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Welcome!

Hello, Vrkaul, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Where to ask a question, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Again, welcome!  FloNight talk 22:00, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Where Can I edit a template?

I was wandering through the North-American Interfraternity Conference members' sites, and I noticed that Alpha Gamma Sigma points to a non-NIC fraternity of the same name. I was going to fix the link, but I'm not sure how. I tried searching the "templates" catagory for “North-American Interfraternity Conference,” but the search returned no results.

How do I fix the link to Alpha Gamma Sigma in the North-American Interfraternity Conference box? Where can I find good info on templates and how to use/edit them?

Lastly, how does this help me thing work? I guess I'm about to find out.

You can edit templates, such as the NIC box, by going to the template page and editing it as you would with an article. Also, the help me box (which is also a template) works by adding your user/user talk page to a category (in this case, Category:Wikipedians looking for help) if the template is on it.
If you have any further questions, ask me on my talk page and I will answer your question as soon as possible.
Evan Robidoux 23:56, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
Oh, and here's the link to the template page. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Evan Robidoux 00:17, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
No problem. If you have any other questions, I'll be happy to help. Evan Robidoux 03:48, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] APhiO Wikipedians.

Hi, Didn't realize you were a brother until I looked at the discussion on Maid Marion's page. My name is Randolph Finder and my handle is Naraht.

There is a Wikipedia Category for Alpha Phi Omega Wikipedians. Check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:APhiO_Wikipedians and follow the instructions to add yourself.

Hope we can expand the Mottos page!

See you around Wikipedia!

(BTW, the way I found your input there is that I have a subpage that I copy the "whatlinkshere" from the Alpha Phi Omega page every couple of days. I take a look at any new pages.)

Naraht 21:27, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Verifying Information

Vrkaul wrote: You've been doing a lot of (great, imho) work on the LCA alumni list. As my latest comment on the talk page, and the discussion under "alumni" reveals, there're a good deal of misconceptions about who is and isn't an alumnus in this fraternity. Are there any published sources you could cite to help out here? Any online lambdachi.org sources? I think that could really help with the article. --nZAX, Vijay 00:02, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

Reply: There will be online lambdachi.org sources this year. My IT team and I are working on redesigning the site and adding our membership directory online. Once we complete this project, you will be empowered to help us out with more of the great research you already contribute. --jasonpearce 15:57, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ordinal numbers

Yes, you're quite right WP:MOSNUM does use ordinals, both numeric and spelt out. Many users, myself included, prefer to spell out smaller numbers (where the definition of smaller varies), in particular I see labelling centuries as numeric as note-taking style, and not suitable for an encyclopaedia. Rich Farmbrough 22:11 1 May 2006 (UTC).

I definitely agree that smaller numbers (I usually use the <100 definition, but I'm flexible) ought to be spelled out. Although I guess I usually have only applied it to cardinal numbers. I've never heard of "note-taking style," and I would be interested in knowing if any publications do use numeral ordinals. Of course, I usually try to make the suffix superscripted in that case, but most HTML renders superscripting quite ugly. Oh well. I guess that I'll denumeralize (new word!) ordinals when and if I see them. — Vijay 23:10, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Lambda Chi Alpha Lists

Thanks for the message. Lists are a tough one when it concerns fraternities and sororities. I have mixed feelings about it. When I first started editing fraternity/sorority articles I was against separate lists but at the time I had no idea they would balloon into big articles. Recently, a separate list was created for Phi Delta Theta chapters only because I couldn't agree with another editor on the matter. In terms of chapter lists, I believe that they should have a separate list. You have to keep in mind what the "average" wiki reader wants to see and what he or she is interested in. The "average" wiki reader is not a fraternity or sorority member. Does he or she really want to see a list of 200-300 chapters? Lists of chapters of any fraternity are usually only interesting to their respective members who visit this site. In this case, a separate list would be good. As for notable alumni, this is an even tougher one and is usually fraternity by fraternity basis. For me I like looking at other fraternities and looking to see who's a famous member. I always find it very interesting and I would prefer that they remain on the main page. But at the same time I understand the need for a separate list if it becomes very long. Phi Kappa Tau has a separate list of their notable alumni, although it was originally met with scepticsm by other editors including myself. Hopefully in the future, there will be a consensus but lists really are a case by case basis. There are some fraternity articles that have a long history, trivia etc. sections, and the article could stand on its own if chapter and notable alumni lists were separate (see Sigma Nu, Sigma Chi, Alpha Tau Omega) but there others where if you took of the lists (see Psi Upsilon, Phi Kappa Psi), there's barely anything on the article. In the case of Lambda Chi Alpha, I think a separate list for both chapters and notable alumni should be done because looking at the article, the two lists are already very long. You might also want to consider adding more info to the bulk of the article, like growth, expansion, traditions, etc. As for the "catagories" of famous alumni which have been popping up, to be honest I thought it was a very ill conceived idea considering that the person who started all of them did it probably just to get his edit count up and take credit for it and really didn't do anything with them except add one name to each until I came along and added more. --† Ðy§ep§ion † Speak your mind 02:41, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] TomTomTom

Which page are you talking about? The only time I can think of changing my name is if I have forgotten to sign it and going back and editing it to place the 4 tildes on it. Let me know where it happened, OK? Thanx Naraht 16:45, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Greek Fraternities

You misread my comment on User:Naraht's talk page. I said geek fraternities, not greek fraternities. I recall the discussion on the AfD page regarding the former, and it did indeed go down for the count. Denni ☯ 19:10, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

Of course! sorry, oops! — vijay 20:15, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
No problem. BTW, I noted your "This user prefers metric" userbox. I understand your frustration in living in the US. In many ways, Canada has become metricated - everyone is comfortable with kilometres and litres and degrees Celsius, but we have the same frustration with units of measurement in the construction trade and in produce - these industries are diehard Imperial and I can't see it changing for decades without legislation to force it. Denni ☯ 20:39, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:WikiProject Fraternities and Sororities

Wanna join? I'm trying to get this wikiproject started up again and try to create and enforce some standards among the fraternity and sororitiy articles on Wikipedia. You done some work on this topic and I would love work with you and get some input. Dspserpico 04:56, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Sorry for the long absece I've updated a few things with wikiproject, your input would be most appreciated. Dspserpico 04:30, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, for all of your input in our recent debate. I really respect your opinions and truly think that this project is slowly climbing to respectability. Thanks for all of your work. Dspserpico 19:54, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Greek Life Template 2.0

OK, I've added ratings and ranking to the proposed template for Fraternities and Sororities, with the requirements to be found on the appropriate page. We're waiting on a transparent picture; is there anything else to be done to this template? I'd like to give it another week or so before making it an official template. Just leave some comments on the template talk page for the template. —ScouterSig 02:05, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Greek template

As a member of the Fraternity and Sorority project, please check out the proposed project template and leave your feedback. Scoutersig 17:10, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bernstein

Thanks for the heads up on the Carl Bernstein thing, I had heard it through word of mouth and stupidly didn't check it out beforehand. I found a source saying he dropped out and have cited it.

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[edit] Help

You said you could get a hold of a copy of the 1991 edition of Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities. I know that my fraternity was mentioned in the 1949 Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities, under the article of Phi Iota Alpha. My fraternity is Phi Sigma Alpha from Puerto Rico which shares its origins with Phi Iota, what I would like to know is if Phi Sigma Alpha is still mentioned in the recent editions.

thanks for any help you can give me Eljohnson15 18:39, 14 May 2007 (UTC)