Wikipedia:Peer review/North Dakota State University/archive1
North Dakota State University edit
I've listed this article for peer review because…
I would like to help develop a better article that will be of use/benefit to a broad range of people; while remaining accurate and informational.
Thanks,
NDState 22:14, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
LordHarris edit
I had a look through the article and a few thoughts came to mind.
- REFERENCES. The article is lacking references/citations in any substantive amount. Take a look at WP:REF. In order to develop a better article it is essential that readers have access to references. Take for instance the main building information The main campus sits on 258 acres (1.04 km²) of beautiful, well landscaped land and consists of over 100 major buildings - where is this information from? (also beautiful and well landscaped is pov). It needs to be source to proove its verifiability and allow readers to explore further. Furthermore its generally helpful to stick to one system of reference - I noticed that in the lead for example there is both a note system and an open web page reference tag.
- Lists! A lot of the article read like a list. For example the academics, libraries, construction sections are all in list forms. In this case most of the text can be incorporated intro prose. Take a look at Wikipedia:Manual of Style for more information.
- News? Reading though the article it doesnt seem a very active university, at least nationally or in the news. Try incorporating news articles and major successes, such as research or projects etc. For example the athletics section must have some achievements that feature in the news, or have sources from elsewhere - try incorporating these.
- Wikify. The article needs wikifying for grammar, style and links. A lot of the article is non linked text. Try wikilinking with brackets words of the text. Take a look at Formatting.
- Images. I would expand the image captions, see Wikipedia:Captions for more details.
Good work though on what you have done already! Any questions feel free to ask. LordHarris 12:37, 3 October 2007 (UTC)