Talk:Dakin

History
This section needs a serious re-write. I'm not too familiar with the history, but this section is a little all over the place, and has really frivolous use of sources/execution of citation.

When I chop it down to something that reads decently, I get this:

Dakin House Was designed by architect Hugh Stubbins, based on the suggestions of other college students in the area that it be primarily comprised of single rooms rather than doubles. It was originally designed to be a tower (inspired by those of UMASS' campus,) however that version was scrapped when it was found to disagree with the surrounding landscape. The Dakin quad was improved in 1982 thanks to an anonymous benefactor who endowed the bocce court.

This is kind of tiny, and while there is a good deal of citation in the original History section, none of the parts really illustrated much. We should either summarize the pertinent findings of Oribello in his Div III here, or place a link to an electronic copy of it directly on this page. The former sounds most doable to me, and as soon as I get the free time, I'll head out to find said div III article. In the mean time, feel free to beat me to it. (Rob 02:42, 5 January 2010 (UTC))


 * I definitely think you can just put in one citation for it all, instead of citing after every sentence. On the other hand, I don't think it needs to be chopped down quite as drastically as you did. =p But again, personal preference, I like more history over less, and it's all information you can't really find anywhere else. I do think you can cut the stuff that's repeated in the section above, but we should be very detailed in describing its architecture, since many prospies look at this page, curious to learn what their dorm will be like. Agv07 02:50, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I really want to expand the history - I get the sense that there's more here than has been cited - take this quote for example:

During the planning of Dakin, “the Trustees asked for a more intimate series of buildings on a smaller scale than Merrill...”


 * I'm not sure if the quote is talking about Dakin being the "smaller scale" solution, or if it was just being designed at the same time as the Trustees' request... But I would be up for finding out. (Rob 02:56, 5 January 2010 (UTC))


 * Kudos for volunteering to find out. The entire Div3 being cited can be found on Mark Oribello's page. =D Agv07 07:13, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Well look at that. Thanks.(Rob 23:26, 5 January 2010 (UTC))
 * It's pretty cool. EDH used to be a second Saga. =0 Agv07 06:43, 6 January 2010 (UTC)