Talk:University of Cambridge/GA2

GA Review

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Reviewer: Retrolord (talk · contribs) 10:03, 28 February 2013 (UTC)

Hi! I'll be reviewing this article. Thanks! ★★RetroLord★★ 10:03, 28 February 2013 (UTC)

Ok. I have not completed my review as this article has significant referencing problems. I stopped reading the article at the Academics section. With so many unreferenced sections I cannot pass the article as it is not compliant with criteria 2. You may renominate this once these issues have been addressed. Thanks! ★★RetroLord★★ 22:14, 28 February 2013 (UTC)

All of what you define unreferenced sections do not contain references because they cite other articles within Wikipedia that themselves contain references. I think it is a bit exaggerated to require a reference for all of the discoveries when you can simply click on the link and find out that the discoverer worked at Cambridge, or when you can check the Wooden Spoon article, or when you can click on Russel Group and Golden Triangle and I think it is quite obvious that the Cambridge University Library is the central library etc. Plus all this information is anyway contained in the referenced books and websites. I think it is ridiculous to require inline citations for such an enormous amount of information, especially for an article that is not about a controversial topic and does not contain any controversial statements. --Mark91it's my world 23:29, 28 February 2013 (UTC)

You put references in the article, not link to another article. Please fix this then renominate. ★★RetroLord★★ 05:01, 1 March 2013 (UTC)

Rate	Attribute	Review Comment
1. Well-written:
	1a. the prose is clear, concise, and understandable to an appropriately broad audience; spelling and grammar are correct.
	1b. it complies with the Manual of Style guidelines for lead sections, layout, words to watch, fiction, and list incorporation.	All references throughout the article to "townfolk" or "common folk" need to be removed please
2. Verifiable with no original research:
	2a. it contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with the layout style guideline.
	2b. reliable sources are cited inline. All content that could reasonably be challenged, except for plot summaries and that which summarizes cited content elsewhere in the article, must be cited no later than the end of the paragraph (or line if the content is not in prose).	"Pure mathematics at Cambridge in the 19th century had great achievements but also missed out on substantial developments in French and German mathematics. Pure mathematical research at Cambridge finally reached the highest international standard in the early 20th century, thanks above all to G. H. Hardy and his collaborator, J. E. Littlewood. In geometry, W. V. D. Hodge brought Cambridge into the international mainstream in the 1930s." Ref this para please "Contributions to the advancement of science Many of history's most important scientific discoveries were made by Cambridge alumni. These include: Articulation of the scientific method, by Francis Bacon Discovery of the laws of motion and the calculus, by Sir Isaac Newton Discovery of Hydrogen, by Henry Cavendish Fundamental contributions to thermodynamics, by Lord Kelvin Formulation of the laws of electromagnetism, by James Clerk Maxwell Discovery of the electron, by J. J. Thomson Discovery of the atomic nucleus, by Ernest Rutherford Discovery of evolution by natural selection, by Charles Darwin Fundamental contributions to the Modern Synthesis of Darwinian evolution and Mendelian genetics, by Ronald Fisher Formulation of the theory of computation, by Alan Turing Discovery of the DNA double helix by Francis Crick and James D. Watson Fundamental contributions to quantum mechanics, by Paul Dirac Fundamental contributions to cosmology, by Stephen Hawking Fundamental contributions to string theory, by Michael Green" Ref this please "As an institution with such a long history, the University has developed a large number of myths and legends. The vast majority of these are untrue, but have been propagated nonetheless by generations of students and tour guides. A discontinued tradition is that of the wooden spoon, the 'prize' awarded to the student with the lowest passing grade in the final examinations of the Mathematical Tripos. The last of these spoons was awarded in 1909 to Cuthbert Lempriere Holthouse, an oarsman of the Lady Margaret Boat Club of St John's College. It was over one metre in length and had an oar blade for a handle. It can now be seen outside the Senior Combination Room of St John's. Since 1909, results were published alphabetically within class rather than score order. This made it harder to ascertain who the winner of the spoon was (unless there was only one person in the third class), and so the practice was abandoned." Ref this please "Cambridge is a collegiate university, meaning that it is made up of self-governing and independent colleges, each with its own property and income. Most colleges bring together academics and students from a broad range of disciplines, and within each faculty, school or department within the university, academics from many different colleges will be found. The faculties are responsible for ensuring that lectures are given, arranging seminars, performing research and determining the syllabi for teaching, overseen by the General Board. Together with the central administration headed by the Vice-Chancellor, they make up the entire Cambridge University. Facilities such as libraries are provided on all these levels: by the University (the Cambridge University Library), by the Faculties (Faculty libraries such as the Squire Law Library), and by the individual colleges (all of which maintain a multi-discipline library, generally aimed mainly at their undergraduates). Colleges Main article: Colleges of the University of Cambridge The colleges are self-governing institutions with their own endowments and property, founded as integral parts of the university. All students and most academics are attached to a college. Their importance lies in the housing, welfare, social functions, and undergraduate teaching they provide. All faculties, departments, research centres, and laboratories belong to the university, which arranges lectures and awards degrees, but undergraduates receive their supervisions—small-group teaching sessions, often with just one student—within the colleges. Each college appoints its own teaching staff and fellows, who are also members of a university department. The colleges also decide which undergraduates to admit to the university, in accordance with university regulations." Ref this please "In addition to the 31 colleges, the university is made up of over 150 departments, faculties, schools, syndicates and other institutions. Members of these are usually also members of one of the colleges and responsibility for running the entire academic programme of the university is divided amongst them." Ref this please "Teaching and research in Cambridge is organised by faculties. The faculties have different organisational sub-structures which partly reflect their history and partly their operational needs, which may include a number of departments and other institutions. In addition, a small number of bodies entitled 'Syndicates' have responsibilities for teaching and research, e.g. Cambridge Assessment, the University Press, and the University Library." Ref this please "Faculty Boards are responsible to the General Board; other Boards and Syndicates are responsible either to the General Board (if primarily for academic purposes) or to the Council. In this way, the various arms of the University are kept under the supervision of the central administration, and thus the Regent House." ref this please "Cambridge is a member of the Russell Group, a network of research-led British universities; the Coimbra Group, an association of leading European universities; the League of European Research Universities; and the International Alliance of Research Universities. It is also considered part of the "Golden Triangle", a geographical concentration of UK university research. Cambridge has a research partnership with MIT in the United States: the Cambridge–MIT Institute." Ref this please
	2c. it contains no original research.
3. Broad in its coverage:
	3a. it addresses the main aspects of the topic.
	3b. it stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (see summary style).	"The University also runs a Master of Advanced Study course in mathematics." This is unneccessary detail to the mathematics section, it is to be expected at such a university, remove this please.
	4. Neutral: it represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each.	"Town and Gown" title needs to be changed to something along the lines of relationships with cambridge city
	5. Stable: it does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute.
6. Illustrated, if possible, by media such as images, video, or audio:
	6a. media are tagged with their copyright statuses, and valid non-free use rationales are provided for non-free content.
	6b. media are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions.
	7. Overall assessment.