Apart from any content problems, the article had no context. It was not linked to what should be regarded as its parents. And that lack of coherence, combined with its specific terminology made it largely incomprehensible to people unfamiliar with American educational systems, aside from its social practices. For example, it is by no means universal that students live in residential colleges while attending university. I had a go at giving it some context so readers can go from one article to the next (specifically, from "courtship" to "dating" to "college dating") but I agree that it would be better if it was renamed, as the issues that are distinctive to dating in college/university could then be developed. <br>
<br>Gillian<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 25 October 2011 06:11, Sue Gardner <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sgardner@wikimedia.org">sgardner@wikimedia.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
Yeah, personally I think the subject is notable. There has been tons<br>
of academic research and popular history written about the history of<br>
dating, college dating, the invention of the 'teenager,' etc. Even<br>
just within the United States.<br>
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I think I did a radio series on this once -- IIRC, Beth Bailey was a<br>
really great source. She wrote this fascinating book:<br>
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Front-Porch-Back-Seat-Twentieth-Century/dp/0801839351" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/Front-Porch-Back-Seat-Twentieth-Century/dp/0801839351</a>.<br>
Susan J. Douglas was good too, as well as Stephanie Coontz and Barbara<br>
Ehrenreich. They are all American, though. Lots has been written about<br>
the UK too, but I'm not sure about other cultures/countries.<br>
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On 24 October 2011 11:16, Daniel and Elizabeth Case<br>
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> -----Original Message-----<br>
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> To: Increasing female participation in Wikimedia projects<br>
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> I question whether "college dating" deserves an article to begin with.<br>
> If it does, which the text of the article doesn't at all establish,<br>
> the current article has a pretty fatal case of systemic bias.<br>
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> On the surface I tend to agree, but then I read the AfD:<br>
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> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/College_dating" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/College_dating</a><br>
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