The decision was supported (not just by those who posted to the debate) in the interests of consistency across the wikipedia project, not with any intention to disrespect the traditions of Wellesley and her alumnae. --Orange Mike 02:15, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
Comment This category is now a redirect to alumni. This decision was by no means unanimous. In short, this category is named Category:Wellesley_College_alumni because of three users.
Those associated with Wellesley College know the preferred term of alumnae is to refer to themselves as alumnae. When the category for former attendees of Wellesley was created, it was named Category:Wellesley College alumnae. Starting October 3, 2006, there was a brief discussion among just three users on Wikipedia:Categories for deletion and it was decided the category would be renamed to Category:Wellesley College alumni. After I couldn't find the category when working on Marguerite S. Church, I proposed reversing the change, and restoring the category to its original name. There was a discussion on this topic Wikipedia:Categories_for_deletion/Log/2006_October_17#Category:_Wellesley_College_alumni and the result of the discussion was a draw. The naming of the category as alumni stands, but it's not clear for how long. People who would like to revisit this should first assemble a large number of enlightened users who are familiar with webpages like the Wellesley College alumnae site and then resubmit this discussion to Wikipedia:Categories for discussion. Dbackeberg 14:39, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
- Note, above comment moved from actual category page. ^demon[omg plz] 05:23, 11 December 2006 (UTC)