User:Philtweir/Academic Communities

This page is a working draft for an Academic Communities WikiProject - it does not yet exist!

Goals

 * Identifying a framework from already developed articles to improve basic articles on Academic Communities
 * Providing a talking shop for common areas of interest, such as College Choirs, formal dining, to improve coverage across the board
 * Engaging editors who are familiar with the relevant topics
 * As articles about less well-known colleges often enjoy moderately high view rates, but are often stubs or proportionally undermaintained, reducing the effects of vandalism and misinformation
 * Conversely, as highly developed articles may deal with standard subject matter inconsistently, providing links between articles to assist editors in identifying beneficial approaches employed in other mature articles.

Wanting to add a college-related article?

 * We will also aim to include articles whose relevance lies entirely, or predominantly, within a college, excluding biographical, choir and boat club articles, which, at least for the moment, represent a substantial number of articles that may be dealt with effectively elsewhere, each being notable in at least two WikiProjects and to some degree tangential here. Particularly, we do wish to include articles about buildings, quads and novel societies which derive their notability primarily from the college.

If that doesn't cover what you're looking for, read on...

Since different countries use the same words for different concepts and as a scale of grey exists, we have to use a rather lengthy definition for a relatively straightforward idea! As the meaning of "college" varies substantially internationally and as there are highly similar principles in action in continental Europe under different names, we use the following extended definition:

For this WikiProject, we use the term Academic Communities to refer to tertiary education institutions fulfilling the following criteria:
 * does not grant degrees
 * is linked to a university [is explicitly and officially affiliated to a formally-recognised degree-granting institution(s)]
 * has students [the overwhelming majority of its live-in members are members of that (or those) institutions]
 * has staff [full-time employees overseeing the management of the community]
 * has tutorials or supervisions [provides some substantial degree of academic and welfare support]
 * is (semi-)independent [runs (semi-)autonomously from the affiliated institution]
 * isn't a small House (for reasons of practicality) [significant number of residents, say, at least a few dozen]

The following may also apply:
 * independent ownership
 * existence of a fellowship (academic staff who are members or affiliates of the institution)
 * existence of a supplementary teaching programme
 * separate funding system

If the institution you reckon should be included does not match the wording of these criteria, but you feel it fits within the spirit of them, please suggest it on the talk page.

To Do

 * Develop rating system for articles
 * Extend articles on college related activities (e.g. supervisions, formal dining)
 * Translate articles on Pavia colleges ( Collegio Borromeo done) and Salamanca colegios mayores
 * Identify all relevant collegiate universities for inclusion

Articles to include
Please feel free to list Academic Communities-related articles here.

Collegio di Spagna at the University of Bologna Colleges of the University of Cambridge

Christ's: Christ's College Boat Club; List of Masters of Christ's College, Cambridge

Churchill

Clare

Clare Hall

Corpus Christi: Corpus Clock; Parker Library, Corpus Christi College

Darwin

Downing

Emmanuel

Fitzwilliam

Girton

Gonville and Caius: Gonville & Caius A.F.C.

Homerton

Hughes Hall

Jesus

King’s: King's College Chapel; List of Provosts of King's College, Cambridge; King's Voices; King's Affair

King's Hall (historic)

Lucy Cavendish

Magdalene: Pepys Library

Michaelhouse (historic)

Murray Edwards (New Hall)

Newnham

Pembroke: Pembroke Players

Peterhouse

Queens’

Robinson

St Catharine’s

St Edmund’s

St. Cedd's College, Cambridge (fictional)

St John’s: Bridge of Sighs (Cambridge)

Selwyn

Sidney Sussex

Trinity: Trinity Great Court; Wren Library, Cambridge; Nevile's Court, Trinity College, Cambridge

