Talk:List of Purdue University people

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[edit] Alumni Status

Is Glenn Robinson actually an alumnus?

Since Alumnus just means a former student, then yes he qualifies. You don't have to graduate to be considered an alumnus. Nowimnthing 19:10, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for clearing that up Dpu2002 19:11, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Too many redlinks?

In recent months we've started collecting a number of "accomplished alumni" who appear only as redlinks. If someone is currently listed here but not worthy of a Wikipedia article, I have to question whether they belong on the list. Comments, anyone? - Engineer Bob 01:38, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

I don't mind them so much. It seems they are mostly CEOs of large companies. I could see the list being an inspiration and idea generator for students. Maybe somone will get around to creating stub articles for them. If it continues to grow much more we may want to do some selective weeding. Just so long as we don't start getting people who are the night manager at Red Lobster on there. Nowimnthing 04:01, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

The entry that finally exceeded my tolerance level was Chuckie Nwokorie, who apparently had a very short (35 games over 5 seasons) and undistinguished career in the NFL. I do agree that an alum who leads a large company or university is someone to be proud of! -Engineer Bob 06:20, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

Oh Chuckie was my fault, someone added him to the Lafayette page since he went to Jeff, I just saw NFL (I don't really follow players) and added him here too. I guess no matter how short your NFL career it is a big deal for a high school but not notable in the Purdue sense. Feel free to remove him. Nowimnthing 13:43, 8 September 2006 (UTC)