Talk:Florida College

message: Jeff, the language "non-institutional fellowship of churches of Christ," is an example of POV language, reflecting a POV that I (an FC alumnus), for example, do not share. The notion of a "fellowship of churches," and moreover, of such a fellowship defined by one particular doctrine, is sectarian and therefore contrary to the very ideals that many of us do share. That there are sectarian minded folks in many churches is true no doubt. And that many who may attend FC might have such a mindset might or might not be true. Perhaps it is your POV. But generally so characterizing FC's staff, faculty and most of its student body as belonging to a "fellowship of churches" defined in such terms is to impose on them someone else's POV. The line needs to be deleted.
Let me clarify, the issue is not whether most are opposed to "institutionalism" (I am); the issue is this language, "fellowship of churches." —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.243.9.106  (talk • contribs)  15:25, 5 June 2006.
: Okay, I think I understand now. However, there's no denying that FC pulls its staff, faculty, and vast majority of its students from members of non-institutional churches. Perhaps would be better to just state it that way, without the "fellowship of churches" stuff? I believe that language was originally borrowed from the pre-rewrite non-instutional churches page.
: (BTW, if you use four tildes (~~~~) to mark your comments here, it's easier to tell who wrote what.) 
: As for the Billy Graham trivia, it's actually mentioned in the orientation sessions at FC (or was back when I went there), as is the Al Capone mention. it could probably be better phrased, though. The degree program stuff probably should go back up top, though, now that I think about it. Jdb1972 18:51, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: NPOV?

message: Appears to be taken word-for-word from http://www.flcoll.edu/about-fc/history.html
See How to write a great Wiki article.
-Ichabod 02:15, 15 Mar 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Plagiarism 

message: This is just the official, PR version from the school's official material.  The idea was/is to have an encyclopedic article about the college and not just parrot what is available from its own internal materials.  The article is entitled "Florida College", not "History of Florida College".  Who the past presidents are, for example, may be of great moment in the school's own official materials but is of very little interest to the general reading public.  If this sort of "article" is what Wikipedia is to be about, it could just as well be a directory of web links.  I'm not saying that there is no place in the article for some "official" material, but this is just a parroting of what one could get from clicking on the link.  I suggest either reverting to the previous version or giving this editor a very short time to improve upon this "article"
Rlquall 03:20, 15 Mar 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Revert? 

message: Hey guys! Looks like I've screwed up several times in the last few days. I got myself blocked by accidentally re-reverting a vandals stuff on Eagle and then I get unblocked and come here and it appears I did the same thing here. My apologies. I didn't catch the IP but someone came on Saturday night and messed with Florida College and Church of Christ both. I thought I was reverting the POV back to before, but it looks like I screwed up. Again, my apologies...I'm a wikinoob. --R.A. Ogden 16:23, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  POV Vandalism