Trinity Hall

Wolfson Colleges of the University of Durham

Collingwood

Grey

Hatfield

John Snow

Josephine Butler

St Aidan's

St Chad's

St Cuthbert's Society

St Hild & St Bede

St John's

St Mary's

Stephenson

Trevelyan

University

Ushaw

Ustinov

Van Mildert

Former Colleges Halls & Colleges of the University of Hong Kong

St John's College

Swire Hall Colleges of the University of Melbourne

Janet Clarke Hall

Medley Hall

Newman

Ormond

Queen's

Ridley (historic)

St Hilda's

St Mary's

Trinity

University

Whitley Colleges of the University of Oxford

All Souls

Balliol

Brasenose

Christ Church: Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford; Blue Boar Quadrangle; Christ Church Picture Gallery; Peckwater Quadrangle; Christ Church Tower; Christ Church Picture Gallery; Tom Quad; The Meadow Building

Corpus Christi

Exeter

Green Templeton

Harris Manchester

Hertford: Bridge of Sighs (Oxford)

Jesus: Buildings of Jesus College, Oxford

Keble

Kellogg

Lady Margaret Hall

Linacre

Lincoln

Magdalen: Demyship

Mansfield

Merton: Merton College Library

New College

Nuffield: Buildings of Nuffield College, Oxford

Oriel

Pembroke

Queen's

St Anne's

St Antony's

St Catherine's

St Cross

St Edmund Hall

St Hilda's

St Hugh's

St John's

St Peter's

Somerville

Trinity

University

Wadham

Wolfson

Worcester Colleges of the University of Pavia

Borromeo

Ghislieri

Nuovo

S.Caterina Colegios Mayores of the University of Salamanca (historical)

Cuenca

Oviedo

San Bartolomé

Colegio Mayor de Santiago el Zebedeo Colleges of the University of Sydney

Mandelbaum House

St Andrew's

St John's

St Paul's

Sancta Sophia

Wesley

The Women's College Colleges of the University of Otago

Abbey

Aquinas

Arana

Carrington

City

Cumberland

Hayward

Knox

St Margaret's

Salmond

Selwyn

Studholme

Toroa

University Colleges of the University of Toronto

Emmanuel

Innis

Knox

Massey

New

Regis

St. Michael's

Trinity: Traditions of the University of Trinity College

University

Victoria

Woodsworth

Wycliffe ... other universities, similarly (in practice, this would likely be replaced with a standard 'new articles' section, though this directory once filled out, might still have a place somewhere)

General articles
 * Formal (university)
 * Collegiate university
 * Colleges within universities in the United Kingdom

Sample Categories

 * Category:Fellows of Colleges of the University of Oxford

Sample Templates

 * Template:Constituent college
 * Template:Infobox Oxford college
 * Template:Infobox Otago college
 * Template:University of Melbourne Colleges

Assessment
For the moment, articles should be graded by hand, until such time as this actually becomes a WikiProject. When sorting, please take a moment to add College-related articles to the appropriate place in the directory ("College: ARTICLE X"; for an example, see the above listing of Traditions of Trinity College, (Toronto)). For efficiency, articles assessed within the relevant university WP may be classed accordingly, provided (WPX) is added (X sub'd appropriately); for internal consistency, these may need reclassified later.

Subsidiary articles, that is, those whose significance is lent entirely by the relevant college and are not choir or boat club articles (too many!), should also be listed and assessed here.

Articles FA elsewhere should go into A.

Examples
Please note that we are not currently performing any independent assessment; this is simply a platform on which to build recommendations for future articles or suggestions for development.
 * GA: Oriel College, Oxford
 * B: Peterhouse, Cambridge
 * C: St. Paul's College, Sydney
 * Start: Hughes Hall, Cambridge, Aquinas College, Otago, University College (University of Melbourne)
 * Stub: St Mary's College (University of Melbourne), Hayward College, Otago

Sample Article
Please see User:Philtweir/Academic_Communities/Sample for a potential article structure (derived from Oriel College, Oxford).

