Talk:University of Richmond/Archive 1

Archive 1

Bias?

This seems like a bit of a puff piece. Where is the objectivism? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.16.45.1 (talk) 04:50, 29 March 2013 (UTC)

TC Williams School of Law versus University of Richmond School of Law

My thanks to whoever linked to the law school page using the TC Williams descriptor. The TC Williams name is apparently out of favor with the university at this point (thus the name of the article), but it is indeed a better descriptor. Erechtheus 05:19, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

Presidency

In a looming edit war, we seem to have a dispute about whether the infobox should list William Cooper or Edward Ayers as the president. Since Cooper is the current president and Ayers will not take office until July 1, 2007, my opinion is that the infobox should reflect the current state of affairs, not future. Note that the selection of Ayers is covered in the body of the article. In order to hopefully put a temporary halt to the edits here, I've listed both in the infobox. But I'd like to put this up for discussion: What should be included in the infobox? WildCowboy 04:48, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

I've been watching this war unfold and I agree with you wholeheartedly. Use the crystal ball rationale if you have to. Cooper is the current president; he goes in the infobox. Ayers is acknowledged in the article, and I think that's more than sufficient. -RaCha'ar 16:10, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

I thinks its most logical for current, rather than past of future presidents to be put in the box. Perhaps create a separate space for future presidents? (Although, I rather agree with RaCha'ar. Given the relatively few number of ex-presidents, why not create a box for them or a place within the article? Then you could legitimately include past, present, and future. SkipperClipper 02:29, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Gottwald Center for the Sciences

Is this section at all necessary? It reads far more like an advertisement of a new facility than a description of the university. If this building merits singular attention, should not all other academic building warrant such treatment? I would imagine most would agree with me. As an alumni of the institution, perhaps I am too biased to be an objective critic. SkipperClipper 02:04, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

I agree to some extent. I suppose it was added because it was a large, expensive, and recently-completed project at the time. But rather than removing it, I'd actually prefer to see more detail on some of the other buildings (especially the historic ones). Ideally, I'd like to see it all on a separate page so as to not make the main article absurdly long. I'd like to see more detail on the athletic programs as well (also on a separate page), but I don't have the time right now to make the desired additions. WildCowboy 02:25, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

I agree, but then that begins to raise the question of Notability. What buildings on campus are truly notable? Perhaps Camp Concert Hall or the Jepson Theater, but then couldn't these fit elsewhere, say on a list of Virginia theaters? SkipperClipper 02:26, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Have created a new page for the buidling similar to the "see also" links in athletics. ~~ —Preceding unsigned comment added by SkipperClipper (talk • contribs) 04:15, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Athletics

I've moved the athletic program info to a new page at Richmond Spiders. We could probably use a very brief summary here on this page while linking to the new page for more detail, but I don't have the time to take on that task at the moment. WildCowboy 17:39, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Richmondcoatofarms.jpg

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I have addressed this issue by adding a completed rationale template to the image in question and have deleted the tag. WildCowboy 06:51, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

University of Virgina on lockdown

CNN just reported that the University was on lockdown because of an armed man on campus.--Jóhann Heiðar Árnason (talk) 22:06, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Admissions Overlap

Nowhere does it say that these institutions are the ones with which *the most* overlap exists. What about 30 institutions listed immediately above? US News lists Boston College, Georgetown and W&M. I'm not saying that U of R isn't a good school, nor am I saying that there is no overlap between the institutions listed. I'm simply challenging the term "greatest overlap" when there is absolutely NO support for such an interpretation. Show me support, and maybe I'll buy it. But Princeton, Brown and Cornell? I strongly doubt it. The list as I interpret it simply suggests that there is *some* overlap, and doesn't even make it clear that these institutions are the ones with which the U of R has the *most* overlap. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.52.240.108 (talk) 22:32, 20 December 2011 (UTC)

I can see that interpretation, but my impression is that these are indeed the most overlapping schools. Here is quote from the Dean of Admissions stating similar, but again I suppose it could be interpreted differently than I'm doing: "Richmond’s top 12 schools for cross-applicants include Georgetown, UVa, William & Mary, Duke, Brown, Cornell, and Dartmouth." What does top 12 mean? My interpretation is that it's "greatest overlap", but I'll bet yours is "subjectively best ones with which we have any overlap". :)

As for the other list of 30 schools, the page is clear that these are schools viewed to be similar for their "size, scope, and resources", not for admissions/quality of student. WildCowboy (talk) 22:53, 20 December 2011 (UTC)

All right. Use that list, then. I'm not really sure I actually buy it, but my opinion is irrelevant. The interview much better supports the statement than the previous link.

OR simply remove the word *greatest* and use the old link. Or use the US News data. It doesn't matter to me, so long as the statement can reasonably be inferred from the source.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.52.240.108 (talk) 22:59, 20 December 2011 (UTC)

Motto translation

Three times in the past two weeks, IP user 74.110.177.124 (Contributions) has edited the motto translation in the infobox incorrectly. After the second time, I added a reference to the University of Richmond's page specifying the correct translation, but the user changed it yet again yesterday. Anyone wishing to modify the translation from the referenced version is strongly encouraged to discuss the issue here before editing. Thanks. WildCowboy (talk) 15:14, 24 May 2018 (UTC)

Merger proposal

I propose to merge Weinstein-Jecklin Speech Center into University of Richmond. There’s enough content for a short para here, and no more than that is needed. Mccapra (talk) 20:06, 3 May 2019 (UTC)

Just delete the Speech Center article...no need to merge it. There's nothing notable about it. WildCowboy (talk) 20:16, 6 May 2019 (UTC)