Template talk:Infobox university/Archive 2

message: I don't know how to do the programming for this, but there needs to be a way to put a comma after the state or province when one is listed.  Something like
 if {state} or {province}
 {city}, {state}{province}, {country};
 else
 {city}, {country};
See what I'm going for?
--Omaryak 20:45, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah I think I may have just done such a thing.  It runs as {city}[, {state}{province}], {country}, but the []'d portion only appears if the state or province is specified.  Unless I'm missing a rather odd style convention, I think this fixes the superflous commas.  You still need a city and country, no doubt about that, but the province and state are quite optional.  Kevin_b_er 06:56, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Comma after state/province in location 

message: I believe this template should include a fightsong= parameter.  for instance "Fightsong=Hail to Old OSU".  Most if not all universities have a fight song, and most have Wikipedia pages on them. I've made the addition as I don't feel this is a controversial edit.  VegaDark 01:54, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Perhaps most US universities - I think these are almost unknown outside North America.  However, the general concensus seems to have been to allow region-specific parameters in the interests of making the template useful for comparisons between universities in one country, as well as between universities in different countries, so this is probably valid to include.  Anyone disagree? TSP 17:35, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, I had that in mind as I wasn't sure about use outside the US.  I figure it's an optional parameter so universities that don't have one can simply leave it blank, no harm done. VegaDark 18:29, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Needs a fightsong parameter

message: Thoughts on adding small color boxes to actually display the school colors?  An example: Pennsylvania State University Athletics.  Thanks, GChriss <always listening><c> 14:04, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I completely agree. --Bobak 18:39, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Small Color Samples 

message: Ok aside from like 3 Highschools this template is used for colleges and universities and besides that there is already an infobox for High Schools. 
Plain and simple it really seams that this screws up the uniformity of an encyclopedia and not only that it appears as though it is a waist. --MJHankel 22:35, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Support – ↑what you said makes no sense. the original proposer noted that only 3 high schools Infobox School3. Therefore, those 3 high schools need to be edited to use the high school infobox instead, and then we can combine Infobox School3 and Infobox University into one. Problem solved. —lensovet–talk – 07:00, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: What template should I use for high schools? --BenWhitey 04:39, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Template:High School Infobox.  There are also many articles using Template:Infobox School.  --ElKevbo 04:51, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge Infobox School3 

message: Some institutions have students who aren't undergraduates or postgraduates - for instance the University of Derby has over 10,000 (c40%) further education students. See also the most recent HESA stats for UK universities (which I've been using to source stats on several pages).
Would an optional "further education" field be workable? Or is there a more generic term that covers this? At the moment some of the numbers don't add up. Timrollpickering 12:07, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I've added an "Other students" field to cover everyone who isn't an undergraduate or postgraduate. See University of Derby for a case in practice. Timrollpickering 02:09, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Non UG/PG students 

message: These need to all be abbreviated - look the University of Derby to see how they're displaying.
Would "undergrad", "postgrad" and "other" (it displays immediately after the other student numbers) be meaningful? Timrollpickering 00:44, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Undergraduate/Postgraduate/Other students fields 

message: WikiProject Universities has been rather sluggish for some time and I'm currently trying to find ways to boost the project. Can anyone who's interested help at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Universities? Timrollpickering 11:18, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Making better use of WikiProject Universities 

message: Hi,
I've added a tagline field to the template, as I've come to the sad realization that Canadian Universities are adding taglines to their logos, and branding themselves. Examples include York University's "Redefine the possible", and Simon Fraser University's "Thinking of the world". These are associated with the logo/brand, so I've put it below the Motto. Certainly, this is not a required field. I hope no-one objects to this addition.+mwtoews 05:56, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Added tagline filed

message: It's now at Template:Infobox University/doc. +mwtoews 06:09, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Moved documentation