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External Links[edit]

For the love of mike: as each student organization tosses yet another link on, the listing is getting, well, a bit silly. Given that most AUBGers feel, in their heart of hearts, that AUBG = Harvard, it might be instructive to take a look at the entries for other top US schools. These need to be trimmed back. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.160.113.19 (talk) 16:48, 7 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Library?[edit]

When did all the library info (note the previous pages, which had a lengthy paragraph now cut down) get added, and why? It looks unbalanced and, frankly a bit weird.

Can we determine other areas where AUBG is innovative within Bulgaria, and add a section that would include the library's innovative role, to get more balance and more accurately portray the university's larger innovative role? Or expand the library information and move it to a sub-section?

After 6 months, this has not been done, and I have deleted the library reference. Although I agree that the library is innovative, this seems uneven and unbalanced and a deliberate PR plug. The AUBG article needs to be expanded with more discussion of the universities' role. I also highly recommend that this be done by a neutral third party. Suggested areas would include: the liberal arts tradition in Bulgaria, teaching methods, the library system (modern techniques, open access, etc.), the residential campus, the use of co-curricular activities, etc. ?This should be broadly descriptive, not a plug for one part of the univeristy. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.131.17.236 (talk) 02:54, 26 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Stats[edit]

The basic information here is fine, but the specific statistical information seems to be falling behind. It's 2009 -- how many students are now at AUBG? Faculty? 24.56.124.43 (talk) P. Chaos

Funding?[edit]

How much funding is actually done for the university from OSI these days? Is this actually worth a specific mention, really?

Unencylcopedic[edit]

There's a lot of unsource opinion in the article. If the reference to drinking/partying is present at all, it should at least be footnoted. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Tomhormby (talk • contribs) 00:53, 31 January 2007 (UTC).[reply]

That's random vandalism. If nothing else, yon vandal at 83.228.20.18 should learn how to spell. It's "class," not "classs." 87.126.152.187 22:09, 4 February 2007 (UTC)P. Chaos.[reply]

Lock for Editing![edit]

The article has been repeatedly vandalized by AUBG students.

I propose that it is locked for editing by unregistered and newly-registered users.

Demon! 09:47, 6 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism![edit]

How do you lock articles - there has been more vandalism lately...

I am serious. I can fix the page when I notice such interferences, but I can't always stay here like a guard dog.

Demon! 00:56, 14 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It would be better just to ban the user who vandalizes the page instead of locking the page being vandalized. Perhaps an admin will notice? Tomhormby 23:24, 14 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

- It's not users - it is IPs - student IPs to be exact. What a shame...

Demon! 15:33, 17 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I requested Wikipedia ban the most egregious IP, but they respond with the boilerplate "we're the exciting encyclopedia you can edit!" e-mail. Heh. My SES deletion tendencies aside, the freakish homophobic or hyper-nationalistic vandalism that pops up is indeed annoying (and I've been editing it out fairly regularly when I catch it, too.)

- I've asked for the article to be locked, but according to them "there is not much activity on the page." Well, what do they want? Hordes of marauders desecrating Easton's holy name?

Demon! 22:57, 11 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

There was a flurry in February, but not much lately. And compared to the national history pages, vandalism here is limited. In the past month, my bullshit link is about it. <Shrug>

Bulgarian accreditation[edit]

As far as I know, all universities and colleges from Bulgaria have to be accredited according to national law. It is unclear to me if this institution has such national accreditation. Or to they get American diplomas, instead of Bulgarian diplomas? I will ask my national ENIC/NARIC authority if this college is properly accredited. Tgeorgescu (talk) 14:26, 28 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It is indeed accredited in Bulgaria, see http://www.neaa.government.bg/en/institutions/high_schools Tgeorgescu (talk) 18:06, 1 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Conflict of interest[edit]

Article was previously tagged with CoI, but this was removed in 2017 by the same editor who added "All of our residence halls ... ", suggesting that they did have a CoI, or were copypasting from website. I have removed some unsourced material and statements which read promotional, such as "Building on its long and successful history with entrepreneurship" and "The new fields help AUBG students to enjoy their favorite sports even more". I have tagged with "primary sources". Tacyarg (talk) 18:20, 29 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]