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University of Saskatchewan was one of the Social sciences and society good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
August 28, 2007	Good article nominee	Listed
September 17, 2007	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
May 1, 2011	Good article reassessment	Delisted

Current status: Delisted good article

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23 October 2005 – 1 May 2011

GA Reassessment edit

Latest comment: 13 years ago2 comments1 person in discussion

This discussion is transcluded from Talk:University of Saskatchewan/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the reassessment.

While the amount of work in this article definitely showcases the a lot of hard work, dedication and collaboration, it is my unfortunate belief that this article no longer meets the criteria for a Good article. The major reasoning behind this reassessment is due to the fact that this article contains several contentious issues with criteria one, two and especially three. While issues with criteria one and two are easily repairable, I believe that issues dealing with the third criteria would require quite a large amount of work. This however is not the fault of the original nominators of the article as the article was promoted months before the Wikipedia:UNIGUIDE was first published. I believe that following issues need to be addressed belong before this article can be reconsidered for GA-status.

Well-written:
This article contains a number of grammatical and spelling errors (ex. the usage of the word 'cojoined' several times in the article). These grammatical errors however may be easily be addressed either by putting it through a word processor or a thorough reading of the article.
Factually accurate and verifiable:
While the article is well cited for most of the article, references are missing for certain parts of the article (ex. the endowment numbers, student population, programs, notable alumni, partner universities, notable companies). It also is a bit troubling that a good majority of the sources found in this article are directly from the University of Saskatchewan website. I'll assume however that the editors of the article have spent time to find alternative sources to the article before using the UofS links. Except for a few lines added since the article's graduation to GA-class, most of the information in the article appears to be from 2007 or earlier. Some of the information in the article may need to be updated
Broad in its coverage:
While the article showcases a lot of hard work and collaboration in it, it unfortunately not broad enough in its coverage as it no longer complies with the Wikipedia:College and university article guidelines. The article seemingly misses a lot of the guideline's suggested subtopics (campus information, athletics and academic profile). The subtopic 'Student and alumni' is currently set up in a list format, which goes against the university guidelines. The 'Noted people' list is not a list of famous alumni, but rather a description of notable academic staff and alumni presented in paragraph form. Summarize the number of affiliates and alumni who have won major scholarships (Rhodes, Fulbright, etc.), major awards (Nobel, Oscar, Pulitzer, etc.), served as heads of government or other major political office, or otherwise held elite or notable distinctions (astronauts, professional athletes, CEOs, etc.). Much of the information from University of Saskatchewan academics may possibly be merged in with the main article, as it seems to cover some of the information needed in academic profile. More information on the administrative workings of the university may also be needed.
Neutral:
This article seems to have a neutral viewpoint. Diversifying the sources however would help maintain the neutrality of the article.
Stable:
This article is stable.
Illustrated, if possible, by images:
Images are relevant and are tagged with their copyright status, and valid fair use rationales are provided for non-free content.

I will leave this reassessment open to response from other editors for 7 days before I make the decision to list the article as a good article or not.

Leventio (talk) 17:31, 24 April 2011 (UTC)Reply

With the raised issue not addressed in neither the article, nor in the article's talk page, I have no choice but to proceed with the demotion of the article to a B-class, removing its Good Article status. I encourage any interested editors to bring the article back up to GA Criteria and renominate at WP:GAC

Leventio (talk) 19:33, 1 May 2011 (UTC)Reply

Error in cutline edit

Latest comment: 10 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

I believe the image of the Royal University Hospital doesn't show the 1955 wing, but rather the wing built during its major expansion in the 1970s. 68.146.70.124 (talk) 14:24, 7 September 2013 (UTC)Reply

Updates edit

Latest comment: 9 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Occasionally I find anonymous edits are removed without cause, so just for the record I did some further updating to add Gordon Barnhart's name where applicable, indicated that Busch-Vishniac had been removed by the Board of Governors, indicated that the position of provost is currently vacant, and also noted that Barnhart is the first former Lt Gov to serve as president. I also updated the count to 10 as, although he is only an acting president, he is still the 10th to hold office. I did not indicate in my update whether Busch-Vishniac is the first president of the U of S to be fired, but this would be worth noting if correct; I am not familiar enough with the histories of those who came before her to add such a statement. I decided not to include the statement that she is the shortest-serving president as we do not know how long Barnhart will serve in his interim position; he may only be there a few months for all we know. 68.146.52.234 (talk) 12:15, 22 May 2014 (UTC)Reply

Residence life edit

Latest comment: 8 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

This section is out of date in regards to the new residence buildings. They have be built and are in use. However I have been gone awhile and not familiar with timelines or details. Somebody with that knowledge should review that section. Krj373 (talk) 21:43, 28 December 2015 (UTC)Reply

External links modified edit

Latest comment: 7 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion

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problematic dates and logic fail test of historical documents edit

Latest comment: 4 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Even at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Albert,_Saskatchewan#Prince_Albertans

we read

Anglican Bishop John McLean opened Emmanuel College on November 1, 1879, the first university of the District of Saskatchewan. A federal act later incorporated Emmanuel College into the University of Saskatchewan. Emmanuel College moved to Saskatoon in 1907 to become a part of the provincial University of Saskatchewan, following the inception of Saskatchewan as a province in 1905.[56]

Note the claim made for a United Church College, when THAT demoniation only formed more than 10 years later.

Can Jim Pitsula help here ? When he first begain in HIstoru at U of SK, Emmual College still exited, did it not, Jim ?

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