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Sir William Pickering - I had considered adding him, but wasn't sure that he qualified, having only spent his first undergrad year at Canterbury. What should the qualification be? dramatic

That they were educated at the university at some point is enough to generally count a person as an alumn, I believe. U of C certainly remembered him as an alumnus when he passed away this year. Perhaps those who are/were faculty should be put slightly separately from alumni? And how many should we have on this list, anyway? There are plenty more that could be added...those who are/were significant within NZ, or those who made an impact on a wider scale, or both? Is there a standard for this? Also, Roy Kerr's article definitely needs to be expanded. --Iridia 06:43, Aug 31, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Ban from Wikipedia Editing

As of November 2007 (possibly earlier?) It would appear that anyone using the UoC internet connection is blocked from editing Wikipedia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 123.255.54.244 (talk) 22:36, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

Well I'm currently editing this page at the University of Canterbury with no problem. 132.181.43.33 22:07, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Simplified language

I just reverted an edited that replaced "maintains" with "has", "X stands next to Y" with "X is next to Y" etc. I prefer the more varied language and see no reason to simplify it like this. A Simple English version would be a good idea, but that's a separate wiki; when I've got a moment I'll start an article there. --Zeborah (talk) 19:02, 10 April 2008 (UTC)