Talk:Members

Use this page for talk about general formatting for all Member pages.

Why not make this a category page (like the one already started for members)? It would seem that any list of members would be in alphabetical order, so a category page would make most sense. Also to take into consideration--would it be alphabetical by first name or by last name? Unlike other pages where you can have the list page & a category page, this seems to make sense as only the category page.{Duff 18:32, 14 March 2007 (EDT)}

Well the page you're describing, I might call "List of Members." I envision this page talking about what a member is, types (classes) of membership, with links to other pages about Alumni Members, Honorary Members, etc. Article pages (like this one) should have content. Category pages are lists of Article pages (or other category pages) that are tagged with category tags. Make sense? FreshBoy 18:36, 14 March 2007 (EDT)

I understand how you were setting it up. My next question then is about the nature of the wiki. How much is going to be posted that really has nothing people can add to? For example, the page with the different type of memberships isn't something that will likely be changed (unless constitutional amendment), so what is the purpose of that being on the wiki? Maybe you have a different idea about input that could be added to that page, but the question applies to any page added--even if it won't change, will it be added? NOTE: I understand some pages are added for history sake so others can fill them in with information that isn't currently available.{Duff 18:41, 14 March 2007 (EDT)}

I want to see this become THE resource for PSP. I see this evolving into a sort of Wikipedia for all things Phi Sigma Pi. I think this could potentially be a resource for Bros who don't really understand some stuff... like the difference between a Charter Member and a Founding Member, since it's not overly clear in the National Constitution (which many people don't read anyway), and a lot of Chapters don't have any first-hand knowledge or experience with Founders/Charter Members anymore. I think if we're going to tag people as Founding Members/Charter Members, we should have a page somewhere defining what those are, for people who don't know. Same idea with anything we talk about... if we mention the National Council, we'd better have a page explaining what the National Council is, who's on it, what they do, how they got there, etc., so that people know. The ancillary pages like old National Councils, etc., are just an expansion of the main page. You're right, many of the pages i'm pushing right now won't change much... but that doesn't mean they won't be useful in the long run. Eventually, this could be a good place for new brothers, or maybe even Initiates to go to learn about Phi Sigma Pi. And it's easier to update than word documents, DVDs, or printed books. Just my mini-vision for the Wiki. FreshBoy 18:47, 14 March 2007 (EDT)