Talk:Oklahoma State University

Color Change

Is it true that the color of Oklahoma State University-Stillwater used to be burnt orange, or was burnt orange was just an athletic color for the Cowboys/Cowgirls?--BigMac1212 (talk) 22:02, 28 April 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 1 October 2019

Change "Organizations are available to students through the university that serve any interest. A complete list of campus organizations can be found here." To "Organizations are available to students through the university that serve any interest. A complete list of campus organizations can be found at campuslink.okstate.edu/organizations." and updating the citation. So as to fix the broken link and better show where the list can be found. Kwipitary (talk) 22:56, 1 October 2019 (UTC)

 Partly done: Links in prose are unseemly. However, I've changed the article text before the citation to read more like an sentence in the article should. Sceptre (talk) 23:48, 1 October 2019 (UTC)

Why does the title need to contain Stillwater?

No one living in Oklahoma calls this school this way; as the article even states, it's officially Oklahoma State University. Yes, the campus is in Stillwater, but that's the flagship school location, it doesn't need the city moniker. As a personal example I have a master's degree from the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga. Obviously, that school needs its city moniker since the main UT campus is recognized as being in Knoxville. OSU, however, does NOT need to be specified with a town that is for all intents and purposes only known for being the home of... yes, OSU. We don't say OU-Norman, either. Deliusfan (talk) 03:53, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

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) 04:22, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

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Oklahoma State University → Oklahoma StateOklahoma State – WP:COMMONNAME. Theparties (talk) 15:03, 22 December 2024 (UTC)

• 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) 15:04, 22 December 2024 (UTC)
• Oppose as unnecessary, unwise, and unhelpful for readers. ElKevbo (talk) 15:22, 22 December 2024 (UTC)
• Oppose, per the comments of Zzyzx11. —Eyer (he/him) If you reply, add {{reply to|Eyer}} to your message. 16:00, 22 December 2024 (UTC)
• Oppose per WP:TITLEFORMAT#Avoid ambiguous abbreviations, WP:ACROTITLE, and what Zzyzx11 said. I see no reason why we need to make the title more ambiguous, since the proposed title is literally also the name of a state. – Epicgenius (talk) 16:07, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

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.