portion on History/Founding, but didn't realize I wasn't logged in...at any rate, this section needs someone to look it over for accuracy, NPOV.Deirdre 21:20, 12 July 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Biosciences Library
My apologies, Deirdre. I misunderstood your contribution to the article. Perhaps it should be made more clear that the Biosciences Library is administrately under the Rasmuson, but is not physically under the Rasmuson? Anyway, once again, sorry to roll back your contributions.
--Cgranade 18:48, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
- No problem, Chris, just part of the community editing process! I'll make it clearer. Hey, are you part of Wikipedia:WikiProject Alaska? I didn't see your name on the list. Deirdre 18:20, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Simple Edit
I changed the website from "uaf.edu" to "www.uaf.edu." I hate wiki-nazis who nit pick but I've always felt that there is or could be a difference between www.abc.com and http://abc.com; and if someone should happen to make http://uaf.edu into a different site it might lead to wrong information. Feel free to change it back if you disagree but that's my 2 cents. Mercer5089 01:38, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] "Nanook"
Dierdre- you make a very good point. May I suggest that the part regarding its translation simply be deleted for now (as it does not disrupt or dismantle the subject of the sentance) until somebody can find and reference the actual translation (or note the closest translation available)? 137.229.67.111 23:48, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
- I'm not a speaker of Inupiaq, but the word does derive from the Inupiaq word for what is in English called a polar bear. It doesn't need to be exact in order to make sense or be correct, so I don't think we actually need to delete this part. Why not just keep it in and ask for a more exact translation? In fact, I'll do so on the page for the language. Maybe somebody there can clear this up. Deirdre 00:30, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
I doubt seriously that "nanook" means "king of the north" -- this would be a loose translation at best, since there were no kings in Alaska...much of this page reads a bit like a promo piece for the university, rather than a description. Deirdre 19:19, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- Good point. BTW, nice to see your expertise on Wikipedia! --Cgranade 01:22, Jun 8, 2005 (UTC)
Nanook does NOT mean "polar bear" as mentioned in Athletics. It means something like "beast of the north," which, to whitefolk may mean the same thing, but it is not. Not knowing exactly what it means, however, I cannot update it. Maybe someone can do a little more research? Mercer5089 01:38, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
- Yup, but it doesn't mean "king of the north" as previously written. We need the actual translation, as opposed to the interpretation which is what we've got right now. Anybody out there speak Inupiaq? Deirdre 18:48, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
