Talk:University of Derby

message: My feeling is that the wholescale deletion of the previous article on 13/04/06, and replacement with promotional material, is not appropriate. My edit on 15/04/06 removes those parts of the new text that I thought were just opinion. Obviously what is left is not good, but it might at least form the basis for a more factual entry. I also reinstated SU information, which seemed fine. Before doing this I looked at the talk for one or two other universities. There is a good discussion on fact vs hype in discussion of the opening paragraph of the LSE article (Talk:London School of Economics) which perhaps might usefully inform future development of this page. 86.30.226.242 21:49, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fact vs hype 

message: (I'm posting this to all articles on UK universities as so far discussion hasn't really taken off on Wikipedia:WikiProject Universities.)
There needs to be a broader convention about which university rankings to include in articles. Currently it seems most pages are listing primarily those that show the institution at its best (or worst in a few cases). See Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Universities#University ratings. Timrollpickering 22:38, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: University ratings

message: :Image:University of Derby logo.gif is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.
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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:University of Derby logo.gif

message: Now who can guess... which dept "delivers a vast spectrum of programmes representing prospects in further education on through to multiple masters and doctoral degrees." Surely someone can remember! Come on lets rid this article of the marketting phrases and see if this university can give the impression of scholarly study. Someone here must now how to write an article with references and citations without including adjectives like "polished", famous and world-renowned. Oh and if you're still stuck about the dept then clue its at a high altitude!  . Victuallers (talk) 16:47, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Very cultured, fixed that one now 'watered' it down.  Carn't see the wood for the trees, a fresh set of eyes is always good for spotting the obvious mistakes. - BulldozerD11 (talk) 17:09, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Its a quiz

message: I have surveyed a couple dozen or so 'start class' universities, a couple dozen or so 'C class', and a couple dozen or so 'B class'. These scales are so terribly non-standardized that they are more or less useless in terms of reliability. Nevertheless, this page at very least seems to deserve a 'C class' rating and by comparison to some of the rankings of its peers it deserves a 'B class' ranking. I think a 'C' is legitimate. I don't think I would argue with a 'B' however but this would be by the proverbial skin of its teeth. Although the article has a tremendous way to go for a 'GA', I think the evidence dictates that 'start class' is no longer warranted. I will await feedback and if there is none I will proceed to escalate the ranking of the article.....thanks.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.98.186.215 (talk) 19:35, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Uni Quality Scale

message: It seems in 2006 this article was marked as POV and somebody tried to fix it. The entire opening statement s shocking for this - no ref in sight. Maybe a rollback is in order? Marmouse999 (talk) 11:25, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Marketing 

message: There are a number of fundamental errors in this article. John Coyne retired from the post of Vice Chancellor on 10th July 2015. His replacement is Kathryn Mitchell due to start in September 1st.
The structure of Faculties and Schools was changed on August 1st 2014 (I think) to a new structure of Colleges and Departments.
There may be other aspects of the article that are out of date.
I am an employee of the University and therefore hesitant to edit the article. However, if no-one else does this in the near future I will update the article with the relevant facts.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kitlane (talk • contribs) 22:45, 15 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Out of Date information