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I removed the following paragraphs from the article because there are not supported by any references.
See Wikipedia:Verifiability for why we need references. -- Jitse Niesen ( talk) 04:19, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
(I'm posting this to all articles on UK universities as so far discussion hasn't really taken off on Wikipedia:WikiProject Universities.)
There needs to be a broader convention about which university rankings to include in articles. Currently it seems most pages are listing primarily those that show the institution at its best (or worst in a few cases). See Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Universities#University ratings. Timrollpickering 22:06, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
The UK wide universities template contains all the information in the Scottish universities template and more. There isn't any need to use the latter as well when the information it contains is identical to the Scotland field in the UK template. Timrollpickering 21:40, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
Any information on the university's endowment? This is typically included on the template. Llamabr ( talk) 15:48, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
Please see : http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Heriot-Watt_University&diff=191925423&oldid=190571962 Yet again someone has removed content without commenting why. This is really starting to p&8$ me off. I made the original commit putting this information in, I updated the links as they got outdated. So, lets just settle this. Is Lydia Campbell a notable alumna or not? She invented soya cheese, which I think is notable, and the content is encyclopedic and it's not original research. So the only thing I can think people remove it for is a. vandalism or b. they don't think it's notable. If it's b. then FINE but please SAY SO IN YOUR COMMENT. Since I don't know why it was removed (again!) I want to add it back but I'm at risk of the three edits rule or whatever it is.
So can I have your input please. Was removing it vandalism, or was it because the alumna is not notable enough? Thank you for your time. Kymara ( talk) 14:20, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
Lydia Campbell is not an alumnus of the University. Does that answer your slightly hysterical question? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.154.196.243 ( talk) 20:28, 27 September 2010 (UTC)
Nandeep Bamrah was also a notable alumni on that page Kymara ( talk). I think that finishing a MBA at 17 is also encyclopedic. Robert HW ( talk) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikipedia7007 ( talk • contribs) 02:07, 23 July 2015 (UTC)
{{Request edit}}
Hi,
I currently work for Heriot-Watt University in a digital communications role, and would like to update the institution's page to improve its sourcing, make its structure more coherent and add more independently verifiable information. I've written a draft article at User:Robert HW/draft, but in accordance with WP:SCOIC will not publish it or make any edits to Heriot-Watt related pages myself- rather, I will leave it up to the community to decide how much of it is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia.
If you want to talk to me directly, leave me a message at my talk page- I'll try and contact you as soon as I can.
Thanks,
Robert HW ( talk) 11:49, 9 December 2011 (UTC)
Only three of the first twelve sources aren't independent. Thumperward, which section(s) are you concerned about in particular? 67.6.163.68 ( talk) 05:50, 17 December 2011 (UTC)
In the case of the NASTE and GASHE links, my understanding was that material published on a third-party site was reliable where that organisation had independent oversight over what it published: NAHSTE's project page implies ownership over the material, and adherence to international archival standards while doing so. It was my genuine belief while writing my draft article that these sites were far enough removed from the subject to qualify as reliable sources- however, I do appreciate that having a conflict of interest may have affected my judgement on the issue. I should also probably say that the data from reference #4 (if it worked) is independent of the university, being compiled from a number of independent assessors.
Robert HW ( talk) 13:08, 19 December 2011 (UTC)
I've removed the reference to HW as a research university. As far as I can tell, this is original research. In the US, a research university is a status given by the Carnegie foundation to very top universities in which research funding is concentrated. This formal status doesn't exist in the UK, although the 25 Russell Group universities are its obvious analogy: most PhDs are issued by, and two-thirds of significant academic research happens there.
HW certainly doesn't get into that, or the top 20 UK universities in which research funding is concentrated. It has consistently ranked outside the top 40 in the UK. It produces 0.6% of the UK's 5 and 4 star rated research - not terrible, but rather less than a university with 21,000 students might be expected to produce. In terms of the amount of quality research produced by each research-active person entered in the last RAE, HW doesn't get into the top 50, ranking some way below London South Bank University and the University of East London. It's clearly not the case that HW is, in comparison with other UK universities, carachterised by especially high levels of research. -- Duncan ( talk) 09:36, 29 January 2013 (UTC)
The rankings and achievements section of this article is currently selectively showing the best results possible for the institute. The major general rankings should be included, as this isn't a pamphlet for the university but a factual encyclopaedic article. I suggest inclusion of:
Any objections? Jebus989 ✰ 23:04, 11 November 2013 (UTC)
This is flowery and meaningless.
Who else would lead a Students' Association apart from the students? (Yes, OK, in a democratic-deficient society it might be different, but we're talking here about Scotland.)
"individuals elected from the student population"? So where else would "individuals" conceiveably be elected from, apart from the "student population"? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.164.31.185 ( talk) 13:19, 29 March 2016 (UTC)
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Masters in Strategic Project Management (European) was nominated for merge with Heriot-Watt University. I think they should not merge since the Erasmus Mundus programs were running individually.If that is not the case, then the aforementioned page should merge with Umea University and Politecnico di Milano too. There are already other pages with Erasmus Mundus programs, as e.g. the International Master of Science in Rural Developmentand the only difference between them and this one is that the MSPME had a fixed structure. Additionally, the Masters in Strategic Project Management (European) was a unique program; you were getting three master degrees in 2 years and I think it would be good to be explained somewhere on internet why, after the end of funding of all of the Erasmus Mundus programs. Finally in a previous descusion in the Talk:Erasmus Mundus happened on April 2008 decided " to have a separation of the specific masters description from the Erasmus Mundus page.". Anyone? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nkalyvio ( talk • contribs) 00:50, 11 February 2018 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: Not moved. General consensus against use of the en-dash in this context, owing primarily to use by the university and similarities to other names such as Wikes-Barre. ( non-admin closure) Turnagra ( talk) 07:45, 3 June 2022 (UTC)
Heriot-Watt University → Heriot–Watt University – Proper style per MOS:DASH. fuzzy510 ( talk) 12:15, 8 May 2022 (UTC) — Relisting. — Ceso femmuin mbolgaig mbung, mello hi! ( 投稿) 20:58, 15 May 2022 (UTC)
Generally, use a hyphen in compounded proper names of single entities. YorkshireExpat ( talk) 12:41, 8 May 2022 (UTC)
Generally, use a hyphen in compounded proper names of single entities. Heriot-Watt University is a single entity. It isn't compound of two entities. It's the same argument as Wilkes-Barre. YorkshireExpat ( talk) 19:44, 11 May 2022 (UTC)
Use an en dash for the names of two or more entities in an attributive compound.With a dash, this would look like a hyphenated surname. I don't think it is very helpful to survey sources on such matters, since most sources do not make a distinction between a dash and a hyphen. Wikipedia does, and we should follow our own style guide here. The provided examples of Lenoir–Rhyne University and Randolph–Macon College are good ones, and this should be consistent with those. See also Talk:Epstein–Barr virus/Archive 2#Requested move. — BarrelProof ( talk) 16:42, 10 May 2022 (UTC)
substantively (as a noun: she is a 34-year-old)", and "Epstein–Barr virus" or "Black–Scholes equation" or similar uses for which the dashed string is used "
attributively (adjectives before the nouns they qualify: a light-blue handbag, a 34-year-old woman)". (Template quotes here are quotes from MOS:HYPHEN.) — BarrelProof ( talk) 12:30, 12 May 2022 (UTC)