Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Higher education/tables

message: As a part of reviving the univerity wikiproject, I'm going to clean up and organize this talk page. Much of what has been discussed here is now settled and not really relevant anymore, so a lot of it will be removed. Acaides 20:56, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Cleanup

message: ===Current standard===
The table currently included in the university example (sandbox) is the university infobox template. I think a wikipedia template is definately the way to go for the table in university articles. It greatly simplifies the article source, it makes uniformity very easy, and style changes can be applied to every article that uses it by just changing the template. Acaides 20:56, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Infobox template

message: The table currently included in the university example (sandbox) is the university infobox template. I think a wikipedia template is definately the way to go for the table in university articles. It greatly simplifies the article source, it makes uniformity very easy, and style changes can be applied to every article that uses it by just changing the template. Acaides 20:56, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Current standard

message: :I think the sections that don't apply (i.e., with "n/a") should simply be left out of the table. I think the photos are better placed in the body of the article. --Jiang 23:33, 10 Aug 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: I had another thought - if the school has official colours, shouldn't the table reflect that? For UWO for example, the table would look better (for me, as a UWO student :)) if it had purple in it somewhere, in the headers for example. I'll put that in so you can see what I mean. Adam Bishop 22:22, 11 Aug 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: I think color-matching each table to each university is a bad idea. The whole point of this project is to establish a sort of universal standard for these articles, this wouldn't help that goal. Also, if you ever look at Encarta or print encyclopedias, you won't see this school color matching. In fact, in every article I have read from other encyclopedias, you don't even see a mention of the school colors, let alone an incorporation of them into the encyclopedia's look and feel. One table color for everyone. Acaides 20:56, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Application

message: :What about including mottos in the table? I don't know if every school has one, though (UWO does). Adam Bishop 00:47, 11 Aug 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: I think the motto might be a good idea for the table, but I know not all universities have one. This could be a big problem. Maybe it would be better to mention in in the text of the article. Acaides 20:56, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Mottos

message: :In my version, I readded the "religious affiliation" line because it needs to be more clear when no religious affiliation exists. I also rearranged the order. Just as the president of a country is listed first, I think the u. leader might as well be lister first also. --Jiang 00:51, 11 Aug 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: I think religious affiliation should be in the table. It is not a part of the current Infobox template, we need to take a look at how to incorporate it. Acaides 20:56, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Religious affiliation

message: :Adding the school's endowment is a useful piece of information that might be hard to work into the body of the article. Rkevins82 15:58, 9 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Endowment

message: There are now the following country-specific university infobox templates, with one example for each (of several in some cases) where it has been applied:
*:Template:Infobox_Austrian_University, applied at University of Vienna (added to the list today / up◦land 17:26, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Country-specific infoboxes