Mills

Skip Mason

I see you changed the text I added for Mason being elected president. I also pointed to a reference and your new text does not include a reference. Can you add a reference to ensure that this article still meets the requirements of a featured article? If you need help adding the reference, I can help.--Ccson (talk) 22:23, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

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Alpha presidents

The list of Alpha Phi Alpha brothers contains many of the groups presidents for their notability in certain fields. I'd like to add the photographs fromt the fraternity website, but we need authorization since the pictures are copyrighted. Would you be open to contacting the proper individual(s) about the right publish the pictures in the Alpha related pages in wikipedia?

I'm open to a dialogue offline if you'd still like to speak. I'm really just reading your msg left of talk page in august. sorry for the delay.--Ccson (talk) 13:58, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

Evening, its been some time since I've logged in to Wikipedia, but yes, if you have specific photos you'd like to have permission for, I'd happily track down the appropriate parties for use permission. BTW, may need assistance with adding your reference, if its not yet been replaced. You can also reach me via email Mills at AlphaEast.com --Mills (talk) 02:34, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

Our project

Good afternoon Mills. I noted you are a member of the Fraternities and Sororities Project. Thanks for that.

We welcome your participation.

For many of us, these institutions represent a very impactful period in our lives. I know of several chapter advisors among the regular 300 participants, along with general alumni and undergrads that are Wiki-savvy. We presently keep an eye on 1,500 or so Greek pages, while a fairly substantial number of recent or dormant local chapters don't make the cut. There are perhaps 6,000 locals that do not have a Wikipedia article, and maybe 50 that do - mostly at Ivy League schools. Long ago, the Baird's Manual editors decided to include as national groups those societies that had three or more chapters, or locals that met a certain bar of longevity: ten years or more. We follow that same logic.

The Project page lists several items on our To Do list, but among them are:

1. Review any of our watched pages for vandalism.
2. Update chapter information for the many lists of chapters.
3. Write an article to list the Greeks on a particular campus. 50 of these have been done, so far.
4. Research a new article for a page that is missing. On our watchlist, these show up as red links.
5. Vote on whether to keep a contested page or not.

There is a debate among editors on Wikipedia about whether to aggressively delete articles or allow their inclusion, based on a notoriously fickle determination of NOTIBILITY. Once an article is factually and cleanly written, I personally favor Inclusion, in order to make life easier for future researchers. Especially for fraternity, sorority and collegiate society articles.

If this last issue is of interest, you may wish to weigh in on a recent discussion of an "Article for Deletion" or AfD: Two or three of these crop up each month. One we are currently discussing is Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Delta Beta Phi. Voting is simple, and the instructions are at the top. Just add a line, with your vote, to Keep or Delete (or some other option) bolded at the start of the line.

Whatever you choose to do, we welcome your participation in this Greek-friendly project. Jax MN (talk) 23:32, 21 January 2021 (UTC)

Morning. Been a bit inundated with classes. However, I am HAPPY to participate and support the effort. THANKS. Mills (talk) 15:20, 2 April 2021 (UTC)