Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Florida State University

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 * I took the liberty of categorizing all of the FSU articles. I also added the alumni as well.  I did not add the athletes, or the faculty yet.  I will do this soon. Jccort (talk) 20:38, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Also

 * I do not expect you guys to add information to all of these articles, I just wanted to be known that these articles are under our jurisdiction, and to make it easier to monitor their updates. Thanks Jccort (talk) 20:39, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

FSU Presidents

 * Only 3 total FSU Presidents have articles written about them. I think it is important that in the future we work on this project. Presidents of Florida State University

Thanks, Jccort (talk) 15:29, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Edit war on the athletics page
Someone unwilling to compromise--UkrNole 485 (talk) 00:34, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
 * some people like that guy has no life but to edit Wiki 24/7. it is sad--Nolephin (talk) 12:37, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Serious Debate on how to document notable FSU Alumni

 * List of Florida State University alumni - This article contains numerous notable FSU Alumni who do not have articles created yet. I am worried that User:Tim Ross may do a mass purge before we can debate exactly who should remain in the article and who should be deleted. I propose that we vote in a Democratic fashion who should be deleted, and who should be kept. Jccort (talk) 17:37, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
 * FYI... Wikipedia is not a democracy we can't have a vote... you can call for concensus. See Consensus. You can direct people to contribute to the discussion on Talk:List of Florida State University alumni and attempt to alter the article as concensus dictates. We now have a message here to bring it to everyone's attention so that should serve well. If you want to call for an informal straw poll on Talk:List of Florida State University alumni in order toget concensus then that may be acceptable (although somewhat discouraged).--Dr who1975 (talk) 19:04, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Anyone interested in this topic would be advised to read this discussion, where it was discussed in Dec 07, and this one which I initiated in Apr 08, not realizing that User:Jccort had deleted the earlier discussion (which I have now replaced). Both are at Talk:List of Florida State University alumni. You might also wish to read my communication of this date with User:Jccort, here which seems to have caused the message above, and his response on my talk page.
 * User: Jccort seems to fear an immediate "mass purge" from me, although my interest, as I have stated again and again, is to get the list improved, either through the creation of articles for the alumni deserving of them or by references to their notable accomplishments and alumni status being provided. I have no special knowledge of alumni who deserve to be listed and those who don't, merely a desire for proper referencing and fact checking. This is not, I think, really a matter for "a vote in a Democratic fashion", but rather a matter of following Wikipedia's limited number of rules. Tim Ross   (talk)  19:11, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

I think we're all assuming good faith... let's continue this discussion at Talk:List of Florida State University alumni.--Dr who1975 (talk) 19:13, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

Too many lists?
I've recently been examining some of the lists involving people associated with FSU. There are at least four of them: List of Florida State University alumni, List of Florida State University athletic alumni, List of Florida State University faculty, and List of Florida State University people. As one might expect, the overlap is great and much of the information is repetitive. Maintenance is difficult and the arrangement is probably not especially helpful for most users. I picked a few large or well-known schools in the country to see how others had handled the situation. University of Miami has 2 (alumni & faculty). So does University of Florida (people & faculty and administrators) and Notre Dame (alumni & athletes). University of Alabama, University of Georgia, UCLA, and Harvard manage to get by with just one (people). A single list encompassing all FSU "people" (which we already have), would, I think, be the most useful to encyclopedia users and, perhaps, to editors as well. And, it probably wouldn't be overwhelmingly difficult to merge the three other articles into "people". What do you think? Tim Ross  (talk)  10:45, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

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GA Reassessment of Florida State University
I have done a GA Reassessment of the Florida State University article as part of the GA Sweeps project. My review is here. It is my opinion that the article does not meet the current GA Criteria. There are several dead links, areas of the article that need to be referenced, and a general tone to the article that does not appear neutral. I have placed the article on hold for a week and I am notifying all interested projects and editors. Please contact me on my talk page should you have questions. H1nkles (talk) 21:46, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

Albert A. Murphree
I recently completed the initial phase of a major re-write of the Albert A. Murphree article. For those of you FSU alumni who do not immediately recognize Jennie Murphree's husband, Albert was the 3rd president of proto-FSU when it went through a dizzying succession of name changes and became an all-women's school in 1905. Murphree became the 2nd president of the University of Florida in 1908, the only time the two schools have ever swapped a leader.

