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UCB[edit]

Also UCB is an abbr. form for addressing the university. – Hamid Hassani (talk) 07:29, 23 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I use that abbreviation myself in my note-taking, but it's not one that's found in any of the sources we've used, or ones recommended by the university, IIRC. Dhtwiki (talk) 21:12, 23 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

On the UCs website, they do use "UCB" to refer to this campus within admission/graduation data tables [1]. I've heard most people just say "Cal" (due to the sports logo), or just "Berkeley". But UCB is officially used as well in some instances. Did you want to include that in the lede? If so, I support. Nightshade2000 (talk) 04:25, 25 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I do not believe that this obscure, rarely used abbreviation belongs in the lead. I lived in the Bay Area for 50 years and attended many events on the Berkeley campus, and have many friends and relatives who were students there. Nobody I know of uses this abbreviation. Cullen328 (talk) 04:43, 25 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I don't used the abbreviation outside of texting. But the data tables I linked from UC do use that abbreviation, so it's definitely a clerical thing. Nightshade2000 (talk) 05:11, 25 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

UC Berkeley expressly covers the issue of how to abbreviate the university's name in its official Web site on the Berkeley brand. --Coolcaesar (talk) 05:00, 3 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, I see. I hadn't seen that page on the topic. Upon seeing that, I agree that we shouldn't include it. There is only one UC campus the starts with a "B" so that abbreviations exclusions from the article shouldn't cause too much confusion if someone come across "UCB". Nightshade2000 (talk) 07:55, 3 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Scholarship[edit]

Scholarship information should stay. Summerdays1 (talk) 22:23, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

A vague statement presented without context is unlikely to make sense much less convince anyone of anything. ElKevbo (talk) 00:03, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You're vague. Summerdays1 (talk) 00:58, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Levering act of 1950[edit]

I'm disappointed there is no mention to this fact that has quite a high encyclopedical and storical relevance. 81.56.24.219 (talk) 10:08, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 1 May 2024[edit]

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Reference 160 has outdated link, it is currently at avid.wiki/Chernin_Entertainment. The wiki moved to Wikiforge in the summer of 2023 as an explanation for the domain name change and reason to edit. Timpbskid23 (talk) 15:52, 1 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I've replaced it with an article from Variety (magazine). Even if the link didn't go dead, it's still a community wiki, which probably isn't a reliable source per WP:UGC. Liu1126 (talk) 16:05, 1 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]