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Semi-protected edit request on 31 July 2024

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Hello, I'd like to request adding a table contain all undergraduate courses offered by Harvard. I believe this could be very helpful for those who are searching about universities and its degrees, in order to choose the best option without having to search each university's website. I'll send the same suggestion to other universities' Wikipedia page. Thank you for the comprehension! Kaoskray (talk) 18:21, 31 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{Edit semi-protected}} template. - FlightTime (open channel) 18:26, 31 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know the policy here, but the tables @Kaoskray: suggests seems like a good idea to me. Is this the appropriate forum to seek consensus? McYeee (talk) 21:27, 31 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Terrible idea. Here's a link to the last time Harvard published its catalog as a hardcopy book [1]. It's over a thousand pages. How on earth would it help our readers if we were to transcribe all that into Wikipedia? And that's just the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. What about the schools of law, medicine, education, design, divinity, business, dentistry, and whichever ones I'm forgetting? We even have a policy on this: WP:NOTCATALOG. E Eng 18:30, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Edit warring to add new study to lede

@Scientist3552: Why are you edit warring to add a new reference and a claim that "Harvard’s graduates are highly represented among the most successful and influential Americans across many different categories of achievement?" You've made four reversions (one, two, three, and four), reverting three different editors who each objected to your addition. Your most recent version is:

Harvard’s graduates are highly represented among the most successful and influential Americans across many different categories of achievement spanning politics, business, finance, academia, computer science, mathematics, natural sciences, engineering, medicine, arts, literature, law, journalism, public service, and the military, making up 2.0% to 44.5% of individuals in each category. Recent research found that exceptional achievement is strongly associated with obtaining a degree from Harvard ^[1]

This may be a reference worth adding to the body of the article. But it doesn't belong in the lede of the article. And it also needs to be rewritten or significantly copy edited if it's to remain anywhere in the article. ElKevbo (talk) 05:51, 26 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Wai, Jonathan (September 3, 2024). "The most successful and influential Americans come from a surprisingly narrow range of'elite' educational backgrounds". Humanities and Social Sciences Communications. 11: 1129. doi:https://ddoi: 10.1057/s41599-024-03547-8. Retrieved 26 December 2024. {{cite journal}}: Check |doi= value (help); More than one of |pages= and |page= specified (help)

Add Rivers Cuomo to section: "Notable people"

Rivers Cuomo, frontman of Weezer, also went to Harvard. 2001:D08:D1:9203:E874:3422:1D6:197A (talk) 15:06, 27 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

[1] Wai, Jonathan (September 3, 2024). "The most successful and influential Americans come from a surprisingly narrow range of'elite' educational backgrounds". Humanities and Social Sciences Communications. 11: 1129. doi:https://ddoi: 10.1057/s41599-024-03547-8. Retrieved 26 December 2024. {{cite journal}}: Check |doi= value (help); More than one of |pages= and |page= specified (help)

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