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[edit] Merger discussion

Merge - not enough content at Mississippi State Sports Hall of Fame to warrant it's own article. One sentence doesn't meet WP's standards for articles. I'm sure someone will say I have a conflict here, but I'm giving my opinion in good faith. -- ALLSTAR ECHO 07:26, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

Merge - Agreed. However should be reworded as Mississippi State University Sports Hall of Fame rather than Mississippi State Sports Hall of Fame to avoid ambiguity between the sports hall of fame located at the university and the State of Mississippi's Sports Hall of Fame (Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum) which is a separate entity located in Jackson, Ms. -- NW —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.222.84.166 (talk) 10:24, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

• Merge complete but it was merged with Mississippi State Bulldogs instead of Mississippi State University because it's a sports related article. -- ALLSTARecho 03:37, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Doc Foglesong resignation

Please keep in mind Wikipedia's policy of sourcing and verifiability. Until a news source or MSU source says that he has in fact resigned, it can't be added to the article based purely on speculation or speculative news reports such as the current story on ClarionLedger.com. Thanks. - ✰ALLSTAR✰ ^echo 19:42, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Found official msstate announcement. Posted source on article. Laytonsmith14 (talk) 20:28, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, however I moved it to List of Presidents of Mississippi State University which is the main article for President info, as it says on the page. - ✰ALLSTAR✰ ^echo 21:23, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Building 3's name

So, I live in building 3, and definitely just checked my student record, and I live in "Nevest Hall". I can't exactly link to my transcript, but I agree with whoever changed the link earlier that the hall's name has been officially changed. Can anyone else chime in about this subject?Laytonsmith14 (talk) 20:35, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Looking at the list of buildings on the MSU web site, it's called "Building 3" so they need to update their web site. I went on and put the name in the article anyway. - ✰ALLSTAR✰ ^echo 21:26, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

It is in fact still called Building 3 regardless of what is printed on your student record. Until the Mississippi IHL approves a name for Building 3 it officially is Building 3. I am sure that once the building receives an official name change a press release will be released by the university, and the campus maps, housing website, and other resources relating to this building will be updated. I suspect that "Nevest" is something which has been inputed into the database as a placeholder or a potential new name but is not official yet, as a search of the universities website returns zero results for "nevest". If it is in fact the new name for building 3, the wikipedia entry should not be changed until such time that this name change is official and can be verified. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.19.169.105 (talk) 08:36, 24 April 2008 (UTC)