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Section sizes in Princeton University

Section size for Princeton University (48 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	12,201	12,201
History	54	55,541
Founding	5,051	5,051
Colonial and early years	6,642	6,642
19th century	9,289	9,289
20th century	7,280	7,280
1945 to present	17,194	17,194
Coeducation	10,031	10,031
Campus	23,374	46,971
Buildings	16	18,890
Nassau Hall	6,978	6,978
Art Museum	7,678	7,678
University Chapel	4,218	4,218
Sustainability	4,707	4,707
Organization and administration	37	9,277
Governance and structure	6,117	6,117
Finances	3,123	3,123
Academics	15	30,741
Undergraduate	8,049	14,667
Grade deflation policy	6,618	6,618
Graduate	3,272	3,272
Rankings	2,004	2,004
Research	4,782	10,783
Library system	3,629	3,629
National laboratories	2,372	2,372
Admissions and financial aid	36	11,502
Admissions	6,246	6,246
Costs and financial aid	5,220	5,220
Student life and culture	29	43,451
Residential colleges	13,038	13,038
Eating clubs and dining	5,848	5,848
Campus organizations	13,771	13,771
Traditions	7,542	7,542
Alma mater	1,427	1,427
Transportation	1,796	1,796
Student body	9,334	9,334
Athletics	2,262	16,792
Varsity	11,977	11,977
Club and intramural	2,553	2,553
Notable people	154	23,720
Alumni	16,758	16,758
Faculty	6,808	6,808
See also	184	184
Notes	24	24
References	42	2,519
Works cited	2,477	2,477
Further reading	1,558	1,558
External links	1,282	1,282
Total	265,097	265,097

Princeton Environmental Institute was nominated for deletion. The discussion was closed on 25 April 2015 with a consensus to merge. Its contents were merged into Princeton University. The original page is now a redirect to this page. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected article, please see its history; for its talk page, see here.

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"Idealistic Nation" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Idealistic Nation has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2023 December 7 § Idealistic Nation until a consensus is reached. Utopes _{(talk / cont)} 09:06, 7 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

There should be mention made of the new Astronomy building "Peyton Hall"--which is in the middle of the Princeton campus and now in the middle of modern astronomy. ```` Kemual (talk) 10:43, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"The Idealistic Nation" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect The Idealistic Nation has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2023 December 7 § The Idealistic Nation until a consensus is reached. Utopes _{(talk / cont)} 09:06, 7 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]