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January 16, 2006	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
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On 22 December 2024, it was proposed that this article be moved to UC Berkeley. The result of the discussion was not moved.

Semi-protected edit request on 22 August 2024

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There is a typo concerning the "History" section of the University of California, Berkeley page. Specifically, at the end of the 3rd paragraph under "Founding," the page repeats the section

"Although the University of California system does not have an official flagship campus, many scholars and experts consider Berkeley to be its unofficial flagship. In some cases, it shares this unofficial status with the University of California, Los Angeles.[36]"

I am requesting that the repeated sentences be deleted for the purpose of clarity and resolution of error.

Thank you, BB Ben Backwards (talk) 17:29, 22 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done PianoDan (talk) 21:10, 22 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

WSJ Ranking

Berkeley is ranked 8th in the latest WSJ/Pulse rankings for 2025. This needs to be updated on the page. 204.14.36.84 (talk) 15:15, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 6 September 2024

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This page wrongly states that "Berkeley's alumni, faculty, and researchers include 21 Nobel laureates."

According to its official website (https://www.berkeley.edu/about/history-discoveries/#:~:text=For%20over%20150%20years%2C%20UC,winners%20and%2035%20alumni%20winners.), Berkeley states that it has in fact produced "26 faculty Nobel Prize winners and 35 alumni winners."

I request the current phrase be changed from "21 Nobel laureates" to "61 Nobel Laureates," since the current page grossly understates the actual number of Nobel laureates who were Berkeley alumni or faculty.

Thank you. 59.6.221.187 (talk) 07:23, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Berkeley's website seems to conflict with the number given on Nobel's website. The article List of Nobel laureates by university affiliation also only seems to list 21 laureates. Berkeley's website might be using a different metric to count laureates than the Nobel Committee/Wikipedia does. 〜 Askarion ✉ 14:00, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done for now: See above ⸺(Random)staplers 18:20, 7 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 20 September 2024

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Change "Berkeley's alumni, faculty, and researchers include 21 Nobel laureates[21]" to Berkeley's alumni, faculty, and researchers include 55 Nobel laureates.

According to the official website of Berkeley (https://inspire.berkeley.edu/get-inspired/nobels/), the school has at least 55 nobel prizes laureates, not including many nobel prizes winners that taught in the university but hadn't been included in the record.

CI think it would also be better if we include that fact that Berkeley has been consistently ranked as number 1 public university in the US and even the world, according to US News global universities ranking 2023. Thanks! 1255979u (talk) 04:33, 20 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done meamemg (talk) 16:54, 20 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Nobel list was limited to "This list shows the universities, research institutions or companies Nobel Laureates were affiliated with at the time of the Nobel Prize announcement. Only Nobel Laureates in Physics, Chemistry and Physiology or Medicine, and Laureates in Economic Sciences are shown in the list." Statement in lead was broader and included alumni, etc, so the 55 number seems more accurate. meamemg (talk) 16:55, 20 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Change 55 to 57 as Berkeley alum has just won two Nobel prizes and it has been updated to the reference too. 2607:F140:400:17E:589D:5F37:A31E:72C (talk) 04:53, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. M.Bitton (talk) 01:17, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Berkeley Nobel prize number

. Tbh we really need to decide a set measure to uni Nobel prize number or clearly elaborate the stats we use in the article. Columbia and Chicago counts all of the Nobel prizes that grad or taught in the school, while Berkeley only count the alum and the prof receive the prize at the time when they r in Berkeley, which is a big differences as many previous/future Berkeley prof won the prize. Even this year, 2 Berkeley alum won the prize while the other 2 laureate r connected with Berkeley. In UChicago standard, 4 shall be added to the total count, doubling the current addition. 2607:F140:400:17E:589D:5F37:A31E:72C (talk) 04:53, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I count 59 prize winners listed at the university's "Inspire" site, which includes nine laureates since 2020. Dhtwiki (talk) 05:50, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 22 December 2024

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: not moved per WP:SNOW, considered in the context of the 100+ RMs proposed at once by this user. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 04:59, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

University of California, Berkeley → UC Berkeley – WP:COMMONNAME. Theparties (talk) 11:14, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The inadvisability of this proposal becomes evident when one looks at the full list of parallel (and idiosyncratic) moves the nominator is suggesting -- see Wikipedia:Requested_moves#December_22,_2024 -- such as San Francisco State University → SFSU and California State University Channel Islands → CSU Channel Islands and California State University, Northridge → Cal State Northridge. And making dozens of similar proposals simulataneously is a huge time-waster. Paging ElKevbo. E Eng 12:12, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. The full name provides a WP:TITLECON consistent naming convention across all articles on universities and colleges in the United States. Many reliable sources like Forbes and US News and World Report still use the full name. The OP has also made numerous individual RMs on this same issue like this one, which may violate WP:ACROTITLE or use a shorter common name that is rarely used outside a sports/athletic context. Better to stick to the status quo. Zzyzx11 (talk) 14:55, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose as unnecessary, unwise, and confusing for readers. ElKevbo (talk) 15:10, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose, per the comments of Zzyzx11. —Eyer (he/him) If you reply, add {{reply to|Eyer}} to your message. 15:52, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose for the reasons articulated above. --Coolcaesar (talk) 18:42, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per WP:TITLEFORMAT#Avoid ambiguous abbreviations, WP:ACROTITLE, and what Zzyzx11 and ElKevbo said. The proposed title is not sufficiently explanatory to people unfamiliar with the university. – Epicgenius (talk) 22:39, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The logo on this page and in Wikipedia articles for other UC Berkeley units need to be updated

If you look at all the UC Berkeley campus web sites, nearly all of them have switched from a "Berkeley" logo to a "UC Berkeley" logo under newly-inaugurated Chancellor Rich Lyons. It looks like Lyons is trying to implement a consistent "UC Berkeley" brand to connect the campus to the University of California, similar to how all other UC campuses have "UC" in their names. Coolcaesar (talk) 00:41, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]