A

 * Buildings of Jesus College, Oxford (WPO)
 * Buildings of Nuffield College, Oxford (WPO)
 * Oriel College, Oxford (WPO)

GA

 * Jesus College, Oxford (WPO)
 * University College, Durham (WPU)

B

 * King's College, Cambridge (WPC)
 * Michaelhouse, Cambridge (WPC)
 * Peterhouse, Cambridge (WPC)
 * Trinity College, Cambridge (WPC)
 * University of Trinity College (WPU)

C

 * Brasenose College, Oxford (WPO)
 * Christ Church, Oxford (WPO)
 * Colleges of the University of Oxford (WPO)
 * Corpus Clock (WPC)
 * Keble College, Oxford (WPO)
 * Lincoln College, Oxford (WPO)
 * Magdalen College, Oxford (WPO)
 * Mansfield College, Oxford (WPO)
 * Merton College, Oxford (WPO)
 * New College, Oxford (WPO)
 * Pembroke College, Oxford (WPO)
 * Regent's Park College, Oxford (WPO)
 * Ridley Melbourne – Mission & Ministry College (WPU)
 * St Catherine's College, Oxford (WPO)
 * St Edmund Hall, Oxford (WPO)
 * St John's College, Cambridge (WPC)
 * St. Paul's College, Sydney (WPAus)
 * Wadham College, Oxford (WPO)

Start

 * All Souls College, Oxford (WPO)
 * Balliol College, Oxford (WPO)
 * Bumps race (WPO) - should this be here?
 * Christ's College, Cambridge (WPC)
 * Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford (WPO)
 * Christ Church Library (WPO)
 * Churchill College, Cambridge (WPC)
 * Clare College, Cambridge (WPC)
 * Clare Hall, Cambridge (WPC)
 * Corpus Christi College, Cambridge (WPC)
 * Corpus Christi College, Oxford (WPO)
 * Darwin College, Cambridge (WPC)
 * Downing College, Cambridge (WPC)
 * Emmanuel College, University of Toronto (WPU)
 * Exeter College, Oxford (WPO)
 * Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge (WPC)
 * Girton College, Cambridge (WPC)
 * Gloucester College, Oxford (WPO)
 * Gonville & Caius A.F.C. (WPC)
 * Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge (WPC)
 * Grey College, Durham (WPU)
 * Greyfriars, Oxford (WPO) - should this be here?
 * Harris Manchester College, Oxford (WPO)
 * Hertford College, Oxford (WPO)
 * Homerton College, Cambridge (WPC)
 * Hughes Hall, Cambridge (WPC)
 * Innis College (WPU)
 * Janet Clarke Hall (University of Melbourne) (WPAus)
 * Jesus College, Cambridge (WPC)
 * Josephine Butler College (WPU)
 * Kellogg College, Oxford (WPO)
 * King's College Chapel, Cambridge (WPC)
 * King's Hall, Cambridge (WPC)
 * Knox College, Otago (WPNZ)
 * Knox College, University of Toronto (WPU)
 * Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford (WPO)
 * Linacre College, Oxford (WPO)
 * Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge (WPC)
 * Magdalene College, Cambridge (WPC)
 * Mandelbaum House (WPAus)
 * Massey College (WPU)
 * Medley Hall (University of Melbourne) (WPAus)
 * Merton College Library (WPO)
 * Murray Edwards College, Cambridge (WPC)
 * New College, University of Toronto (WPU)
 * Newman College (University of Melbourne) (WPAus)
 * Newnham College, Cambridge (WPC)
 * Norrington Table (WPO)
 * Nuffield College, Oxford (WPO)
 * Ormond College (University of Melbourne) (WPAus)
 * Parker Library, Corpus Christi College (WPC)
 * Pembroke College, Cambridge (WPC)
 * Pembroke Players (WPC)
 * Pennying (WPC)
 * Pepys Library (WPC)
 * Porterhouse Blue (WPC)
 * Queen's College, Cambridge (WPC)
 * Queen's College (University of Melbourne) (WPAus)
 * Regis College, University of Toronto (WPU)
 * Robinson College, Cambridge (WPC)
 * Ruskin College, Oxford (WPO)
 * Salmond College (WPAus)
 * Sancta Sophia College, University of Sydney (WPAus)
 * Selwyn College, Cambridge (WPC)
 * Selwyn College, Otago (WPAus)
 * Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge (WPC)
 * Somerville College, Oxford (WPO)
 * St. Andrew's College, Sydney (WPAus)
 * St Anne's College, Oxford (WPO)
 * St Anthony's College, Oxford (WPO)
 * St Benet's Hall, Oxford (WPO)
 * St Catherine's College, Cambridge (WPC)
 * St Cross College, Oxford (WPO)
 * St Hilda's College, Oxford (WPO)
 * St Hugh's College, Oxford (WPO)
 * St John's College, Durham (WPAnglicanism)
 * St John's College, Oxford (WPO)
 * St John's College, University of Sydney (WPAus)
 * St Mary Hall, Oxford (WPO)
 * St Peter's College, Oxford (WPO)
 * St Stephen's House, Oxford (WPO)
 * Swire Hall (WPHK)
 * The Queen's College, Oxford (WPO)
 * Trinity College, Oxford (WPO)
 * Trinity College (University of Melbourne) (WPAus)
 * Trinity Great Court (WPC)
 * Trinity Hall, Cambridge (WPC)
 * University College, Oxford (WPO)
 * University of St. Michael's College (WPU)
 * Victoria University in the University of Toronto (WPU)
 * Vine Hall, Oxford (WPO)
 * Wolfson College, Oxford (WPO)
 * Woodsworth College (WPU)
 * Worcester College, Oxford (WPO)
 * Wren Library, Cambridge (WPC)
 * Wycliffe College (WPU)
 * Wycliffe Hall, Oxford (WPO)

