Talk:Samuel Merritt University
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"Samuel Merritt's students represent all ages, ethnicities, and geographical locations." Really? This reads like a brochure. If this is true, site a source at the least. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.80.64.135 (talk) 23:15, 1 March 2012 (UTC)
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N123q opened discussion on my User Talk page with some proposed edits for this article. With their permission, I've copied the discussion here so we can continue the discussion in a location where other editors interested in this article are more likely to find it. ElKevbo (talk) 18:17, 4 July 2023 (UTC)
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Hi ElKevbo, I was trying to update the Samuel Merritt University wikipedia page, as some things have changed, but it seems like I did not format the edits correctly. Would you be able to offer some insight as to what steps I missed? Thanks! N123q (talk) 14:49, 29 June 2023 (UTC)
- Here's my sandbox: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:N123q/sandbox N123q (talk) 15:21, 29 June 2023 (UTC)
- @N123q: I'm happy to help. What exactly are you trying to update or change? ElKevbo (talk) 21:22, 29 June 2023 (UTC)
- Thank you! There's a few things:
- that the university is a private non-profit health sciences university that has served the community for over 114 years.
- that it was founded as a nursing school in 1909, and that has since expanded into a health sciences university, including three colleges - College of Nursing, College of Health Sciences, and College of Podiatric Medicine and has grown to include programs in occupational and physical therapy, physician assistant, and podiatric medicine.
- that the University is ranked by U.S. News & World Report among the best graduate programs in health sciences and was named Best in the U.S. by Intelligent.com.
- There are also some edits about its history and updates regarding its departments (there should be 3 as listed on the website instead of 5). I drafted a sandbox here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:N123q/sandbox
- I am wondering if you can take a look and let me know if the format is correct. Thank you so much! 24.48.74.189 (talk) 15:34, 4 July 2023 (UTC)
- Thanks for the specific details and draft article - both are very helpful!
- Would you be okay if we moved this discussion to the article's Talk page? That would make it easier for other editors - now and in the future - to find and participate in the discussion. ElKevbo (talk) 17:50, 4 July 2023 (UTC)
- Thank you! There's a few things:
- @N123q: I'm happy to help. What exactly are you trying to update or change? ElKevbo (talk) 21:22, 29 June 2023 (UTC)
Here are my thoughts on each of the items you've raised:
- For articles about US colleges and universities, we rarely include "non-profit" in the lede. The vast majority of US colleges and universities are non-profit so we usually assume that's the case and indicate when it's not. "Serving the community for 114 years" also doesn't seem to be neutral or necessary.
- The lede should include the founding date of the institution and some relevant details. I might not word it the way that you have but I have no substantive objections to adding or including it in the lede.
- We rarely include ranking information in the lede of an article. In fact, there has been substantial, difficult discussion about this point - the most recent, authoritative discussion is at WP:HIGHEREDREP. (I am also highly skeptical that Intelligent.com is a respected ranking source.)
- Updates and corrections to the institution's history and organization in the body of the article would be most welcome. However, the information needs to be supported by reliable sources.
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