Talk:University of Groningen

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[edit] Title

Wouldn't "State University of Groningen" be a better title? It's a more complete translation of "Rijksuniversiteit Groningen". It is well used as an English name for this university, see Google: Results 1 - 10 of about 19,900 for "State University of Groningen"

On their own website they use University of Groningen. Otto 21:15, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
The official name in English is University of Groningen. See: http://www.rug.nl/corporate/index?lang=en

[edit] Number of Graduates

Revision 48937562 by 67.70.152.166 entailed changing the number of graduates from 100,000 to 200,000. Given that all of the user's other edits have been vandalism, I feel inclined to revert the number of graduates to its original value until the value is verified. Transverse 15:38, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

Why did you, while you were editing the anonymous edit, change the logo? My edit wasn't vandalism!! Changed back. MrTroy 22:01, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
Whoops, I'm very sorry about that. It is clear that the subsequent edits (including yours) are legitimate! Thanks for catching my mistake. Out of habit, I revised to the version prior to the (possible) vandalism. I have re-incorporated Otto ter Haar's revision. I am sorry for any hurt feelings. I'll remember to be more careful in the future. Transverse 01:13, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Advertising / copyright infringement?

The sections "Courses" and "Research" read like an advertisement ("The University of Groningen stimulates its students to be ambitious", "Extra opportunities lie ahead for students who study fast and easily", etc.). This is unsurprising given that the content of those sections is copied verbatim from the RUG's website:

http://www.rug.nl/corporate/onderwijs/index

http://www.rug.nl/corporate/onderzoek/index

So those sections should probably go, unless there is explicit permission from the RUG, and even then they should be modified substantially to make them encyclopedic. --Antientropic 21:31, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Hereby I give permission to use this text from the site of the University of Groningen in the Wikipedia article about our university.

Wybe K. van Dijk, webcoördinator University of Groningen. http://www.rug.nl/staff/w.k.van.dijk/indec?lang=en


I'm inclined to agree, large sections of the article read as advertisement material. Hence, I've added a NPOV warning. Bwgames 23:19, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

The used tekst is part of the missionstatement of the University of Groningen. So in my point of view the NPOV warning could be removed. Please see: http://www.rug.nl/corporate/universiteit/profiel/index?lang=en

These sections are most definitely adverts. I have removed them. AecisBrievenbus 07:42, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Buildings

Is it an idea to include a section about the (main) buildings of the RuG? Zwaardmeester 09:09, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RUG or RuG?

The official abbriviation of tyhe Universiteit va Groningen (University of Groningen) is RUG, written with three kapitals. So I'm going to edit this article accordingly. Wybe

[edit] Institution section lacks sources

Especially the bits about marketshare and being in the top 3 of certain fields need sources. Tagging this section. Wouter de Groot (talk) 23:59, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:RUG logo.gif

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BetacommandBot (talk) 04:08, 24 January 2008 (UTC)