Talk:Geisel Library

Joke on old name

The library is more-or-less centered on the property. However, for many years it was in the northeast corner of the built area of the campus, hence the joke name "Not-so-Central."

The 3rd floor

A lot of this material is trivial, unencyclopedic, and unreferenced. The snopes.com ref does not directly or specifically reference UCSD. Zedla 00:47, 19 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

There are two references.

One is the official Geisel Library site, which discusses exactly what is covered in this section ("missing" third floor, rumor that it's because of book weight).

The snopes reference was not included because it references UCSD -- it's there because it doesn't reference UCSD (other than to say this is "a widespread belief at any number of colleges"). It shows that the book weight urban legend is well-known, documents occurrences of it in the wild and demonstrates that it is neither based in fact nor original to the Geisel library.

I consider this section worthy of inclusion because it documents an unusual feature of the library and folk legend that has grown around it (again, as documented on the library's own Web site). Note that there is an urban legend Wikipedia entry, so the idea of urban legends is apparently considered encyclopedic by some.--NapoliRoma 14:07, 19 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]