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Colleges of the University of Cambridge[edit]

Self-nomination. Pretty simple; i like it for the shields and scarves. not all the shields are present in a few of the newer colleges yet (they have shields, i mean they're just not on wikipedia yet). Mlm42 22:02, 7 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Comments - A good start, and it is pretty, but some comments. Do the colleges without a listed "shield" really not have heraldic achievements, or is it simply that we do not have an image? (For example, there are arms displayed on the front page of Darwin's website.) I'm not sure it makes much sense to have a separate list which is pretty much identical to the information that already appears at University of Cambridge#Colleges or in {{University of Cambridge}}, but this list could also have additional inform ation, such as addresses, etc, from here, and the other information from the individual college infoboxes (motto, Oxford sister college, Head of House, etc). Comparing with Colleges of the University of Oxford, I think you also need to add some information on the defunct colleges, and the other associated institutions, such as the theological colleges. Finally, you will need some references. -- ALoan (Talk) 01:50, 8 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- right, that's what i was trying to say; all colleges have shields, some just aren't listed. (you may be tempted [like i was] to call them crests, which they are apparently not). and the identical list is at University of Cambridge, where i originally made it.. the other day i saw a list here (which was simply the list of names), so i copied it over. and i don't understand what more needs referencing.. there is a link to each college's website, as well as to the university's site where there is currently information about student enrollment etc. for all the colleges.
  - OK - then I think you will need to find (free-use) images of each college's coat of arms/shield. You also need a section entitled "References" which includes all of the sources used to verify the information in the list. And I still think the elements mentioned above would make the list even better. To avoid unnecessary duplication, the University of Cambridge article could have a summary of the colleges (how many, particular details - like those now mentioned in the lead section of the list) and then a link to the list of colleges, perhaps using the {{main}} template. -- ALoan (Talk) 10:29, 8 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Object:
1. The image Image:Caius shield.png has no source or copyright information
2. The images Image:Churchill College Crest - embossed.png, Image:Downing College Crest - embossed.png, Image:Robinson College Crest - embossed.png are claimed under "fair use". Judging from the sources of the PD and GFDL images, there are at least a few wikipedians who are able to take a blazon and create an image from it, so there's no reason to use fair use images here.
3. ~~I'm not too good with my heraldry, but unless I'm badly mistaken, the image and blazon for Image:Selwyn crest.png don't match~~
--Carnildo 03:31, 8 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- there are certainly some excellent emblazoners out there, but i, unfortunately, am not one of them (though i got my father to do the Image:Corpus Shield.png). As for Selwyn, the reference he probably used was here, which includes the entire coat of arms, not just the shield. All (i think) colleges have a similar full coat of arms, but they aren't used very often as far as i know. Mlm42 04:55, 8 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  - Selwyn's arms are correct. The full blazon includes the College's crest, which would be shown in a full heraldic achievement above the shield. -- ALoan (Talk) 10:29, 8 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
What would you think about this: