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The list was promoted by Giants2008 17:12, 9 October 2012 [1].

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Nominator(s): Ruby 2010/2013 03:53, 22 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I am nominating this for featured list because I believe it fulfills the FL criteria. This is my fifth colleges list, and I've tried to include improvements along the way as they've been suggested for each nomination. Any comments should be speedily addressed. Thanks in advance! Ruby 2010/2013 03:53, 22 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved comments from TBrandley (talk) 05:08, 22 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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  • Alt text needs to be added to those images
  • Same goes for universities, U.S. state, and medical schools
  • "it had a spring 2012 enrollment of 74,596" reference?
  • The statistics are cited below in the main table. Ruby 2010/2013 04:26, 22 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • "seven years before Iowa became a state" then what was it before?
  • Sorry, I'm not sure what you mean here. The college was founded in 1839, and Iowa became a U.S. state in 1846. Are you referring to the Iowa Territory (the state's predecessor?) Ruby 2010/2013 04:43, 22 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • The Abbreviation in the table should not be in bold, per MOS:BOLD, just remove bolding marks
  • Align text to center in the key
  • Done (changed header to a center alignment) Ruby 2010/2013 04:43, 22 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • "Active institutions" seems like that table caption should be expanding further
  • Same goes for the Defunct institutions table; the table caption repeats the header title, change to "List of defunct college university institutions" something like that I suppose
Changed to List of defunct institutions Ruby 2010/2013 04:43, 22 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • "Universities portal" actually, it's the "university portal"
  • Done (let me know if I missed any - many are just websites, not news sources) Ruby 2010/2013 04:26, 22 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Remove red link in references
  • "US" → "U.S."
  • "Consider removing links that add little to the article or that have been repeated in close proximity to other links to the same article, as per WP:MOS and WP:CONTEXT. Guides recommend having greater than 3% words in links, but be sure not to overlink words just to add more links" TBrandley 05:10, 22 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • I delinked law schools, but otherwise I think everything else should stay linked for the ease of readers. Thanks for reviewing, as always! Ruby 2010/2013 05:17, 22 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oh, no problem. :) This, I promise, this is the last comment, ha:
    • Though not related to this itself, consider creating some redirects to this list, only one is currently there. Cheers, TBrandley 05:21, 22 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Good idea. Created a couple redirects. Ruby 2010/2013 05:26, 22 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

TBrandley 04:07, 22 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

  • Support. I have no stylistic concerns, having already supported the layout when it was used for South Dakota's list; the prose looks good to me too (looked first at DYK, second review now still doesn't present anything). Keep them coming in. GRAPPLE X 00:34, 25 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thanks to both of you for the support! Ruby 2010/2013 02:37, 25 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - I did a little copyedit, but I couldn't see anything worth bringing up here. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 03:57, 25 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: I did a very short spot-check and found that Waldorf College was sold in 2009 and became for-profit. Please check that others are up to date. Otherwise Support. Reywas92Talk 04:32, 26 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Resolved comments from NapHit (talk) 13:22, 8 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Comments
  • I'm a bit confused by the number of college and universities, you state there are 60. Yet adding them all together from the numbers given in the next sentences gives us 65. I've noticed one discrepancy, the lead gives two research universities, while the tables gives one. Would be worth checking to make sure the others are consistent.
  • The many campuses of Kaplan University are causing the discrepancy -- I'll think on how I should reword it. Also, the table shows two research universities (ISU and UI). Ruby 2010/2013 05:09, 1 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Sorry for delay. I've added an explanatory note into the lead. Ruby 2010/2013 17:35, 7 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Location(s) column should be Location as only one is given throughout
  • Could do with alt text for the images in the defunct institutions section
  • Will do so once it's decided to keep them in. Thanks for comments! Ruby 2010/2013 17:52, 1 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

— Preceding unsigned comment added by NapHit (talk • contribs)

Resolved comments from The Rambling Man (talk) 08:48, 4 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Comments good, some picks...
  • "Distance Learning" is just "distance learning".
  • "Westmar University, a defunct institution that closed in 1997." (etc) shouldn't have a period at the end of the caption because the caption is not a complete sentence.
  • I removed the dead external link. One is classified as having a connection issue, but it works fine for me. Let me know if it doesn't work for anyone else. Ruby 2010/2013 17:52, 1 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • You have images of the defunct institutions, but not the current ones, is that because you're afraid of squashing the table too much?
  • Pretty much. I added the defunct images almost as an afterthought because there was open space. If it looks odd to include them but not images of active institutions, I can always remove them. Ruby 2010/2013 05:09, 1 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The Rambling Man (talk) 17:25, 30 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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