Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of colleges and universities in Massachusetts/archive2


 * The following is an archived discussion of a featured list nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured list candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The list was not promoted by Dabomb87 21:42, 28 September 2009.

List of colleges and universities in Massachusetts

 * Nominator(s): Kevin Rutherford (talk) 16:31, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

I am nominating this for featured list because it has been substantially improved since I last nominated it. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 16:31, 8 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Dabs; please check the disambiguation links identified in the toolbox. Dabomb87 (talk) 22:39, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
 * That's been fixed. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 19:15, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

Comment - the lead is a little short.— Chris!  c t 06:21, 12 September 2009 (UTC)
 * I don't know what else to write, as I based it off another featured page on a similar topic. Any suggestions? Kevin Rutherford (talk) 19:15, 12 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Greatest concentration of universties (are they concentrated around Boston, in the western part of the state, on the Cape?), something about the inactive institutions (which currently aren't addressed at all the lead, which needs to summarize the whole list)... I'm sure others can come up with more ideas. KV5  ( Talk  •  Phils ) 00:39, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Certainly not on the Cape, which has two active colleges. They're concentrated around Boston mostly. I'll get right to it. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 02:05, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Done Kevin Rutherford (talk) 20:22, 18 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Comments from KV5
 * All but one of your external links duplicate references, so remove them per WP:EL. KV5  ( Talk  •  Phils ) 00:39, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Your current references #1 and #2 are search engines; they do not link to the information, so the entire first table is essentially unreferenced right now. WP:SAYWHEREYOUGOTIT. KV5  ( Talk  •  Phils ) 00:39, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
 * I could re-reference the first section, as they were removed because some editor complained that they were linked to the page of the college. While this is true, I know that the table should be references. What do you think? Kevin Rutherford (talk) 01:12, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
 * I have nothing against the source; you just need to reference each row separately for each school. For example, is a good source for Amherst. It has your type, enrollment info, and location.  KV5  ( Talk  •  Phils ) 01:33, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Alright. Does anyone want to help me because otherwise this will take a long time. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 16:05, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Done. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 20:22, 18 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Note User:Inquietudeofcharacter has removed the references that I just added, so I told him about this after restoring them. Also, what is the opinion of adding NEASC information to the page? Kevin Rutherford (talk) 03:16, 17 September 2009 (UTC)

Comment The images need alt text per WP:ALT. Dabomb87 (talk) 22:43, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Done. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 17:15, 24 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Comment Why are there citation needed tags in the lead? Please address them. Dabomb87 (talk) 23:17, 25 September 2009 (UTC)
 * I asked the editor the same question. I want to remove them personally.Kevin Rutherford (talk) 16:41, 30 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Comment Please add more images to the side of the list. I mean from the 100 institutions only one image is there? Please add more with ALT texts of course.--Diaa abdelmoneim (talk) 07:11, 26 September 2009 (UTC)
 * On smaller monitor resolutions, this will crush the table. It looks fine as is on my widescreen monitor, but when I viewed it at work on a smaller resolution, the table is the entire width of the screen. KV5  ( Talk  •  Phils ) 14:43, 26 September 2009 (UTC)
 * There were more, but they were removed by the same editor that added the tags. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 16:41, 30 September 2009 (UTC)


 * I suggest having a section of the list for Private colleges and universites and another for public ones. The Table seems to be split among the two anyhow. Each of the section should then contain a paragraph about the history of this kind of education in Massachusetts and the relevant institutions. I think this would improve the Lists navigation a lot.--Diaa abdelmoneim (talk) 12:41, 27 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Okay, I can try to do that. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 16:41, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
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