User:Philtweir/Academic Communities
This page is a working draft for an Academic Communities WikiProject - it does not yet exist!
Goals
[edit]- Identifying a framework from already developed articles to improve basic articles on Academic Communities
- Providing a talking shop for common areas of interest, such as College Choirs, formal dining, to improve coverage across the board
- Engaging editors who are familiar with the relevant topics
- As articles about less well-known colleges often enjoy moderately high view rates, but are often stubs or proportionally undermaintained, reducing the effects of vandalism and misinformation
- Conversely, as highly developed articles may deal with standard subject matter inconsistently, providing links between articles to assist editors in identifying beneficial approaches employed in other mature articles.
Scope
[edit]Wanting to add a college?
[edit]If your zooming past, this WikiProject does include
but not
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Wanting to add a college-related article?
[edit]- We will also aim to include articles whose relevance lies entirely, or predominantly, within a college, excluding biographical, choir and boat club articles, which, at least for the moment, represent a substantial number of articles that may be dealt with effectively elsewhere, each being notable in at least two WikiProjects and to some degree tangential here. Particularly, we do wish to include articles about buildings, quads and novel societies which derive their notability primarily from the college.
If that doesn't cover what you're looking for, read on...
Since different countries use the same words for different concepts and as a scale of grey exists, we have to use a rather lengthy definition for a relatively straightforward idea! As the meaning of "college" varies substantially internationally and as there are highly similar principles in action in continental Europe under different names, we use the following extended definition:
For this WikiProject, we use the term Academic Communities to refer to tertiary education institutions fulfilling the following criteria:
- does not grant degrees
- is linked to a university [is explicitly and officially affiliated to a formally-recognised degree-granting institution(s)]
- has students [the overwhelming majority of its live-in members are members of that (or those) institutions]
- has staff [full-time employees overseeing the management of the community]
- has tutorials or supervisions [provides some substantial degree of academic and welfare support]
- is (semi-)independent [runs (semi-)autonomously from the affiliated institution]
- isn't a small House (for reasons of practicality) [significant number of residents, say, at least a few dozen]
The following may also apply:
- independent ownership
- existence of a fellowship (academic staff who are members or affiliates of the institution)
- existence of a supplementary teaching programme
- separate funding system
If the institution you reckon should be included does not match the wording of these criteria, but you feel it fits within the spirit of them, please suggest it on the talk page.
To Do
[edit]- Develop rating system for articles
- Extend articles on college related activities (e.g. supervisions, formal dining)
- Translate articles on Pavia colleges (
Collegio Borromeodone) and Salamanca colegios mayores - Identify all relevant collegiate universities for inclusion
Articles
[edit]Articles to include
[edit]Please feel free to list Academic Communities-related articles here.
Collegio di Spagna at the University of Bologna
- Christ's: Christ's College Boat Club; List of Masters of Christ's College, Cambridge
- Churchill
- Clare
- Clare Hall
- Corpus Christi: Corpus Clock; Parker Library, Corpus Christi College
- Darwin
- Downing
- Emmanuel
- Fitzwilliam
- Girton
- Gonville and Caius: Gonville & Caius A.F.C.
- Homerton
- Hughes Hall
- Jesus
- King’s: King's College Chapel; List of Provosts of King's College, Cambridge; King's Voices; King's Affair
- King's Hall (historic)
- Lucy Cavendish
- Magdalene: Pepys Library
- Michaelhouse (historic)
- Murray Edwards (New Hall)
- Newnham
- Pembroke: Pembroke Players
- Peterhouse
- Queens’
- Robinson
- St Catharine’s
- St Edmund’s
- St. Cedd's College, Cambridge (fictional)
- St John’s: Bridge of Sighs (Cambridge)
- Selwyn
- Sidney Sussex
- Trinity: Trinity Great Court; Wren Library, Cambridge; Nevile's Court, Trinity College, Cambridge
- Trinity Hall
- Wolfson
- All Souls
- Balliol
- Brasenose
- Christ Church: Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford; Blue Boar Quadrangle; Christ Church Picture Gallery; Peckwater Quadrangle; Christ Church Tower; Christ Church Picture Gallery; Tom Quad; The Meadow Building
- Corpus Christi
- Exeter
- Green Templeton
- Harris Manchester
- Hertford: Bridge of Sighs (Oxford)
- Jesus: Buildings of Jesus College, Oxford
- Keble
- Kellogg
- Lady Margaret Hall
- Linacre
- Lincoln
- Magdalen: Demyship
- Mansfield
- Merton: Merton College Library
- New College
- Nuffield: Buildings of Nuffield College, Oxford
- Oriel
- Pembroke
- Queen's
- St Anne's
- St Antony's
- St Catherine's
- St Cross
- St Edmund Hall
- St Hilda's
- St Hugh's
- St John's
- St Peter's
- Somerville
- Trinity
- University
- Wadham
- Wolfson
- Worcester
... other universities, similarly (in practice, this would likely be replaced with a standard 'new articles' section, though this directory once filled out, might still have a place somewhere) General articles
Sample Categories
[edit]Sample Templates
[edit]- Template:Constituent college
- Template:Infobox Oxford college
- Template:Infobox Otago college
- Template:University of Melbourne Colleges
Assessment
[edit]For the moment, articles should be graded by hand, until such time as this actually becomes a WikiProject. When sorting, please take a moment to add College-related articles to the appropriate place in the directory ("College: ARTICLE X"; for an example, see the above listing of Traditions of Trinity College, (Toronto)). For efficiency, articles assessed within the relevant university WP may be classed accordingly, provided (WPX) is added (X sub'd appropriately); for internal consistency, these may need reclassified later.
Subsidiary articles, that is, those whose significance is lent entirely by the relevant college and are not choir or boat club articles (too many!), should also be listed and assessed here.
Articles FA elsewhere should go into A.
Examples
[edit]Please note that we are not currently performing any independent assessment; this is simply a platform on which to build recommendations for future articles or suggestions for development.
- GA: Oriel College, Oxford
- B: Peterhouse, Cambridge
- C: St. Paul's College, Sydney
- Start: Hughes Hall, Cambridge, Aquinas College, Otago, University College (University of Melbourne)
- Stub: St Mary's College (University of Melbourne), Hayward College, Otago
Sample Article
[edit]Please see User:Philtweir/Academic_Communities/Sample for a potential article structure (derived from Oriel College, Oxford).
External assessments
[edit]A
[edit]GA
[edit]- Jesus College, Oxford (WPO)
- University College, Durham (WPU)
B
[edit]- King's College, Cambridge (WPC)
- Michaelhouse, Cambridge (WPC)
- Peterhouse, Cambridge (WPC)
- Trinity College, Cambridge (WPC)
- University of Trinity College (WPU)
C
[edit]- Brasenose College, Oxford (WPO)
- Christ Church, Oxford (WPO)
- Colleges of the University of Oxford (WPO)
- Corpus Clock (WPC)
- Keble College, Oxford (WPO)
- Lincoln College, Oxford (WPO)
- Magdalen College, Oxford (WPO)
- Mansfield College, Oxford (WPO)
- Merton College, Oxford (WPO)
- New College, Oxford (WPO)
- Pembroke College, Oxford (WPO)
- Regent's Park College, Oxford (WPO)
- Ridley Melbourne – Mission & Ministry College (WPU)
- St Catherine's College, Oxford (WPO)
- St Edmund Hall, Oxford (WPO)
- St John's College, Cambridge (WPC)
- St. Paul's College, Sydney (WPAus)
- Wadham College, Oxford (WPO)
Start
[edit]- All Souls College, Oxford (WPO)
- Balliol College, Oxford (WPO)
- Bumps race (WPO) - should this be here?
- Christ's College, Cambridge (WPC)
- Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford (WPO)
- Christ Church Library (WPO)
- Churchill College, Cambridge (WPC)
- Clare College, Cambridge (WPC)
- Clare Hall, Cambridge (WPC)
- Corpus Christi College, Cambridge (WPC)
- Corpus Christi College, Oxford (WPO)
- Darwin College, Cambridge (WPC)
- Downing College, Cambridge (WPC)
- Emmanuel College, University of Toronto (WPU)
- Exeter College, Oxford (WPO)
- Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge (WPC)
- Girton College, Cambridge (WPC)
- Gloucester College, Oxford (WPO)
- Gonville & Caius A.F.C. (WPC)
- Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge (WPC)
- Grey College, Durham (WPU)
- Greyfriars, Oxford (WPO) - should this be here?
- Harris Manchester College, Oxford (WPO)
- Hertford College, Oxford (WPO)
- Homerton College, Cambridge (WPC)
- Hughes Hall, Cambridge (WPC)
- Innis College (WPU)
- Janet Clarke Hall (University of Melbourne) (WPAus)
- Jesus College, Cambridge (WPC)
- Josephine Butler College (WPU)
- Kellogg College, Oxford (WPO)
- King's College Chapel, Cambridge (WPC)
- King's Hall, Cambridge (WPC)
- Knox College, Otago (WPNZ)
- Knox College, University of Toronto (WPU)
- Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford (WPO)
- Linacre College, Oxford (WPO)
- Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge (WPC)
- Magdalene College, Cambridge (WPC)
- Mandelbaum House (WPAus)
- Massey College (WPU)
- Medley Hall (University of Melbourne) (WPAus)
- Merton College Library (WPO)
- Murray Edwards College, Cambridge (WPC)
- New College, University of Toronto (WPU)
- Newman College (University of Melbourne) (WPAus)
- Newnham College, Cambridge (WPC)
- Norrington Table (WPO)
- Nuffield College, Oxford (WPO)
- Ormond College (University of Melbourne) (WPAus)
- Parker Library, Corpus Christi College (WPC)
- Pembroke College, Cambridge (WPC)
- Pembroke Players (WPC)
- Pennying (WPC)
- Pepys Library (WPC)
- Porterhouse Blue (WPC)
- Queen's College, Cambridge (WPC)
- Queen's College (University of Melbourne) (WPAus)
- Regis College, University of Toronto (WPU)
- Robinson College, Cambridge (WPC)
- Ruskin College, Oxford (WPO)
- Salmond College (WPAus)
- Sancta Sophia College, University of Sydney (WPAus)
- Selwyn College, Cambridge (WPC)
- Selwyn College, Otago (WPAus)
- Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge (WPC)
- Somerville College, Oxford (WPO)
- St. Andrew's College, Sydney (WPAus)
- St Anne's College, Oxford (WPO)
- St Anthony's College, Oxford (WPO)
- St Benet's Hall, Oxford (WPO)
- St Catherine's College, Cambridge (WPC)
- St Cross College, Oxford (WPO)
- St Hilda's College, Oxford (WPO)
- St Hugh's College, Oxford (WPO)
- St John's College, Durham (WPAnglicanism)
- St John's College, Oxford (WPO)
- St John's College, University of Sydney (WPAus)
- St Mary Hall, Oxford (WPO)
- St Peter's College, Oxford (WPO)
- St Stephen's House, Oxford (WPO)
- Swire Hall (WPHK)
- The Queen's College, Oxford (WPO)
- Trinity College, Oxford (WPO)
- Trinity College (University of Melbourne) (WPAus)
- Trinity Great Court (WPC)
- Trinity Hall, Cambridge (WPC)
- University College, Oxford (WPO)
- University of St. Michael's College (WPU)
- Victoria University in the University of Toronto (WPU)
- Vine Hall, Oxford (WPO)
- Wolfson College, Oxford (WPO)
- Woodsworth College (WPU)
- Worcester College, Oxford (WPO)
- Wren Library, Cambridge (WPC)
- Wycliffe College (WPU)
- Wycliffe Hall, Oxford (WPO)
Stub
[edit]- Aquinas College, Otago (WPNZ)
- Arana College (WPNZ)
- Blue Boar Quadrangle (WPO)
- Bridge of Sighs (Cambridge) (WPC)
- Bridge of Sighs (Oxford) (WPO)
- Campion Hall, Oxford (WPO)
- Carrington College (WPNZ)
- Christ Church Picture Gallery (WPO)
- Cumberland College, Otago (WPNZ)
- Cuppers (WPC)
- Demyship (WPO)
- Emmanuel College, Cambridge (WPC)
- Formal (university) (WPO)
- Green College, Oxford (WPO)
- Green Templeton College, Oxford (WPO)
- High Table (WPC)
- Hayward College (WPNZ)
- Informal Hall (WPO)
- King's Affair (WPC)
- King's Voices (WPC)
- Logic Lane covered bridge (WPO)
- Magdalen Bridge (WPO)
- Magdalen Tower (WPO)
- Master (college) (WPO)
- Nevile's Court, Trinity College, Cambridge (WPC)
- Peckwater Quadrangle (WPO)
- Permanent Private Hall (WPO)
- Porter (college) (WPC)
- Porters' Lodge (WPO)
- Praelector (WPC)
- St. Cedd's College, Cambridge (WPC)
- St Edmund's College, Cambridge (WPC)
- St Hilda's College (University of Melbourne) (WPAus)
- St. John's College, University of Hong Kong (WPChina)
- St Margaret's College, Otago (WPNZ)
- St Mary's College, Oxford (WPO)
- St Mary's College (University of Melbourne) (WPAus)
- Studholme College (WPNZ)
- Templeton College, Oxford (WPO)
- The Meadow Building (WPO)
- Tom Quad (WPO)
- Tompkins Table (WPC)
- University College, Otago (WPNZ)
- University College (University of Melbourne) (WPAus)
- University College, University of Toronto (WPU)
- Warden (college) (WPO)
- Wesley College, University of Sydney (WPAus)
- The Women's College, University of Sydney (WPAus)
- Whitley College (University of Melbourne) (WPAus)
- Wolfson College, Cambridge (WPC)
Lists
[edit]- List of current heads of Cambridge University colleges
- List of fictional Cambridge colleges
- List of fictional Oxford colleges
- List of Masters of Christ's College, Cambridge
- List of Masters of Clare College, Cambridge
- List of Masters of Darwin College, Cambridge
- List of Masters of Emmanuel College, Cambridge
- List of Masters of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge
- List of Masters of Jesus College, Cambridge
- List of Masters of Magdalene College, Cambridge
- List of Masters of Selwyn College, Cambridge
- List of members of Peterhouse, Cambridge
- List of Mistresses of Girton College, Cambridge
- List of Oxbridge sister colleges
