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Texas State University–San Marcos
This peer review discussion has been closed. Late last year this article was nominated for GA by an uninvolved editor. GA was declined but resulted in good feedback making me wonder if GA is a real possibility for the article. I have just finished a pass through the article performing a major rewrite of pretty much the entire article. I'd like to get a pair of experienced eyes to look at it and see what improvements need to be done in hope of moving towards another shot at a GA nomination in the future.

Thanks, --TreyGeek (talk) 03:32, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

I did not check for potential plagiarism, but would recommend you do so, particularly for parts of the article you did not write. I'm watchlisting this review, so feel free to reply here if you have any questions.
 * Comments from Nikkimaria
 * I think the plagerism and copyright violation issues have been taken care of. The article was nearly entirely rewritten with the edits I made the first part of the year.  Other parts were rewritten back in 2009 when the initial mass copy/pasting from the University's website was discovered.  A spot check of the last few sentences looks clean in a Google search.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by TreyGeek (talk • contribs)


 * File:HigherEduPlaque.jpg: under US law, you also need to identify the creator and copyright info for the plaque itself, not just the photo
 * I might have to remove the image from the article then. I'm unable to find any information on who created the plaque.  The most substantial information I can find is here which is basically nothing.  This is the first I've seen that pictures of art/sculptures/etc need to have the artist's information as well.  It's good to know because there are a number of statues that have had pictures in this article over the years.  Now I know to keep a look out for that and update the image information if I can.
 * Since the US doesn't have freedom of panorama for artworks, pictures like this need to account for the copyright of both the photo and the work itself. It can be tricky to find that information - you might consider contacting the school directly to see if they have any information. Nikkimaria (talk) 17:30, 3 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Fair enough, I still haven't been able to find anything on my own. I submitted a request to the University's "Pride and Tranditions" committee to see if they can provide that information.  --TreyGeek (talk) 02:13, 4 June 2012 (UTC)


 * File:Platopainting.jpg needs US PD tag
 * Can you clarify this? The image is added to the article via  .  Are you saying the image over on commons needs to have the Template:PD-US added to it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by TreyGeek (talk • contribs)
 * Yes - the tag used on Commons right now specifies that a US tag is also needed. Nikkimaria (talk) 17:30, 3 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Fixed Added the template to the image on commons.


 * "457-acre (1.85 km2) of hills": measurement isn't adjectival here
 * Fixed (in two places)


 * Dead links should be resolved where possible
 * Fixed


 * Don't use contractions except in direct quotes
 * Fixed


 * Only full dates need commas
 * Fixed


 * Needs some general copyediting to catch errors like "which was part of the his Great Society"
 * Fixed (from what I could find in latest read through)


 * Rather short history section - is more information available?
 * There is likely a lot more that can be written in the History section. I punted on that during the rewrite and forgot about revisiting it.  The difficulty may be finding sources to cite that isn't from the Texas State website.  I'll see what I can do though. — Preceding unsigned comment added by TreyGeek (talk • contribs)


 * Citation needed tag should be addressed
 * Removed that statement. It was WP:OR on my part and I've been unable to find a source which lists the founding schools of the org. --TreyGeek (talk) 02:13, 4 June 2012 (UTC)


 * Make sure all citations include publisher info. Nikkimaria (talk) 16:34, 2 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Fixed (With the exception of cite court which doesn't require publisher information.)


 * I'll read through the article to do copyedits and other prose edits you've noted above (I'll do that within the next couple of days if I don't get to it tonight). Thanks for the review!  --TreyGeek (talk) 16:29, 3 June 2012 (UTC)