Wikipedia:Peer review/History of Michigan State University/archive1

History of Michigan State University

I just got the main article on Michigan State University featured. I would now like to get this daughter article in shape to be a Featured Article. Please let me know what you think. — Lovelac7 07:04, 24 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Remember that some users only have 800x600 screens, so reduce the size of those panorama images and the sizes of images that are near each other (especially in the "Coed College" section but also the last two images and table in "Land Grant Pioneer"). The lead should also be expanded to at least two well-developed paragraphs summarizing the article. All that said, again, good work. --Spangineer (háblame) 16:53, 24 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- I turned my monitor down to 800x600 and rearranged the images. I've rewritten the lead section to include two paragraphs. Thanks for your comments, Spangineer. — Lovelac7 04:55, 25 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Lovelac7, glad to hear you're going to help work your magic on the MSU history page. I’m here to help. I've taken it upon myself punch up some of the footnoting to keep the NPOV dogs from yelping. Most notable, is FN#10 re the State Board of Ag Report. I know the quote is absolutely correct because I copied it to a Word page, but lost the copy. The only Q is re the exact name of the Board's report -- I'm pretty sure I'm close, the name I have is consistent with similar reports I've tracked through GOOGLE -- and I guessed the age based on the year quoted and the founding date of the Board of Ag (1961). I'm traveling to E. Lansing this week and will get the exact name and page number. So by early next week, I'll tighten that up. BTW, I like the sepia tone.Pulley12 05:37, 27 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Thanks for all of your help, Pulley12, especially with the references. Lovelac7 14:23, 27 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
By the by, Lovelac7, re your Marshall Hall photo, 2 things: 1) somehow “The Spartan" (Statue) is in front of this photo, and 2) the shot you have is actually the side of the building and not the front (you’ll note, there’s no entrance in your photo).Pulley12 05:44, 27 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- I fixed the caption. I must of had a picture of Sparty in that image box before. As for the side view of Marshall Hall, the building is very hard to photograph from the front, since there is a tree right in the way. I do have a front shot if you think that'd be better. Lovelac7 14:23, 27 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
To all interested Wikipedians: I am moving next week and so I will have limited access to a computer. If you have any comments, let me know below, and I'll work on them when I get settled. Then we'll take this article to FAC. Lovelac7 03:36, 28 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I removed my comments regarding the limiting of (1st president) Joseph R. Williams' influence in the original college (i.e. he didn't, per se, hire faculty). That is, b/c of a follow-up visit to the campus archives, it's hard to limit exactly how influential he was -- his fingerprints were all over the early college. So that it appears, he even had influence over hiring of early faculty (as some sources hint) although he didn't actually do so... so I'm leaving well enough alone. I think the article's fine as is, right now, on that score, unless Lovelac7, or anyone else, has suggested changes on that score Pulley12 08:50, 7 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]