Talk:Buildings of Nuffield College, Oxford

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The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that Lord Nuffield rejected the first designs for the buildings of Nuffield College, Oxford by the architect Austen Harrison, saying that they were "un-English"?

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Just a couple of minor things[edit]

Link University back to OU in the "Lord Nuffield's donation" section (as you appear to have relinked most other things).
- It is already: The history of [[Nuffield College, Oxford|Nuffield College]] dates from 16 November 1937, when the [[University of Oxford|university]] entered a Deed of Covenant and Trust with [[William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield|Lord Nuffield]].
Can we use the real name for the Topkapı Palace (i.e. without a dot on the i).
- Yes we can!
"View from the tower..." caption needs a grave accent on the fleche for consistency with the caption of the lead image.
- Tick.
Buildings section, not sure if the MOS has changed lately (I really ought to do some reading) but we always used to avoiding squashing text between images...
- Hmmm, I'm reluctant to lose an image or to shove another one into the "first design" section, since pictures of the college as it was built wouldn't really fit. It's only a slight overlap even on my widescreen laptop, so I suspect that it wouldn't be a problem for smaller monitors. I'm not sure what to do here, but feel free to raise it at the FAC if you'd like more input from others.
"Hudson".[16]Sir Howard" needs a space after the ref.
- And now it has.

The Rambling Man (talk) 15:06, 30 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Bencherlite ^Talk 15:20, 30 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Why a picture of an old lady with her hand on her but? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.103.14.49 (talk) 17:25, 21 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Jail?[edit]

Where is the description of the jail? Maybe you should add a profile of Sir David R. Cox, the Warden? Kiefer.Wolfowitz 12:01, 21 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Why should the prison be mentioned? I'm not aware that it's anything to do with the college, but if you know better do point out a source. And why would an article about the buildings of the college include a profile of any of the academics, let alone someone who stopped being Warden in 1994? I'm really not sure whether you intended people to take those two questions seriously or not. Bencherlite ^Talk 17:37, 21 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Do you mean to say that Sir David Cox may have joked about the duties of his office? :) Kiefer.Wolfowitz 18:31, 21 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Would you mind being less cryptic, more relevant or both, please? I still have no idea what you're talking about. Bencherlite ^Talk 18:34, 21 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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