Talk:North Greenville University/Archive 1

For Future Reference
This needs to be an encyclopedia article, not an entire school publication copied and pasted into it. Further edits should have purpose and reason within the boundaries of an encyclopedia.

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The Rules Section
I believe the rules section to be vital to NGU's Wikipedia page. The rules listed on the page are not typical of most colleges and are important for anyone seeking to understand more about the school. Additionally, I have included two different citations to pdf versions of the Enlightener, which is the name of North Greenville's rule book. However, given the apparent sensitivity of some people to the way the rules are presented, I wanted to get some opinions about whether the rules section comes off as objective or whether it appears to be an attack on the school. Any suggestions to changing the wording would be much appreciated. I don't think blanking the entire section would be an appropriate response as these rules clearly are a major part of attending school at NGU. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Scdantes (talk • contribs) 02:20, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
 * It's not unusual for parochial schools/colleges/universities to have more restrictive rules; a simple link to the institutions rules is sufficient. OhNo itsJamie Talk 02:32, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for unbiased, outside opinion, Ohnoitsjamie! SCDantes, I'm sorry about your bad experience with NGU, truly. My daughter loves it there. Maybe it's changed? I found your review on reviewschools.org, and I understand you have many issues to take up with the school. Joejoe399 (talk) 02:41, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

To be honest with you, I had a great experience there. I wouldn't change it for the world. Never really got into trouble, made lifelong friends and had some great professors. I loved the campus (except for the 5 mph speed limit) and would love to return to the area someday. My issue is the school should be more upfront with everyone about the rules they have. When I started, I didn't know that my room could be searched at any time, that my car would be occasionally searched by RA's, that anonymous accusations would lead to you having to take a lie detector test, or that I would have people watching me watch chapel to be sure I was paying attention. I can't say when I wrote that review, and looking back, I do regret the tone. The school has made a few changes that I'm aware of- mainly the website is ten times better than it was. I really do love the school- I just want to ensure that those looking to attend know what they are getting themselves into. It's only fair if the school is going to enforce the rules so strictly that there be a complete disclosure upfront about the type of rules that the students are expected to follow given failure to comply could potentially cost the student and their parents thousands of dollars in tuition, room and board.Scdantes (talk) 03:36, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
 * I agree that the rules should not be written in the article, but, if you found reliable sources which criticised the rules, you could add that criticism to the article. Passionless   -Talk  03:51, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

Dispute
I jumped in after reading the "third opinion" request. These edits following mine seem to be a nice compromise. Thoughts? OhNo itsJamie Talk 04:51, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Addendum to that diff; I just realized someone changed a ref without a good reason; I restored that section. OhNo itsJamie Talk 04:53, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

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