Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of colleges and universities in Maryland/archive1


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The list was not promoted by User:Matthewedwards 19:31, 28 October 2008.

List of colleges and universities in Maryland
I am nominating this List for FL status. It is comprehensive, interesting, researched and clearly covers its subject area. Thank you.Yachtsman1 (talk) 08:37, 18 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Oppose
 * change the "This is a list of colleges and universities in the state of Maryland." to something more interesting and less generic "This is a list of"
 * "accredited,[a] degree-granting," – "accredited, degree-granting,"?
 * "of Maryland. For" – link Maryland?
 * References need to be formatted per WP:CITE/ES to include at least publisher and access dates

Gary King ( talk ) 09:07, 18 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Oppose - even though I live in Maryland :(

Need to be more elaborate.
 * This is a list of colleges and universities in the state of Maryland. - FL's are discouraged to start with "This is a list of ___" Better stated as "The U.S. state of Maryland has (# of overall colleges), (# of public colleges and # of private ones).
 * For the purpose of this list, colleges and universities are defined as accredited,[a] degree-granting, postsecondary institutions. - this should be added as a footnote or somewhere in a key.
 * The state's public universities are part of the University System of Maryland, with the exception of St. Mary's College and Morgan State University, which are public but are not part of the university system. - comma before "but"
 * The oldest school in the state is St. John's College, formerly King William School, founded in 1696, well before the American Revolution, and the third oldest college and/or university in the United States of America. - no need for "well" in "well before" "before" will work. IMO, no need for "of America."
 * Francis Scott Key, author of the Star Spangled Banner, is an alumnus of St. Johns. - wouldn't it be "alumni"?
 * The newest is University of Maryland, Hagerstown, founded in 2008. - newest what?
 * Enrollment ranges from small, liberal arts colleges with low numbers of students to the flagship state school, the University of Maryland, College Park, which serves well over 38,000 students, and the even larger University of Maryland University College with an enrollment of distance learning and traditional students that exceeds 50,000. - needs major rewording and grammar correction, I can't even follow what is being stated here, needs a full stop somewhere to split these.
 * As of 2005, approximately 310,689 students (undergraduate, graduate, & professional) were enrolled at Maryland universities and colleges. - how about ''As of 2005, approximately 310,689 (undergraduate, graduate and professional) students were enrolled in Maryland universities and colleges.
 * The number content in the tables need to be in a sort template.
 * The references should be in a "References column" not a "notes" column.
 * Is the enrollment up to date? It needs to be stated somewhere as of what year the information is form.
 * The "n/a" should be in caps, "N/A" S R X  14:26, 18 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Thank you for your feedback.


 * The descriptor for the list in question is substanially identical to that of List of colleges and universities in Vermont and List of colleges and universities in New Hampshire, both of which have attained FL status.


 * "Alumni" is the male plural, while "alumnus" is the male singular. When referring to a sole graduate, the term is either "alumnus" for males, or "alumna" for females.  Many avoid this by using the term "alum".


 * I will attempt to remedy the other points noted.Yachtsman1 (talk) 18:32, 18 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Quick comments: There's an ampersand in the main text. (See MoS). There's a redundant "the state of". Tony   (talk)  02:55, 19 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Oppose References 30–69 are primarily bare, and need to be formatted correctly. –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone  16:36, 19 October 2008 (UTC)


 * References Fixed I have fixed the references, formatting them correctly.  Given this, I would ask for a reconsideration.  thank you.Yachtsman1 (talk) 03:53, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
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