User:Miranda/University of Florida

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a (prose): b (MoS): (EL)
It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (references): (has references, but not to applicable topics) b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR): (see Recreation)
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a (major aspects): b (focused):
It follows the neutral point of view policy.
a (fair representation): b (all significant views): (mostly consists of UFL material)
It is stable.
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Post Analysis Review

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General for the University of Florida

Avoid using "it"
subst. its for proper nouns
Citations. "blah.<ref=x>," not "blah. <ref=x>,"
Hyperlink dates January 1, 2007 per (Wikipedia:MOS#Dates)
Cite sources. At least 40% is OR.

Infobox

Issue not addressed miranda 01:15, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Take EL out and replace with cites.

Lead

Issue not addressed There are still some external links, some prose issues, newspapers/magazines aren't italicized. miranda 01:22, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

The university traces its institutional roots to 1853.[2]

As an institution, the University of Florida was founded in 1853.

(nearly $4.377 billion per year[4]). - Cite link.
Researchers at the University of Florida were responsible for developing the famous sports drink Gatorade.[5]

"In addition"...

The University of Florida is ranked by U.S. News & World Report 49th overall among both private and public ~~"National Universities".[6]~~ universities

U.S. News and World Report ranks the University of Florida 49th

In the "2006 National College Ranking", The Washington Monthly ranked the University of Florida as 37th overall.~~in its~~.[9] For 2007, Newsweek ranked UF one of the "Top 25 Hottest Schools".[10] According to the world Webometrics rankings UF was the 21st best overall.[11]

Ital. TWM, Newsweek

What is Webometrics?

The University of Florida offers many Graduate Programs — including engineering, law and medicine — on one contiguous site, and cordinates ~~coordinating~~ 123 master's degree programs and 76 doctoralte programs in 87 schools and departments. [5]

decap. graduate programs.

hyperlink engineering, law, medicine

UF participates in the NCAA sports programs. Ten Gator athletic teams ~~turned~~ finished in the top ten during the 2005-2006 season., A NCAA title was both won by the men's basketball team and the football team in 2007.

History

Issue not addressed Prose, lack of transitions, lack of citations, etc. miranda 02:14, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

See also: List of University of Florida Presidents

Needs to be on top of section.

Prose in this section is very weak.

The founding of the University of Florida dates back to 1851 when the legislature designated to create two seminaries, one west of the Suwanee River, and the other to the east. Some trace UF's history back to 1836 when the U.S. Congress authorized the establishment University of Florida.

Which legislature? Florida's or the U.S. government?

one west of the Suwanee River, and the other to the east.

Where's the UF in this and what was the other institution?

What piece of legislation from the federal government established the UF?

This is not ordered right (via dates).

In 1853, UF's official date of founding, Gilbert Kingsbury was the first man to take advantage of the legislation passed in 1851 and established the East Florida Seminary (EFS) in Ocala, FL.

The sentence does not make sense. Please establish who Gibert Kingsbury is before making the statement.

'Before coming to Florida, Kingsbury taught at Thetford Academy in New Hampshire. This was the first state-supported institution of higher learning in Florida and set the foundation for the University of Florida.[14]

The syntax of this sentence doesn't flow well. Please clean it up.

Another precursor to the University of Florida was the Florida Agricultural College established at Lake City in 1884 by Jordan Probst.

Seems listy. Maybe at the beginning of the paragraph establish that "multiple institutions were founded before the current UF"?

Epworth Hall was the main building of East Florida Seminary and still stands in downtown Gainesville. However, the building is not on the present campus of UF today. - seems like a dump. This should be established on the founding of the EFS.
The 1905, the Buckman Act consolidated the colleges of the state. The member of the Florida Legislature who wrote the act, Henry Holland Buckman, is the namesake of Buckman Hall, one of UF's earliest buildings. [6]

Syntax/not clear

The school colors, orange and blue, are thought to have come from both the Blue and White of the University of Florida at Lake City and the Orange and Black of East Florida Seminary at Gainesville.[8]

bold words are not supposed to be capitalized.

The institutions apart of this were the University of Florida at Lake City (formerly Florida Agricultural College)

Merge this with the paragraph about FAC.

University of Florida is currently ranked the 49th overall best university (according to US News), however the state of Florida and UF alumni are actively making a concerted effort to become a Top-10 overall public. [12]

public what?

ital. US News - this is a newspaper

Florida Female College would serve as a Women's college and the State Normal School For Colored Students(now Florida A&M University, a historically black university) as a postsecondary institution for African-American students.

Women's college does not need to be capitalized. (college for women)

is the State Normal School For Colored Students a separate institution from the FFC?

On July 6, 1905, the state legislature selected Gainesville as a site for a new university campus. Andrew Sledd from the University of Florida at Lake City became the first president. Architect William A. Edwards designed the first ~~official~~ campus buildings in ~~the collegiate~~ gothic style. Classes began on September 26, 1906,' with 102 students.

Which buildings (the first ones) were designed by the architect?

In 1909, Albert Murphree was appointed president of UF and attempted to organize the colleges of the university and increased the enrollment of the school substantially. He is the only man with a statue on the campus.

Chronology? Was this the second president?

Where's the statue?

President John J. Tigert took over in 1928 and established the grant-in-aid or athletic scholarship program in the early 1930's which is currently used by the NCAA. Tigert was disgusted with the under-the-table payments being made by schools to athletes and radically changed the NCAA with his scholarship plan.

Was he the third president?

This ref does not ref. to Tigert.

Thirty years are missing from this section.
In 1946, there was an incredible increase in male students wanting to attend the University of Florida due to the formation of the GI Bill. Though UF attempted to accommodate the new demand, it simply could not. (OR)

Prose. Please reword.

In 1985, Florida became a member of the Association of American Universities (AAU), a higher-education organization composed of 62 public and private institutions in North America. UF is one of only 17 public, land-grant universities that belongs to the association.

Cite.

By the end of the 1946-1947 school year, 954 men were enrolled at TBUF which was governed by the University of Florida in Gainesville.

Cite.

Admission of African-American students also began in 1958. Shands Hospital first opened in 1958 along with the medical school. Rapid campus expansion began in the 1950s and continues to the present day.

Cite. Kind of repetitive.

Admissions

Issue not addressed miranda 01:29, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

In the cite for Early admissions, "November 1" isn't mentioned. Just, "early November." Most of the paragraph is OR IMHO.

Alumni

Issue not addressed miranda 01:33, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

It is also important to note that UF boasts a history of 12 Rhodes Scholars.[30] - reword
Per WP:BLP, it would be best to cite the famous alumni.
Most is OR, and doesn't have cites.

Educational reputation

Issue not addressed miranda 02:12, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Awards include a Fields Medal, numerous Pulitzer Prizes, NASA's top award for research and Smithsonian Institution's conservation award.

Needs better intro.

UF ranked fourth in The Scientist magazine's "Best Places to Work in Academia" (2005); fifth among all universities in Kiplinger's magazine "Top 100 Public Colleges" (2003). UF was also ranked first in top overall values amongst all the public flagship universities by USA Today (2006). UF admitted 1,049 International Baccalaureate students for the 2004-2005 academic year - more than any other university in the world. The freshmen retention rate of 94 percent is among the highest in the U.S.[31]

ital. magazines. The cite is wrong.

Research

Issue not addressed miranda 02:10, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Royalty and licensing income includes the glaucoma drug Trusopt, the sports drink Gatorade, and the Sentricon termite elimination system.

CITE.

It should also be noted that the UF is currently ranked seventh among all private & public universities for the total number of patents awarded for 2005.

better wording (prose)

Plans are also under way for the University of Florida to construct a new 50,000-square-foot research facility in collaboration with the Burnham Institute for Medical Research that will ultimately be located in the center of UCF's Health Sciences Campus in Orlando, FL. Research will include the areas of diabetes, aging, genetics and cancer.

Cite.

UF is also host to a nuclear research reactor which is known for its Neutron Activation Analysis Laboratory.

Cite

In addition, UF is also doing some innovative Diabetes Research In a statwide screening program, that has been sponsored by a $10 million grant from the American Diabetes Association. - run-on

Academics

Issue not addressed miranda 02:12, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

The University of Florida is home to an Honors Program that offers many honors courses to students who earned SAT/ACT scores of 1400/33 or above. The Honors program lasts for all four years, although students only have early honors course registration during their first two years. Honors students must complete four honors courses to be awarded an A.A. degree with honors or high honors. Honors at the bachelors degree level are determined by rules set by the student's College and major. It should be noted that National Merit Scholars, as of the Fall 2007 term, are no longer being offered a competitive academic scholarship upon enrolling at the university

Link is dead. This needs to be cited.

The University of Florida School of Medicine was founded in 1958 and conferred its first degrees in 1962. It was ranked amongst the Top-50 for the 2007 edition of U.S. News and World Report for Research.[36]

Cite. and better wording

hyperlink ethnic groups and subjects
In addition the UF School of Medicine was also ranked in the Top-50 for Primary Care as well.

Cite

Historic sites

Neutral I fixed this myself. miranda 01:27, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

cite the first paragraph

Recreation

Issue not addressed miranda 01:32, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

No sources for this section. Kind of OR.

Libraries

Neutral - I fixed this myself. miranda 01:24, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

The ~~Libraries of the~~University of Florida's libraries form the largest information resource system in the state~~of Florida~~.

better word this sentence

Deleted external links per WP:EL

Athletics

Issue not addressed miranda 02:08, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

No cites in intro paragraph.

Basketball

Issue not addressed miranda 02:08, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Records - needs more cites for records and match ups
Hyperlink dates per MOS

Football

Issue not addressed miranda 02:08, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Needs cites for "Heisman Trophy Winners"
Cites for match ups

Colleges and academic divisions

Issue not addressed miranda 01:25, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Please take out links to colleges per WP:EL.

Greek life

Issue not addressed miranda 02:08, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

This section seems listy. Maybe say all of the sorority/fraternity in x, y, z, q's conference are represented?

Images

Issue addressed miranda 01:31, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Pics are kind of big. Please scale them down to 300px or less.
Image captions aren't supposed to end with periods, unless they are full sentences.

~~==Maps==~~

~~These aren't maps. They are coordinates. I think the coordinates should be on the upper right of the page. See Seton Hall University for an example of coordinates.~~

I took this section out because the coordinates are already listed on the page. miranda 12:25, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

References

Issue not addressed miranda 01:30, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Should be named "Citations"
References aren't according to WP:CITE. Citations are supposed to have access dates if they are accessed online. Add name of publishers to certain refs.
Please add books to the "references" section. I know that there are many books published concerning the history of UF (see this)

Preliminary Decision

Under review. ~~Due Jan. 11th.~~ miranda 10:32, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

I extended this one day Jan. 12th. miranda 03:54, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Comments

Post Analysis Decision

Fifteen out of eighteen issues have not been addressed. One has been addressed (images), and two have been corrected by myself. Thus, this article is not promoted to GA status. miranda 02:28, 12 January 2008 (UTC)