User talk:ElKevbo

John Jay Article

Hey, I don't know how to leave a signature so sorry about that but saw your edit. Those were college majors (have provided a link to the correct source), I don't know if it's against WP policy to list the majors the college offers (if it does, please feel free to let me know or undo it and I apologize) but wanted to give you the heads up. Anyway, it is dedicated to Criminal Justice, hence the college's name (John Jay College of Criminal Justice). Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.41.108.33 (talk • contribs) 22:16, November 4, 2021 (UTC)

Quick 2 questions

Hi @ElKevbo,

Hope you're doing well. I've been looking at a few university articles and I realized that I may have missed a few conversations. I was hoping you might be able to help me with some possible answers.

1. I remember at one point "established in" was preferred to "Founded in". I know seem to be seeing more of the latter. Was this discussed somewhere? I have no preference; I just found this interesting.
2. For the universities which have pictures of some of their notable alumni/faculty, I've seen 1-2 editors claim that this section should be limited to no more than 2 rows but this doesn't seem to be consistent. Was there consensus for how many rows this should be?

Wozal (talk) 00:00, 4 October 2024 (UTC)

I don't recall any explicit discussion of those two things.

1. I don't think I've ever seen substantive discussion of "established" versus "founded." One could argue that the language used in the infobox parameter - "established" - is an indication of at least a weak consensus. On the other hand, only "founder" and "founding" are used in the current advice for college and university articles; "establish" isn't mentioned at all. I suspect that good arguments could be made that the words are not perfect synonyms and that each one is appropriate in some circumstances where the other isn't. So developing a consensus that one must be used and the other cannot be used seems unlikely. But developing a consensus on the different meanings that the words and the kinds of situations in which one or both are appropriate may be feasible and productive.
2. I don't know of any consensus that a particular number of images or rows of images dilineates a difference between "appropriate selection of examples" and "inappropriate gallery of images." "Rows" is not likely a useful indicator as that will vary depending on each reader's device (screen size, resolution, window width, etc.). My reading of the current image use policy is that collections (i.e., galleries) of images are strongly discouraged in favor of selective and tasteful placement of images near relevant text.

Sorry I don't have specific answers! ElKevbo (talk) 01:26, 4 October 2024 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) For (1), I concur with ElKevbo. For (2), my understanding is that such galleries are discouraged. One picture for the section is plenty for purposes of visual illustration. Beyond that, it's almost never the case that individual alumni are so important to a college (which will have thousands of them, in addition to many other facets to discuss) as to be due for anything more than a list entry. Sdkb ^talk 04:52, 4 October 2024 (UTC)

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Stony Brook University Notable Faculty Section

Why was Gregg Smith removed from the Notable Faculty section? I graduated Stony Brook in 1971 and was a member of that school’s chorus led by Gregg Smith. He was on the faculty and he was notable (see Gregg Smith Singers) Raaronson (talk) 10:12, 10 October 2024 (UTC)

We usually limit entries in "Notable _" lists to subjects who have Wikipedia articles. Unless I'm mistaken, we don't have an article for Gregg Smith. ElKevbo (talk) 23:59, 10 October 2024 (UTC)