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 The Header Dispute 

Since there's a recently started disagreement, perhaps I should start if of here, this edit () what '  What did I do this time? 
See Harvard's treatment in other Wikipedias with regard to ""prestige"" and Boosterism in Lead, two and three sections above, respectively.   
I agree that we should be vigilant to ensure that college and university articles don't unduly praise their subjects, particularly since it can quickly get out of hand and become meaningless.  But there really are a handful of institutions for whom their prestige is so well-known and widespread that it has become one of their defining characteristics.  Harvard University is one of those institutions.  It's essential for readers to understand that Harvard University is one of the most prestigious universities in the world.  That's what so many people know about it and why its alumni are disproportionately represented among the political and economic elite.  Indeed, it's why so many colleges, universities, and other institutions proclaim themselves to be the ""Harvard of the (region, category, etc.).""
And please note that we are not claiming that Harvard is'' the most prestigious, the best, or anything else.  We are merely documenting the widespread and essential-to-know perception shared by many people.   
 Agreed completely, and ElKevbo, you are right in claiming that we are not claiming that Harvard isn't the most prestigious as that sounds a bit to peacocky for my own taste, and probably even yours. I think Megapixel will need to understand this. I've noted that ever since I placed some controversial, if peacocky text to the main header about ""Big Three"", he/she has been repeatedly disagreeing with whatever comes in the headers about the Harvard, Yale, Princeton articles.    ''''''  What did I do this time?
 Some one has changed it back, once again this editor crows to the world, I suggest the accolades are reserved for the US rather than 'the world' or better yet remove it altogether, it is unseemly.   
I suggest that if you don't know that Harvard is considered one of the world's most prestigious universities then you're incompetent to edit this article.  But to placate you I added two more references that explicitly and directly support the assertion.  Can we move on now or should we continue this pointless discussion?   
 Let's end this discussion. Done. If there's more and more reversions on this, we risk getting this article fully protected and admins to only edit it.   ''''''  What did I do this time? 
 Appreciate the comments on this topic. To Abhijay's point above, I am vigilant of disproportionate attributes featured in the header. Please see the Yale talk thread to see how someone tried putting in a ""Big Three"" comment in the top header that couldn't be referenced in the last 10 years outside of football. The two additional sources that were added are great and appreciated, but this gets to another point in that those articles reference several schools as the 'most prestigious'. Should those other schools (top 10? top 5?) also get a similarly cited blurb that proclaims them as among the most prestigious in their header. I think that's the fair treatment question that should be raised to ensure consistency. No other school has a similar grandiose opening as Harvard when numerous surveys have shown that there are a select few other Universities that hold comparable prestige.  (