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On 22 December 2024, it was proposed that this article be moved to Iowa State. The result of the discussion was not moved.

Greek community

This section is unusual for an article about big universities. The contents of the Greek part are mostly unreferenced and since it is just a rote list of various fraternities and sororities without any further detail, I question whether there is any useful information being shared here. I propose deletion. -- Melchior2006 (talk) 18:48, 10 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Since no one chimed in on this one, I will go ahead and streamline. --Melchior2006 (talk) 06:33, 22 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Boosterism Discussion

This page was tagged with Template:Academic booster by User:GuardianH this previous July. Thank you for tagging. I noticed there was no discussion thread on the Talk Page, and wanted to start one. The Wikipedia:Avoid academic boosterism page gives good guidance. [[Category:GA-Class Higher education articles]] has good examples as a starting point for reference. Ehler (talk) 21:52, 29 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 22 December 2024

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: not moved per WP:SNOW, considered in the context of the 100+ RMs proposed at once by this user. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 04:52, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Iowa State University → Iowa State – WP:COMMONNAME. Theparties (talk) 14:12, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. The full name provides a WP:TITLECON consistent naming convention across all articles on universities and colleges in the United States. Many reliable sources like Forbes and US News and World Report still use the full name. The OP has also made numerous individual RMs on this same issue like this one, which may violate WP:ACROTITLE or use a shorter common name that is rarely used outside a sports/athletic context. Better to stick to the status quo. Zzyzx11 (talk) 14:48, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose as unnecessary, unwise, and confusing for readers. ElKevbo (talk) 14:57, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose, per the comments of Zzyzx11. —Eyer (he/him) If you reply, add {{reply to|Eyer}} to your message. 16:17, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per WP:TITLEFORMAT#Avoid ambiguous abbreviations, WP:ACROTITLE, and what Zzyzx11 said. I see no reason why we need to make the title more ambiguous, since the proposed title is literally also the name of a state. – Epicgenius (talk) 15:58, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.