University categories

Question

Can I please have some help creating new categories for the following?:

Simon Fraser University (Burnaby, BC, Canada), Southern Illinois University (at Carbondale), Northcentral University (Scottsdale, AZ), Butler University (Indiana), Western New Mexico University

Thanks so much!

Answer 1

Rae,

These categories are now available and can be used .
[[Category: Butler University, Indianapolis, Indiana]]​
[[Category: Western New Mexico University, Silver City, New Mexico]]
[[Category: Northcentral University, Prescott Valley, Arizona]]
[[Category: Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois]]

Someone else will need to do Simon Fraser as I have not figured out the Canadian category hierarchy.

Comments

Nice work, Philip.

It would be great if each category page had some help text to explain when to use such a category. Is it for those people who graduated from that university? worked at it? attended it for a semester?

For example, my first two years were at UC Santa Cruz, but I graduated from UC San Diego. Then I worked as staff at UCSD for four years after. What categories would I use? Both? Just UCSD?

Thanks. I'm frequently confused about if/how/when to use categories.

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Jillaine,

Good questions.  I suspect that each manager has their own criteria.  I use the school category on a profile where it seems to be an important part of a person's life.  Certainly for Phd. and one where a man was a custodian for 30 years at the university.  I almost always include the category if the individual was a professor at the school. For other cases I guess it just depends.

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I like your criteria. Makes total sense.

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Great answers Philip!