Talk:Kansas State University
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[edit] Cheer
Now say it with me...
"K - S - U . . . WILDCATS!!"
And we shall follow that up with Another K-State FIRST DOWN!
Kirk: I'm afraid cheering for your favourite team doesn't really belong in an encyclopedia article. ;-)
What is wrong w/ adding a little color (or colour, as you might say) to these entries?
And if this encyclopedia entry (or any/all entries for that matter) are to be accurate, why not include things of this nature (btw, the lines you reference are indeed a part of the University, to some degree).
Oh, Lord. I see a whole raft of subpages for fight songs coming. --MichaelTinkler, alumnus of perennial football unfavorite Rice University
Nothing wrong with a little colour (or color, as you might say). However, you might preface the cheer with somthing like this:
While taking in a game, one is likely to hear the university cheer... (insert cheer here)
That way, you're not asking the readers to cheer along with you. -- Stephen Gilbert
I think adding fight songs would be no different than adding entries for other songs (see Take me out to the ball game). -- RjLesch, whose school fight song was usually sung as "Don't know the words / Don't know the words / ..."
[edit] Main Campus Buildings
Just a suggestion, instead of making an article per building make one article and link to the headings. It's still a work in progress, but see Iowa State University and Buildings of Iowa State University for an example. Cburnett 01:02, 7 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Good suggestion. I wasn't involved in writing that part of the page, but I'm thinking of spinning off some info onto other pages that cover bigger topics in that style. Kgwo1972 00:07, 17 October 2005 (UTC)
I like the idea, but have reservations. I might be more for that idea of Wikipedia weren't so slow so frequently. As such, the large pages like that never finish loading. --Hanenkamp 17:25, 19 October 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Distinguished alumni
Kirstie Alley never graduated. I think she should be removed from the alumni section, but I would like some feedback. Kgwo1972 17:09, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
- I went ahead and put the designation attended next to her name and others are not actually alumni. Kgwo1972 00:45, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Old map
I remember inside a closet door in jounalism department was a really old perspective map (is that the right term?). I wonder if it's still there. I was very tempted to steal it but I was too honest. If it's still there it would be cool to get a photograph of it. --Gbleem 04:49, 5 November 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Research sentence removed
Hi all - I removed the following sentence:
- Faculty and graduate research is conducted at the university in agronomy, biosciences, electrical engineering, food science and the social sciences.
The context implies these are the only areas where research is done, which is false. Also, I don't really see the purpose for such a list. It should be presumed that at any large research university, research is conducted in all academic fields. With a few very minor exceptions, I believe this is true of K-State. --best, kevin [kzollman][talk] 00:18, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
- Seems rational to me. I was just mucking around with that part of the page but that sentence was not my work. Kgwo1972 00:45, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
[edit] New Coach!
If someone could make a Ron Prince page, that would be great, seeing as the cats have a new coach.
[edit] Dan Glickman
Anybody have a citation that proves Dan Glickman attended KSU? I couldn't find one. --best, kevin [kzollman][talk] 01:12, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Alcoholic coaches
I have now removed the statement that KSU basketball coach is an alcoholic. There are two problems with this addition. First, its not relevant to an article on KSU, perhaps the article on the coach, but not here. Second, it was unsourced. It being "well known" is not sufficient. A verifiable source is needed. Without such wikipedia is exposing itself to libel suits. --best, kevin [kzollman][talk] 02:21, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Bleeding Purple
We use that a lot to say we are die-hard fans. Should it be added under trivia or something?Cameron Nedland 20:41, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] KSU name
If someone knows, please correct. Otherwise, I'll look it up and do it. I thought that the name was, at one time, Kansas State University of Agriculture and Applied Science until about 20 years ago. Polounit 02:42, 26 July 2007 (UTC)Done/Thanks, Spacini. Polounit 03:01, 28 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Demographics
Is there any official information on this (like saying that 90% of students are from Johnson County, etc.)? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cameron Nedland (talk • contribs) 16:43, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] National champions
I have reverted this edit. This webpage appears to contradict it. --best, kevin [kzollman][talk] 01:43, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
As does this, if you count individual sports. Kslogic | Talk 23:50, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Campus in Olathe
Has anyone heard any details on the new campus they're making?Cameron Nedland (talk) 19:56, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
