User talk:Cbmichael

Welcome!!!
Please post new entries at the bottom of the page... thank you...

e-yearbook
Can you clarify your connection to the ASUC? We usually remove external links that give the impression of being spammy, especially from users that add no other content to Wikipedia, but on reviewing the link it seems the content might be informative enough to include. It should probably link to the Cal page directly though. ~ trialsanderrors 06:38, 7 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Thank you... I plan on adding more content in other areas in the future. I work with the ASUC to help them digitize the yearbooks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.198.39.140 (talk • contribs) 23:28, January 8, 2007

You're going to need to actually get some consensus before adding a link to e-yearbook to multiple articles. The brief discussion on the UC Berkeley Talk page was insufficient. The link does not appear to be terribly useful IMHO, particularly as it requires registration. You'll probably have to raise discussion on the Talk page of every article but you might be able to shortcut some of that by attempting discussion at the University Wikiproject talk page. --ElKevbo 13:01, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Yearbooks and student newspapers
A student newspaper can be, and often is, distributed off-campus to the wider community, and accordingly student newspapers are permitted precisely because they can be seen as notable beyond the bounds of a single college or university campus. A yearbook doesn't meet that criterion. It's perfectly permissible to write about the yearbook in the college's article, however. Bearcat 21:10, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

At UCLA
The link you've cited twice now does nothing to justify its addition in LA's article. While it may be a prominent publication on Berkeley's campus, it is simply not on the same level as the main constituents of the college, which should have links there. The student government, athletics site, and library are all linked, and the yearbook pales in comparison to the importance of those topics. ALTON  .ıl  04:09, 30 May 2007 (UTC)


 * I disagree that the yearbook is not an important publication and deserves mention. The BruinLife yearbook has been the official record of history and tradition at UCLA since the 1919-1920 school year, when the Southern Branch of the University of California became UCLA.  It provides more history on student government, athletics, alumni, etc than any other publication.  I will post to the Talk page.