Talk:Phi Theta Kappa/Archive 1

Archive 1

Deleted "Controversies" section

"There have been allegations that Phi Theta Kappa discriminates against the mentally challenged by denying them membership and/or scholarships."

No verifiable sources were cited for this assertion, and a quick Google search turned up no mention of such allegations. I'm taking it out. Stu21202 (talk) 22:11, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

Vandalism

There has been vandalism constantly done on this page. There is a establishment of no verifiable sources for this section yet the whole article has no verifiable sources at all. Take the whole page down already then or leave that section in. Google searches give results. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.173.108.154 (talk) 05:08, 1 November 2009 (UTC)

The vandalism of which you speak does occur, unfortunately. It is my considered opinion, however, that the repeated, unverified, undiscussed addition of charges about discrimination may be seen as the greater vandalism. I am, by the way, reverting your last addition of same, despite the fact that you may well be editing in good faith. I hope you see why.

It's up to you to provide some actual, specific citations of reliable sources for these claims. If, as you say, "Google searches give results," then it should be no problem for you to come up with some good RS citations. Having the balance you think is missing, properly cited, will make the article better. -JohnFromPinckney (talk) 04:04, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

Alumnae/i table

I think that maybe the list of members would be better displayed as a table, one showing the name, brief job title (like one or two words), chapter name, and college name. If anyone else agrees, perhaps someone more skilled than myself can create a table for this page? Beginning (talk) 22:52, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

BTW, the Latin rule for writing this word is that groups of mixed-gender graduates are called "alumni". A singular, female graduate is an "alumna", a singular male graduate is an "alumnus", and a group of female (only) graduates are called "alumnae". Since ΦΘΚ is mixed gender, the word "alumni" should be used even if a specific graduating class happen to be all female.

In modern English parlance we've also adopted "alum" as an acceptable term for a singular graduate of any gender, and pluralized it when necessary as "alums". Jax MN (talk) 18:37, 26 December 2020 (UTC)

While I agree with Jax MN in regards to the use of "alum", I don't believe that we should adopt the informal use of this term in articles. Jurisdicta (talk) 18:41, 26 December 2020 (UTC)

Yep; other fraternities and sororities tend to use "alum" and "alums" in informal writing, like for Homecoming announcements or chatty blog posts. But in a resume, one would choose the Latin forms. Jax MN (talk) 18:47, 26 December 2020 (UTC)