Talk:University of Hawaiʻi – West Oʻahu/Archive 1

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Request edit on 1 August 2019
Requesting edit because of a conflict of interest -- I am employed in the Communications Department of UH West Oahu. I decided to provide an updated version of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Hawaii%E2%80%93West_Oahu to correct inaccurate or outdated information. I also was dissatisfied that the article didn't do fully describe the school, and after watching little change in the article for two years, decided to take on the writing myself.

The problems included:
 * Outdated URL for the school’s website in the infobox. (corrected There's also an inaccuracy in listing David Lassner as president. He is president of the UH System, not UH West Oahu. But I was unable get the template to accept these changes;|-
 * Weak lead section that doesn't fully describe school (expanded to include new information in the article)
 * No History section as is recommended by Wikipedia: College and university article advice (added)
 * Academics section was incomplete and featured old information (rewritten to better explain academic offerings, table added);
 * Added Distance Learning subsection into Academics section because this is a significant offering at UH West Oahu, table added too;
 * Accreditation section added to flesh out who and when accredits school, program accreditation added;
 * Admission and Tuition information added with table;
 * Student section added to better describe who attends UH West Oahu;
 * Clubs and Organizations section expanded to better explain types of clubs and organizations;
 * Alumni Section added along with list of notable alumni;
 * Campus overview section included information that was either wrong (UH West Oahu does not have lowest tuition in nation), or moved elsewhere. This was replaced with information about campus' physical plant;
 * Incomplete list of Chancellors has been expanded with full list;
 * Incomplete and outdated information about Recognition and Awards has been expanded with newer and more significant rankings list.'''

Please excuse any missteps - this is my first time editing Wikipedia and I've taken the existing article and corrected and expanded it to bring it more in line with Wikipedia's College and university article advice. I've tried to stay objective as possible and have provided sourcing for almost every sentence, with some sentences carrying two or more citations. 3Kapolei (talk) 00:22, 2 August 2019 (UTC)

Reply 1-AUG-2019
Regards, Spintendo  03:40, 2 August 2019 (UTC)
 * 1) The edit request relies heavily on sources published by the University, with no less than 58% of the sources being self-published. A better percentage would be < 30%.
 * 2) The edit request also contains several references to Wikipedia and LinkedIn.
 * 3) The COI editor is asked to reformulate the proposed text so that it includes a wider selection of references originating from reliable, WP:SECONDARY sources unconnected to the University. Special care should also be taken to remove all references to Wikipedia, per WP:WINARS.
 * 4) The COI editor is invited to resubmit the request at their earliest convenience once these changes are made.