Talk:University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee/Archive 1

message: I have removed the following entries from the main article:
Jori Bittner, Fall 2005 MBA Lawyer Referral and Information Service Intern.
Karl Schulz, World renowned robotic dancer/DJ, author of "I DO swing that way...", bestselling memoir on a lustrious swing-dancing career.
Britt Bellinger, Model/Actress, MBA Lawyer Referral and Information Service Director, astronaut.
The first two did not pass the  Google test, and would certainly qualify under the Deletion of vanity articles criteria.
The entry on Britt Bellinger, however, did result in a good amount of web results. Her web page is #1 on Google when only her name is entered. From the sources on the net, it was fairly easy to ascertain that she is both a model and an MBA Lawyer referral. Certainly, the claim of being an astronaut is verifyable false. (Please see List_of_astronauts_by_name and NASA Astronauts).
With this under consideration, while some of the information can be verified, it does not appear to be validly 'noteworthy'. Please see example in ' Vanity Guidelines'. Please feel free to discuss.
--Shadowe 07:51, 8 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notable UWM Graduates 

message: have you had any famous athletes from your school?
Many, especially from its tradition-rich, perenially-ranked men's soccer program. Several famous and successful motorsports drivers also have degrees from the University's highly-ranked School of Engineering. 
Please see the updated Alumni section in the article for more info. 143.81.160.51 06:14, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  athletes 

message: Does anyone have access to a suitable photo for the article? The current image of part of a building and part of a sign adds little encyclopedic value to the article. --MichaelZimmer (talk) 21:56, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: When I went through and made the first major overhaul on the article in '04, I uploaded that picture due to two reasons: 1) Its an artistic picture of 2) probably the most recognizable building on campus. So, naturally, I think it works just fine. Of course, that would make me a bit biased in the suitability. ;)  --Shadowe 04:58, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It might be the most recognizable building, you just can't recognize it from the photo. :) --MichaelZimmer (talk) 10:39, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Photo 

message: ...is Milwaukee. All official releases from the school refer to ALL the school's team's as the "MILWAUKEE" Panthers, and then use UWM and Milwaukee interchangably throughout the rest of the article/release. They are the athletics teams OF the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and the athletic site is the official site OF the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, but the teams are the "Milwaukee Panthers". It's really not all that complicated once you think about it. 
User:1ne, when referring to the athletic teams, "Wisconsin-Milwaukee", and any variation there of, is indeed improper. I've added a cite stating this (the conference's official media guide), and corrected the article. 
I am very familiar with this situation, having worked with the school's SID regarding this issue in recent years. I realize it may seem like a strange idea at first to those unfamiliar, but just think about what the University of Wisconsin-Madison calls their athletics teams... the "Wisconsin" Badgers. They use only a part of their schools name, the part they believe best identifies the school for athletics. UWM simply does the same thing now. This is also not uncommon in recent years with other large state universities that compete in the NCAA's D-I, such as UNC-Charlotte and UT-Chattanooga that have done the same.
Let me know if you need any other sort of official confirmation from the school, and I should be able to get it for you. 
Thanks! - CollegeSportsGuy 04:54, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  The university's name for athletics... 

message: Someone who refuses to log in has been deleting my additions citing the lack of diversity on campus with no explanation being given.  My guess is that this is someone who has a fondness for the university doesn't want to see it here because it doesn't look good when a public university in a perdominantly minority city is over 80% white, but to that I say.... tough!  Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a recruitment brochure and anything that is backed up with the proper resources (unless you somehow don't consider the Journal-Sentinel or UWM's own "PantherVision" as "proper") has a right to be here, good or bad. If you don't like the facts, talk to the chancellor, but don't try to censor facts. --Illwauk 18:51, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lack Of Diversity 

message: Does anyone happen to know which UW campus did Phil Katz graduate from? Milwaukee Journal Sentinel seems to say he obtained his BS in computer science from UWM. But the Phil Katz article in Wikipedia says he graduated from Madison. Which one is right? Miaers 20:37, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The obit agrees with other articles that he graduated from the Computer Science Department at UWM.--Orange Mike 21:34, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: [[Phil Katz]]

message: This article is getting long. I propose splitting off the list of alumni to University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee alumni, or perhaps even create a List of University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee people (like the List of New York University people), which could also include current faculty or other notables who aren't alums. Thoughts? --ZimZalaBim (talk) 18:05, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: There's already a "Category:University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee people" for non-alumni (which I've been adding to pretty heavily lately, as I have the alumni category). I'm not sure we need a whole separate article for either one.--Orange Mike 18:18, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Even with the category, its a concern over WP:SIZE. Such separate articles are common. --ZimZalaBim (talk) 18:21, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Even counting all the lists, etc. we're only at 32.0 kB (4689 words) as of a few seconds ago. That's not really a size to worry about in the 21st century.--Orange Mike 18:39, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Split to University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee alumni