Talk:Harvard University

This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the Harvard University article.
This is not a forum for general discussion of the article's subject.

Put new text under old text. Click here to start a new topic.
New to Wikipedia? Welcome! Learn to edit; get help.

Article policies

Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

Archives: Index, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12: 30 days

This article is written in American English, which has its own spelling conventions (color, defense, traveled) and some terms that are used in it may be different or absent from other varieties of English. According to the relevant style guide, this should not be changed without broad consensus.

Harvard University was a Social sciences and society good articles nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There may be suggestions below for improving the article. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
September 1, 2010	Good article nominee	Not listed
August 27, 2011	Good article nominee	Not listed

Facts from this article were featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on March 13, 2004, September 8, 2004, and March 13, 2005.

Current status: Former good article nominee

Higher education

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Higher education, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of higher education, universities, and colleges on Wikipedia. Please visit the project page to join the discussion, and see the project's article guideline for useful advice.Higher educationWikipedia:WikiProject Higher educationTemplate:WikiProject Higher educationHigher education
	This article was a past Collaboration of the Month.

United States: Massachusetts / Boston Top‑importance

	United States portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject United States, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of topics relating to the United States of America on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the ongoing discussions. Template Usage Articles Requested! Become a Member Project Talk Alerts United StatesWikipedia:WikiProject United StatesTemplate:WikiProject United StatesUnited States
Top	This article has been rated as Top-importance on the project's importance scale.
	Massachusetts portal This article is supported by WikiProject Massachusetts (assessed as Top-importance).
	Massachusetts portal This article is supported by WikiProject Massachusetts - Boston (assessed as Top-importance).

Add Rivers Cuomo to section: "Notable people"

Rivers Cuomo, frontman of Weezer, also went to Harvard. 2001:D08:D1:9203:E874:3422:1D6:197A (talk) 15:06, 27 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Student body and demographics

This article and all the other schools for Harvard should really mention the student body.

Various articles on institutions do this why can't one of the best schools in the world do the same?CycoMa2 (talk) 16:20, 28 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your suggestion. When you believe an article needs improvement, please feel free to change it. We encourage you to be bold in updating pages, because wikis like ours develop faster when everybody edits. Don't worry too much about making honest mistakes—they're likely to be found and corrected quickly. You can always preview your edits before you publish them or test them out in the sandbox. If you need additional help, check out our getting started page or ask the friendly folks at the Teahouse. ElKevbo (talk) 16:34, 28 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Minor edit

“Attacked” should be “attached”. 174.112.196.140 (talk) 04:04, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed. Thank you! ~~ Jessintime (talk) 04:31, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]