Talk:List of Northwestern University residences

Cutting the list down

Is all of this really necessary? I think an article detailing the Res College system would be useful, we could merge the articles on CRC/Jones/Willard etc into it. But this just looks like a long and mostly pointless list. Bolt Vanderhuge 05:15, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

The short answer is yes. A list is not an article, which is obviously why there are camps of wikipedians who would like to do away with them altogether. Nevertheless, going off of WP:WIAFL as something to aspire for, I aim first for comprehensiveness and factual accuracy followed second by massaging the style and formatting to make the list useful and well-constructed. My philosophy/penchant for list-making (of residences, buildings, faculty, etc.) is grounded in the fact that a list, unlike a "prose" article, can be comprehensive/exhaustive without requiring intimate familiarity with the subject in order for a reader/editor to be able to understand or contribute.

It's always my hope (however unlikely), that a novice reader/editor might come across an essentially blank framework like this and begin to fill in the blanks rather than being discouraged after his/her stubby contribution is speedily AfDed somewhere else. In that way a list is perfect for these types of articles that I don't see how they could expand much beyond a couple of lines for each of history, architecture, governance, traditions, and notable alumni. As you mentioned, the CRC/Jones/Willard seem to have stubby articles just floating around in the wikiverse and should likely be AfDed, to say nothing of the other colleges/halls that are not even covered -- but taken together, were each of these entries filled in, it makes for a richer tapestry (see List of MIT undergraduate dormitories). Obviously they accumulate cruft, POV, and OR, but hey, at least it's all in one place. Madcoverboy 06:30, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

Nice plan, but I don't think it's working. Still just a boring list of addresses. 129.105.19.151 (talk) 20:49, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

There is no deadline. Madcoverboy (talk) 21:18, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

Meh, I'm not a big fan of that guideline. People, when using it incorrectly, can use it as an excuse for everything. People can counter 'This article has no sources', 'This article doesn't establish notability', 'This article uses bad form', etc with WP:TIND saying that someday in the future, the page will cite stuff/establish itself/look better/not suck/etc. Especially in AfDs, people will say that it can be fixed, but it will take a little bit of time, and then the article is deleted because nobody fixed it in those two days. But yeah .... I think this article does have a lot of potential like you said, but I also like to be a jerk and point out things like this. 129.105.19.151 (talk) 21:53, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

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Infoboxes

I think that the infoboxes look out of place; they only exist for a few dorms so they look awkward and out of place, they're too big and encroach into the next dorm in the list, and they appear to be an excuse for listing current officers (which will go out of date very quickly). If any of these buildings is notable on its own, it should have its own article and an infobox there. Any objections to my removing the infoboxes so that there is consistency look for all of the dorms/halls? Leschnei (talk) 15:08, 9 October 2017 (UTC)

Pictures!

If anyone who attends/lives near Northwestern is interested, this article could really use some pictures. This one too! Leschnei (talk) 15:51, 9 October 2017 (UTC)

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