Talk:Graduation

message: Rather than editing the article itself, I'm going to just draft an outline suggestion on changing this article to include the customs from other countries.  (I used two countries just to show for example). Here I added some 
Brief overview of graduation
=== Western Tradition ===
Mention briefly about robes, etc.
==== United States ====
Specific traditions in United States, maybe mention some historical quirks from various universities and various university traditional quirks.  Mention about something about a traditional "Senior Prank"  Perhaps include High School Graduation?
=====Particular Institutions=====
Dartmouth is said to have held its commencement ceremony on more consecutive occasions than any school in the U.S.  Is this true?  It has granted degrees each year since 1771, but were all granted at official ceremonies?  Harvard, William & Mary, Penn, Columbia, Princeton, Brown, and Rutgers all closed during the Revolution or at some other time since, probably Yale too.
=====Usage of "graduation" for schools below high school=====
Though many junior high schools, middle schools and even elementary schools and preschools have so-called "graduation ceremonies", I'm certain that the use of "graduation" isn't technically correct in the US unless it describes finishing high school or higher institutions. Bubbha 09:56, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: You are correct. Graduation in the true sense only applies to high school and above. The Mysterious El Willstro (talk) 04:21, 20 April 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Outline Discussion 

message: Mention briefly about robes, etc.
==== United States ====
Specific traditions in United States, maybe mention some historical quirks from various universities and various university traditional quirks.  Mention about something about a traditional "Senior Prank"  Perhaps include High School Graduation?
=====Particular Institutions=====
Dartmouth is said to have held its commencement ceremony on more consecutive occasions than any school in the U.S.  Is this true?  It has granted degrees each year since 1771, but were all granted at official ceremonies?  Harvard, William & Mary, Penn, Columbia, Princeton, Brown, and Rutgers all closed during the Revolution or at some other time since, probably Yale too.
=====Usage of "graduation" for schools below high school=====
Though many junior high schools, middle schools and even elementary schools and preschools have so-called "graduation ceremonies", I'm certain that the use of "graduation" isn't technically correct in the US unless it describes finishing high school or higher institutions. Bubbha 09:56, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: You are correct. Graduation in the true sense only applies to high school and above. The Mysterious El Willstro (talk) 04:21, 20 April 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Western Tradition 

message: Specific traditions in United States, maybe mention some historical quirks from various universities and various university traditional quirks.  Mention about something about a traditional "Senior Prank"  Perhaps include High School Graduation?
=====Particular Institutions=====
Dartmouth is said to have held its commencement ceremony on more consecutive occasions than any school in the U.S.  Is this true?  It has granted degrees each year since 1771, but were all granted at official ceremonies?  Harvard, William & Mary, Penn, Columbia, Princeton, Brown, and Rutgers all closed during the Revolution or at some other time since, probably Yale too.
=====Usage of "graduation" for schools below high school=====
Though many junior high schools, middle schools and even elementary schools and preschools have so-called "graduation ceremonies", I'm certain that the use of "graduation" isn't technically correct in the US unless it describes finishing high school or higher institutions. Bubbha 09:56, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: You are correct. Graduation in the true sense only applies to high school and above. The Mysterious El Willstro (talk) 04:21, 20 April 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  United States 

message: Though many junior high schools, middle schools and even elementary schools and preschools have so-called "graduation ceremonies", I'm certain that the use of "graduation" isn't technically correct in the US unless it describes finishing high school or higher institutions. Bubbha 09:56, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: You are correct. Graduation in the true sense only applies to high school and above. The Mysterious El Willstro (talk) 04:21, 20 April 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Usage of "graduation" for schools below high school

message: Mention briefly about Eastern tradition, include any influences brought about from Western culture
==== Japan ====
*Mention about different ceremonial songs, etc
*Not having been to Japan myself I don't feel qualified enough to add them in here, however I understand that Aogeba tōtoshi and Hotaru no hikari are both traditional graduation songs, and thus merit being mentioned here. Aidolon 04:19, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Eastern Tradition 

message: *Mention about different ceremonial songs, etc
*Not having been to Japan myself I don't feel qualified enough to add them in here, however I understand that Aogeba tōtoshi and Hotaru no hikari are both traditional graduation songs, and thus merit being mentioned here. Aidolon 04:19, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Japan 

message: Influences from Western culture, any historical view points of how scholars before modern day graduation was held???
- Allyunion 00:30, 21 Aug 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  China 

