Talk:University of Houston/Archive 1

message: I've just finished an article cleanup of University of Houston. As The University of Texas is nearing featured status I did some modeling after said article.
Following is a breakdown of changes with biggest edits listed first:
*Moved alumni out to list of University of Houston people
*Reworked sports section under new 'Athletics' header
*Reorganized sections
*Copyedit, wikify here and there
*Renamed various headers/subheaders
*Added in new :Category:University of Houston
Thoughts/feedback? jareha 10:06, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Cleanup

message: I tracked down the cite for the Research Spending Claims:  The number is not particularly noteworthy as UH spend 75.9 Million. This makes UH rank 8th out of 10 in the state and clearly outside of the National Science foundation's top 100 (see page 11 of the report). I am removing the claims Dothivalla 16:12, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Research Spending Claims 

message: I took a look at the reference   and put the research claims in context.  I don't thinks it's accurate to compare UH's research spending to that of research hopsitals. ---- Steve
Looks great! Dothivalla 20:07, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Research Spending Claims Updated 

message: I can't verify a lot of the architecture claims:
:"perennially considered in the top 3 architecture schools in the state of Texas."
I cant find the school ranked anywhere in this way. See the Design Intelligence  ranking. Additionally the school appears on the Architecture Sociology's "Worst School" List at: http://www.archsoc.com/kcas/researchschool4.html
"Architecture Sociology?" I've spent a few minutes at this site, and I still don't see anything that would make me want to take them seriously. I don't think this list is authoritative in any way. Vox Univoaks 00:00, 13 February 2006 (CST)
:"The school received a perfect 37/37 in NAAB accreditation, and enjoys a five-year accreditation certificate. It was the first architecture school in the state of Texas to receive a perfect NAAB score. UH is one of only 36 national schools to have both an accredited Bachelor's and Master's degree in Architecture."
I can validate that it got the certificate from . NAAB never notes in their extensive statistic set on UH that the school earned a perfect score. See: 
:"It recently added an industrial design program, also the first in the state of Texas."
UH makes the claim here 
:"Students frequently earn top honors in regional, national, and international competitions."
I can't find this. Is there an award list somehwere?
:"Joe Mashburn is the current Dean. Famous alumni of the College are Neil Denari, Carlos Jimenez, Gene Aubry, Burdette Keeland and Walid Bugazia."
I will assume this is true. Dothivalla 16:56, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Architecture Claims 

message: The article is extremely disingenuous right now. Specifically
-->U.S. News & World Report ranks the Bauer College of Business as the top Undergraduate Business Program in Houston, third among public universities in the state of Texas, and 44th in the nation among public universities.<--
According to a public version of the list at  UH is the only Undergrad program in Houston (Rice doesn't have one), so I guess its the best best because its the only game in town. The next cite talks about how its the third best public school in Texas, well there are only 3 public university systems in texas that offer undergrad business and participated in the US News survey! Last it claims to be ranked 44th out of public undergrad rankings. Well they are tied for 44 with 11 other schools (so essentially 44 through 55) out of 75 programs in the country. Hardly noteworthy.
-->The ranking places the Bauer College in the top quartile of the approximately 400 AACSB-accredited undergraduate business programs and top five percent among all 1608 undergraduate business programs in the United States.<--
This statement assumes that all Universities that were not ranked in the US News rankings would have ranked below UH. This is a huge assumption. Many schools simply choose not to participate in the rankings like Reed College.
-->The MBA Program ranked 5th among public universities for CEOs of S&P 500 companies, according to Bloomberg Markets. Houston was tied with the University of Michigan and Dartmouth.<--
I can't find that survey anywhere! The closest I can find is USA Today's annual survey of Fortune 1000 CEOs which lists UH of having exactly 1 CEO: . The Bauer College of Business puts out an annual report listing their number of S&P 500 CEOs. There list shows only three! 
-->The EMBA Program ranked 17th in the U.S. among public EMBA programs according to the 2004 Financial Times ranking of the top 75 EMBA Programs in the World.<--
This is true but completely disingenuous at the same time. UH came in ranked as 75 out of 75. There were only 17 schools from the US ranked.
This entire section needs to be deleted until someone can populate it with substantive figures with real cites!Dothivalla 17:53, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I have restored the "business claims" and you can find those claims here. http://www.bauer.uh.edu/Future/rank.htm They are also on the annual report that you linked.RJN 18:02, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: They might be "disingenuous" to you and that is your opinion since you have such dislike and negative views toward this school. They should not be deleted because those rankings are technically true, are they not? Notable or not is subjective and is subject to people's interpretations. Those rankings are not false or made up so they should not be deleted. I am adding them back. I am also adding back the $75.9 million dollar figure because it adds information and informs people—it doesn't have to do anything with being notable or not. RJN 21:41, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

text: The lets compromise and put down the full rank of UH based off the rankings. I'll change the article to reflect that Dothivalla 22:32, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

