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Classical scholars[edit]
There ought to be mention of classical scholars such as Edgar Lobel, Sir John Beazley, WS Watt, KJ Dover and RGM Nisbet, to name only ones I have known personally, and all world-class. They could take the place of quite a lot of facetious trivialities that make parts of this article embarrassing to read. Esedowns (talk) 18:20, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
- Esedowns, those names are all included at List of Balliol College, Oxford people#Classical scholars, although William Watt (classicist) does not yet have an article. TSventon (talk) 22:20, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
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Undue weight[edit]
I believe the section titled 'Scandal' fails the second part of Wikipedia:Reliable sources and undue weight. This is an incident covering three months in 2021 in a history section that is supposed to summarise 759 years of the College. These sorts of edits are becoming more regular on Wikipedia pages and turn encyclopaedic articles into news reporting. I will remove the section in the near future to improve the page, unless any other experienced editors disagree strongly or can provide an alternative. Racingmanager (talk) 11:40, 6 December 2022 (UTC)
- @Racingmanager: yes, agreed, much as Harriet's experiences must have been traumatic, it's undue recentism. It might be worth a couple of sentences, if the incident received significant coverage, but no more than that. The history section is rather poor quality altogether, looking at it, but that's no excuse. — Amakuru (talk) 13:20, 6 December 2022 (UTC)
Nobel prizes list[edit]
The list looks like it's been drawn up by the college's spin doctors, and probably needs a good pruning if its first name is any guide. The only association of Pauling with Balliol is that he spent a year there as a visitor once already famous.[1] so he was neither a student nor really part of faculty. 130.190.87.39 (talk) 16:00, 17 November 2023 (UTC)
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- ^ "Obituary: Professor Linus Pauling". The Independent. August 21, 1994. Archived from the original on June 16, 2021. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
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