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[edit] Wikimedia Pennsylvania

Hello there!

I'm writing to inform you that we are now forming the first local Wikimedia Chapter in the United States: Wikimedia Pennsylvania. Our goals are to perform outreach and fundraising activities on behalf of the various Wikimedia projects. If you're interested in being a part of the chapter, or just want to know more, you can:

Thanks and I hope you join up! Cbrown1023 talk 04:12, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sigma Alpha Mu

It was definitely no problem. I'm still confused about this incident. I have never seen anyone deny references before. It is even a wikipedia policy to keep a reference up if the link no longer goes anywhere (most likely because people can cache it). I can understand where Alan.ca was coming from, but I see no reason to ever delete a reference unless the reference doesn't have anything to do with what it is referencing. I saw you joined the wikiproject for greek life, which you should definitely keep up with. Greek life articles on wikipedia have been growing in quantity and quality a whole lot recently. Feel free to help out with other articles as well. Hail t Pitt! Acidskater (talk) 15:46, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] SAM Alumni

See what you think - maybe the Alumni/Reference nightmare is over.

http://www.israel-times.com/finance/2006/10/sigma-alpha-mu-a-powerful-fraternity-1431/

Hps05 (talk) 02:22, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Sigma Delta Tau

Using university 'famous greek' websites is like using chapter websites or greek101, it's basically user generated (or local chapter generated) information that isn't checked for reliability and cannot generally be sourced by other more reliable and verifiable content. While a university website would possibly be considered a reputable source about academics, anything related that field, their own university in some cases, like this, it is not a reliable source. Fact checking for university notable alumni pages is basically nil.. and if you read over WP:RS closely you'll see an addendum stating "Sources should be appropriate to the claims made." Since a university's website is more geared towards the university it's not an appropriate source for famous greeks. An example from that website is Courtney Cox-Arquette on there she is a Delta Zeta however she, and many others, are not members. Another very good example of this is the University of North Florida's notable greek page. Jennifer Blackburn Dunn is listed as a Tri-Sigma; she is however a Gamma Phi Beta. Hope this helps and explains why I removed her and the reference; if you can find a more reputable one please do add her back in, but as of so far I've been unsuccessful in locating one. --ImmortalGoddezz 06:36, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

By local chapter generated I meant the local chapters at the university; not just a Sigma Delta Tau chapter. Sorry, I probably could have clarified it in my above response. However Greek Offices exist to promote greek life and one of the things most commonly used is 'this famous person was in greek life, you should be too!' or something similar to that. While the university might have a reputation for fact checking this is not an academic publication, this is promotional material from the greek life/student affairs department, a department that does not necessarily have a reputation for fact checking that the university does. In addition the website doesn't state where they got their original information, so you don't know where it comes from. If you still disagree I think the next best step would prob. be the F/S wikiproject to get opinions on the source itself. --ImmortalGoddezz 22:51, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Melissa Hart - 4th District Candidates

Where is the official list of candidates?--Dr who1975 (talk) 23:26, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Nevermind, got your link from the discusiion page... you said it is the official list but it says unnoficial list at the top. I still agree that it is a reliable source. Thanks for updating Lynn Swann's page.--Dr who1975 (talk) 23:34, 23 February 2008 (UTC)


[edit] Deletion issue

Hello PittSammy, a Pitt-related page very similar to ones that you helped to work on has been tagged for deletion. The page tagged for deletion is the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health. Your opinions on whether the article meets inclusion criteria and what should be done with the article may determine the eventual fate of other similar Pitt pages that you helped to create. If you are willing, please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). Thank you!cp101p (talk) 08:16, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Pitt deletion

A Pitt related page, Oakland Zoo (cheering section), has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on whether the article meets inclusion criteria and what should be done with the article are important. Please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Oakland Zoo (cheering section) and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You may also edit the article during the discussion to improve it but should not remove the articles for deletion template from the top of the article; such removal will not end the deletion debate. Thank you.CrazyPaco (talk) 06:14, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Pitt WikiProject

WikiProject University of Pittsburgh

As a current or past contributor to a Pitt-related article, I thought I'd let you know about WikiProject University of Pittsburgh, a collaborative effort to improve Wikipedia's coverage of the University of Pittsburgh and the Pitt Panthers. If you would like to participate, you can visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks and related articles. Thanks! ~~~~