Talk:List of Seton Hall University alumni
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[edit] April 2007
Reverted page by anonymous IP (multiple IP's) due to incorrect categorization and information (Robert Brennan is not an SHU alumnus). Categorization is based on field and "convicted criminals" is not a field or profession. This is not vandalism. Please also take a look at the definition of vandalism in the Wikipedia information pages. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. This should really not become a revert war. Anubis3 17:01, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
I'm sorry, but you do not know what you are talking about. Brennan IS a Seton Hall alumnus. Business Week magazine says he is: http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/sep2002/nf20020920_9297.htm . Also, he also sat on their Board of Regents: http://margaretsoltan.phenominet.com/2005/06/plaisir-damour-ne-dure-quun-moment.html . I don't know why you are saying he is not an SHU alumnus. Do you have a link that proves this, or are you just saying it because you don't want to believe it, or don't want it noted on Wikipedia? As for the categorization, I'm sorry, but "Criminals" IS a field or profession. John Gotti, for instance was a professional criminal. Brennan's crimes did not involve violence (just ruining elderly people's lives by fleecing them of their life's savings), thus Brennan is more along the lines of professional criminal Meyer Lansky who was a financial swindler for the mob. Or Robert Vesco. These people are all professional swindlers. First Jersey was pennystock pump-and-dump firm from the get-go. They did swindles from the very beginning. The vast majority of the stocks it promoted were swindles. That was Brennan's stock-in-trade. I mean, if you don't want to say that Brennan is a criminal, how would you describe him? Entrepreneur??? That's how the entry on Brennan read until I changed it a few minutes ago (I changed "entrepreneur" to "fraudster"). I mean, I suppose we could describe John Gotti as an "entrepreneur", but he is properly categorized as a "criminal". Thus, I am reversing your edit and putting Brennan back in under "Criminals". By the way, the category "Criminals" is quite common under university alumni pages on Wikipedia. Check out the Criminals section of Tufts University: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Tufts_University_people#Criminals . I think you're just going to have to get used to seeing a "Criminals" section for your university, even if it hurts your feelings. Do not deface or vandalize the page.
By the way, Forbes magazine (http://members.forbes.com/forbes/2001/0611/032.html) says that Brennan was named "Alumnus of the Year" for 1993, so he IS an alumnus of Seton Hall. It is bogus to say he is not a SHU alumnus. I am adding the above link to his personal Wikipedia webpage.
