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[edit] Grinnell College

My justification for reverting your edits:

First of all, the quotation from Newsweek is just plain false (nowhere in the article does it state that) and grossly misrepresents what was really meant. Read the article here. The main criterion for the "best all-around" (not "best overall") college was "buzz." Second, Newsweek does not put out rankings as US News does and with the same authority. Third, putting a quotation from an article in a paragraph that has to do with rankings and accolades is misleading, suggesting that the Chronicle of Higher Education is ranking the wealth of schools when in fact it took that information from NACUBO's study (which is out-of-date for the year 2006).

The overall effect of your edits is to replace precise information with euphemistic information, making the article less informative, less authoritative and bulkier. (unsigned comment by User:Exeunt)

RE: List of presidents Grinnell College,
You're probably right to bring up WP:NOT and remove the list, but until we integrate at least some aspects of the information provided by the list into article prose, I feel that removing it entirely causes net harm to the article. How about reverting the list as a temporary measure, with the ultimate goal of eliminating the list and incorporating parts of it into the article prose? Avram (talk) 05:29, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
I'm going to move this discussion to the GC talk page. response is there. Pdbailey (talk) 02:37, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Merry Christmas

Wishing you the very best for the season, Paul! - Alice✉
Wishing you the very best for the season, Paul! - Alice✉

[edit] Probability and statistics sub-project?

I recently proposed starting a "probability and statistics" sub-project (aka task force or work group) of WikiProject Maths and was wondering if you'd be interested in participating. If so, please add your name and any comments at WP:WikiProject Council/Proposals#Probability and statistics. Regards, Qwfp (talk) 22:33, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Requesting your input at Wikipedia:WikiProject Economics/Featured Article drive

Since you are a member of WikiProject Economics, I would like to direct your attention to Wikipedia:WikiProject Economics/Featured Article drive. We are currently deciding on an economics-related article to bring to Featured Article status and we would like your input. Thanks! Gary King (talk) 20:58, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Adam Smith has been chosen as the first article in WikiProject Economics' first Featured Article drive

I am contacting you because you Supported the decision to choose Adam Smith as the first Featured Article that WikiProject Economics would work on. If you can, please help out and make this goal a reality! A discussion on this has begun at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Economics#The Featured Article drive is now closed. Thanks for your time! Gary King (talk) 16:47, 14 May 2008 (UTC)