Wikipedia talk:WikiProject University of Pittsburgh

Welcome and please leave comments

So, as you obviously are aware now, the new Pitt WikiProject is up and running. Please feel free to leave comments or suggests, or take the initiative and edit/add to the wikiproject yourself. CrazyPaco (talk) 23:24, 18 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

glad it got started! I started putting some assessments for other articles. Really glad to see this! Lyellin (talk) 01:49, 19 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Blue-Gold Game

Hey, just saw this in the news. I don't know much about it, but I guess the "Blue-Gold" this spring is becoming more and more popular. Perhaps this is worth an article? [1]--Shizzy9989 (talk) 16:07, 19 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It most likely isn't sustainable as an independent article yet, but a section within the Pittsburgh Panthers football page would be justified. As a section in that article, it can grow from there.CrazyPaco (talk) 17:33, 19 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keeping track of deletions

Hey, I just made a page where we can keep track of AFDs and PRODs on Pitt-related articles. Wikipedia:WikiProject University of Pittsburgh/Deletion. I will leave it up to Mr. Crazy Paco to find a place for it on the main page. I pretty much borrowed it from the WP:UNI group. Speaking of that, I really like their layout, with the sidebar. Should we borrow that idea too? Template:WPUni sidebar--Shizzy9989 (talk) 03:44, 20 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Not sure where to put that, so I added a subsection. Hopefully, we won't get many more AFDs;-) Feel free to move it though. I think this wikiproject may slowly move to Turnkey style over time, that seems to be all the rage, check out Columbia's and Georgia Tech's for examples. Feel free to add a side bar or clean up the main project page in any way you think might help. I actually modeled it on UVA's.CrazyPaco (talk) 05:53, 20 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Also, I made a tag for Pitt articles that need cleanup: User:Shizzy9989/Sandbox. I'll fix it up a bit before activating it.--Shizzy9989 (talk) 05:38, 20 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
It is ready to go now. Check it out: {{Template:Cleanup-Pitt}}. Tagging an article with it will add it to Category:University of Pittsburgh needing cleanup.Again, I did borrow the code from WP:UNI--Shizzy9989 (talk) 05:46, 20 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The only problem is that it is a no-no to use a non-free images on any of the talk pages or templates. Non-free/Fair-use logos can only be used in articles with appropriate justification. There are bots out there patrolling the fair-use policy and the banner will get the "PITT" logo nominated for deletion because of this policy. Substitute your choice of any creative commons or public domain image onto the tag instead of the copyrighted Pitt logo. Feel free to place it in the template table as well once the logo issue is fixed. Thanks for making it!CrazyPaco (talk) 06:05, 20 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Ok, that was a dumb mistake. Fixed it. Also, here's an infobox that I got started: Wikipedia:PITT/Infobox. Maybe someone else can take a look at it and see want they think, and maybe tweak it. --Shizzy9989 (talk) 04:57, 21 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Not disappearing

For the record, it's finals time at Georgetown, so if I'm not editing too much, that's why. Lyellin (talk) 01:11, 29 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Nationality rooms

Here is a picture I took of a plaque in the Cathedral of Learning that has some information about the Nationality rooms: Image:Cathedral Plaque.jpg It is of poor quality, but the data it has about dedication years should be helpful to the Nationality Rooms article. I intended to take a bunch of photos of the rooms themselves, but they were all locked (WTF?). So, I took a pamphlet, and you can find the transcribed text of that pamphlet here: Image talk:Cathedral Plaque.jpg--TheZachMorrisExperience (talk) 05:55, 29 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks!, we'll integrate this information.CrazyPaco (talk) 00:19, 30 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Picture requested for deletion. Sigh - copyright paranoia strikes again, please comment at commons:Commons:Deletion requests/Images of TheZachMorrisExperience - more Pitt pictures affected by this nom as well.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 13:54, 24 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Actually, false alarm. Those are all self-noms that are either preserved in Wikipedia by fair use or are actual copyvios. It is a long story, and I can explain if you want.--HoboJones (talk) 15:40, 24 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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New Articles

I just wrote a few new articles about Pitt student publications. The last three on the list might need a bit of help.

--TheZachMorrisExperience (talk) 03:19, 28 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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University of Pittsburgh Featured Article Candidate

I just nominated this article for Featured Article status. Comment at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/University of Pittsburgh please. Thanks, Grsztalk 03:48, 25 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

probably should have went up for GA first, but we'll she how she does. CrazyPaco (talk) 04:27, 25 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
No worries, apparantly this isn't how it's done. The nomination was withdrawn. Grsztalk 04:30, 25 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia Loves Art in Pittsburgh

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College Fight Songs

There is a thread on the administrators' noticeboard which may concern editors involved in the Pitt WikiProject and may affect the article Hail to Pitt, among others. Please see Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard#Lyrics. CrazyPaco (talk) 01:03, 6 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia Pittsburgh meet-up this weekend

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Request for comments on the Pitt Navigation Template

A discussion has begun regarding the Template:University of Pittsburgh and its possible improvement. Please leave any thoughts on this subject that you may have on the template's talk page. CrazyPaco (talk) 02:11, 27 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Athletes

Where do athletes fall in the importance categories? I'd say that most are low importance, but sometimes, in the case of a Tony Dorsett or Mike Ditka, would the importance raise to Mid? I know that Jock Sutherland was a major contributor to Pitt football, but is he really "Top" importance? WP's base criteria for top-importance is:

"Article is extremely important, even crucial, to its specific field. Reserved for articles that have achieved international notability within its subject or field."

I'd say that most or all of the top football/athletic individuals should be "mid-importance", the base criteria being:

"Article is only notable within its particular field or subject and has achieved notability in a particular place or area."

I'm asking because I'm seeing these different people all over the scale. Thoughts? I'm starting a discussion on our rating system because I'd also like to put together our assessment page up to the standards of Wikipedia:WikiProject Football/Assessment. JohnnyPolo24 (talk) 12:45, 6 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

So if "Article is extremely important, even crucial, to its specific field" and that field for the Pitt Wikiproject, then it should be how crucial it is to the topic of the "University of Pittsburgh". I think top level might be Pitt itself, UPMC, maybe the Cathedral of Learning, Heinz Chapel, Pittsburgh Panthers. High level might be the various schools like A&S or Pitt Med and maybe buildings like Hillman Library, Alumni Hall and Pitt football and Pitt basketball. Mid-level could be various chancellors of the university like Wesley Posvar, notable faculty like Samuel Pierpoint Langley, athletes like Tony Dorsett and coaches like Jock Sutherland. Low-level is everything else. What do you think? I think if there is a building named after you at Pitt (like Stazl, Sutherland, and Langley) you might be assumed to a different level. I would say the on the athletic side, mid-level sports individuals include Sutherland, Doc Carlson, Dorsett, Dan Marino, and Mike Ditka. The later three athletes have transcended their sports to become popular culture icons outside of the university as well, so I put them on a different plane than say Bill Fralic. Or we could go by Hall of Fame or retired jerseys. I'm not sure. Whatever criteria you come up with I think would be good because it does need to be standardized. CrazyPaco (talk) 01:22, 7 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
You're making sense; I might have been a little confused whenever I started this conversation. Those assessments sound right to me. Any chancellors, professors, or other staff who have achieved significant notability should probably considered at least mid. Someone such as Jonas Salk falls under that category of extremely notable as a researcher who also has a building named after him, well deserving the high-importance already on his article. JohnnyPolo24 (talk) 15:16, 9 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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New meetup

See Wikipedia_talk:Meetup/Pittsburgh#Let.27s_have_a_meetup_soon. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 16:42, 10 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

David Riddle

There is a discussion at Talk:David Hunter Riddle#President of the University of Pittsburgh? that is relevant to this Wikiproject.--GrapedApe (talk) 14:44, 15 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Image deletion discussion

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Afd of two articles detailing historical Pitt songs

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Two historical Pitt songs have been nominated for deletion, see below. Your comments at the AfD discussions would be greatly appreciated.CrazyPaco (talk) 00:06, 12 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Hail to Pitt is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

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Also,

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Pitt Victory Song is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

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Both of these articles were speedily kept. Thank you. CrazyPaco (talk) 01:47, 12 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

There is a discussion ongoing regarding the use of the image banner in the Pitt nav template

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Removal of blue and gold from University of Pittsburgh template

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Bomb Threats

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Wikiproject ACC

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ACC 

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Opinions sought for navbox design

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All-American articles needed

For those looking for ideas to work on, the new List of Pittsburgh Panthers football All-Americans has many redlinked All-Americans that could use articles. Many of the linked All-Americans are also at stub status and could use serious expansion. CrazyPaco (talk) 20:22, 11 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

College basketball team navigation templates

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Succession boxes

Currently, and for quite some time, all Pittsburgh sports venues have succession boxes that allow the reader to trace the occupation of each venue by each Pittsburgh pro or college team. Recently, some of these have been removed, particularly Pitt's basketball venues, breaking the consistency across the Pittsburgh sports landscape for this navigation, particularly disrupting shared venues such as Fitzgerald Field House (Pitt, Duquesne) and Pitt Stadium (Steelers, Pitt). Previous discussions of similar issues occurred at Forbes Field's talk page. Please comment on the continued inclusion of these succession boxes at Talk:Pitt Stadium. Thank you. CrazyPaco (talk) 12:06, 20 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Leaflet for Wikiproject University of Pittsburgh at Wikimania 2014

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MfD nomination of Portal:University of Pittsburgh

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Pitt-Bradford

Just dropping a note to see if anyone has photos of the Bradford campus; if so, they would be a welcome addition to the page. Thanks! --JohnDorian48 (talk) 13:42, 10 August 2021 (UTC)JohnDorian48[reply]

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Requested move: Acrisure Stadium → Heinz Field

A requested move is under discussion at Talk:Acrisure Stadium § Requested move 22 July 2022. ––FormalDude talk 21:15, 22 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Good article reassessment for Three Rivers Stadium

Three Rivers Stadium has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 18:08, 9 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Merge of inactive higher education wikiprojects

I'm proposing to merge this and other inactive higher education-related wikiprojects to WikiProject Higher education. Please see the discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Higher education#Merge of inactive higher education wikiprojects. – Joe (talk) 18:07, 18 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I would oppose this on the same grounds as Ejgreen77 as this wiikproject is a related/subproject of the large scope WikiProject Pittsburgh. We are also attempting to reactive the Pitt wikiproject. CrazyPaco (talk) 05:42, 6 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Good article reassessment for Forbes Field

Forbes Field has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 03:15, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]