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 To-do list for Phi Kappa Psi: edit · history · watch · refresh · Updated 2021-11-30
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Here are some tasks awaiting attention:
- Article requests : An additional, freely-licensed graphic would add reader interest.
- Citing sources : Most fraternity articles would benefit from additional citations, especially new or updated references. These could be from the original Greek Letter Organization reference, Baird's manual (last edition published in 1991), or the online Baird's Manual Archive, or a notable publication or book such as a university yearbook (please add missing collegiate yearbooks to this source!), or an official university portal (~website) listing for the group, or where the school comments publicly on that student organization. When citing the online Baird's Manual Archive, look for a society within each of the sections, and check if it is listed on the page for a particular institution. Here is a reference template:
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- Cleanup : Examples and templates are available on the Fraternities and Sororities Project page. The list of "controversies" is too long, and constitutes about a third of the verbiage on the page. "Controversies" is used as a euphemism for complaints by detractors around Wikipedia; sometimes these are valid court proceedings, sometimes the list becomes a catch-all for un-verifiable complaints that never result in discipline or closure. Because local "controversies" are just that, local, it is better to relegate these to the list of chapters, and there (as other NIC fraternities have done), include links or notes about bona fide closure reports as a reference off of a specific chapter. We can discuss the merits of this policy here on the Talk page: This is where the discussion should be hammered out, and a determination made of what to include. My sense is, except where a situation is national news, like the Phi Kappa Psi / Rolling Stone false rape story fiasco, these smaller complaints aren't appropriate for a summary article about the national fraternity. Instead, they should be reference notes adjacent to a particular chapter listing.
- Infobox : The infobox is good, but may be incomplete. The template used for this entry, where you can see all available fields (--these things: "| = text") is the fraternity-specific infobox. This, and other useful items are linked on the Fraternities and Sororities Project page.
- Maintain : Set a calendar reminder to update the chapter list and otherwise check the article for necessary updates, annually.
- Update : If calling out specific chapters in the body text, italicize the name of the chapter. Wikipedia practice within the F&S Project is that the word "chapter" is not capitalized, while the name of the chapter is. The Controversies section is too detailed for a main article, and unfairly frames the entire national as if the event was systemic; notes about an individual chapter's closure or suspension ought to be rendered as a reference note for that particular chapter unless the event generated notable, persistent national news.
- Wikify : Add relevant, public symbolism to the infobox. Occasionally confirm the physical address and website. Occasionally confirm the number of chapters and number of lifetime members. This is a good page, except for the controversies section (really? Readers need to know that on one chapter, someone placed a vulgar banner on the building? And members say it wasn't them? Good grief.) You may want to expand the History section to include milestones. Check the chapter list for style or missing fields, like this: Omega Tau Sigma or Sigma Delta Rho (to reference two unrelated examples). A chapter list should include dates of chartering and would benefit from noting where chapters came from (a previous local, or a colony effort). The Baird's online archive lists these. Indicate if a chapter is active by bolding its name, or if inactive by using italics. A table will allow room where chapter references may point to portal pages, and allow comments on where a chapter came from, interesting facts or its outcome. A table may also be used to showcase notable members, but be sure to add Inclusion Rules to avoid vanity listings.
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References
- ^ William Raimond Baird; Carroll Lurding (eds.). [(After searching the link above, use this template reference on the main article to link to a specific archival document you wish to cite) "Almanac of Fraternities and Sororities (Baird's Manual Online Archive)"]. Student Life and Culture Archives. University of Illinois: University of Illinois Archives. Baird's Manual is also available online here: The Baird's Manual Online Archive homepage.
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