Talk:University of California, Riverside/Archive 7

message: Although I agree that this article is not written from neutral point of view, whoever puts up the dispute tag needs to propose specific changes to make the article neutral. For now I'm putting up a  tag for others to check the neutrality of this article. AucamanTalk 11:13, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with your edit. generally though, colleges do take credit for providing the formative experiences leading to later acomplishments. that a direct relationship is involved is questionable,   however. thx---Amerique 15:58, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

text: Nay.  I'll try to make up something like a full list of disputed items this weekend.  --ElKevbo 00:47, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Ongoing problems?

message: The fact that Studentsreview.com is being refernced on wikipedia shows that this article has little credibility.  It's obviously a blatant attempt to cast a bad impression on UC Riverside.  The studentsreview.com survey MUST be removed--it only adds credence that this article has a strong negative POV.  Teknosoul02 03:49, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Studentsreview.com

message: As further evidence that UCRGrad has an agenda to smear UC Riverside, check out this dialogue from this very own discussion page:
"I fail to see how "malintent" was demonstrated by including this information about the campus. If you recall, there were numerous sources that supported the name "UC Retards" as a nickname, however, none of them were stringent enough by WP standards, and we were unable to use them. By not acknowledging that "UC Retards" is a common expansion of the acronym "UCR," you are either a) exceedingly biased, or b) not sufficiently familiar with the campus to be an editor of this article. UCRGrad 22:33, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Please see my comments below under "Note to TeknoSoul02" - as promised before, I cannot and will not respond to arguments that contain such accusatory and uncivil language.  Thanks. UCRGrad 13:22, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Student happiness

message: i'm begining to gather references for a new section on UCR's campus & environment. This section will incorporate the info already in the Student Life section in the paragraph begining "On the other side of California State Route 60..." and the paragraph on smog. I will only edit this material to the extent I have to make it work within the new section. Also, the entry on KUCR will be moved to Student life, and eventually expanded. if you have any insights or issues with any of this let me know.--Amerique 16:29, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: ok, i'm finished for now, but i have more material related to the effect of smog on enrollment at UCR, (it almost shut the campus down in the 70s) that should probably go into History. The section on the Palm Desert Campus should probably round out the History section, also. i am curious as to what regular visitors to this page think of these contributions. best,--Amerique 00:23, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Campus and Environment

message: It is entirely possible to bring the UCR article up to featured status. For a comparable model, check out the article on Michigan State University. Note how this article handles negative information graciously and as a matter of fact in examples such as:
:Like other large American universities, MSU has a large number of teaching assistants teaching upper-level courses. This led The Princeton Review in 2005 to rank MSU eleventh worst in the category of "teaching assistants teach too many upper-level courses".[21]
:Michigan State ranks 77th in the world, according to a Shanghai Jiao Tong University study,[22] with U.S. News & World Report's ranking MSU 74th in the U.S.[23]
:Global leader by 2012
:Since the end of the Hannah era, Michigan State has shifted its focus from increasing the size of its student body to improving its national and global reputation, which has not been easy. In recent years, "town and gown" relations have soured as students and permanent residents looked at each other with increasing hostility. Tensions worsened when East Lansing erupted in riots in 1997,[10] 1998,[11] and 1999.[12] After several years without major incidents, another disturbance happened on April 2, 2005, after MSU's defeat to North Carolina in the 2005 men's basketball Final Four.[citation needed] Officially deemed a "civil disturbance" rather than a riot, the incident sparked a debate over police brutality in East Lansing, which has yet to be resolved. Despite the damage to MSU's image, the University looks to improve its academic reputation in the 21st century.
No UC article has ever achieved featured status on wikipedia. With UCR, the task should be easy, as there is less history to work with and the size of the campus in all its dimensions would make it easier to write a comprehensive article. If we refocus the collective energy that goes into these talk pages to the article, the UCR article could easily become the shining jewel of the UC articles before the end of summer.
Towards that goal, I'll be focusing next week on contextualizing the information contained in "Student life" on diversity-related issues, and on anything else i happen to find good references for.--Amerique 21:16, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Featured article status?