Talk:Closures of the University of Wisconsin branch campuses
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University of Wisconsin–Platteville Richland campus, which was closed in 2023
- ... that five University of Wisconsin branch campuses have closed since UW–Platteville Richland closed on July 1, 2023?
- Source: "UW system officials have closed or announced plans to close five other two-year branch campuses around the state since 2023, including UW-Oshkosh’s campus in Fond du Lac. " [1]
- ALT1: ... that five University of Wisconsin branch campuses have closed since July 1, 2023? Source: "UW system officials have closed or announced plans to close five other two-year branch campuses around the state since 2023, including UW-Oshkosh’s campus in Fond du Lac. " [2]
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JackFromWisconsin (talk | contribs) 01:54, 6 March 2025 (UTC).
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- I'm inclined to say these don't really clear WP:DYKINT, since they aren't what I would personally call intriguing or something that prompts readers to want to know more and read more of the article itself, although I can see a case for 5 University campuses being close in less than 2 years being unusual.
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Overall: The article itself is fine and meets the criteria, my main concern is whether this meets WP:DYKINT, as mentioned above. If we can't come up with anything else, and if someone else agrees I would be, fine, with promoting these, but I think there's likely a bit of room to try something else, I think likely from Closures of the University of Wisconsin branch campuses#Reactions and aftermath. --PixDeVl (T | C | G) 04:11, 6 March 2025 (UTC)
- Thank you for your review. I will try to come up with something else for the hook. --JackFromWisconsin (talk | contribs) 05:01, 6 March 2025 (UTC)
- ALT2: ... that the closure of five University of Wisconsin branch campuses has called into question the future of the Wisconsin Idea? "We lose that, the future of the UW System statewide is truly in critical condition and the Wisconsin Idea itself is in jeopardy. That is no exaggeration." [3], “But it’s disappointing nonetheless,” Schoemann said. “The old Wisconsin Idea of the boundaries of the university are the boundaries of the state, it’s on life support, at best with this governor’s administration.” [4] --JackFromWisconsin (talk | contribs) 05:14, 6 March 2025 (UTC)
Looks good to me, although it may draw more traffic to the non-bold linked article ironically. With ALT2 and per Tenpop and WikiOriginal's support of ALT1, I'd say this is fine to send down to prep. --PixDeVl (T | C | G) 15:14, 9 March 2025 (UTC)
- In my opinion, I think ALT1 is interesting. I clicked on the article to see why they closed. Five in a few years is quite a lot. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 22:55, 6 March 2025 (UTC)
- I concur! Tenpop421 (talk) 14:28, 9 March 2025 (UTC)