- List of Provosts of King's College, Cambridge
- List of colleges of the University of Cambridge
Unrated
[edit]- Collegio Borromeo
- Collingwood College, Durham
- Collegio Ghislieri
- Hatfield College
- John Snow College
- St Aidan's College
- St Chad's College
- St Cuthbert's Society
- College of St Hild and St Bede
- Colegio Mayor de Santiago el Zebedeo
- St Mary's College, Durham
- Stephenson College
- Trevelyan College
- Ushaw College
- Ustinov College
- Van Mildert College
Unwritten
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The article has attained featured article status by passing an in-depth examination by impartial reviewers from WP:Featured article candidates. More detailed criteria
The article meets the featured article criteria:
A featured article exemplifies Wikipedia's very best work and is distinguished by professional standards of writing, presentation, and sourcing. In addition to meeting the policies regarding content for all Wikipedia articles, it has the following attributes.
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Professional, outstanding, and thorough; a definitive source for encyclopedic information. | No further content additions should be necessary unless new information becomes available; further improvements to the prose quality are often possible. | Cleopatra (as of June 2018) |
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The article has attained featured list status by passing an in-depth examination by impartial reviewers from WP:Featured list candidates. More detailed criteria
The article meets the featured list criteria:
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Professional standard; it comprehensively covers the defined scope, usually providing a complete set of items, and has annotations that provide useful and appropriate information about those items. | No further content additions should be necessary unless new information becomes available; further improvements to the prose quality are often possible. | List of dates predicted for apocalyptic events (as of May 2018) |
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The article is well organized and essentially complete, having been examined by impartial reviewers from a WikiProject or elsewhere. Good article status is not a requirement for A-Class. More detailed criteria
The article meets the A-Class criteria:
Provides a well-written, clear and complete description of the topic, as described in Wikipedia:Article development. It should be of a length suitable for the subject, appropriately structured, and be well referenced by a broad array of reliable sources. It should be well illustrated, with no copyright problems. Only minor style issues and other details need to be addressed before submission as a featured article candidate. See the A-Class assessment departments of some of the larger WikiProjects (e.g. WikiProject Military history). |
Very useful to readers. A fairly complete treatment of the subject. A non-expert in the subject would typically find nothing wanting. | Expert knowledge may be needed to tweak the article, and style problems may need solving. WP:Peer review may help. | Battle of Nam River (as of June 2014) |
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The article meets all of the good article criteria, and has been examined by one or more impartial reviewers from WP:Good article nominations. More detailed criteria
A good article is:
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Useful to nearly all readers, with no obvious problems; approaching (though not necessarily equalling) the quality of a professional publication. | Some editing by subject and style experts is helpful; comparison with an existing featured article on a similar topic may highlight areas where content is weak or missing. | Discovery of the neutron (as of April 2019) |
B | The article meets all of the B-Class criteria. It is mostly complete and does not have major problems, but requires some further work to reach good article standards. More detailed criteria
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Readers are not left wanting, although the content may not be complete enough to satisfy a serious student or researcher. | A few aspects of content and style need to be addressed. Expert knowledge may be needed. The inclusion of supporting materials should be considered if practical, and the article checked for general compliance with the Manual of Style and related style guidelines. | Psychology (as of January 2024) |
C | The article is substantial but is still missing important content or contains irrelevant material. The article should have some references to reliable sources, but may still have significant problems or require substantial cleanup. More detailed criteria
The article cites more than one reliable source and is better developed in style, structure, and quality than Start-Class, but it fails one or more of the criteria for B-Class. It may have some gaps or missing elements, or need editing for clarity, balance, or flow.
