User talk:Ashleynk

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Hey Ashley! Generally one wouldn't write an article on an individual building at a university unless it was considered notable for some reason - famous designer/architect, noted design or unique features, etc. Does that apply to your suggested building? If not, you'd probably have more luck working with either of your other two topics. Both already have short articles, but you could certainly expand upon what's there. The lily probably has more scope for expansion, and in many respects would be easier assuming you have enough sources - often with business articles it can be difficult to find secondary sources to cover all aspects of the topic. Nikkimaria (talk) 02:46, 12 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Ah, okay! That makes more sense. That's fine so long as you have enough independent/secondary sources to work with. Nikkimaria (talk) 01:46, 15 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Hey Ashley, good start here. I would suggest adding a lead section to provide an overview of your article. For the history section, put your footnotes next to the material they support - for example, if I wanted to check that your figure for number of majors was correct, I would have trouble figuring out which source to check. (Incidentally, that figure is 1,300, but in the next section you say 2,100 - why the difference?) Be careful to maintain a neutral and encyclopedic tone at all times, and see if you can add a few more non-BSU sources to improve your coverage. In terms of formatting, a few suggestions: avoid including URLs in article text - either use those as references, or move them to an "External links" section after your source list. Add some links to other Wikipedia articles. Finally, when citing web sources, include information on the publisher and the date you accessed the source. Nikkimaria (talk) 13:20, 31 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Hey Team 3—I agree with Nikkimartia's comments; this is a good, solid start. I want to emphasize a couple of things--1) you need more non-BSU sources to improve the basis of neutrality 2) promotional language needs to be edited out. Phrases like "even more opportunities and resources...more classrooms..." etc. promote the subject rather than describe it objectively. Other examples of this include "immensely furthering the evolution..." "won many distinguished awards..." and so on. This language is adopted by the sources since they are largely wanting to put BSU in a good light, but you'll need to rephrase in more straightforward and neutral terms; finding some non-BSU sources will also help with this neutrality issue. So good start--more work is ahead. -Webster Newbold (talk) 03:50, 1 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Hey guys, looking good - just a few formatting things to clean up. The subject of your article should be bolded in the first sentence, and you should add a few links to other Wikipedia articles. Nikkimaria (talk) 04:46, 9 November 2012 (UTC)

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