Talk:Rushmore University

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This particular institution tries quite a bit harder to make itself look as though it were legitimate, and some people might be more inclined to fall for it if there were no wikipedia article warning them.

[edit] notability, verification

I appreciate your efforts in writing this article; however I feel that it needs improvements regarding the citation of sources.

First, most statements in the article are not backed by reliable sources (in fact, not by any sources). That does not mean that these claims are necessarily false; but all content in Wikipedia needs to be verifiable against sources. This is particularly important if you include criticism, like in this case. Otherwise, the content of the article may be considered original research, which is discouraged on Wikipedia.

Second, sources are needed for a different issue: They serve to establish the notability of the subject. In order to show that Rushmore University satisfies the criteria in WP:ORG, you need to cite third-party coverage of the subject. Such independent sources might include press coverage about Rushmore University (positive or negative!), or books in which the university is mentioned. Note that blogs, internet discussion groups, and other user-generated content are not considered reliable in this context.

Currently you only cite the University homepage (that's not independent), and general government websites which do not specifically cover Rushmore University. (One lists the university in a list of unaccredited institutions, but that's not really substantial coverage.) Please add independent sources to this article. If sources cannot be found, it might get deleted from Wikipedia.

For the time being, I am resetting the date counter of the “notability” warning tag. Sorted as part of the Notability wikiproject. --B. Wolterding 11:35, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

I added additional references and removed all the tags on this page because I believe I have provided adequate sourcing for this article. Where independent sourcing is not available, the Rushmore University website is cited but the information is identified as a "claim," not as a fact. (It is a fact that the school makes these claims.) One "interesting" feature of Rushmore is that they apparently require their students to create websites promoting the institution, so there is a massive amount of Internet "information" about the school.--orlady 18:36, 20 June 2007 (UTC)