Talk:University of North Carolina at Pembroke/Archive 1

Archive 1

Ratings

Hey, I just noticed that the Ratings section is placed in an ugly looking code box that stretches the page. I'm not Wiki-savvy, and I've tried checking what was wrong, but I don't see the <pre> or <code> tags anywhere. It's no big deal, but it would be great if this part were fixed up. Thanks! --Valistar (talk) 22:49, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

• /EDIT: Nevermind, I fixed it now. It was just a leading space. :) --Valistar (talk) 23:16, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Name

I don't believe that we're talking about this, but here goes. The school's name is "The University of North Carolina at Pembroke." Yes, the "The" is included. Check out the homepage [1]. Look at the copyright statement at the bottom. Note the full name of the school. Look at the Chancellor's welcome page [2] on the website. See at the top how "The" is capitalized. If you want to take it out again, please provide a source. In fact, please provide a better source than the ones I have here. Henrymrx (t·c) 06:11, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

The official names of the schools in the UNC system are set by the North Carolina General Assembly in Section 116‑4 of the North Carolina General Statutes. "The" is clearly not capitalized and is therefore only used as an article and not part of the official name. In the case of UNCP it's even more clear as the statute says "Pembroke State University, redesignated effective July 1, 1996, as the "University of North Carolina at Pembroke"." The individual school gets to determine the official abbreviation, but not the official name. Also it's interesting that the top banner of the sources you provide do not include "The" in the name of the school. Rreagan007 (talk) 14:45, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

Student Leaders

Mr. Wade Allen, I heard you're the new EIC, but honestly, is this necessary?

I say we write sections on how the Student Government is [okay, including the Pine Needle and other publications and organizations] structured, sort of like how other institutions did theirs. It's more professional-looking that way. Self-promotion is unethical. Just sayin'.

PS: If you do want to keep your name on here, you may probably want to start a Pine Needle article. It might get deleted, however.

PPS: If we keep Arjay's and Kim's names on here, wouldn't it be logical to put all the other past SGA Presidents & Vice Presidents as well? I say the only way you could have everybody's names on an article would be if you created a whole new article on UNCP SGA. I do not find a reason to do so, however.

PPPS: This article needs some serious work. Let's all work together to improve it. I'll get cracking on it over the summer.-- Valistar (talk) 02:41, 28 April 2009 (UTC)