Wikipedia:WikiProject Universities

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Things To Do
  1. Continue upkeep of University Portal
  2. Work on articles that need cleanup. A randomized short list is here
  3. Create a page for each and every university and college and add {{infobox University}} for it. See the missing list for those institutions still awaiting articles.
  4. Place {{WikiProject Universities}} on every related talk page.
  5. Ensure Featured articles are consistent with the article guidelines.
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WikiProject Universities aims to improve coverage of universities and colleges.

Our goals include:

  • Standardize the structure and content of all college and university articles
  • Improve Wikipedia's coverage of university articles, propelling them to featured article status
  • Serve as the central resource for all discussions and information related to colleges and universities on Wikipedia

Contents

[edit] Participants

Main article: /Participants

[edit] Task Forces

Task forces are meant to provide centralized information and discussion for topics that have a sufficiently large scope, but would not benefit from having a separate WikiProject with all the associated bureaucracy that would involve. The currently organized task forces are:

[edit] Structure

Main article: WikiProject Universities Article Guidelines

[edit] National differences

University and college systems vary to a great degree between different countries. Here are some good practice-adaptations of the WikiProject Universities for different countries:

[edit] Templates

Main article: Wikipedia:WikiProject Universities/Templates

[edit] Example Infobox for {{Infobox University}}

Lund University
Lunds universitet
Latin: Universitas Lundensis or Universitas Gothorum Carolina. Also the older Academia Carolina lundensis, or Academia Carolina conciliatrix.
Motto: Ad utrumque (Prepared for both)
Established: 1666
Type: Public
Rector: Prof. Göran Bexell
Staff: 6,000
Undergraduates: 42,500
Postgraduates: 30,800
Doctoral students: 3,200
Location: Lund, Skåne, Sweden
Campus: Both urban and rural.
Affiliations: Universitas 21, EUA
Website: http://www.lu.se/ 
{{Infobox University
|name = Lund University
|native_name = Lunds universitet
|latin_name = Universitas Lundensis
''or'' Universitas Gothorum Carolina.
''Also the older'' Academia Carolina lundensis,
''or'' Academia Carolina conciliatrix.
|image_name = Cambridge University Crest - flat.png
|image_size = 100px
|motto = Ad utrumque (''Prepared for both'')
|established = [[1666]]
|type = Public
|endowment = 
|staff = 6,000
|faculty = 
|president = 
|provost =
|principal = 
|rector = Prof. [[Göran Bexell]]
|chancellor = 
|vice_chancellor = 
|dean = 
|head_label = 
|head = 
|students = 
|undergrad = 42,500
|postgrad = 30,800
|doctoral = 3,200
|city = [[Lund]]
|state = [[Skåne]]
|country = [[Sweden]]
|campus = Both urban and rural.
|free_label = 
|free = 
|colors = 
|colours = 
|mascot = 
|nickname =
|affiliations = [[Universitas 21]], [[European University Association|EUA]]
|website = http://www.lu.se/
}}

[edit] Articles

[edit] New Wikipedia articles related to universities

Universities
articles		 Importance
None Total
Quality
Featured article FA 19 19
Featured list FL 13 13
A 2 2
Good article GA 51 51
B 466 466
Start 1600 1600
Stub 2144 2144
List 125 125
Assessed 4420 4420
Unassessed 39 39
Total 4459 4459

Please feel free to list your new University-related articles here (newer articles at the top, please). Any new articles that have an interesting or unusual fact in them should be suggested for the Did you know? box on the Main Wikipedia page. DYN has a 72 hr. time limit from the creation of the article.

[edit] Article Assessment

Main article: Wikipedia:WikiProject Universities/Assessment

[edit] Did you know?


[edit] Collaboration of the Fortnight

The current University Collaborations of the Fortnight are:
Editor Nominated Topic East Carolina University
B-Class Improvement Drive Mills College
Start/Stub Improvement Drive Jamia Millia Islamia

Every fortnight three higher education-related topics, stubs, or red linked articles are chosen for you to improve. Be bold!
This COTF is organized by Wikipedia:WikiProject Universities. (Nominate future collaborations or see past collaborations.)
This WP:UNI/COTF is effective: Apr 18, 2008 ~ May 01, 2008.

[edit] Peer review

[edit] Accomplishments

Featured articles


Featured lists


Featured list candidates
Featured article candidates


Featured article review
Former featured articles


Featured topics


Featured topic removal candidates
Good articles


Good article nominations
Good article reassessment

[edit] Featured pictures

The Radcliffe Camera at the University of Oxford, by Diliff

The University of California, Berkeley's, Sather Tower at sunset, by Tristan Harward

The Royal College of Music, by Diliff

Cleveland Tower at Princeton University, by David Liao

Stanford University after the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake, by W. C. Mendenhall (edited by trialsanderrors)

United States Naval Academy graduation, by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Daniel J. McLain

[edit] Featured picture candidates

[edit] Related WikiProjects

[edit] Individual institutions

[edit] By Geography

[edit] University and College sports

[edit] Athletics conferences

[edit] Individual sports

[edit] Other

[edit] See also