Talk:Ohio Wesleyan University/Archive 4

message: I'd hate to see this article fail. So here are a few points, mainly about appearance and could be browser-related:
*OhioWesleyanCampus.gif is not properly tagged.
*The background in Wesleyanseal.jpg does not match the table color; same issue with Bishop.gif.
*Beeghly.jpg is not placed correctly.
*The Presidents of Ohio Wesleyan University table needs some work.
I also think the introduction contains a little too much. - Eagletalk 03:06, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Good article nomination 

message: I don't understand it, but it seems that whenever someone adds the Methodist Colleges category to this article, it gets removed by a newly registered user. Froshowu, Rossdaniel, whoever.  These various (different?) people bother to register on WP just to do a quick category edit?  Too weird.  
And weirder still since OWU does state (on owu.edu/about.html): "Founded by Methodists in 1842, OWU maintains an active affiliation with The United Methodist Church and is recognized nationally for welcoming students of all religious faiths", and OWU is listed on the UMC General Board of Higher Education and Ministry site at gbhem.org/gbhem/colleges.html.  Bob schwartz 21:38, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: What is interesting is that there are 4 UMC members on the board. There aren't 4 UMC members (voting or non-voting) on the board of Rhodes College or Harvard University. Why aren't there 4 UMC members on the board of these institutions? Well, probably because they aren't affiliated with the UMC. OWU does claim to be affiliated with the UMC -- they don't claim to be operated by or owned by the UMC. I'm not aware of any colleges actually owned by The Southern Baptist Convention, The Presbyterian Church, or the United Methodist Church -- yet there are dozens of institutions affiliated with these protestant denominations. I won't go into the Orthodox churches. I have reinserted the category because, no matter how tenous the affiliation might be, OWU is affiliated with the UMC. --Chiacomo talk 05:42, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Methodist affiliation 

message: Template:Wesleyantime has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you. BryanD 20:53, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  TfD nomination of Template:Wesleyantime 

message: I moved the gay-friendly sentence down into the General Information section yesterday, and I noticed that someone added it into the introduction again today.  Since it's already in the article later, I'm going to take it out of the introduction.  My rationale was that, while it is important information to include, it is not a distinguising feature of the university (at least in my eyes).  I'm willing to entertain a discussion, though, if people think it should be up in the introduction.  Thanks -- BryanD 13:43, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gay-friendly information 

message: Does anyone know how the advisory system is supposed to be "distinctive", or how it is related to Oxford?  This seems like more "brochure" writing, but I don't want to remove it until I'm sure.  BryanD 22:27, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Distinctive advisory system" question 

message: Most of the foreign language translations translate to Wesleyan University. Obviously, Ohio Wesleyan University is not Wesleyan University. Whoever wrote the foreign language pages, (or understands these languages,) please change them. They communicate erroneous information. 24.2.244.245 05:15, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Misnamed foreign language pages 

message: * User:Pastorwayne added 1841 as the first year of the school with the use of Wikipedia Category. I think this is factually incorrect, in addition to other things that he is trying to insert without discussion. Isn't the college founded in 1844? Remrem 00:31, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Founding