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August 5, 2010	Peer review	Reviewed
September 12, 2010	Good article nominee	Listed
September 25, 2010	Peer review	Reviewed
October 1, 2010	Good topic candidate	Not promoted
December 25, 2010	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
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-I changed an edit about the 4-1-4 schedule. I don't think we can call it "unique" as I'm fairly certain at least one other college uses a similar format. "Unusual" is a better word, I think. [[User:Midnightdreary|Midnightdreary]] 02:44, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
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-If any one is interested in creating a strictly Jefferson College wiki entry let me know, as I have a biography-like document on it, as well as student directories from the 1850s. These items are part of the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity Archives. -- [[User:Twofeetcia|~TNT~]] 15:22, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
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-I made a few new pages. I hope they look ok. [[List of Washington & Jefferson College people]] and [[President of Washington & Jefferson College]].
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-* W<s>&J's Old Main is home to the plaster model used to sculpt the head of Jefferson for the [[Jefferson Memorial]].</s> Replaced, with source.
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-* <s>W&J was granted a [[Phi Beta Kappa]] chapter in [[1937]].</s>  Replaced, with source.
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-*<s> W&J's traditional college cheer is "Whichi Coax!"</s> Section added. with sources
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-*<s>Library archives show that W&J's student literary society, named after [[Benjamin Franklin]], included honorary members such as [[Horace Mann]], [[John Quincy Adams]], and [[Edgar Allan Poe]].</s>
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-**Poe referenced at [[Literary societies at Washington & Jefferson College]].  (I'm skeptical of the other claims, and I haven't seen any good reference for them.)--[[User:GrapedApe|GrapedApe]] ([[User talk:GrapedApe|talk]]) 06:06, 22 July 2010 (UTC)
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-*<s>The doorknob used in the 1939 film "Gone With The Wind" for the front door of Tara is now a part of the library in Lazear Hall.</s>
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-**Referenced and incorporated into [[List_of_Washington_%26_Jefferson_College_buildings#Lazear_Chemistry_Hall]].--[[User:GrapedApe|GrapedApe]] ([[User talk:GrapedApe|talk]]) 06:06, 22 July 2010 (UTC)
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-* <s>Coach [[John Heisman]], of whom the [[Heisman Memorial Trophy Award]] is named after, coached at Washington and Jefferson College.</s> Replaced, with source
+| If you attend or have attended [[Washington & Jefferson College]], you can add this template to your userpage: <br> '''<nowiki>{{User Washjeff}}</nowiki>''' <br> to display this [[Wikipedia:Userbox|userbox]] on your userpage:
-While this is interesting, we can't use it unless you [[Wikipedia:Cite your sources|provide a source]]. Also, none of this is really trivia, as [[trivia]] by its definition is "unimportant information" - it therefore shouldn't be in a trivia section but instead the information should be incorporated into the main article. - [[User:Tbsdy lives|Tbsdy lives]] ([[User talk:Tbsdy lives|talk]]) 06:57, 6 September 2008 (UTC)
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-**Did you consider looking for any of this yourself? I found sources for 3 of them in a couple of minutes. [[User:Niteshift36|Niteshift36]] ([[User talk:Niteshift36|talk]]) 08:20, 6 September 2008 (UTC)
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-==List of notable alumni is too long==
-This list is too long to include in the article, especially as a separate page has a longer list. I will reduce it.--[[User:Parkwells|Parkwells]] ([[User talk:Parkwells|talk]]) 14:16, 15 January 2009 (UTC)
-== The Infobox ==
-For the infobox, the official school colors are red and black. According to [http://www.washjeff.edu/content.aspx?section=1363&menu_id=385&crumb=386&id=1312 W&J Graphics Standards Guide - Color Palette], the specific red is "Pantone 1807," which, according to [http://www.ackerdesign.com/acker-design-pantone-chart.html this] chart is #A03033 in hex. I guess what I 'm saying is: these are the right colors, so please don't change them. Thanks.--[[User:Jwilkinsen|Jwilkinsen]] ([[User talk:Jwilkinsen|talk]]) 19:56, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
-:I expanded the section about the log college years, so if someone wants to work on it, that's good. I plan on working on a section for each historical period (log colleges, the two academies, the pre-union colleges, the post-union colleges), and will probably spin the whole thing off into its own page "History of Washington & Jefferson College." The rest of that section is a mess, with unsourced complaints, and will be edited down soon.--[[User:Jwilkinsen|Jwilkinsen]] ([[User talk:Jwilkinsen|talk]]) 06:26, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
-== Latin name ==
-The "Latin name" field of the infobox is for the Latin name of the college. The current text says ''Sigillum Collegii Washingtoniensis et Jeffersoniensis'', which is simply what's written on the seal: it literally means "The Seal of Washington and Jefferson College". In short, it is not the Latin name of the college. That, I believe, would be ''Collegium Washingtoniensis et Jeffersoniensis''. I'm posting this on the talk page rather than simply correcting it to ask whether anyone here knows better, or has seen the Latin name represented in another way. '''[[User:Alekjds|— AlekJDS]]''' <sup>[[User_talk:Alekjds|talk]]</sup> 15:50, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
-:I also ask because, as far as I'm aware, the grammar of the seal is incorrect. The word ''sigillum'' (also the word ''collegium'') is neuter gender; the adjectives ''Washingtoniensis'' and ''Jeffersoniensis'' ought to be ''-iense'', so that the name of the college would be ''Collegium Washingtoniense et Jeffersoniense''. (See [http://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nomina_universitatum_Latina_decreto_adoptata#W this list] on Latin Wikipedia for reference.) '''[[User:Alekjds|— AlekJDS]]''' <sup>[[User_talk:Alekjds|talk]]</sup> 15:54, 5 May 2010 (UTC)