West Virginia University Alma Mater was nominated fordeletion.The discussion was closed on11 August 2010 with a consensus tomerge. Its contents weremerged intoWest Virginia University. The original page is now a redirect to this page. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected article, please seeits history; for its talk page, seehere.

Eberly College of Arts and Sciences was nominated fordeletion.The discussion was closed on16 September 2009 with a consensus tomerge. Its contents weremerged intoWest Virginia University. The original page is now a redirect to this page. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected article, please seeits history; for its talk page, seehere.

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An unregistered editor isinsisting that this paragraph be added to the lede of this article:

In the summer and fall of 2023, WVU instituted a program of "academic transformation" that resulted in widespread criticism from national media, includingForbes^[1], theNation^[2], and theAtlantic^[3], with the last decrying "the destruction of dozens of majors and careers at WVU." TheNation summed up much of the prevailing mood: "West Virginia University is being gutted, and it’s a preview for what’s in store for higher education."

First, this is really vague. Second, it doesn't merit inclusion in the lede of the article. It may help add some additional information to the history section where this is already discussed but so far it hasn't yet even merited its own section much less inclusion in the lede. In any case, it certainly doesn't warrant or excuseedit warring especially when the reversion doesn't even use an edit summary to explain why they're beginning an edit war.ElKevbo (talk)01:24, 13 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. Also, it doesn't have theWP:DUE weight in the body. It might be better being integrated in its respective section.GuardianH (talk)07:43, 9 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It seems clearly worth inclusion in the pretty short lead, based on the extensive national press coverage. Should I find it suspicious that the various editors who have reinstated it there have been very quickly reverted? Any COIs in play? For my part I had never heard of the place before this.Johnbod (talk)15:48, 9 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Johnbod To avoidWP:RECENTISM it should have its due body weight. Given that you've never heard about the school previously and are advocating its inclusion, maybe you would be willing toWP:HANDLE in the body?ElKevbo and I have been working on highered articles for some time now; there's no sign of any COI among our edits. You shouldhear about the university more and add to the body.GuardianH (talk)19:31, 9 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Huh? This doesn't make much sense!Johnbod (talk)04:21, 10 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Johnbod The statement should have its weight in the body before being placed in the lede. Since you want it in the lede, you should expand the existing material in the body.GuardianH (talk)04:29, 10 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I noticed there are several recipients of this honor with wikipedia pages. Many of those pages reference the order; why not create a section to describe it? It seems notable.DarkStarHarry (talk)18:34, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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