Wikipedia:Featured article review/Shimer College/archive1

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The article was delisted by Nikkimaria via FACBot (talk) 5:58, 30 January 2021 (UTC) [1].

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Shimer College

Notified: Nasty Housecat, WikiProject Illinois, WikiProject Chicago, talk page notification from 2014, talk page notification from Nov 2020

Review section

I'm nominating this article for review. Shimer College was acquired by another college in 2017 and the article needs an overhaul to make its current status clear.

• The changes should go beyond just putting the text in past tense. For instance, there are still inconsistencies such as When Hutchins left the university in 1951 and it abandoned the Hutchins Plan, Shimer continued to use it and it is still reflected in the college's curriculum. - well, it's now a school, isn't it? Shimer Great Books School?
• There's no mention of how the acquisition process went down (the History section makes no mention of it) or why. There isn't a single mention of "acquisition" in the body of the text;
• Several small sentences were added throughout the text to reflect the acquisition, but they are all unsourced:

• "In 2017, seven Shimer faculty joined the Shimer School of Great Books at North Central College."
• "As of 2017, tuition and fees for the Shimer School will be identical to those of North Central College."
• "As of June 1, 2017, the Shimer School of Great Books of North Central College is located on the campus of North Central in Naperville, Illinois."
• "This inclusive model of governance was unique in American higher education."
• "... led the College to its new future at North Central College and was awarded an honorary doctorate in April 2017 in recognition of her service."
• "As students at North Central, Shimerians will have access to the full range of student services and student organizations."
• "Whether these programs will continue at North Central is unknown."
• "This program will continue at North Central."

• Notable alumni subsection is mostly unsourced. Also, that section should not be in bullet points;
• The lead needs trimming of extra detail pertaining to the college days that is not very relevant now.

(There's an older talk page notice that is not mine and that provides other reservations, prior to the acquisition, but I have not compared the edits.) RetiredDuke (talk) 21:25, 28 December 2020 (UTC)

• Move to FARC, no engagement. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 18:19, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

FARC section

Issues raised in the review section include currency and sourcing. Nikkimaria (talk) 17:23, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

• Delist - very out of date, does not properly reflect the acquisition and rebranding. Hog Farm _Talk 15:43, 20 January 2021 (UTC)
• Delist - article needs substantial additions after acquisition. Deltawk (talk) 03:58, 21 January 2021 (UTC)
• Delist the subject changed, but the article hasn't. (t · c) buidhe 19:08, 22 January 2021 (UTC)
• Closing note: This removal candidate has been delisted, but there may be a delay in bot processing of the close. Please leave the {{featured article review}} template in place on the talk page until the bot goes through. Nikkimaria (talk) 15:58, 30 January 2021 (UTC)

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