Talk:College of William & Mary

User Pbritti: Conflict of Interest, NPOV

@Pbritti is a recent alum of W&M, which may be part of the problem. Melchior2006 (talk) 15:03, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

@Melchior2006: Given that my authorship on the article currently stands at 8.3%, I've consistently edited to remove PUFFERY in this article, and have substantial impartial creations and expansions in this subject area, I'm going to offer you a little bit to reconsider this very UNCIVIL response to being told that a drive-by content removal was mostly unfounded. Heck, I even went and implemented a few of your suggested removals because I agreed. ~ Pbritti (talk) 15:17, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

Thank you for implementing the changes. It would have been good to note that on the talk page, but I can add that now. I don't find it uncivil to point out that you are a recent alum of W&M. It's just a fact you note on your own user talk page, and it's important to consider. Pax! --Melchior2006 (talk) 15:29, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

@Melchior2006: The EXTERNALREL portion of the COI policy is pertinent here: if you have reason to believe I am failing to fulfill my primary role as an editor, which is to further the interests of the encyclopedia, raising a COI concern is relevant. Besides some minor additions to images and caption, the only substantial portion of the article I've written is a paragraph on the recent renaming of a few academic halls (see paragraph starting "Following the George Floyd protests"). This is a good opportunity to mention that the Who Wrote That? tool enables you to quickly scan for evidence of real COI editing by checking the authorship of particular portions of any article. I highly recommend it if you plan on continuing your effort to combat PUFFERY in collegiate articles. ~ Pbritti (talk) 15:49, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

College Building, the President's House, and Brafferton "restoration"

@Pbritti: could you find a reference for your edit today about College Building, the President's House and the Brafferton being initiated by a said prof and paid for with a said donation? That would be necessary; I'm sure you have access to some publications about this as a recent alum. Melchior2006 (talk) 15:32, 23 November 2023 (UTC)

@Melchior2006: You can subordinate this information in existing sections and there's no need to ping me for further discussion as this is on my watchlist. A good starting point is this, but I'm currently away for Thanksgiving holiday and don't have access to my volumes on Williamsburg (including my favorite, a copy of A Historical Sketch of Bruton Church, Williamsburg, Virginia signed by Goodwin). I'd encourage you to tag unverified historic information with the cn template so I can come back and either delete or reference the material when I get home early next week. If you notice that deletions haven't or citations haven't been made by Wednesday, I'd encourage you to delete the material then per the verifiability policy. ~ Pbritti (talk) 16:17, 23 November 2023 (UTC)

Promotional Content

Removal of Promotional Content in accordance to Wikipedia Policy outlined in Talk:George Mason University#Removal of Notable faculty and alumni. 129.174.255.57 (talk) 20:33, 19 February 2024 (UTC)

Just a lot of vandalism. If you choose to have others regard your attempts as in good faith, you should take some time to read the manual of style and lead section TEDickey (talk) 22:52, 19 February 2024 (UTC)

Requested move 11 April 2024

College of William & Mary → College of William and Mary – In the formal documents of the college, "College of William and Mary" is the way how the institute addresses itself. This is the usage in the institute's documents, including the Constitution of the Faculty Assembly of the College of William and Mary and the Constitution of the Student Assembly of the College of William and Mary. Cfls (talk) 15:15, 11 April 2024 (UTC)

• Oppose per COMMONNAME. The ampersand appears in reporting, promotional material, and academic contexts. Of note, the ampersand constitutes one of the symbols used by the school. ~ Pbritti (talk) 16:38, 11 April 2024 (UTC)

Comment, how the school officially writes its name is irrelevent. Wikipedia is based on what reliable sources call it. Can you provide news articles that use "and" instead of "&"? Esolo5002 (talk) 19:01, 11 April 2024 (UTC)

Yes: New York Times, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Daily Press. I can do more but I think this makes the point. ~ Pbritti (talk) 00:26, 12 April 2024 (UTC)

Comment: Maybe both titles should be mentioned, with the ampersand-less version appearing as the title.

23emr (talk | contributions) 23emr (talk | contributions) 20:51, 11 April 2024 (UTC)