Talk:Red Cedar River (Michigan)

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[edit] MSU Template

I think this page should have the MSU campus template. The Red Cedar River would not be worthy of a Wikipedia page if it weren't such an integral part of MSU's campus. I also made the template for the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus, and I thought about adding the template to the the Mississippi River page, since the Mississippi is a major feature of U-MN's campus. However, the Univeristy of Minnesota is not a major feature of the Mississippi, so I left it off.

The Mississippi is important without U-MN. The Red Cedar is unimportant without MSU. I put the template back on the page.

Lovelac7 30 June 2005 01:06 (UTC)

Well I disagree the river is unimportant without MSU. You must be an MSU student, but even if not, that POV is coloring the article. There are other parks and a golf course along its length, the cadmium contamination upstream, it's importance in history as the power source for a number of grist mills, etc. The article is now over half about MSU plus the template. Besides the fact that the template looks out of place sticking out in the middle of a bunch of whitespace it creates at the end of the article and isn't terribly attractive. Also, the MSU material is rather unencyclopedic, and could be summed up as it is an common recreation destination for MSU students, etc. If you really want to keep that much about it it should be written more neutrally and preferably by citing another source saying it, not just opinions. It's better, but has a ways to go. - Taxman ^Talk June 30, 2005 16:11 (UTC)