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I have nominated Duke University for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Dana boomer (talk) 21:54, 28 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Per WP:MEDRS articles are ideally based on reviews. Thanks. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 21:14, 30 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

We need to use review articles rather than primary research. thanks Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 22:09, 30 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Hope this helps, --Shearonink (talk) 20:28, 18 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Do you perhaps have a connection to Duke University? If so, please review our conflict of interest policies. Thanks! ElKevbo (talk) 16:48, 29 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello, Pismo01. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places, or things you have written about in the article Duke University, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a COI may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic, and it is important when editing Wikipedia articles that such connections be completely transparent. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. In particular, we ask that you please:

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Please take a few moments to read and review Wikipedia's policies regarding conflicts of interest, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, sourcing and autobiographies. Thank you. Scr★pIron^IV 15:46, 18 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Here is the requested attribution for the first graf under Athletics: http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=4200&ATCLID=152182 I am an editor at Duke University.

Proposals for changes to the Duke University article should be added to Talk:Duke University. Also, be sure to sign messages with ~~~~. Stevie is the man! ^{Talk • Work} 16:47, 18 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Fifth graf about construction needs updating. The Rubenstein Library reopened in 2015. Proposed rewrite:

The David M. Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library reopened in August 2015 after about $60 million in renovations to the sections of the building built in 1928 and 1948. The renovations include more space, technology upgrades and new exhibits.

Source: Duke Chronicle, the independent student newspaper: ^[1]

(I am an editor at Duke) Pismo01 (talk) 20:28, 15 June 2017 (UTC)Pismo01[reply]

This might work well at the end of the openings section:

Duke is the second-largest private employer in the state with more than 37,000 employed and is consistently ranked among the top places to work by multiple publications, including Forbes and the Chronicle of Higher Education.

ref: Here’s an external reference for largest private employers: ^[2]

Here’s the Forbes link: ^[3]

Here’s the Chronicle of Higher Ed link: ^[4]

--Pismo01 (talk) 19:24, 6 July 2017 (UTC)Pismo01[reply]

for the bottom of men's basketball section:

More than 20 Duke players have been selected in the NBA Draft Lottery. In 1999, Duke became the first program in the history of the NBA Draft to have four players from the same school selected in the first round. Overall, 32 Duke players have been selected in the first round of the NBA Draft in the Coach K era.

^[5]

--Pismo01 (talk) 20:03, 6 July 2017 (UTC)pismo01[reply]

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