Talk:Kappa Alpha Theta

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I think its ridculous that I had to reupload the founder's pictures when an experienced editor could have easily tagged the previous pictures with Public Domain - Old instead of just tagging them for deletion --† Ðy§ep§ion † 07:58, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Notable Thetas

Any woman notable enough to have a wiki entry and is a verifiable alumna of the group should be able to be linked to the page. Please refrain from deleting just because the group has many notable alumna members. Many other NPC groups have a large amount of exceptional women who have been members and they do not have their lists deleted. All women who have a greek affiliation should be recognized and their affiliation easily accessed on wikipedia. 68.88.228.118 23:44, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Yes, that is true. But Wikipedia is not a place for lists and it is not a rush brochure. We do not need to have every woman that has acheived something linked to this page, that is what the 'check here for other notable kappas' is for. As for the other NPC pages with long alumnae lists, I haven't gotten to those yet, but I am slowly working on the NPC articles. All women who have a greek affiliation should be recognized and their affiliation easily accessed on wikipedia. Yes, but so many people are being included into a sorority that they are not apart of that it's ridiculous. Which is why I have started implimenting chapter affiliation and linking to the website. Why? Because if they are notable enough to belong on the insert sorority name here website then they are probably notable. (ex. Bill Gate's wife) I rarely trust independent sorority sites (i.e. delta zeta chapter website) when the credible information is on the delta zeta site itself. When a sister has chapter affiliation it can be easily checked. Now I have stated my reasoning, and I suppose I will leave the wikipedia women in, but please keep this in mind when adding additional women. --ImmortalGoddezz 00:29, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

I see where you are coming from about non greeks being claimed by certain groups and you have done a great job policing that practice, but all the notables I have added to the page have included their chapter affiliation and have had a wiki entry. To arbitrarily delete some because a group has "too many" does not follow logic. If it does, you may as well delete the "Notables" section from every greek group whether NPC, IFC, NPHC, multicultural, service... Any notable person who can be confirmed as a member of any kind of greek organization is an endorsement for the entire greek system, and shows the diversity of people who have found value in the greek system; and their inclusion is not just an advertisement for that particular group. The more people know that successful people whom they admire are greek, the more open they are to joining an organization or having a child join an organization, or just changing their perception of the "partying greek" to something more positive.

Also, I included Melinda French Gates because she is confirmed by non-local chapter sites as being an alumna of Theta - Biography Illustrated and Duke Profile. Some sorority women may not be up on the national site, but that does not mean that they cannot be confirmed as members (such as Sarah Kozer who was confirmed as a member of Alpha Phi at George Mason at the time of the airing of Joe Millionaire, but for some people is not worthy or desirable to be listed. 68.88.228.118 01:55, 20 June 2006 (UTC)