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Useful to a casual reader, but would not provide a complete picture for even a moderately detailed study. | Considerable editing is needed to close gaps in content and solve cleanup problems. | Wing (as of June 2018) |
Start | An article that is developing but still quite incomplete. It may or may not cite adequate reliable sources. More detailed criteria
The article has a meaningful amount of good content, but it is still weak in many areas. The article has one or more of the following:
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Provides some meaningful content, but most readers will need more. | Providing references to reliable sources should come first; the article also needs substantial improvement in content and organisation. Also improve the grammar, spelling, writing style and improve the jargon use. | Ball (as of September 2014) |
Stub | A very basic description of the topic. Meets none of the Start-Class criteria. | Provides very little meaningful content; may be little more than a dictionary definition. Readers probably see insufficiently developed features of the topic and may not see how the features of the topic are significant. | Any editing or additional material can be helpful. The provision of meaningful content should be a priority. The best solution for a Stub-class Article to step up to a Start-class Article is to add in referenced reasons of why the topic is significant. | Lineage (anthropology) (as of December 2014) |
List | Meets the criteria of a stand-alone list or set index article, which is an article that contains primarily a list, usually consisting of links to articles in a particular subject area. | There is no set format for a list, but its organization should be logical and useful to the reader. | Lists should be lists of live links to Wikipedia articles, appropriately named and organized. | List of literary movements |
To sort
[edit]References
[edit]Discussion
[edit]Copied from User:Philtweir/WikiProject Residential Colleges
I would support either a WikiProject or a task force, although you'll need to make it abundantly clear that these are only residential colleges based on the Oxbridge model, rather than the American usage. Otherwise, this project/taskforce will be inundated by non-notable articles about residence halls. Perhaps naming the project "WikiProject Independent residential colleges" or "WikiProject Residential colleges (Oxbridge model)" would be in order. -Mabeenot (talk) 20:14, 25 June 2010 (UTC)
- Yep, thank you for the input! That sounds sensible, particularly, not having a great deal of experience with the American model, I wouldn't be too sure how to deal with those, so it would be up to others to deal with the inevitable deluge. The name suggestion seems the most effective - 'Oxbridge model' is probably the more open-ended option (as, for example, some such colleges are University-owned or governed). By the way, I should disclose that I have lived at two of these colleges and indeed still am at the second. Since this term is used in academic literature (e.g. Understanding Collegiality: The Changing Oxbridge Model ) I can't see anybody objecting...--Philtweir (talk) 12:43, 27 June 2010 (UTC)
- I've posted a proposal Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals/Residential Colleges (Oxbridge model) and will see if I can gather some more interest. Please make any necessary improvements! --Philtweir (talk) 12:00, 28 June 2010 (UTC)
- Actually, I suspect that Oxbridge model may be misinterpreted (in UK and elsewhere) and also have come across a number of closely comparable institutions in non-English-speaking countries that have developed independently of Oxford and Cambridge. However, in a flash of inspiration, thought of Academic Communities, which suggests living, studying and academic staff, but in closer quarters than anything that would normally be spoken of as a university (which would naturally get redirected to Universities). It is also a bit too narrow to attract boarding schools, or anything else below tertiary level, and is sufficiently uncommon to encourage editors checking the (explanatory) definition before including an article. That might solve the US-Commonwealth conundrum too. While it may confuse those who consider a university faculty to be an 'academic community' or a group of undergraduates in the same class, these should be few enough that a well written introduction should avoid too much work being generated through reassigning articles, in contrast to a storm of dorms! --Philtweir (talk) 06:11, 29 June 2010 (UTC)
- I've posted a proposal Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals/Residential Colleges (Oxbridge model) and will see if I can gather some more interest. Please make any necessary improvements! --Philtweir (talk) 12:00, 28 June 2010 (UTC)