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This article was nominated for deletion on March 24, 2008. The result of the discussion was Snowball Keep.

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Archive 2006-8

Feedback/improvements

I've done a series of edits to extend and clean up the article, aiming to include all the essential points that others would otherwise add later, but in the smallest practicable stand-alone form: more crisp and focused than Oxbridge rivalry, for example. Any feedback/improvements would be welcome. Thanks - Pointillist (talk) 10:24, 23 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I favour a terse style too. I have provided some links to sources above which may help. Colonel Warden (talk) 12:33, 23 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks—I was going to ask you to take a look. Good call on Varsity match, btw. It balances the sentence well. - Pointillist (talk) 12:45, 23 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Proposal to merge Oxbridge reject

Yworo (talk · contribs) has PRODed Oxbridge reject and suggested it be merged into this article. I've checked it out and brought across Eric Thomas's "Oxbridge prism" quote. IMO the article doesn't offer anything else that would be useful here. Comments? - Pointillist (talk) 12:03, 28 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Looks good to me. Jonathan A Jones (talk) 13:33, 28 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

i'd be against a merge. The article has just been expanded Francium12 14:22, 28 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Doesn't change my view: the Laura Spence Affair is well covered elsewhere. Jonathan A Jones (talk) 14:50, 28 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with Pointillist and Jonathan A Jones. The term does not seem to be sufficiently significant to justify a separate article. The expansion referred to by Francium12 adds information about particular examples of use of teh concept, but does not add anything about the concept per se. JamesBWatson (talk) 08:23, 1 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No-one has commented on the merge suggestion for six weeks, so I've removed it. - Pointillist (talk) 14:51, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Portmanteau

I have justified my revision, you have not provided justification for yours.
I can only assume it is another example of the desire of some on wikipedia to popularise the term, this insistance on using "portmanteau" in every article possible weather it adds to or subtracts from it's value, is little more than vandalism on behalf of those adding it. with this in mind i will revert your edit and will expect you to justify any further changes before you make them. 218.215.128.17 (talk) 15:01, 26 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You have done nothing to justify your decision. Explaining the portmanteau is important in helping people understand the title, same goes for all of the articles that you have imposed your point of view upon. Stop removing this information from pages. magnius (talk) 15:04, 26 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

i provided an explination within my edit summary, in this article and the others i have edited "portmanteau" adds nothing to the article, It is already explained that it is a composite of the two words and is not necesary to state again so either blend or portmanteau need to be removed for the sake of redability, because it is portmanteau that needs linking to ensure all users understand the meening it is the logical choice to be removed.

you have provided no reason for the need for a redundant description of the word but insist on reverting my edits while claming i am simply removing information.218.215.128.17 (talk) 15:32, 26 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Country

There didn't seem to be any particular reason for the reference to the constituent nation of England rather than the country of the United Kingdom, whether you read it as the location of the colleges or the place where the term Oxbridge is used, so I've edited to change that. England would be fine if this were a British Encyclopedia but as an international one 'United Kingdom' is the way to go.