Talk:Texas Tech University traditions

Layout

Should we break these things up into == and === heading pieces? I think it looks kinda funky with a bunch of horizontal lines all over the place.--Elred (talk) 22:36, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

• fellas, let's hold off on linking this page to the main TTU page until we get it presentable.--Elred (talk) 23:12, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

I think it looks good the way it's broken up now (sections and subsections). Obviously some overall text/image adjustment needs to take place. I'm going to submit something from this article to WP:DYK. That has to be done before it is five days old. So, if we want it looking better, we need to get to work. Also, does anyone have suggestions for what that fact should be? →Wordbuilder (talk) 21:33, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

Great job on the article guys! As for the DYK, I think we have the best shot with the fact that the Masked Rider was the first horse ridden mascot for football. I've looked but I don't have many sources to back that up, but maybe y'all know of some? We could also submit something about wrapping Will Rogers and Soapsuds before every home game or something about the supposed Blarney Stone.--Almosthonest06 (talk) 00:49, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

I agree that the Masked Rider being the first horse mascot would probably be the best DYK (if it's true). Honestly though, I've run out of wikipedia gas for a while. I'm going to relegate myself to the betterment of graphics/photos for a while.--Elred (talk) 03:02, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

I like The Masked Rider bit. But, it's uncited. I'll look for something. If not, then one of the other two. I can submit one as a primary and one as an alternate and let the DYK guys pick. →Wordbuilder (talk) 03:15, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

I found a couple of sources for the Masked Rider bit.

• At the 1954 Gator Bowl, The Masked Rider became the official mascot and the first horse-ridden mascot in major college sports. I don't know how reliable of a source Deadspin is though.
• After all, no school mascot rode a live horse at that time. This one from Texas Tech news releases.--Almosthonest06 (talk) 21:37, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

[outdent] That should be enough for DYK. Let's put in both. Even if the first source is 100%, it's backed up by the one from Tech. →Wordbuilder (talk) 21:55, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

Gap at the top

There is a huge gap on the right side at the top of the page. I was thinking that we could put the wrapped Will Rogers statue there with a caption along the lines of, "The wrapping of the statue of Will Rogers and Soapsuds is a prominent tradition at Texas Tech," or some variation. Since the section on Will and Soapsuds is mostly about the statue and the story of why it's there, we could put a picture of the statue itself in the wrapped one's place. I'm trying to find info on when the wrapping started and why. Until then, yay, nay?--Almosthonest06 (talk) 08:30, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

Good idea. I swapped the one that was lower in the article and moved it to become the lead image, which I set at 300px in accordance with the Manual of Style. I'm so used to having an infobox, I forgot about having a standalone image there. →Wordbuilder (talk) 15:27, 7 September 2008 (UTC)