Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Pennsylvania State University/Archive 3

Big Ten WikiProject
Hi. I have decided to start up a Big Ten WkiProject and was hoping anybody in this WikiProject may be interested in it. I decided to ask here since, well, Penn State's pat of the Big Ten. If nothing else, we could certainly collab on getting PSU to FA status. If you wish to join, thanks, if not, that's fine, just throwing it out there. -- Wizardman 14:06, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Page move
Just as a heads up, I've submitted a request to move the existing Pennsylvania State University Athletics page to Penn State Nittany Lions to maintain consistency across college athletics pages. This is the standard established by WikiProject College football. I will ensure that a redirect from the original page to this new page is put in place as soon as the move is completed. -- PSUMark2006   talk  |  contribs  22:34, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm OK with this. Thanks, GChriss &lt;always listening&gt;  &lt;c&gt; 20:44, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

Quality Check on WKPS
Would anyone here be willing to do a quality check on WKPS? The content was largely added by station managers, who wish to resolve my neutrality objection. The article has been substantially improved since a month ago, but there might be a few wrinkles to iron out. Thanks, GChriss &lt;always listening&gt; &lt;c&gt; 20:25, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

AfD: Presidents of the Pennsylvania State University
All relevant content from Presidents of the Pennsylvania State University has been migrated to History of the Pennsylvania State University so I've put up the Presidents article for AfD. Please comment here. PSUMark2006  talk  |  contribs  23:46, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

New article
I've finished an article on the Bellefonte Central Railroad, and I thought it would be appropriate to add it to the listings of this WikiProject, since it provided rail service to Penn State for about three-quarters of a century. Choess 16:10, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

Template to invite users to the WikiProject
Along the lines of similar user talk templates, I created a template we can use to invite new users to join the WikiProject if we see they've been making constructive edits to any Penn State-related articles. See WikiProject Penn State invite. PSUMark2006  talk  |  contribs  18:01, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Possible template additions?
I copyedited Penn State Glee Club, The Nittany Lion (song) (should just be The Nittany Lion?), Lion Fanfare and Downfield, Victory (fight song), Penn State Alma Mater, and Fight On, State. Some of these articles could be added to Template:The Pennsylvania State University. I created category:Penn State fight songs as well. Olessi 00:13, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I'd hesitate to add any more links to the template since it does seem like it's getting a little bloated (for starters, we don't need the previous presidents' articles linked, possibly just a link to the list). The Nittany Lion redirects to the song article, which I'm unsure about since Nittany Lion is the article about the mascot. — PSUMark2006   talk  |  contribs  01:15, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Probably The Nittany Lion should redirect to the mascot, and the mascot page should have a disambig link at the top going to the song. --Spangineerws (háblame)  03:06, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I agree. — PSUMark2006   talk  |  contribs  03:12, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

Abington - "the U"?
An anonymous user has reinserted into Penn State Abington and The U that the campus is called "The U" by its students. Besides the fact that students throughout the country call their respective schools "The U" and it is not noteworthy, no source has been provided for its inclusion. Additionally, The U article is supposed to list universities widely known by that name in the media, which I doubt applies to the Abington campus. Anyone know differently? Olessi 16:00, 25 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Agreed. Not notable.  That's as important as stating that students call Penn State Berks campus simply "Berks". --Thisisbossi 17:31, 25 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the verification. I removed the statement from both articles. Olessi 16:45, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Old Coaly in Jeopardy
Articles for deletion/Old Coaly —xanderer 14:57, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

Harold and Inge Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
The article on PSU's industrial engineering department will be featured on Wikipedia's main page on August 27, Penn State's first day of classes for the fall semester. I'll be watching the article throughout the day (I have a light class schedule that day), but any help would be appreciated to make sure that incorrect information doesn't sneak in. Thanks! --Spangineerws (háblame)  21:07, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

Considering Deletion Sorting
Has anyone considered whether it would be beneficial to take advantage of either WikiProject Deletion sorting/Pennsylvania, WikiProject Deletion sorting/Schools and/or WikiProject Deletion sorting/Education as addition and monitoring points for articles nominated for deletion? --User:Ceyockey ( talk to me ) 01:51, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

Faculty
there has been an considerable amount of articles on notable and less-notable Penn state faculty added to WP in the last week, with public-relations-style writing, excessive lists of papers, and a failure to concentrate on the elements of notability as shown by WP:PROF. Please beware of WP:COI, and se WP:BFAQ, which though oriented to business, applies to universities also. I support these faculty articles when they can be supported, but unless they are written with greater care, they are nor likely to survive. see my talk page for a discussion of what is needed. I will be please to offer advice. DGG (talk) 07:18, 30 October 2007 (UTC)