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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 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.
Infobox : The infobox still needs cleanup. The template used for this entry, where you can see all available fields (--these things: "| = text") is the fraternity-specific infobox. This, and other useful items are linked on the Fraternities and Sororities Project page.
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| wikify = Is there a better crest for the infobox? Confirm color swatches. Occasionally, confirm the physical address (including the ZIP code field) and website. Occasionally, confirm the number of chapters and number of lifetime members. Expand the History section to include milestones. The chapter list is helpful, but should be placed into a table format, like this: '''[[Sigma Delta Rho]]''' --as an example of a small page list, or like '''[[List of Delta Kappa Epsilon chapters]]''' when placed on a separate page (--to reference two unrelated examples). We use separate standalone list pages when the list is lengthy (the cutoff point is subjective, perhaps at 30 chapters or more). Some editors have added colors to the lines as a stylistic choice, and is optional. Where Greek letters are expressed, always render them within the GRC language template so that adaptive readers can correctly process them (like "{{lang|grc|ΣΧ}})". Rather than "just" the year, a chapter list may include specific dates of chartering using the {{dts|yyyy|mm|dd}} template, or {{dts|yyyy}} or {{dts|yyyy|mm}} if the specific day is unknown. Indicate if a chapter is active by bolding its name, if inactive by using italics, and in plain text if unknown. Notes on each line will allow room where chapter references may point to collegiate portal pages (much preferable to a chapter's own website), with comments on where a chapter may have come from, interesting facts or its outcome. A separate table may also be used to showcase notable members, but to avoid vanity listings be sure to add a list of rules for inclusion, as discussed here: Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Fraternities_and_Sororities/Archive_6#Notable_members_2. As an example, Phi Kappa Theta does a nice job with their notable members list.
There are plenty of Google hits for the Alpha Beta Kappa honor society, since thousands of students graduating from private colleges and universities are awarded the honor; however, most press coverage mentions these honors incidentally as part of coverage for graduation events in general (example). The volume of news coverage suggests the article passes WP:GNG, but the quality of sources is poor. -- Scjessey (talk) 22:38, 16 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
U.C. Irvine is the most prestigious school that offers this. Many other schools are listed on their site as well. But the number of schools presented should suffice as credible. The reason it is only mentioned as part of graduation is because it is only offered post graduation on recommendation from upper school leadership, and even then, unlike other such letter orgs, the student has to initiate the application. Others orgs do direct nominations and inclusion, rather than an application process. 68.224.231.99 (talk) 02:45, 28 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
A YouTuber that goes by the name Lucky Gamer FuelLight (talk) 17:01, 8 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
it wouldn't be difficult for this article to pass if citations using independent sources were used. For instance, you used your own website to verify the claims made in the article. Dee Soulza (talk) 16:54, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
