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An unregistered editor is insisting that the lede of this article include the following phrase: "...is frequently ranked among the best universities in the world by major college and university rankings.[1]"
First, rankings from a single source in a single year cannot possibly substantiate a claim about being "frequently" ranked by "major college and university rankings." Something done once cannot be frequent and single ranking cannot be described as plural. Second, there is a a project-wide consensus about the inclusion of rankings and prestige in the lede of articles about colleges and universities and this single source comes nowhere close to meeting that consensus.
If an editor believes that this kind of information should be in the lede of this article, they are strongly encouraged to review WP:HIGHEREDREP and provide sources that meet that consensus. ElKevbo (talk) 16:34, 29 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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This section is unusual for an article about big universities. The contents of the Greek part are unreferenced and since it is just a rote list of various fraternities and sororities without any further detail, I question whether there is any useful information being shared here. The school traditions seem really anecdotal and most of them are unsourced. I propose deletion. -- Melchior2006 (talk) 18:48, 4 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
There are two sub-sections in the 'History' section about scandals. In other university pages, there's a separate section for university related scandals. So I propose to create a separate section called 'Scandals' and transfer the scandal related contents in that section, instead of putting them in the 'History' section. Ragnarvrollo (talk) 04:35, 5 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]