User talk:Bali88/sandbox
List of social fraternities and sororities
[edit]Guidelines:
- No local (one chapter) organizations unless they have a current wikipedia page. Keep an eye on these entries. What I found when I went through the listings was that some organizations appeared to have a valid wikilink, but upon clicking on it, it's just a redirect to the university.
- National organizations (at least two chapters) without wikipedia pages can be added, but they MUST be sourced to at least one valid, reliable source. For the purposes of this page, self-published organization website is fine. The date the organization was started and their traditional emphasis are not self-serving data so a primary source is acceptable. Ideally all information on this list will eventually be sourced, but if someone wants to see sources for chi omega, they can just click on that article, so those without wikipedia articles are the bigger sourcing priority.
- When a new organization is added, put a link in the "see also" section of that article to this page. It may also help to put a note on the talk page reminding the author of that page that it is included on this list and to update the listing if any information changes (such as umbrella organization memberships). It would help if we could do this for the existing listings.
- I deleted organizations that identify themselves as service or honor societies. I realize that some of these organizations have a strong social component, so if there is evidence that this is the case, we can add them back.
- I have removed redlinks. When I was going through it, it appears that most of them had articles deleted for lack of notability and the ones that hadn't already been deleted had no evidence of notability. Before redlinking an article, consider whether the organization meets notability standards.
- I deleted the nickname category because the nicknames were unsourced, and in many cases unsourceable. Also, I'm not sure that it's a necessary part of the article. However, in a few cases, organizations are better known by their nicknames. In those circumstances, we can make a note next to the name in parentheses. Fiji is the only one I know of personally that is better known by their nickname, but if you know of another, add it.