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Trinity College Dublin was nominated as a Social sciences and society good article, but it did not meet the good article criteria at the time (January 8, 2025, reviewed version). There are suggestions on the review page for improving the article. If you can improve it, please do; it may then be renominated.

Trinity College Dublin was nominated as a Social sciences and society good article, but it did not meet the good article criteria at the time (September 4, 2024, reviewed version). There are suggestions on the review page for improving the article. If you can improve it, please do; it may then be renominated.

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Architecture 1592-1700's

I have previously raised this point, to no avail. The university was founded in 1592. It's present architecture dates from the mid 1700's. Do any architectural renderings of the university from its foundation to the 18c "rebuild" survive? We're talking some 150 years. The previous structure deserves attention. Hanoi Road (talk) 01:42, 5 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

There are a few webpages at archiseek.com, some of which seem old enough for your needs, such as this one. ww2censor (talk) 11:25, 5 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, thanks. I've seen this before, and it's the only one I could ever track down. It seems strange that (apparently) no other drawing was produced. No image of quad, etc. I haven't even been able to ascertain whether the location was the same (top of Dame St/Westmoreland St). As said, we're talking about one and a half centuries here. That's quite a black hole. Hanoi Road (talk) 18:42, 6 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Further digging in that site reveals that the Rubrics are the sole remaining structure of what was originally an entire quadrangle. So that's it. The whole thing was a redbrick quad. Not sure if you'd like to put that in somewhere. Hanoi Road (talk) 18:50, 6 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Oxbridge references

This article refers to Oxford and Cambridge, 15 and 17 times, respectively, including repeatedly in the introduction. I don't believe the links between the universities are particularly critical (as evidenced by the fact that both the Oxford and Cambridge articles mention Dublin only once). I would recommend reducing the prominence and number of references. Bartberrebart (talk) 14:41, 8 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

No, they're fairly critical. Take a look at "Steamboat Ladies", which gives just one example of the long-standing connection. Trinity was modelled on Oxbridge, and the academic interchange alone (Ernest Walton or Oscar Wilde for example) are very important. I've taken another look at it, and the references seem in all cases quite useful. 86.160.21.41 (talk) 20:23, 14 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Academic Boosterism

Removed. I suggest that citations are requested where needed, or that specific issues be raised on the talk page. This is a blanket criticism without specifics which cannot be addressed without detail. 86.179.205.163 (talk) 20:29, 4 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

Unsuccessful. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 21:31, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Nominator: Ó Maoil Súilleabháin (talk · contribs) 20:22, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: Generalissima (talk · contribs) 21:31, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately, I'm going to have to fail this: the article has large numbers of unsourced statements, and the sourcing isnt very great; some of the stuff in Further reading should be integrated, as opposed to various websites and primary sources. Additionally, the nominator has an extremely small percentage of authorship for the article (about 0.6%), and there hasn't been any conversation on the talk page whether to nominate it. I appreciate the interest in the GAN process, but do read through the Good Article criteria thoroughly before renominating, and look at some academic institution articles which have passed. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 21:31, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Add interlanguage link to the Thai article

Trinity College Dublin in Thai language is here: th:วิทยาลัยทรินิตี ดับลิน
I can't add the interlanguage link by myself, as the wikidata page is restricted

Thank you -- Bact (talk) 15:05, 23 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

Unsuccessful. Phlsph7 (talk) 12:16, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Nominator: SeanBeans1981 (talk · contribs) 16:31, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: Phlsph7 (talk · contribs) 12:16, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello SeanBeans1981 and thanks for all your improvements to this article. However, despite the improvements, the article fails criterion 2b since there are too many unreferenced paragraphs. Examples are the paragraphs starting with "During the 50 years following the foundation", "During the 18th century, Trinity College was seen", "The main site of Trinity College retains a tranquil", and "The college's western side is older, featuring the Campanile". According to criterion 2b, these and similar passages require inline citations "no later than the end of the paragraph". This was already pointed out as a problem during the previous GA review. Additionally, the article has the following maintenance tags that need to be addressed: 1x failed verification, 1x citation needed. I suggest that you add all the relevant references and address the maintenance tags before a renomination.

A few other observations

WP:EARWIG detects several potential copyright violations. The first one to http://world.meros.uz/en/wonder/view?id=784 is not a problem since the page states that it used the data from the Russian wikipedia. The next two are https://www.irishtourism.com/trinity-college-and-book-of-kells and https://www.irishtourism.com/trinity-college-dublin-and-book-of-kells , where it is not clear who copied from whom, so this should be checked.
Reference 181 to last.fm is considered unreliable per WP:LASTFM
The Parliament of Ireland, meeting on the other side of College Green, made generous grants for building. I think there is a problem with the part on "for building". Should this be "for new buildings" or "for the construction of new buildings"?
in practice on the recommendation of appointments panels which have themselves been appointed by the council. should this be "appointment panels"?
The scheme has been immensely successful and undergone growth add "has" before "undergone"
The programme was centred upon a pedagogic principle of "developing capacity for learning autonomy". is the past tense intentional here? From the context, I would have expected the present tense.

Phlsph7 (talk) 12:16, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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