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.
Gillian
On 25 October 2011 06:11, Sue Gardner sgardner@wikimedia.org wrote:
Yeah, personally I think the subject is notable. There has been tons of academic research and popular history written about the history of dating, college dating, the invention of the 'teenager,' etc. Even just within the United States.
I think I did a radio series on this once -- IIRC, Beth Bailey was a really great source. She wrote this fascinating book: http://www.amazon.com/Front-Porch-Back-Seat-Twentieth-Century/dp/0801839351 . Susan J. Douglas was good too, as well as Stephanie Coontz and Barbara Ehrenreich. They are all American, though. Lots has been written about the UK too, but I'm not sure about other cultures/countries.
Thanks, Sue
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On 24 October 2011 11:16, Daniel and Elizabeth Case dancase@frontiernet.net wrote:
-----Original Message----- From: Nathan Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 2:13 PM To: Increasing female participation in Wikimedia projects Subject: Re: [Gendergap] Am I crazy?
I question whether "college dating" deserves an article to begin with. If it does, which the text of the article doesn't at all establish, the current article has a pretty fatal case of systemic bias.
On the surface I tend to agree, but then I read the AfD:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/College_dating
Daniel Case
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