Talk:Wellesley College

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Scholarly sources on reputation
At the recent large RfC on mentions of reputation in the leads of institutions of higher education, I brought up Wellesley as a challenge case study of a school that probably ought to have something more substantial than it currently does. ElKevbo gave a very detailed reply with lots of scholarly sources that may be of use to anyone who wants to improve this page. &#123;{u&#124; Sdkb  }&#125;  talk 09:07, 27 July 2020 (UTC)
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Higher_education&oldid=965591039#A_challenge_case_study_for_P2_supporters:_Wellesley_College User:Fred Bauder Talk 01:44, 9 June 2021 (UTC)

Suggested Merger

 * Oppose. The two articles/topics are distinct from one another.Davidbena (talk) 02:11, 16 September 2020 (UTC)

List of Wellesley women missing Wikipedia biographies
See WikiProject Women in Red/Missing articles by education/US - Wellesley College. &#123;{u&#124; Sdkb  }&#125;  talk 20:58, 26 September 2020 (UTC)

Notable alumnae
I believe that the phrasing of "Harriet Stratemeyer Adams (pen name Carolyn Keene) class of 1914" misleadingly implies that Stratemeyer Adams was the sole (or even primary) author to use the Carolyn Keene pseudonym and is therefore principally responsible for the most famous Keene works: the Nancy Drew series. The effect is to repeat a distortion promoted by Stratemeyer Adams for much of her life, who falsely claimed to be the author of the Nancy Drew books once they proved to be so popular. In fact, as is now extensively detailed (including in several other Wikipedia articles, such as the "Carolyn Keene" entry), the primary author of the first several Nancy Drew books was Mildred Wirt Benson. Stratemeyer Adams's position as publisher, and the confidentiality clauses in the ghostwriters' contracts, enabled her to falsely claim sole authorship until a court case in the early 1980s revealed the contributions of Benson and the other ghostwriters. I don't dispute that Harriet Stratemeyer Adams is an appropriate Wellesleyan to include in the "Notable alumnae" section, but I think that a less misleading way to describe her would be as simply "author and publisher Harriet Stratemeyer Adams, class of 1914." SquidPebblePoliceman (talk) 23:36, 21 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Agree. A look at the Carolyn Keene page makes it clear that she was only one of many who wrote under that pen name. I've modified the entry accordingly. --RegentsPark (comment) 01:16, 22 October 2020 (UTC)

Politics
Wellesley must have had a conservative student body at one time. When and how did it change? Mona Lisa Smile, set in 1953, describes Wellesley as the most conservative college in the US. User:Fred Bauder Talk 01:35, 9 June 2021 (UTC)

How much does it cost?
Article gives the typical grant size, without saying if it covers costs. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 139.168.96.9 (talk) 08:00, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

Copy editing
Apparently a world-famous institution of higher learning doesn't care to vet its own article.

Down below, the name of the man who landscaped the campus is correct. But in para. 2 of the article, at top, it's a different man. Misspelled, we may add.

Jimlue (talk) 19:44, 17 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your suggestion. When you believe an article needs improvement, please feel free to change it. We encourage you to be bold in updating pages, because wikis like ours develop faster when everybody edits. Don't worry too much about making honest mistakes—they're likely to be found and corrected quickly. You can always preview your edits before you publish them or test them out in the sandbox. If you need additional help, check out our getting started page or ask the friendly folks at the Teahouse.   ElKevbo (talk) 20:19, 17 April 2022 (UTC)