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== 2015 ZBT-wounded veterans controversy ==

Wikipedia is not the news per [[WP:NOTNEWS]], and a drunken fraternity scandal does not merit 2,000+ bytes of meaningless detail about the fraternity boys' embarrassing behavior in a 100,000-byte article about a major state university. This kind of drunken nonsense happens all the time; these idiots made the nightly news for several days in the immediate aftermath. Per [[WP:EVENT]], there will be little or no continuing coverage of this event, and no major news outlets will still be discussing this in two weeks, except for a one-paragraph follow-up on page 20, noting that the fraternity's charter has been suspended for two to three years. My Google News search already shows no major coverage since Friday, April 24: [https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Zeta+Beta+Tau%22+Florida&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8#q=%22Zeta+Beta+Tau%22+Florida&tbm=nws].

If you want to argue for a brief, two or three-sentence paragraph describing the incident per [[WP:WEIGHT]], written in a non-sensationalist fashion per [[WP:NPOV]], we can certainly talk about that. If you want more details inserted into the main University of Florida article, then I suggest you start a stand-alone article (e.g., "[[University of Florida Zeta Beta Tau–wounded veterans scandal]]"), and see if it survives [[WP:AfD]]. [[User:Dirtlawyer1|Dirtlawyer1]] ([[User talk:Dirtlawyer1|talk]]) 03:10, 28 April 2015 (UTC)

== External links modified ==

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== Florida Gators logo ==

I would consider ''not'' using the Florida non-free Gators logo ([[:File:Florida Gators logo.svg]]) in this article because doing it here is problematic in terms of [[WP:NFCC#3]] (minimal use across the encyclopedia; the logo is already used in articles relevant to Florida Gators including [[Florida Gators]]; see: [[Wikipedia:NFC#Number of items]]) and [[WP:NFCC#8]] (contextual significance; it's not used to identify the subject of ''this'' article, University of Florida, but a related topic; see specifically: [[Wikipedia:Logos#Placement]]). [[User:Finnusertop|Finnusertop]] ([[User talk:Finnusertop|talk]] &#124; [[User:Finnusertop/guestbook|guestbook]] &#124; [[Special:Contributions/Finnusertop|contribs]]) 22:52, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
*{{Ping|Finnusertop|Corkythehornetfan}} I agree. Several years ago, I was one of the editors who negotiated the present compromise regarding the use of the copyrighted and trademarked Gator head logo of the Florida Gators sports program, which is used as the primary mark of the University of Florida sports programs and all 21 Florida Gators intercollegiate sports teams. It is not a primary mark of the University of Florida, which has a separate family of wordmarks that are used by the university and its various constituent academic colleges and schools. For our part, we have done our best to preserve that compromise by removing the Gator head logo from all articles other than the [[Florida Gators]] athletic program article and the 16 primary team articles (e.g., [[Florida Gators football]], [[Florida Gators women's soccer]], [[Florida Gators softball]], etc.), whenever users have inserted it elsewhere. Over the past several years, we have repeatedly removed the non-free logo from the dozens of season articles, rivalry articles, game articles, etc., in order to limit the use of the Gator head logo to the program and primary team articles. Given that the sports program is a secondary topic within the University of Florida main article, and that the Florida Gators sports program and the teams are covered in depth in stand-alone articles where the non-free logo is used, it would seem appropriate to remove the non-free logo from the main University of Florida article and continue to restrict its use as described above. Thank you for bringing this to our attention. [[User:Dirtlawyer1|Dirtlawyer1]] ([[User talk:Dirtlawyer1|talk]]) 05:40, 22 October 2015 (UTC)
*'''Comment''': Sorry I have not responded. I agree with ya both. <span style="background:#231F20; color:#FFFFFF; border:1px solid #231F20">Corkythe</span><span style="background:#BB8D0A; color:#FFFFFF; border:1px solid #231F20">[[User talk:Corkythehornetfan|<span style="color:white">hornetfan</span>]]</span> 19:39, 22 October 2015 (UTC)
*That's my understanding of the current consensus regarding the use of logos in articles that aren't directly about the subject represented by the logo when that subject has an article. [[User:ElKevbo|ElKevbo]] ([[User talk:ElKevbo|talk]]) 01:02, 23 October 2015 (UTC)