Stub

 * Aquinas College, Otago (WPNZ)
 * Arana College (WPNZ)
 * Blue Boar Quadrangle (WPO)
 * Bridge of Sighs (Cambridge) (WPC)
 * Bridge of Sighs (Oxford) (WPO)
 * Campion Hall, Oxford (WPO)
 * Carrington College (WPNZ)
 * Christ Church Picture Gallery (WPO)
 * Cumberland College, Otago (WPNZ)
 * Cuppers (WPC)
 * Demyship (WPO)
 * Emmanuel College, Cambridge (WPC)
 * Formal (university) (WPO)
 * Green College, Oxford (WPO)
 * Green Templeton College, Oxford (WPO)
 * High Table (WPC)
 * Hayward College (WPNZ)
 * Informal Hall (WPO)
 * King's Affair (WPC)
 * King's Voices (WPC)
 * Logic Lane covered bridge (WPO)
 * Magdalen Bridge (WPO)
 * Magdalen Tower (WPO)
 * Master (college) (WPO)
 * Nevile's Court, Trinity College, Cambridge (WPC)
 * Peckwater Quadrangle (WPO)
 * Permanent Private Hall (WPO)
 * Porter (college) (WPC)
 * Porters' Lodge (WPO)
 * Praelector (WPC)
 * St. Cedd's College, Cambridge (WPC)
 * St Edmund's College, Cambridge (WPC)
 * St Hilda's College (University of Melbourne) (WPAus)
 * St. John's College, University of Hong Kong (WPChina)
 * St Margaret's College, Otago (WPNZ)
 * St Mary's College, Oxford (WPO)
 * St Mary's College (University of Melbourne) (WPAus)
 * Studholme College (WPNZ)
 * Templeton College, Oxford (WPO)
 * The Meadow Building (WPO)
 * Tom Quad (WPO)
 * Tompkins Table (WPC)
 * University College, Otago (WPNZ)
 * University College (University of Melbourne) (WPAus)
 * University College, University of Toronto (WPU)
 * Warden (college) (WPO)
 * Wesley College, University of Sydney (WPAus)
 * The Women's College, University of Sydney (WPAus)
 * Whitley College (University of Melbourne) (WPAus)
 * Wolfson College, Cambridge (WPC)

