Talk:Lambda Chi Alpha
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[edit] Number of Chapters
The front page of the article insinuates that LCA has over 300 chapters (having chapters at over 300 schools). Because fraternities tend to be sensitive about where they rank in terms of size (number of chapters or initiates), I think it would be best to qualify this statement, so I have added text indicating this this number (300) includes inactive chapters. I hope everyone is okay with this. QuinnHK 21:41, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
- The front page doesn't insinate anything. LCA does have over 300 chapters. Further in the article there is a link to a list of chapters that describe which chapters are currently active as well as a reference for why a chapter is closed if one is available. This list is more through than any other fraternities list. If anything the intro is not the place for a description. Either the number should be changed (which would be inappropriate, because they are still considered chapters) or there should be no explanation.Airpear 00:17, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
- When the NIC or FLA talks about the size of fraternities, chapters generally refers only to active chapters. Saying that LCA has over 300 chapters is misleading. Even the LCA website (http://www.lambdachi.org/fraternity/) qualifies what they mean by 300 chapters: "...and has held subsidiaries (called chapters) at more than 300 universities." QuinnHK 19:30, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Sections to Update
Below is our list of current sections along with if I think they need editing or not. Feel free to comment and if you would like to work on a section put your user name next to it.
- 1 Creed (no work needed)
- 2 History (needs lots of work)
- 2.1 Founding
- 2.2 Expansion
- 2.3 Theta Kappa Nu
- 3 Associate Membership and Fraternity Education (needs lots of work)
- 3.1 Associate Membership
- 3.2 Fraternity Education
- 3.3 Hazing
- 4 True Brother Initiative (will need more work, but will have to wait until we have more information)
- 5 Symbols (needs more symbols added e.g. the seal)
- 5.1 Brotherhood Badge
- 5.2 Associate Member Pin
- 6 North American Food Drive (needs to be completely rewritten) Airpear 23:15, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
- 7 Notable members (no work needed)
- 8 Chapters (no work needed)
- 8.1 Chapter locations
- 8.2 Chapter naming
- 9 Headquarters Locations (I'm not a fan of the website used but I think this can wait)
- 10 Notes and references (no work needed)
- 11 External links (no work needed)
Airpear 21:00, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:LCA Crucicrescent.png
Image:LCA Crucicrescent.png is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.
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BetacommandBot (talk) 14:38, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] user label
I just created a user label template for LCA. User labels are for those who prefer not to use userboxes on their user pages. You can get
by including {{user label Lambda Chi Alpha}} on your page.
This is all part of the Keep it Simple project.
[edit] Membership Stats
According to the 2006 speech, LCA has initiated over 250,000 brothers overall, and LCA had exactly 9,982 undergraduate members.
According to Lambda Chi Alpha — General Fraternity, LCA has initiated 227,000 brothers overall, so that number is clearly outdated. It also claims 300+ chapters — a figure that certainly includes chapters that are currently inactive.
I'm not sure where to find a source that counts 190 active chapters. If that source is found, that info should be added. — gogobera (talk) 03:53, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
