User talk:Tkmahi

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Thanks for the welcome. Not sure why most of my edits were deleted. They were pretty basic and minor grammar, style and accuracy. I hope i did it corectly this time Tkmahi 23:29, 28 September 2012 (UTC)

Conflict of interest?

I noticed you recently moved the section on 'Campus shootings' lower in the article. I personally don't have a problem with it being located in either area, but as part of your edit summary you stated that "CSUF officials agree it should be lower on the page." Are you involved officially in some way with Cal State Fullerton? If so, you should read the Wikipedia:Conflict of interest guideline. Thanks, 72Dino (talk) 20:26, 5 December 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the information. Yes I am a writer with the strategic communications department. Some of my duties include updating the Wikipedia site. I didn't realize that moving a section would be problematic or a conflict. Sorry. Tkmahi 20:31, 5 December 2012 (UTC)

It's not necessarily a problem but it is an inherent conflict of interest so you should tread very carefully if you edit that article. 72Dino's advice to read our conflict of interest guidelines is a good suggestion as this is a large collaborative project where editor collaboration trumps university policies and desires. It might also be worthwhile to check out our guidelines for college and university articles so you can get a better idea about how we typically organize and edit those kinds of articles.

Have fun, be bold, and let us know if you have any questions or need any help! ElKevbo (talk) 23:47, 5 December 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the advice. It's great to know that there is so much support. My goal is to make sure we have accurate information on the University page and to that end I will only make changes that correct inaccuracies, grammar and add content that is relevant to CSUF. Tkmahi 00:18, 6 December 2012 (UTC)

It's certainly ok to make minor edits but if there is any doubt about whether you have a conflict of interest, it's generally better to post a suggestion or request to the article's Talk page instead of editing it yourself. It's better to avoid even the appearance of impropriety, right? ElKevbo (talk) 01:45, 6 December 2012 (UTC)

Excellent. I'll keep everything simple and if there is a big change I'll make a request. I really appreciate the helpful information and guidance. Tkmahi 17:05, 6 December 2012 (UTC)

CSUF alumni photos

I had added a few photos of notable CSUF alums and all of them except Kevin Costner and Tracy Caldwell have been deleted. How can I make sure that doesn't happen again. Or is two the limit that can be displayed? Tkmahi 17:12, 6 December 2012 (UTC)

It looks someone accidentally deleted them in a previous edit so I restored them. ElKevbo (talk) 17:48, 6 December 2012 (UTC)

Thanks ElKevbo. I had to rollback to restore some references that were removed. Unfortunately, some images and appropriate edits were also removed. We discussed it a little bit at User talk:72Dino#Cal State Fullerton. In retrospect, I think I would have done the edit differently to restore the sourced content. I do think, however, that there should not be a lot of images of alumni on the main university article. A better location would be List of California State University, Fullerton people. Sorry for any inconvenience. 72Dino (talk) 18:04, 6 December 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for helping restore the images. I think I am starting to get the hang of this. You guys are very helpful. It's much now that I know how to communicate with folks like you for help and advice before plunging in and making edits on my own.

CSUF Rankings

Hello.

I want to make a few additions and some updates to the Cal State Fullerton wiki page. I was planning on adding the following and then updating our annual stats. I've made changes in the past but before I get started just wanted to let folks know what I was doing and if there were any suggestions. Thanks in advance for any and all help.

TKMAHI

CSUF is No. 1 in California and fifth in the nation among top colleges and universities awarding bachelor’s degrees to Hispanics. Source: Diverse: Issues in Higher Education (July 2015), based on data from the U.S. Department of Education

CSUF is among the top 25 institutions in the nation awarding bachelor’s degrees to Latinos entering health professions and related programs.  Source: “Finding Your Workforce: Latinos in Health,” Excelencia in Education (April 2015)

CSUF is home to the First LEED Platinum student housing complex in California and the first Platinum-rated building in the California State University system. Source: Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program, U.S. Green Building Council; Facilities Planning and Management, Cal State Fullerton

Cal State Fullerton is No. 5 in the nation for baccalaureate degrees awarded to underrepresented students. Source: Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education (May 2015), based on data from the U.S. Department of Education

CSUF has been noted as a “model campus” for its explicit goal to cut in half the achievement gap between underrepresented students and their non-underrepresented peers.  2015 State of Higher Education in California: The Latino Report According to 2016 rankings by U.S. News & World Report, CSUF’s online graduate business program ranks 11th in the "Best Online Programs" rankings; engineering programs are 16th; and education programs are 34th.

• if you want different verbiage - http://news.fullerton.edu/2016wi/online-program-rankings.aspx

CSUF is No. 7 among “Top Public Regional Universities” in the West and 37th “Best Regional Universities” in the West. Source: U.S. News & World Report (September 2015)

CSUF is No. 5 in the United States and No. 2 in California for being a top destination for community college transfers among four-year universities. Source: U.S. News & World Report (May 2015)

Cal State Fullerton is Orange County’s seventh largest employer. 

	 Orange County Business Journal (November 2015)

Cal State Fullerton’s Center for Oral and Public History maintains the largest regionally focused oral history archive in California, with more than 5,700 recorded interviews and related transcripts, photographs and other materials.

Tkmahi 16:06, 14 June 2016 (UTC)

All of this reads rather promotional to me. You give rankings but no references (except in vagure generalities; take for example "U.S. News & World Report (September 2015)" - that's not a monthly publication. Likely it's a web source; in such cases giving the URL would help. But beyond the mere issue of making the sources more easy to find, the content itself also is almost uselessly vague. Take for example this claim: "Cal State Fullerton is No. 5 in the nation for baccalaureate degrees awarded to underrepresented students." No. 5 by what measure? By number? By grade? In a student poll, or maybe in a poll among prospective employers? Is this an indication that they hand out a baccalaureate to all comers, or that they provide minorities with a thorough education, focusing on their specific needs? I can't tell, and those are almost contradictory scenarios.

You may want to provide the sources at the article's talk page so people interested in that university can take a closer look and can more easily make use of them. Huon (talk) 18:55, 14 June 2016 (UTC)

Hi. I'm adding the url so to cite the sources and will try to add more specific detail. I'm working on them now and adding the citations. Huon (talk)

Tkmahi 19:05, 14 June 2016 (UTC)

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CSUF Changing President's name and updating content

Good morning. I'm the person at Cal State Fullerton that reviews our Wikipedia page to make sure that the existing content is up-to-date. I understand the conflict of interest rules and have stayed away from any type of promotion edits or additions. I'm simply trying to update the information that already exists (rankings, administration changes etc) so that they are current. In this case, I had changed out our old president's name with the newly appointed president and also made some other updates to numbers and stats that were three or four years out of date. My hope is we can revert back to the edits and least change the president.

We do have a few other edits to numbers but let's see if we can change out our president's name and the minor edits I have already done. If the citations are not adequate or complete please let me know. Tkmahi 18:11, 5 January 2018 (UTC)

Hello

I was hoping to be able to remove the warning template on the Cal State Fullerton page. No one has gone in to contend that the information is wrong just they felt it might be promotional. Please let me know how we can fix this issue Tkmahi 19:50, 7 August 2019 (UTC) 19:48, 7 August 2019 (UTC)