thanks, that is good info and i did not know that.

Errors
 

Yes, there are many errors on this site:

Zeta Phi Beta
Vanessa Williams

Alpha Phi Alpha
Jackie Robinson
Alex Haley
Ron Brown

Omega Psi Phi
Hank Aaron

Delta Sigma Theta
Debbie Allen

Phi Beta Sigma
Morris Chestnut
Nelson Mandela
Maurice and Verdin White ???

Now I know wikipedia is edited by the users like you and me, so I don't depend on it for the MOST accurate information. However, some orgs like APO and APhiA have wonderful, thoroughly cited pages that I believe I can rely on.

That said, don't murder me for reporting this info, lol....

Wikipedia says that the late Octavia Butler is a Delta. Is this true? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categor..._Theta_sisters

Just curious, because she is my favorite science-fiction novelist.

Glad to find another Octavia Butler fan :)

Wikeipedia is [u]not reliable[/]. It has Loretta Devineand other notables as (an) honorary soror(s). She is not listed as a HM in AKA books. I was under the impression that she pledged as an UG (not sure when UofH's chapter was chartered) @ UofH, her alma mater.

I have never heard Octavia Butler mentioned as a Soror. Plus they also list Debbie Allen still as a Delta. Chances are that Ms. Butler is not a Soror.

Oh, okay cool.

Here are the Alpha and APO wiki pages, just so people can see examples of how these things can be done:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_Phi_Omega (I believe GC poster naraht works on this)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_Phi_Alpha

I'm waiting for "Kindred" to become a movie. I love that book.

Her education information on the website says "After getting an associate degree from Pasadena City College in 1968 [4], she next enrolled at California State University, Los Angeles. She eventually left CalState and took writing classes through UCLA extension." She lived in Seattle in her later years. None of the obits mention a sorority.

Epsilon Lambda was chartered in 1969. Loretta Divine (Waiting to Exhale, Boston Public) is a product of Epsilon Lambda. http://www.uhaka.com/history/chapter.html

Thanks!

Therefore, wikipedia is not a reliable source of information.

But it can be.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...and_Sororities

Cool project! :cool:

I think what happens is some of our fraternity brothers and sorority sisters as well as non-Greeks provide incorrect information about who is a member or not based on what they heard, not what they know for sure. It is up to those who are in the know to provide the accurate information about our orgs.:cool: :)

I agree.

When I was a neo, I created my chapter's website and my personal mission was to create a "Prominent Alphas" page that was thorough and inclusive, yet accurate.

I got on my regional listserv and asked for assistance, but I told Brothers that I would not include Brothers whose membership we couldn't verify.

So we had a lot of hurt feelings when I wouldn't list Tim Reid, Sr., but I listed Christopher Darden. But, as time went on, Bros understood why I couldn't count an appearance in a sweatshirt on "Sister, Sister" as the standard of verification.

I think the people working on Wikipedia have a good thing going and certain orgs have a better standard than others, but that's not a bad reflection on the org, just an indicator on which groups have the bigger open-source nerds, lol.

Very much akin to people really believing that Kellie Shanygne Williams BKA Laura Winslow is a Delta based upon a Moesha episode.