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Please tell me who took this edit out and why:
"The University of Akron is commonly incorrectly referred to as Akron University (or Akron U) not only nationally, but especially by locals [3]."
This is a pure fact and I can provide a countless number of sources and documentation if needed.
After all, even this article is redirected from "Akron University"
It says in their fight song, "Akron U" so this is obviously false. I can provide you with the fight song to prove this.
I'm from the area (originally Ashland County, then Stark County), and I've never heard of this group. Especially considering that they dropped out of UofA, should they be included in this article? I'd remove them, but without a second opinion, I don't feel confident doing it.-- Cheezymadman 20:09, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
Given that the Kent State page lists Joe Walsh (Also a drop out, though later given an honorary Music Ph.D.), I'd say this is probably a legit bit to have... 76.189.59.18 ( talk) 03:30, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
Three sources give radically different numbers for the University's endowment. The one cited in the article has an endowment of $212 million while the U.S. News and World Report page lists it at $53,543,726. Further the Yahoo Education page lists it at $176 million. Go figure. Which one is right? -- JonRidinger ( talk) 03:48, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
I have noticed the same issue above. I tried to bring some equality across the board with using the same reference for both KSU and Akron. I feel that we need to identify a reference that is most reliable. USNews seems to be it as of now. Pacificboyksu ( talk) 12:52, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
John, I would prefer if you did not manage the University of Akron page any longer. Regardless of you intentions, you are a graduate of Kent State, UA's rival university. To those who may not know, that is the equivalent of an Auburn football fan editing an Alabama page. Unfortunately, I will be forced to report you if you decide to edit Akron's page in the future. I apologize for this inconvenience, I hope you understand my concerns. Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.56.14.212 ( talk) 02:20, 15 May 2010 (UTC)
John, I see that you corrected my changes to the UA page merely hours after they were added. For someone with little interest in the UA page you seem to be right on top of that. Regardless, I appreciate your work on the Akron pages and I hope that we can come to an agreement on future additions to the page. Good day. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.56.14.212 ( talk) 17:37, 15 May 2010 (UTC)
Please see my previous comments about the "third-largest" claim. The source provided merely validates the Fall 2009 enrollment number at UA; it does not state that Akron is the third-largest university in Ohio and therefore cannot be used as a source to the claim. The enrollment number also does not specify whether it includes the students at Wayne College or the Medina County Center or just the main campus (though they are mentioned in the report). When all students are counted, Akron is 5th largest from the most recent enrollment stats behind Ohio State, Cincinnati, Kent State, and Ohio U. It's similar to Ohio State's claim of largest university in the US...it's the largest campus in the US (or near it), but not the largest university since a university can and often does include more than one campus (Akron included). And even then, each school deals with and classifies its regionals very differently. If anything, Akron is the third-largest campus in Ohio based on enrollment as far as I can see using total number of students (graduate and undergraduate/full-time and part-time). -- JonRidinger ( talk) 02:51, 15 May 2010 (UTC)
I tagged the citation for the statement "third-largest main campus in Ohio" with the self-published tag as the source is a Google document that contains large amounts of opinion written specifically for Wikipedia by someone clearly connected to the University of Akron. It also does not take into account the fact that Akron's enrollment stats do not specify whether or not it includes those at its own regional campus of Wayne College (or even the few in Medina) or that the reported numbers are only the main campus. Further, statements in this Google document about the role of regional campuses has absolutely no reliable sources backing it up what it says, such as equating the regionals with "community colleges". Claims like these need to be substantiated by reliable sources such as news reports and statistics. Personal opinions on what one believes should count as enrollment and size rankings and what shouldn't are irrelevant here. -- JonRidinger ( talk) 17:06, 22 September 2010 (UTC)
As a current student, the University is placing significant emphasis that the "The" is a part of the name, an auxiliary department even going so far as making a correction (no points deducted) on an assignment of mine for omitting it. Not sure what Wiki policy is on this, so I didn't want to just start editing up the article. 76.189.59.18 ( talk) 03:35, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
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This article rightly has tags at the top of the page for POV issues. I have been working over the past week to alleviate these concerns basically by doing nothing other than deleting POV material and rewording where appropriate. The tag for citations to self-published sources does not seem appropriate though. I do not see the citations to self-published sources. I welcome anyone to help with this article's POV issues and to enlighten me why it has the self-published sources tag. JEN9841 ( talk) 05:56, 22 December 2016 (UTC)