Lists

 * List of current heads of Cambridge University colleges
 * List of fictional Cambridge colleges
 * List of fictional Oxford colleges
 * List of Masters of Christ's College, Cambridge
 * List of Masters of Clare College, Cambridge
 * List of Masters of Darwin College, Cambridge
 * List of Masters of Emmanuel College, Cambridge
 * List of Masters of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge
 * List of Masters of Jesus College, Cambridge
 * List of Masters of Magdalene College, Cambridge
 * List of Masters of Selwyn College, Cambridge
 * List of members of Peterhouse, Cambridge
 * List of Mistresses of Girton College, Cambridge
 * List of Oxbridge sister colleges
 * List of Provosts of King's College, Cambridge
 * List of colleges of the University of Cambridge

Unrated

 * Collegio Borromeo
 * Collingwood College, Durham
 * Collegio Ghislieri
 * Hatfield College
 * John Snow College
 * St Aidan's College
 * St Chad's College
 * St Cuthbert's Society
 * College of St Hild and St Bede
 * Colegio Mayor de Santiago el Zebedeo
 * St Mary's College, Durham
 * Stephenson College
 * Trevelyan College
 * Ushaw College
 * Ustinov College
 * Van Mildert College

Unwritten

 * Colegio Mayor de Cuenca (Salamanca)
 * Collegio Nuovo
 * Colegio Mayor de Oviedo (Salamanca)
 * Colegio Mayor de San Bartolomé
 * Collegio Universitario Santa Caterina da Siena

Discussion
Copied from User:Philtweir/WikiProject Residential Colleges

I would support either a WikiProject or a task force, although you'll need to make it abundantly clear that these are only residential colleges based on the Oxbridge model, rather than the American usage. Otherwise, this project/taskforce will be inundated by non-notable articles about residence halls. Perhaps naming the project "WikiProject Independent residential colleges" or "WikiProject Residential colleges (Oxbridge model)" would be in order. -Mabeenot (talk) 20:14, 25 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Yep, thank you for the input! That sounds sensible, particularly, not having a great deal of experience with the American model, I wouldn't be too sure how to deal with those, so it would be up to others to deal with the inevitable deluge. The name suggestion seems the most effective - 'Oxbridge model' is probably the more open-ended option (as, for example, some such colleges are University-owned or governed). By the way, I should disclose that I have lived at two of these colleges and indeed still am at the second. Since this term is used in academic literature (e.g. Understanding Collegiality: The Changing Oxbridge Model) I can't see anybody objecting...--Philtweir (talk) 12:43, 27 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I've posted a proposal WikiProject Council/Proposals/Residential Colleges (Oxbridge model) and will see if I can gather some more interest. Please make any necessary improvements! --Philtweir (talk) 12:00, 28 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Actually, I suspect that Oxbridge model may be misinterpreted (in UK and elsewhere) and also have come across a number of closely comparable institutions in non-English-speaking countries that have developed independently of Oxford and Cambridge. However, in a flash of inspiration, thought of Academic Communities, which suggests living, studying and academic staff, but in closer quarters than anything that would normally be spoken of as a university (which would naturally get redirected to Universities). It is also a bit too narrow to attract boarding schools, or anything else below tertiary level, and is sufficiently uncommon to encourage editors checking the (explanatory) definition before including an article. That might solve the US-Commonwealth conundrum too. While it may confuse those who consider a university faculty to be an 'academic community' or a group of undergraduates in the same class, these should be few enough that a well written introduction should avoid too much work being generated through reassigning articles, in contrast to a storm of dorms! --Philtweir (talk) 06:11, 29 June 2010 (UTC)