Talk:Purdue University
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Purdue University WikiProject
Hey all! I would like to invite any editors here to show their support for and potentially join the new WikiProject: Purdue University. It hasn't technically been made yet, and I only proposed it just a few minutes ago, but I'm trying to start out strong. The Project would aim to improve existing Purdue University-related articles and create new ones. As it is still in the proposal process, you can show your support here: Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals/Purdue University. Thanks!! Invinciblewalnut (talk) 20:26, 16 December 2021 (UTC)
- Update - it is now live at WP:PURDUE. Invinciblewalnut (talk) 07:57, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
unsourced assertions
@Reywas92 I deleted statements that were flagged as problematic in Nov 2022. Since then, no one has been able or willing to source them. If you do find sources, that would be terrific. Please put the statements back in, and include proper references. -- Melchior2006 (talk) 08:17, 27 September 2023 (UTC)
- @Melchior2006 What's your purpose in deleting pictures off this article? Alexysun (talk) 02:20, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
- Which of the deleted pictures do you mean? -- Melchior2006 (talk) 06:26, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
- Well all of them. What's the purpose in doing that? Alexysun (talk) 20:44, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
- @Melchior2006 Alexysun (talk) 20:45, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
- Without knowing which pix you are referencing, it would be hard to give you an intelligent answer. -- Melchior2006 (talk) 05:17, 8 May 2024 (UTC)
- Which of the deleted pictures do you mean? -- Melchior2006 (talk) 06:26, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
Seal Question
Why are we unable to use the current seal for the article? RingoSB (talk) 21:34, 19 April 2025 (UTC)
- Who said that we're unable to use the seal? We probably just need someone to upload a copy (to English Wikipedia, not Wikimedia Commons, because we'll be using it under fair use and commons doesn't allow fair use images). ElKevbo (talk) 21:55, 19 April 2025 (UTC)
- The seal was removed in October and replaced with a gold version. Then in March the gold version was deleted from Commons. I have restored the locally-hosted black version. Brian the Editor (talk) 00:15, 22 April 2025 (UTC)
Post 2025 section discussion
I removed a piece which detailed a particular specification of the post 2025 section, I said it appears to be a recent policy grievance rather than historical information about Purdue. This was then reverted, stating that the following sentences don’t make sense and that it is relevant information. My reply is that it is important, however is completely irrelevant in the History section of the main Purdue University Wikipedia. I am a new user and am assuming I make a discussion post to discuss a conflict of opinion. I ask that snokalok recognize this and edit out the polytechnic specification and reintegrate the other sentences himself if he wishes to or I can do it. Supercoolguywholikesthecolorgrey (talk) 03:06, 15 August 2025 (UTC)
- You say "recent policy grievance" as though it's minor and not a part of an unprecedented and forceful purge of diversity and progressive values from a wide array of institutions both public and private, amidst a far greater national plummet into open fascism. What a major university did in the Trump Era, and how it worked with the regime, qualifies as important history. Snokalok (talk) 03:12, 15 August 2025 (UTC)
- I wish to make clear that I think the 2025 section is an important part of Purdue history. I am specifically pointing at “despite diversity only being a small part of the office's function”. You are making a true statement, however your argument is very much NOT a part of the overall Purdue history. Saying “…, despite (insert argument)” turns the section into a fact finding debate, which is not appropriate for main Purdue history section. The statements about a certain office being closed is, as you said, a forceful purge that must be documented in the Purdue history Wikipedia, which is what you stated. I agree with this. So, can you remove this specific part? Supercoolguywholikesthecolorgrey (talk) 03:26, 15 August 2025 (UTC)
- If you would kindly direct your attention to the following sentence: {{tq|Terminated staff members believed that it was because of the name alone that the office was terminated}}. It wasn't the actual DEI office that was terminated for its name, it was the polytech recruitment office that just happened to have the word "diversity" in its title. This I think is critical for illustrating to the reader the depths of this purge, how comprehensive it is. It's not simply shutting down the DEI office, it's going scorched earth on anything with the word "diversity" in it. Snokalok (talk) 03:32, 15 August 2025 (UTC)
- That makes sense. I believe that the title being “post-2025” and then having so many specifics makes it jump out as without a clear title it appears to just be arguments about the individual sentence being talked about, like the polytechnic thing. If you could come up with a section name more specific to the policy changes that are described that would be epic but other than that yeah you explained everything. Supercoolguywholikesthecolorgrey (talk) 03:39, 15 August 2025 (UTC)
- If you would kindly direct your attention to the following sentence: {{tq|Terminated staff members believed that it was because of the name alone that the office was terminated}}. It wasn't the actual DEI office that was terminated for its name, it was the polytech recruitment office that just happened to have the word "diversity" in its title. This I think is critical for illustrating to the reader the depths of this purge, how comprehensive it is. It's not simply shutting down the DEI office, it's going scorched earth on anything with the word "diversity" in it. Snokalok (talk) 03:32, 15 August 2025 (UTC)
- I wish to make clear that I think the 2025 section is an important part of Purdue history. I am specifically pointing at “despite diversity only being a small part of the office's function”. You are making a true statement, however your argument is very much NOT a part of the overall Purdue history. Saying “…, despite (insert argument)” turns the section into a fact finding debate, which is not appropriate for main Purdue history section. The statements about a certain office being closed is, as you said, a forceful purge that must be documented in the Purdue history Wikipedia, which is what you stated. I agree with this. So, can you remove this specific part? Supercoolguywholikesthecolorgrey (talk) 03:26, 15 August 2025 (UTC)