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Phi Theta Kappa is part of the Fraternities and Sororities WikiProject, an effort to build a comprehensive and detailed guide to Greek Life on the Wikipedia. This includes but is not limited to International social societies, local organizations, honor societies, and their members. If you would like to participate, you can edit the article attached to this page, visit the project page, where you can join the project, and/or contribute to the discussion.Fraternities and SororitiesWikipedia:WikiProject Fraternities and SororitiesTemplate:WikiProject Fraternities and SororitiesFraternities and Sororities articles
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.
Maintain : Set a calendar reminder to update the chapter list and otherwise check the article for necessary updates, annually.
Update : When calling out specific chapters in the body text, italicize the name of the chapter. Wikipedia practice is that the word "chapter" is not capitalized, while the name of the chapter is.
Wikify : A chapter list is needed. The chapter list should be placed into a table format, like this: Omega Tau Sigma or Sigma Delta Rho (to reference two unrelated examples), placed on a separate standalone page (with a WP:hatnote) because ΦΘΚ's list is lengthy. A chapter list should include dates of chartering. Indicate if a chapter is active by bolding its name, or if inactive by using italics. A few of the very largest honor societies (500+ chapters) which manage their website vigorously have never bothered to place such a list on Wikipedia, and instead, link back to their own website. It's a lot of work to write, at first, but provides benefits to researchers: 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. Local members can often submit updates faster than a national staff gets to them. Finally, about the Alumni list. You can add a list of notable graduates in table form, either in the article or as a standalone page. There are many examples of both on the Fraternity & Sorority Project watchlist.
International vs. General
WP Fraternities and Sororities has defined Scope as either local, regional, national, or international. A group is international if it has active chapters in more than one country. A national group has chapters in just one country. A local group only has one chapter, and a regional group has two or three chapters clustered in a geographic area. Stating that a group is international is factual in this instance, not puffery. Please contact Wikipedia:WikiProject Fraternities and Sororities for more information or questions. Rublamb (talk) 21:07, 26 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
