User:Miranda/University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Article: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

General

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  • Try not to make sentences so passive.
  • Avoid "it" and subst. with a proper noun/collective noun whenever possible

Introduction

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  • Needs to be more than one paragraph per WP:LEAD.   Done Artichoke2020 (talk) 00:26, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
  • Mention academics, student life, athletics, degree programs, etc.   Done Artichoke2020 (talk) 00:26, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
  • Replace "it" with a proper noun   Done Artichoke2020 (talk) 16:16, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
  • Original 8 schools/Public Ivy - needs to be cited. Better to put in history section.   Done (in reputation and rankings section) Artichoke2020 (talk) 17:01, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

History

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  • First sentence is too wordy. Should be split in two sentences.: Chartered by the North Carolina General Assembly on December 11, 1789, and beginning instruction in 1795, UNC is the oldest public university in the nation and the only one to award degrees in the eighteenth century.   Done Artichoke2020 (talk) 16:16, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
  • "beginning instruction" = instruction of undergrads or grads?   Done Artichoke2020 (talk) 16:16, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
  • What does the cornerstone symbolize? What is the meaning of the cornerstone?
  • Second and third paragraph needs additional citations.   Done Artichoke2020 (talk) 16:40, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
  • Woman's? Do you mean Women's?   Done Artichoke2020 (talk) 16:16, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
  • "UNC itself" - t/o itself   Done Artichoke2020 (talk) 16:16, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
  • the section needs to be expanded to include recent history   Done Artichoke2020 (talk) 00:26, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
  • might want to add presidents/how the university expanded through their administration   Done Artichoke2020 (talk) 00:26, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

Images

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  • The pictures' captions on the page don't need periods, "unless" they are complete sentences. I don't see any of pictures with captions with complete sentences in this article.   Done Artichoke2020 (talk) 16:16, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Sports

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  • Any famous athletes come from this school? Was there a basketball dynasty from this school?   Done (used consensus national athletes of the year as criteria for inclusion) Artichoke2020 (talk) 17:32, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

Traditions

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  • After important basketball victories, it has become tradition to rush downtown to Franklin Street, which the police shut to traffic.
Who rushes downtown? Students? Faculty?   Done Artichoke2020 (talk) 17:00, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
  • Find cites for Tar Heels and relevance to university   Done Artichoke2020 (talk) 19:23, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
  • Anthromorphic ram at all games - cite   Done Artichoke2020 (talk) 19:12, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

Campus

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  • Parts of campus - are they "called" these names or are these   Done (I think; they're not official names as far as I know) Artichoke2020 (talk) 17:46, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

School colors

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  • You need to give dates/years when the colors were designated these colors. Since the beginning of the athletics department, doesn't work.   Done (as precisely as sources allow) Artichoke2020 (talk) 17:00, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

Scholarships

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  • Cite info on Robertson Scholars   Done Artichoke2020 (talk) 17:41, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
  • Cite info on Princeton Review   Done Artichoke2020 (talk) 17:33, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

Comments

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  • On hold for 1 week. miranda 16:08, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
Went through the article. Extensive progress has been made. Thus, I am promoting this to GA. miranda 21:54, 28 May 2008 (UTC)