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I see little point in having an exhaustive listing of institutes and departments in an encylopedia article.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.125.149.104 (talk • contribs) 12 April 2006
I second that. Folks, this is an encylopedia article, not an organizational directory. What's next, a list of all lecture rooms? Phone and fax numbers of each department? Take a look at other university articles and think about what content you would expect as a user of Wikipedia. Poxy09:02, 8 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I agree with that too! Maybe we could have an area of what the university is actually famous for (like what kinda research they do)...— Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.121.158.32 (talk • contribs) 29 June 2006
I disagree. Universities define themselves by their faculties - these are their scaffolds. I think it does make sense to have this in the article.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.170.48.34 (talk • contribs) 9 August 2007
First: I don't think a list of "faculty and alumni" makes sense unless we clarify their connection to the university. At least the degrees and their years should be listed.
Second: What is the policy for including people? Should Josef Strauß, who is only known for his music, not for his connection to TU Wien, be on the list? What about Marie-Therese Hohenberg, who is on the list but is apparently not notable enough for a wikipedia page? Why is the "second ever" female professor listed, but not the first?
Third: The list seems to be alphabetical by first name. Really?
The name was indeed changed. However TU Wien is in international rankings (The Times Higher Education, or Shanghai Ranking) still named as "Vienna University of Technology. If this wikipedia page does not contain the English name of the page, it cannot be connected with the name which the ranking institutions use. Therefore I am adding the name "Vienna University of Technology" to the article. Furthermore, no one can find TU Wien under the rankings, because it seems the ranking authorities do not have the information that the TU Wien brand identity has changed. For that reason it makes sense to use "Vienna University of Technology) somewhere in the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Terrenus (talk • contribs) 11:31, 8 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
The whole text is written a bit like an advertisement. The sources for these positive views are almost always from the university's own website (some from About Us, which us basically a self-advertisement). Daniel Renrak (talk) 05:42, 18 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
