Talk:School of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton

Reads like an advert
The opening section of this article doesn't provide any information besides league table placement. It doesn't matter how well it's referenced and researched, it's still not encyclopaedic.

Nowhere is it discussed what the school does, what they research, any major developments they've had, anything which sets it apart from other schools, etc. besides figures. That would make this article more encyclopaedic.

I'd label the section as follows, but thought it should be discussed first. advert


 * When creating this page I pulled the majority of the contents directly from the University of Southampton article, which I have been putting in some major edits for over the last few months. Previous versions of the university article were, in my opinion, becoming too biased (in contents and edits) towards ECS. I do believe the school is notable and deserving of its own page, as discussed in UNIGUIDE.


 * I am not convinced that the article reads like an advertisement (although I agree there is some bias from the previous authors), for example, a school advertisement is hardly likely to advertise the destruction of its former building. There are also external references to the quality of its research. Perhaps a different type of label is more appropriate.. how about..

Wikify


 * I don't think wikification is what you are looking for. The article's formatting is in line with the manual of style.  You are probably looking for tone or copyedit. -- Whpq (talk) 18:10, 5 May 2009 (UTC)


 * An article that opens like this is trying to sell something.
 * "The School of Electronics and Computer Science, generally abbreviated 'ECS', in the University of Southampton is regarded by the IET as having the 'biggest and strongest academic unit in the country in Electrical and Electronic Engineering.' [1] and has been at the forefront of the Open Access movement."
 * There ought to be basic facts, like what it is, what they teach and what they research. Information about how and when it was founded would also be informative. Also, I didn't say that the whole article read like an advert, only the opening section. It should be easy to fix by adding more information. I think most of the information currently in the opening belongs in a separate section about achievements or recognition. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.97.185.77 (talk) 12:05, 6 May 2009 (UTC)