Talk:University of Derby
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[edit] Fact vs hype
My feeling is that the wholescale deletion of the previous article on 13/04/06, and replacement with promotional material, is not appropriate. My edit on 15/04/06 removes those parts of the new text that I thought were just opinion. Obviously what is left is not good, but it might at least form the basis for a more factual entry. I also reinstated SU information, which seemed fine. Before doing this I looked at the talk for one or two other universities. There is a good discussion on fact vs hype in discussion of the opening paragraph of the LSE article (Talk:London School of Economics) which perhaps might usefully inform future development of this page. 86.30.226.242 21:49, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Student's Union
The section on the student union neglects to mention the former venues Union 1, 2 and the Late bar located on Willow Row which were successful and major parts of the Derby nightlife at the time (including non-student scene), and have since been demolished to make way for temporary NHS buildings and the Derby College building. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.27.93.242 (talk) 01:48, August 26, 2007 (UTC)
[edit] University ratings
(I'm posting this to all articles on UK universities as so far discussion hasn't really taken off on Wikipedia:WikiProject Universities.)
There needs to be a broader convention about which university rankings to include in articles. Currently it seems most pages are listing primarily those that show the institution at its best (or worst in a few cases). See Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Universities#University ratings. Timrollpickering 22:38, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:University of Derby logo.gif
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BetacommandBot 11:40, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
