Talk:University of Maryland (disambiguation)

Someone who knows this better than I do may want to edit this page to give the historical link between UMB and UMCP. There is a wealth of information on these at [mdmanual.net http://www.mdmanual.net]. --Howardjp 13:40, 22 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Comma or no comma

Looking through this page's history, I've noticed a couple of edits removing the comma from the names of both the University of Maryland, Eastern Shore and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. I'm not sure about UMES (although it would make sense for it to be consistent with the others) but UMBC does in fact use a comma in it's name (check the address near the bottom of UMBC's home page), the comma is also used on the main page for the Blackboard Learning System at UMBC (which requires login). I won't change it now, just in case those are both mistakes, although it seems unlikely.-Jeff 19:25, 13 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Update: Upon checking the UMES site, it seems that they write their name without the comma, so that one won't be changed. 207.255.185.129 20:07, 13 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

University of Maryland, College Park and University of Maryland, Baltimore both have a comma. None of University of Maryland Baltimore County, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, nor University of Maryland University College have a comma. I've posted this like a zillion times. The most current version of the Maryland law establishing the University System of Maryland (from 2004) is my source. It is incorrect for UMBC to use a comma. -Howardjp 23:03, 13 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect target

I announced this change almost two weeks before making it at Talk:University of Maryland, College Park#Dumb redirect and nobody complained then. Over the past several months, I've cleaned up some 300 pages that linked to the wrong place because of this bad redirect. Putting that redirect back in will only bring more more false information into Wikipedia. -Howardjp 13:40, 25 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Order of listing

Would it perhaps make sense to first list the comma schools, as primary holders of the U of Maryland name, and then to list the non-comma schools afterwards? I don't think anyone would ever refer to either UMBC or UMES as "the University of Maryland," but people refer to both College Park and Baltimore in this way. john k 15:12, 9 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]