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An more unregistered editor are insisting that this article include in the lead a description of this university as a top "global" university. Unfortunately, that fact is not supported anywhere in this article. There are sources that document this university's ranking in U.S. ranking systems but there is nothing about the university's international standing. We can't make this claim without substantiating it with one or more sources. It's a very strong claim so it needs similarly strong evidence. ElKevbo (talk) 22:15, 29 January 2015 (UTC)Reply
There is a small dispute over the inclusion of this sentence in the lede:
The lede should summarize what is already in the body of the article - ideally without additional references as the material is already written and referenced in the body - and I don't see information in the body to support this statement. It's also a very strong claim - among the top universities in the world - so we must be sure that reliable sources support the statement and it's not a made up by Wikipedia editors interpreting raw data or inappropriately combining sources. ElKevbo (talk) 22:48, 15 November 2020 (UTC)Reply
A section that has only two sentences and three tables doesn't appear to be something significant enough to include in the lede. If this information is that significant then surely editors can find independent sources that explicitly discuss this and write a substantive section that merits a summary in the lede. ElKevbo (talk) 03:42, 7 January 2021 (UTC)Reply
The unregistered editor who has recently tried to add this back to the lede without any sources, edit summaries, or discussion is welcome to join this conversation. I strongly recommend first reviewing the current consensus about this kind of information in the lede of articles about colleges and universities. ElKevbo (talk) 03:05, 4 May 2023 (UTC)Reply
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Why was this section deleted? It seems strange to cut this out of the article. Academic rankings are included in higher education showcase articles (e.g., https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgetown_University#Rankings_and_admissions , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_California,_Riverside#Rankings). Unless there are objections, I will add this back in. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rmshaf (talk • contribs) 17:39, 29 January 2021 (UTC)Reply
The Cathedral of Learning was built one year earlier. Should this be changed to "one of the first academic skyscrapers"? Mwv2 (talk) 23:57, 5 May 2023 (UTC)Reply
@CosmosWiki: Default image sizes set that each reader can change exist for good reasons. It's a really bad idea to try to arrange the images and their sizes only based on how the article looks on your specific display. If the default size doesn't work for a specific image, then it probably shouldn't be set to be a thumbnail. ElKevbo (talk) 22:15, 29 May 2023 (UTC)Reply