text: The S&P 500 CEO claim can't stay. The UH cite is based off of a previous edition of the rankings. The updated story omits UH all together. If you want this claim to stick find a bloomberg cite for it Dothivalla 22:49, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Business School Claims 

message: This article or section is currently being developed or reviewed. Some statements may be disputed or incorrect.
	The Mediation Cabal invites you to please read this talk page discussion before making substantial changes.
	Please assume good faith, refrain from name calling and observe Wikiquette.(This message should only be placed on talk pages.)
Hi, we received a request from one of the participants on this article to get involved and help out in working out some differences on this article.  Feel free to discuss the issues here or on the MedCab Case page.
It appears to me there are two main participants and you are working out your differences but I'm willing to help out any way I can.  --Wgfinley 01:50, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  MedCab Request 

message: Hello fellow Wikipedians,
I have just added archive links to  on University of Houston. Please take a moment to review my edit. If necessary, add  after the link to keep me from modifying it. Alternatively, you can add  to keep me off the page altogether. I made the following changes:
*Added archive https://web.archive.org/20090311061050/http://www.alumniconnections.com:80/olc/pub/UHU/about/about_1.html to http://www.alumniconnections.com/olc/pub/UHU/about/about_1.html
When you have finished reviewing my changes, please set the checked parameter below to true to let others know.
Cheers. —cyberbot IITalk to my owner:Online 12:32, 19 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  External links modified 

message: Hello fellow Wikipedians,
I have just modified  on University of Houston. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
*Added archive http://www.webcitation.org/6Pg7vCEwR to http://www.nacubo.org/Documents/EndowmentFiles/2013NCSEEndowmentMarket%20ValuesRevisedFeb142014.pdf
When you have finished reviewing my changes, please set the checked parameter below to true or failed to let others know (documentation at ).
Cheers.—cyberbot IITalk to my owner:Online 03:31, 2 July 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  External links modified 

message: Hello fellow Wikipedians,
I have just modified 4 external links on University of Houston. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
*Corrected formatting/usage for http://www.nacubo.org/Documents/EndowmentFiles/2013NCSEEndowmentMarket%20ValuesRevisedFeb142014.pdf
*Corrected formatting/usage for http://www.nirsa.org/about/awards/awards_04.htm
*Corrected formatting/usage for http://www.naab.org/usr_doc/Accredited_Programs_22.pdf
*Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20130116181259/http://mup.asu.edu/research2010.pdf to http://mup.asu.edu/research2010.pdf
When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.
Cheers.—InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) 12:38, 12 May 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  External links modified 

message: Hello fellow Wikipedians,
I have just modified 6 external links on University of Houston. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
*Added  tag to http://thedailycougar.com/2013/06/17/board-of-regents-approves-tu
*Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20071213110858/http://uh.edu/research/labs-center to http://www.uh.edu/research/labs-center
*Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20120510142442/http://www.research.uh.edu/Home/Centers-Institutes-and-Labs.aspx to http://www.research.uh.edu/Home/Centers-Institutes-and-Labs.aspx
*Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20081206022259/http://www.focusonals.com/university_combine.htm to http://www.focusonals.com/university_combine.htm
*Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20110621232511/http://www.uh.edu/research/clusters/index.php to http://www.uh.edu/research/clusters/index.php
*Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20140324015009/http://www.uh.edu/about/history/traditions.php to http://www.uh.edu/about/history/traditions.php
*Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20130518052100/http://www.uh.edu/features/on-campus/red-friday/index.php to http://www.uh.edu/features/on-campus/red-friday/index.php
*Added  tag to http://www.thedailycougar.com/fiesta-fun-in-full-swing-1.1629919
*Added  tag to https://ecommunications.houston.edu/uhclass/notice-description.tcl?newsletter_id=17638473
When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.
Cheers.—InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) 18:08, 4 September 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  External links modified 

message: Okay, so I found only a couple of mentions of this guy online. One is here- https://www.crunchbase.com/person/eric-woods-2 . I also found a LinkedIn for him as well. He seems to run something called the Woods Family Office, "devoted to the preservation of the Woods family's private wealth." Other than that, I can't find anything on the guy. He seems to keep an extremely low profile. I don't know if he needs to be in the article or not, but it appears he might just be real. Maybe. I'm not 100% tbh. MostlyTexasArticles (talk) 05:54, 9 March 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Does this Mr. Woods have any connection to the University of Houston?--Quisqualis (talk) 06:10, 9 March 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Idk. He was in the article for some reason and someone said he isn't real. He is, but yeah, what the hell does he have to do with UofH? So anyway. Real (probably), but not in the article anymore anyway. MostlyTexasArticles (talk) 06:14, 9 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Eric Woods 

message: Greetings,
Wikipedia has an article Cynthia D. Ritchie, you are requested to update, expand, copy edit the article. Also you can help the same by adding the article to your watch list.
Bookku (talk) 18:36, 9 July 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Cynthia D. Ritchie]]