Talk:Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

message: Somebody called User:Scientist-100 removed an image I added. He did not say why. I consider it a destructive act to just take things off without prior discussion or commenting. Robert Illes 09:03, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
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message: Hi, I removed the word 'private' because in English a private university is one that is entirely funded through the private sector.  2/3 of VU funding is from the public sector. 212.64.98.189 19:18, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
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message: The official International Name of the University is, anno 2018,: "Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam", and certainly not "VU University" (althoug this name has been used for some years). So please, could anybody rename this page?. See the English language website: https://www.vu.nl/en/ and the explanation: https://www.vu.nl/nl/over-de-vu/campus/faciliteiten/congres-en-mediacenter/logo/index.aspx  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.83.128.151 (talk) 16:39, 11 March 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: I think that the title in Wikipedia should be most familiar name, not so much the official name, though of course the official names should be mentioned in the article. Andries (talk) 19:56, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

text: I think that you file a proposal at Wikipedia:Requested_moves . I will not do it for you, because I do not feel so much sympathy for such dictated name changes. Andries (talk) 20:07, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The name of the uni is the Vrije Universiteit.  All the English speaking students call it "VU", just like everybody else.  A couple of years ago the directors decided to dictate that the official English name should be VU University Amsterdam, which is essentially Vrije Universiteit University Amsterdam.  That however is just a name for use in the media, and the name is still Vrije Universiteit, and it should be changed back to that throughout the article, I think.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.210.35.24 (talk) 18:15, 8 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The university's website is very clear about the official name in English. It's VU University Amsterdam. See for example: http://www.vu.nl/en/about-vu-amsterdam/mission-and-profile/index.asp Articles about the Netherlands often contain too much Dutch language and too little English. In the titles and in the body. As this is the official English-language name that the university chose, and it does not conflict with our guidelines, it should be respected. gidonb (talk) 22:37, 7 July 2012 (UTC)
replies: text:  The English translation of Vrije Universiteit is Free University. It has always been referred to as so in English scientific publications. Just like how Freie Universität Berlin is Free University Berlin. The recently made up name "VU University" is an abomination uses a Dutch abbreviation in English, whereby "University" is totally redundant, because it essentially means Vrije Universiteit University, which is a complete mess. The university themselves are incorrect. Are we to follow the incorrect and new guidelines of a university's media department or should we translate it correctly? In that case, the English article should be renamed Free University Amsterdam. 130.235.100.157 (talk) 11:24, 29 November 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Fortunately the official international name is now again 'Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam'. So could anybodey change the name of the article (january 2016).  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.83.128.151 (talk) 21:47, 16 January 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: The official international name of the University is now (again): "Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam", and certainly not "VU University" (although this name has been used for some years, ca. 2014). In don't know how to do this, but please, could anybody rename this page into "Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam". See the English language website: https://www.vu.nl/en/ and the explanation: https://www.vu.nl/nl/over-de-vu/campus/faciliteiten/congres-en-mediacenter/logo/index.aspx  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.83.128.151 (talk) 14:24, 22 September 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  The name of the article should be changed 

message: The eastern entrance to the VU was recently changed. A new building was build on the place were the trees are in the photograph on the page. The photograph of the old eastern entrance should be removed or updated.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.93.198.169 (talk) 20:22, 1 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Eastern entrance changed 

message: The recently added section on 'Scientific Misconduct' at VU does not seem fair and balanced in accordance with Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view standards. The academic irregularities mentioned are merely incidents which happen everywhere. VU is not at all special in that respect. Sections like these are uncommon in articles on universities, for the very reason that academic misconduct usually remains incidental, involving specific individuals or groups of individuals, and not structural or typical as to the institution. See a helpful discussion here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:University_of_North_Carolina_at_Chapel_Hill#Controversy_section. Furthermore, the section is not at all sufficiently documented and referenced with reliable sources. Therefore, I believe it should be removed. BluLex (talk) 07:01, 23 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Scientific misconduct section 

message: I'll be removing it again, Eezacque. This is taking too long. We can put it back when we agree on the content and the sources, if you follow up on our discussion. Regards, Sander1453 (talk) 10:02, 21 November 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Removal

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