Talk:University of Edinburgh

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Thomas Jefferson quote

I commented out the quote from Thomas Jefferson as I'm not sure it belongs with the history of the university. link The fact that Thomas Jefferson wrote to a family member doesn't seem relevant, also the emphasis seems POV (ok Thomas Jefferson thought the courses were great in 1786, but...). Any other opinions?

Semi-protected edit request on 7 December 2025

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In the "student activism" section, the page incorrectly names "Students for Justice in Palestine" as a society active on the Edinburgh University campus - this is incorrect, and it also links to a group in the United States.

As named in the citation already provided, the correct name for the organisation is the "Edinburgh University Justice for Palestine Society", or briefly the "Justice for Palestine Society". Bardushmanemurtazaalilanat (talk) 21:38, 7 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

Thank you so much for starting your request by clearly mentioning which section your request is about.

DoneSlomo666 (talk) 22:00, 7 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

Orphaned references in University of Edinburgh

Latest comment: 3 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of University of Edinburgh's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "CUG Entry":

From Lancaster University: "University League Tables entry standards 2026". The Complete University Guide.
From University of Cambridge: "University League Tables entry standards 2026". The Complete University Guide. Retrieved 10 June 2025.

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. Feel free to remove this comment after fixing the refs. AnomieBOT ⚡ 02:01, 17 March 2026 (UTC)Reply

18th and 19th century

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The Edinburgh Seven were the first group of matriculated undergraduate female students at any British university.

.... end of that paragraph: and in 2019 they were posthumously awarded with medical degrees

No. This should read simply : they were posthumously awarded medical degrees

Award is just a synonym of the verb give. They awarded him a medal = They gave him a medal

Do not confuse the verbs award and reward! A person is rewarded with something, e.g., with a medal

He was rewarded with a medal but, simply, he was awarded a medal.

--Eilthireach (talk) 16:24, 10 July 2026 (UTC)Reply

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