Talk:University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Public Ivy in lede

@ElKevbo, I'm guessing you may have thoughts about how to move this toward a less boosterish state; offers an academic experience similar to that of an Ivy League university isn't something I think we can support. Overall, we need to either reform or delist GAs like this, since editors ought to be able to point to them as precedent-setting examples. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 05:39, 3 August 2022 (UTC)

If we must include this information in the lede - more on that in a moment - then I don't know why we need to expand on it at all as readers who would like to know more can easily visit the article all about it.

I don't think this has been centrally discussed in several years but I am still opposed to including this information in the lede of any article. Why in the world are we giving so much weight to one or two books published in either 1985 or 2001? The compromise that was struck in the previous discussion was to only include this in the lede for institutions named in the 1985 book, excluding the "runner-ups." I would be very amenable reopening this discussion to overturn that compromise in favor of relegating this to the "Rankings" or a similar section if it's included at all. ElKevbo (talk) 06:40, 3 August 2022 (UTC)

GA Reassessment

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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Result: Kept. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 15:54, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

GA from 2008, tagged with a GAR request since September. Aside from the boosterism template, there are 5 citation needed templates and several other unsourced information. Spinixster (chat!) 01:10, 27 November 2023 (UTC)

I've addressed three of the citation needed tags and the boosterism. The other two citation needed tags need some work to see if a source can be found; if not, that information can be removed. Robminchin (talk) 13:16, 27 November 2023 (UTC)

I've added some further citation needed tags that I think have now identified the remaining unsourced information referred to. It looks like everything should be either addressable or not a great loss if it has to be removed. Robminchin (talk) 16:43, 27 November 2023 (UTC)

I've cleaned these up and made some other improvements to (hopefully) bring it to modern standards for a GA. Robminchin (talk) 00:16, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for the much needed improvements. I see no problems with this article now, but I'd like to hear a few more opinions before closing this GAR. Spinixster (chat!) 02:13, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Integration

No Wiki entry on a large Southern institution would be complete without a section on the history of race relations and integration at that institution. 2600:1700:2980:51A0:61C1:F9A:D203:641B (talk) 20:22, 16 December 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for your suggestion. When you believe an article needs improvement, please feel free to change it. We encourage you to be bold in updating pages, because wikis like ours develop faster when everybody edits. Don't worry too much about making honest mistakes—they're likely to be found and corrected quickly. You can always preview your edits before you publish them or test them out in the sandbox. If you need additional help, check out our getting started page or ask the friendly folks at the Teahouse. ElKevbo (talk) 22:05, 16 December 2023 (UTC)

History of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill could certainly use some improvement and expansion. S0091 (talk) 22:20, 16 December 2023 (UTC)

Updating collection size for the Libraries

I work for the UNC University Libraries. I'd like to update the size of the libraries' collections in this article, but I know I can't do that in accordance with Wikipedia's Conflict of Interest policy.

I would appreciate it if someone else finds it notable enough to update: We now hold more than 7.8 million print volumes, and an additional 2.2 million ebook volumes, for a total of just over 10 million volumes. as seen on https://library.unc.edu/about/grant-applications/ Mezzani (talk) 14:25, 8 November 2024 (UTC)

Thanks so much for asking for help! In my experience, most Wikipedia editors are okay with editors who have a conflict of interest, even those paid by the subject of an article, making uncontroversial updates to information that is already in an article but outdated. So feel free to update this information in the article (and update or add a source, as appropriate)! ElKevbo (talk) 00:52, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

Requested move 22 December 2024

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill → UNC-Chapel Hill – WP:COMMONNAME. Theparties (talk) 14:49, 22 December 2024 (UTC)

• Oppose. The full name provides a WP:TITLECON consistent naming convention across all articles on universities and colleges in the United States. Many reliable sources like Forbes and US News and World Report still use the full name. The OP has also made numerous individual RMs on this same issue like this one, which may violate WP:ACROTITLE or use a shorter common name that is rarely used outside a sports/athletic context. Better to stick to the status quo. Zzyzx11 (talk) 14:50, 22 December 2024 (UTC)
• Oppose per above, no good reason to use initialism. But I would be interested to see if University of North Carolina → University of North Carolina system and redirecting University of North Carolina to University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (or moving to that title) would meet approval in a separate discussion. Hameltion (talk | contribs) 15:17, 23 December 2024 (UTC)
• Oppose per WP:TITLEFORMAT#Avoid ambiguous abbreviations, WP:ACROTITLE, and what Zzyzx11 said. I see no reason why we need to make the title more ambiguous, since the UNC acronym means nothing to the vast majority of people who are unfamiliar with the university. – Epicgenius (talk) 16:06, 23 December 2024 (UTC)