message: The External links section was tagged with . As a result, as part of WP:WPSPAM, I've reviewed the external links. In my opinion they contribute nothing to the article and they all appear to be either selling stuff or promoting stuff, hence I have removed all the external links. -- Rehnn83 Talk 09:35, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  External Links 

message: "the University of Wales hold their graduation ceremonies almost entirely in the Welsh language, even though few students understand either of these languages" - this should be changed so that it says that only Welsh Speakers understand most of the congregations of a graduation. This is just another blatant attack on the Welsh language.Amlder20 17:34, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Well spotted; fixed. (You know this is a wiki and you can change it yourself, too, of course.) Marnanel 23:28, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  This is slightly wrong 

message: Would a knowledgeable editor please assist here:
# (cur) (last)  18:47, March 12, 2007 66.114.46.247 (Talk) (undo)
# (cur) (last) 23:19, February 28, 2007 211.125.175.193 (Talk) (undo)
In between these two edits a prominent advertisement for www.graduationtickets.com appeared in the article, yet the history will not identify that edit.  The history appears to be incomplete.  Could we please remove the spam and figure out what happened here?  Miqrogroove (talk) 02:01, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It was added in the March 12 edit.  .  Its gone now.  Thanks.Montco (talk) 03:20, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  SPAM 

message: I've met a few university/college students in my country who would rather skip the graduation ceremony if possible, but had to go through with it in order to receive their degrees. Some of them disliked the formalist nature of the whole affair, some had other obligations and would rather not stay a month just for a glorified party, and others still simply hadn't made that many friends through college and didn't want to be that lonely person who is only applauded by their family. Is it the same way over in the States and Western Europe, or are you given the ability to simply get the degree you earned without sitting through contrived speeches and insincere frat-boy pats in the back? 87.101.51.85 (talk) 00:30, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: AFAIK it's not mandatory at any British university. There are, however, at least some universities where the regulations stipulate that honorary degrees can't be conferred without the recipient present. Timrollpickering (talk) 16:04, 14 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is the graduation ceremony mandatory? 

message: At which universities' graduations is this sung? None that I know of...--Oxonian2006 (talk) 22:03, 25 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Let's just say the top 2 Google hits for it are both this very Talk Page Section (why Google repeats the exact same hit, I have no idea). It's probably not notable. The Mysterious El Willstro (talk) 19:05, 5 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: ''De breuitate uitae'' or ''gaudeamus igitur''

message: After one graduates high school they then become ----- ?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.189.166.112 (talk) 20:40, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  ... a 'high school graduate'! At least that's a term that seems to be on American TV and in US media I come across in Australia. Over here, there really isn't a noun phrase expression for the concept (or, at least, not one I've ever come across).Luton Hoo (talk) 16:17, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

text: That's true. (S)He also becomes an Alumnus or Alumna of [Insert name of school here]. The Mysterious El Willstro (talk) 19:02, 5 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Question 

message: The section on the University of Cambridge is rather long for an article on graduation in general. On the other hand, the University of Cambridge article has nothing on its graduation process. Should the section be moved there, leaving only a summary?
Thanks, Cmglee (talk) 23:40, 21 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Done! cmɢʟee☺τaʟκ  00:01, 27 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  University of Cambridge 

message: US schools and UK universities often use the phrase "class of..." (e.g. class of 1986) yet the term is ambiguous: does it refer to the year or graduation or the year that the graduates entered the institution?  Does anybody have an accurate description?  This article is certainly the right place to explain it. Mrstonky (talk) 18:46, 10 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: In the US at least, the phrase refers to the year of graduation, so that a student entering an institution as a freshman in the 2007-08 academic year and graduating at the end of the 2010-11 academic year would be a member of the Class of 2011.Donn Smith (talk) 21:08, 23 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  ''Class of...'' 

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message: There should be a whole section on the history of graduation, processes, traditions, political controversies, etc. Graduation did not spawn like that, but was the result of many transformations.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Christian.ispir (talk • contribs) 10:45, 20 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  "History of graduation in Medieval Europe" 

message: I am going to place an original research tag on the article because it is writen as such, not citing any sources for verification.--Marceki111 (talk) 22:46, 5 December 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: There's a difference between an article not being sourced and an article that contains original research. I think you're confusing this concept. Just because an article doesn't have sources does not mean someone is pulling the information out of thin air. Original research means that someone experienced something or did their own research on it and then wrote an article only relying on their knowledge. I see none of that present here and have removed the OR tag. Pinkadelica♣ 08:47, 30 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Original research 

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