Given that most of the available internet resources emphasize his time as president of the University of Florida (1909-1927), the article as it presently stands is admittedly light on a discussion of Murphree's accomplishments as president of West Florida Seminary/Florida State College/Florida Female College/Florida State College for Women as it evolved during the protean years of Murphree's presidency (1897-1909). I would be grateful if someone who is knowledgeable about available FSU references covering these years would make a recommendation of available and reliable references for this era of FSU history. At a bare minimum, the article should include another paragraph discussing Murphree's accomplishments in Tallahassee. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 21:19, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

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History of Florida State University
Can we get some additional eyes on History of Florida State University? I've identified some problems with sourcing and original synthesis that need to be addressed, but overall it's quite a good article and could probably pass for WP:GA with some work.--Cúchullain t/ c 15:16, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

Can someone update the pages for FSU and the Florida State University College of Visual Arts, Theatre And Dance? The college recently underwent a name change to "College of Fine Arts" — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mbv08 (talk • contribs) 21:35, 9 January 2015 (UTC)

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Suggestion to add this project to the supported projects list of WikiProject United States
It has been suggested that this project is Inactive and it might be beneficial to add it to the supported projects list of WikiProject United States. After reviewing the project page and talk page it appears that no edits have been made to either since late 2010 and the project is marked as inactive. Due to the existing Inactive tag I am going to add it to the supported projects list. If anyone has comments or questions please let me know. --Kumioko (talk) 00:28, 6 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Since it has been 8 days since this discussion began, it appears this project is inactive and it appears that there are no problems with this proposal I am going to go ahead and add this project to the supported projects list. --Kumioko (talk) 19:47, 14 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Sorry, I never thought to come into the talk. I have semi-recently become involved with this project and have been working to improve some of the articles in it. I would not consider it inactive and hope that it would remain in its current form. Thanks. Hopefully my work comes to something. Ayzmo (talk) 20:36, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

Question about David Stuart (Michigan politician) 's career.
Hello, Florida learned ones ! I asked (twice) this question in WP english Reference Desk, and "Wehwalt" told me that maybe you had the answer...

When I translated into WP fr the WP en articles David Stuart (Michigan politician) & political general, I wondered about the possible interferences between 2 of them : Stuart & John A. McClernand ... So I asked : " It seems that before and during the Vicksburg Campaign  D. Stuart has been faithfull to Sherman and Grant rather to John A. McClernand. He resigned from the Union Army in April, 1863.

Are there any proofs that D. Stuart's nomination as brig.gen. was refused by the US Senate because McClernand's friends vetoed against it ?"

Thanks ++++ beforehand for your answers (maybe a book : "Meyers, Christopher C. « The Meanest Man in the West: John A. McClernand and the Civil War Era. » Ph. D. Diss., The Florida State University, 1996. can help; it is perfectly unavailable here...).

And BTW,since I'm writing to Florida, could you please in someway carry my thanks to the Florida people in general for their kindness - and specially to the Miami Airport administration : 2 years ago, while waiting there for a plane after a very good stay, I discovered thanks to their wall posters an early photographer : Claude C. Matlack, which allowed me to learn about him (and write an article in WP french...). Cheers, Arapaima (talk) 10:31, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

Wikiproject ACC
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Importance of the Seminoles
The opening sentence makes it sound like the university and the Seninoles are equal in importance. Repeated in next paragraph. That's how I read it, and it bothers me. Is this typical of FSU? Treating its athletic teams as worthy of separate mention next to the university's name? deisenbe (talk) 14:05, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

FSU wikipedian for edit-a-thon
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Is WikiProject Florida State University inactive?
I now live in the Tallahassee area and began looking at Wiki FSU articles to learn more about the University. It seems like nobody has been updating the subject in the last few years. I read a Tallahassee Democrat article that talked about the University Center, but found nothing on Wikipedia, so I decided to change that. Anybody else still interested? Mgrē@sŏn ( Talk ) 01:51, 26 July 2023 (UTC)


 * Here is what I've done so far:
 * New articles: Dale W. Lick, Dodd Hall, Florida State University Board of Trustees, FSU Legacy Walk, Gordon W. Blackwell, John E. Champion, Legacy Hall, President's House (Florida State University), Student Union (Florida State University), University Center (Florida State University), Landmarks and Monuments of Florida State University, List of Florida State University honorary degree recipients, List of Florida State University Torch Award recipients, Ruby Diamond


 * Rewritten articles: Florida State University student housing, Bernard F. Sliger, J. Stanley Marshall, T. K. Wetherell, Virginia Bass Wetherell


 * Update Edits: List of presidents of Florida State University Mgrē@sŏn  ( Talk ) 19:49, 24 August 2023 (UTC)


 * Currently working on List of Buildings at Florida State University. Mgrē@sŏn  ( Talk ) 01:41, 3 September 2023 (UTC)

Merge of inactive higher education wikiprojects
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