Talk:University of Wisconsin/Archive 1

message: A new survey has been created to assess consensus with respect to university naming conventions, specifically regarding the usage of terms like "University of Texas" vs. "University of Texas at Austin".  The poll addresses this issue both in the specific case of the "University of Maryland" and proposes an amendment to Wikipedia:Naming conventions which could impact a large number of additional pages, including this one.  Dragons flight 17:48, Mar 27, 2005 (UTC)
:Personally I prefer "University of ...at...." for readability.  I have always found it awkward Univeristy of Wisconsin - Madison. It all sounds so bureacracy sounding and cold.  I can't speak to other schools, but in the 70s when the state system in Wisconsin went to this it was all to make all the other campuses in the system rise above being "state colleges" and have them rub elbows with the big guys reputation in Madison.  This sorta was to give the state colleges some added cache and access to more academic funding from the state.  
:Please don't accuse me of Madison elitism.  I've always maintained that if you are not a genius that for the first two years of undergraduate work seriously consider a "state college" because they are more in the business of seeing the students succeed.  I just have never believed that facultys with 35000 plus students care much more for the freshman and sophomore than getting their money.Kyle Andrew Brown 04:59, 28 August 2005 (UTC)

message: The Wisconsin Union was founded in 1907, second only to Harvard's among U.S. universities — What is the meaning this sentence from the article?
--Blainster 20:06, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: If the idea stays, it probably should somehow express that the Wisconsin Union shares with Harvard some unique characteristics (historical, functions, idea?)  The actual comparison to Harvard seems awkward.  (As as a heated shortcut from Langdon Street towards Bascom Hill in winter when it is -20 it is second to no Union!)Kyle Andrew Brown 06:31, 13 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Wisconsin Union

message: Could a writer give some attention to this section.  It's okay to bring out the controversy about stem cells, but as written it sorta has George Bush all alone out there negatively attached to the policy.  A POV would have some considering it a positive policy.  As it stands, the policy is actually official United States Government policy and as written there a reader could say what is in the section is a POV that attacks George Bush rather than bring out the dynamic of the debate that recognizes the evolving political consideration of the ethical dimensions of the research.Kyle Andrew Brown 06:27, 13 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: The section you are talking about is just sloppy.  The ethical/policy considerations sentence is a jumble of phrases.  In fact, the link pointing to GWB's domestic policy is a waste, since there is nothing but a mention on the page.  Rather than get to the flesh of the issue here, a simple link to a better discussion would be preferable (to me).  However, I know of no such page. Rkevins82 06:56, 13 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Stem Cell 

message: Movement of longstanding text of the history of the University to "Sterling Hall" without going to TALK was not appropriate.  If you choose to have a Sterling Hall subheading and collect information there, go to it.  
However, removing this CENTRAL event and the Vietnam War from the main page remove both the impact of the period and its direct effect and reflection of what the university is and was is -- trivilizes it, removes it from contemporary thought, and makes the history section totally sanitized. 
The University of Wisconsin has been made strong by avoiding the sanitization of history, and your movement of this text away is POV and sanitization.  
And not going to TALK was inappropriate.Kyle Andrew Brown 01:10, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  History 

message: I changed another editor's translation of Numen Lumen to the orignal and popular translation offered by its creator based on what I found here (it's not the most PC translation, but it is traditional): Madmaxmarchhare 19:48, 4 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Numen Lumen 

message: The right-floating image of the capitol/Humanities building/library/etc. (the last image) actually covers up some of the text in my browser. I'm not really sure how to go about fixing this. (I'm using Firefox 1.5) Actually, now that I look at it, two of the other right-floating images also cover up text: the pics of Bascom hill and the Music Hall.  Soapergem
I can fix this if you want, I've gotten good with picture problems.  Cornell Rockey 18:29, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Formatting 

message: I think some things could be done to this page to fix it up a little bit.
* Division into new sections.  The WARF might be better on its own page.  The Sterling Hall bombing could be put into a larger "History" section.  Some background on the early history of the university would be nice
* Organizing the alumni by area (politics, arts, etc...)
Any other suggestions or ideas?
Large Boat 16:11, 31 Oct 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: From "Talk:University of Wisconsin-Madison"

message: This page should be at University of Wisconsin, and the article there probably just removed - we can have a disambig notice at the top to take people to University of Wisconsin System. john k 00:19, 20 Mar 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Name (2005)