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I am unsure of what exactly to list for student orgs. Feel free to edit, although keep in mind that the student org page at the official site still lists the long-defunct Experiment Art Society.matt kane's brain 22:30, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Stub?

Does this article really qualify as a stub? It's pretty long. matt kane's brain 16:59, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

Removed the stub. The page still needs expanding but definitely isn't a stub. X-Mack 06:28, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Expansion Means More

I though we just needed something a bit more like this: Northeastern University. I think we need something more like many other universities. I suggest fellow URI students such as myself to contribute. --Azndragonemperor 01:50, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Anyone want to weed through the information and statistics that's on the URI site? The information is both in Excel and PDF format here: URI Office of Information Services - Institutional Research There are statistics on majors, student faculty ratio, etc. --Azndragonemperor 02:17, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

I actually think Northeastern's page looks cluttered, and I agree with the user on the talk page complaining about the list of majors on the entry. I don't think we need a list of majors and minors, unless it's something URI is noted for. For example, our pharmacy program is heralded. For this, it might be better just to do a paragraph writeup of "noteworthy programs." As it stands now, I think the URI page looks bad with all the majors listed, although I think we should come to some sort of consensus before editing the page. I do like the idea of listing famous alumni, since it's a noteworthy aspect that people might find interesting. SGreenwell 06:47, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Recent Changes and Avoiding An Edit War

In the interest of avoiding a back and forth, let's try to source some of this information. For example, the trivia about the cannon fire sounds believable, as does the Board of Governors information; it seems like a source would be available for either one online, or a reference could be made to an offline source / material that would provide information for anyone curious enough to look.

I *am* in favor of cutting out the list of majors. I'm not sure URI offers anything that other major universities don't; very good Marine Bio and Pharmacy and Engineering programs, from what I've heard, but maybe this could be supported with a citation to something from the Princeton Review saying as much? Regardless, I don't think it's necessary to list 100+ majors, especially if it's in subjects that almost every college has (Journalism, English, etc).

As for the list of student organizations, this seems to be dicey. I used to run the Cigar, and still am a staff member, so I'm not going to quibble that we're on the list. However, it does open a sort of Pandora's Box, where other groups are going to keep trying to add themselves on. Maybe the Senate-funded level one groups should be listed - For the most part, these are groups with budgets over a certain thresh hold, and of a certain popularity level. WRIU, the Cigar, SEC, Senate, SSDP, the Sailing Club and a few others currently qualify, whereas URI SSC does not. Using this as a sort of guideline might avoid edit wars in the future.

These are some of my ideas, and I'd love to hear comments from others. I think we should try to put a limit on editing some of the material on the page until we can develop some sort of consensus on the talk page. SGreenwell 07:52, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Great. Find sources and avoid irrelevancies. This page is amateurish.

I haven't being paying as much attention, but if this page is a continuing target for vandalism we may want to think about protection. matt kane's brain 13:35, 1 August 2006 (UTC)