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University of California, Santa Cruz was one of the Social sciences and society good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

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Date	Process	Result
May 9, 2007	Good article nominee	Listed
February 21, 2010	Good article reassessment	Kept
February 26, 2025	Good article reassessment	Delisted

Current status: Delisted good article

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On 22 December 2024, it was proposed that this article be moved to UC Santa Cruz. The result of the discussion was not moved.

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Text and/or other creative content from University of California, Santa Cruz was copied or moved into UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs with this edit on July 15, 2016 (15:53, 15 July 2016). The former page's history now serves to provide attribution for that content in the latter page, and it must not be deleted as long as the latter page exists.

US Rankings

please update all University of California and California State University rankings. This years rankings are at the us ranking page. https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges

Requested move 22 December 2024

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: not moved per WP:SNOW, considered in the context of the 100+ RMs proposed at once by this user. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 04:59, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

University of California, Santa Cruz → UC Santa Cruz – WP:COMMONNAME. Theparties (talk) 11:19, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. The full name provides a WP:TITLECON consistent naming convention across all articles on universities and colleges in the United States. Many reliable sources like Forbes and US News and World Report still use the full name. The OP has also made numerous individual RMs on this same issue like this one, which may violate WP:ACROTITLE or use a shorter common name that is rarely used outside a sports/athletic context. Better to stick to the status quo. Zzyzx11 (talk) 14:56, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose as unnecessary, unwise, and confusing for readers. ElKevbo (talk) 15:09, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose, per the comments of Zzyzx11. —Eyer (he/him) If you reply, add {{reply to|Eyer}} to your message. 16:24, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose for the reasons articulated above. --Coolcaesar (talk) 18:41, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per WP:TITLEFORMAT#Avoid ambiguous abbreviations, WP:ACROTITLE, and what Zzyzx11 and ElKevbo said. The proposed title is not sufficiently explanatory to people unfamiliar with the university. – Epicgenius (talk) 22:40, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

I'm Wendy?

Here not handing. I am waiting on the Americana population. -34 166.194.158.65 (talk) 21:22, 28 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Honors English & Art

Pe is not required. 166.194.158.65 (talk) 21:22, 28 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

GA concerns

I am concerned that this article no longer meets the good article criteria. Some of my concerns are outlined below:

There are several uncited statements throughout the article.
The prose in the "Rankings" section needs to be updated, with older rankings removed and newer rankings added to the text (not just the table).
The "Expansion plans" section includes works that are completed. This sections should be updated or removed.

Is anyone willing the address the above concerns, or should this go to WP:GAR? Z1720 (talk) 20:12, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

GA Reassessment

University of California, Santa Cruz

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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Result: Delisted. Hog Farm _Talk 03:57, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There is uncited prose in the article. The prose in the "Rankings" section needs to be updated (table seems updated for now). "Expansion plans" section include projects that have been completed and should be updated as necessary (or the heading name changed). Z1720 (talk) 17:07, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.