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The following is an archived discussion of a featured list nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured list candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The list was not promoted by The Rambling Man 21:06, 2 December 2012 [1].

List of universities in Venezuela edit

List of universities in Venezuela (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

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Nominator(s): — ΛΧΣ21™ 03:33, 26 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Venezuela holds a wide array of universities around its national territory, covering studies on a broad variety of scientific and humanistic careers, spread between a total 23 public and 24 private universities located across several states. As a result of a Royal Decree signed by Philip V of Spain, the Central University of Venezuela—the oldest in the country—was founded in 1721 under the name "Universidad Real y Pontificia de Caracas". The campus was originally located at the now-known "Palacio de las Academias" but, in 1944, president Isaías Medina Angarita relocated the university to its actual headquarters at the University City of Caracas. — ΛΧΣ21™ 03:33, 26 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved comments from TBrandley (talk) 04:40, 4 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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  • Add alt text to the images per MOS:IMAGES
    Why hasn't this concern been addressed? TBrandley 22:36, 2 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
    I have been having difficulties writing the alts :S I don't know how to write them :( I am good writing alts for pictures where people appear but for thins like those, it's hard for me (i am not native english speaker). — ΛΧΣ21™ 22:47, 2 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
    Well, as they most seem to be "purely decorative images", you many do
Resolved comments from The Rambling Man (talk) 17:24, 11 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Early comments, currently oppose (sorry, have other things to do)
  • Not keen on a country which "holds" universities. Rephrase.
  • "on a broad variety of scientific and humanistic careers" why not just "offering courses in a broad variety of subjects"?
  • "As a result of a Royal Decree signed by Philip V of Spain," could link Philip as a minimum here.
  • Why isn't the Central University linked in the lead?
  • "under the name "Universidad" just "as "Universidad...""
  • "origins remount back" remove "remount" and replace with "date".

The Rambling Man (talk) 20:28, 28 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I'm not sure you need "(pictured)" in each image caption, I think that's pretty obvious. The Rambling Man (talk) 10:31, 7 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]


Oppose until enrollment figures are added. Nergaal (talk) 06:16, 30 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Sadly, enrollment figures are not available; if so, I would have added them a long time ago. — ΛΧΣ21™ 17:56, 30 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Are there any reliable estimates? --Philosopher Let us reason together. 02:12, 31 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Not that i have found, but I will make another scan to see what I can read from news and stuff. I am pretty sure that only 5 to 6 universities may have such info out there (outdated, ofc) but not all :( — ΛΧΣ21™ 02:22, 31 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I have made a search and only found a accurate enrollment for the Simón Bolívar University for 2008. I have found other three enrollment estimates from scarce news by the venezuelan government and other news sources, but not very accurate [some of them contradict themselves]. I don't know what should I do. — ΛΧΣ21™ 01:17, 1 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Sadness. Sounds like you'll just have to leave them out, then. I don't know what the norm at FL is, but I wouldn't consider the legitimate unavailability of enrollment figures to be enough to sink the list's nomination, though. --Philosopher Let us reason together. 06:31, 1 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Huh? Out fo the first five entries I saw references for numbers in two of them. Nergaal (talk) 03:34, 3 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Look. I searched for the vast majority of them and only found the ones there plus a couple of others. I am venezuelan and I know how difficult is to find accurate statistics of such things here. There is no easy way to find accurate of realistic numbers when it is handled privately by private universities and oftemtimes publicly by the rest. This is frustrating [not finding references] and I understand that you may ask for them but, sadly, 50% of the universities there just doesn't show their enrollment figures. — ΛΧΣ21™ 03:59, 3 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
It is fine if you put a N/A where there is no reference, but those that do have should have it in the list. As an outsider I have no idea which university is more notable, and enrollment figures are one of the simplest ways to convey this. Nergaal (talk) 05:42, 4 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Oh. Well; I will keep searching as thoroughly as possible to add as much as possible. I will do some off-line search to see what I can find XD — ΛΧΣ21™ 05:53, 4 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]


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