== External links modified ==

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== UF is not Florida's flagship university ==

I removed a reference where UF was declared a "flagship" university. The cite was a page from a PowerPoint discussion presented to the Florida Board of Governors, which is not authoritative on this issue in Florida. This was a hotly disputed issue in the Florida Legislature for years. The matter was finally resolved in 2013 with the passage of the "Preeminent" university law, which uses objective criteria to award more money and the right to use the title "preeminent university". Two universities originally qualified in 2013 and in each subsequent year - UF and FSU. For more history, please refer to the Florida statute: http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=1000-1099/1001/Sections/1001.7065.html

and some recent media coverage on the issue:

http://www.politico.com/states/florida/story/2016/03/how-the-education-train-impacts-colleges-universities-032912
http://www.usforacle.com/news/view.php/686980/Governor-signs-bill-to-grant-UF-FSU-pree

http://news.usf.edu/article/templates/?a=7402&z=224

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/features/education/os-ucf-emerging-preeminent-20160419-story.html

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== Mobile Wikipedia Display ==

The pictures on the mobile Wikipedia are not correctly placed. [[User:Pgomez2129|Pgomez2129]] ([[User talk:Pgomez2129|talk]]) 15:11, 25 August 2018 (UTC)

== Mixing informal "flagship" designation with formal membership in SUS ==

An unregistered editor is edit warring to change the infobox of this article where it mentions that this institution is part of the [[State university system]] so that it instead says that UF is a "State flagship university." That's problematic because that's just a phrase made up by this unregistered editor. It may be worth discussing whether this article should note that some commentators and scholars have included UF in lists of flagship universities but that addition shouldn't be made at the expense of confusing other information or by making up a new phrase.

This editor has also [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=University_of_Florida&diff=prev&oldid=859176420 promised to continue edit warring] over this issue so I'm going to request that this article be semi-protected. [[User:ElKevbo|ElKevbo]] ([[User talk:ElKevbo|talk]]) 17:35, 12 September 2018 (UTC)

:I agree, the infobox is not the correct place for that information, which requires a little more explanation anyway. Incidentally, after seeing that edit summary, I'm thinking that a block may be warranted. [[User:Zeng8r|Zeng8r]] ([[User talk:Zeng8r|talk]]) 20:05, 12 September 2018 (UTC)

== Incorrect undergraduate population? ==

The article says there are 39,565 undergraduates at UF (fall 2017 cohort data). However, this source https://ir.aa.ufl.edu/uffacts/enrollment-1/ says the correct count is 36,436. Is there something I'm missing?
[[User:WikiWikiQuestions|WikiWikiQuestions]] ([[User talk:WikiWikiQuestions|talk]]) 13:22, 28 December 2018 (UTC)
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== Blockchain Lab ==

University of Florida and Algorand are working together to create a Blockchain lab for research. This might good to add to the article. https://arts.ufl.edu/in-the-loop/news/university-of-florida-partners-with-algorand-foundation-to-establish-blockchain-lab/ [[User:TomReadsALot|TomReadsALot]] ([[User talk:TomReadsALot|talk]]) 17:05, 20 April 2022 (UTC)
:We generally don't include information simply because it was [[WP:NOTNEWS|in the news]]; let's wait to see if this collaboration results in anything substantive. [[User:ElKevbo|ElKevbo]] ([[User talk:ElKevbo|talk]]) 11:54, 21 April 2022 (UTC)

== The section labeled "Academics" ==

Why is "tuition" mentioned at the top of the "Academics" section? Why is it in the "Academics" section at all? Tuition, while tangentially related to academics in that it refers to the cost of the student's academic instruction, is ultimately just another cost. It is a financial matter. <!-- Template:Unsigned IP --><small class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/74.196.121.237|74.196.121.237]] ([[User talk:74.196.121.237#top|talk]]) 05:10, 11 May 2022 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

Latest revision as of 21:23, 1 September 2024

Former good article nomineeUniversity of Florida was a Social sciences and society good articles nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There may be suggestions below for improving the article. 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.
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