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Traditions of Texas A&M University

I've listed this article for peer review because I would like some non-Aggie eyes to look at it. I am eventually planning to nominate this for Featured Article consideration. Before that, however, I need to make sure that the article makes sense to people who haven't lived and breathed the Texas A&M traditions. Please let me know if specific sections don't provide enough detail or provide too much detail. I also welcome recommendations on what, if anything, should be cut, and on anything non-Aggies have heard of that should be included.

Thanks,

Karanacs 20:25, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

Howdy! (I hope I pronounced that right, I'm not from Texas but I've visited there.) The article seems fine. The only item I'd heard of before was the bonfire deaths as reported in the news. It would help to make this a subsection, so that it shows up in the table of contents as that's what I looked for first. VisitorTalk 23:36, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

Well, it makes sense, and I'm certainly not an "aggie", never having been to Texas. Some things I find myself wondering: Howdy - how prevalent is this? Has it more or less replaced "hello" and "how's it going", or is it mostly just something people do on special occasions? Football - I have no idea what is meant by "step off the wood". Toresica 21:53, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

Toresica, "Howdy" is a widely used friendly greeting throughout Texas that can mean "Hello," "how's it going," "I'm happy to see you," and "I wish you well as I pass on by." It's an all-purpose burst of good cheer that is breezy enough to use while roaming the range on horseback, and flexible enough to be stretched out in a relaxed manner when someone joins the campfire circle. The university tradition is celebration of a Texas tradition. VisitorTalk 09:12, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the comments. I'll try to explain both Howdy and "off the wood" a little better. Karanacs 13:40, 27 August 2007 (UTC)