Talk:Phi Theta Kappa
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International vs. General
[edit]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)
Actions at a chapter do not equate to actions of the organization
[edit]I have removed the following text from the article:
- The society has experienced embezzlement.[1] Robin Lowe, a former advisor for the PTK chapter at Itawamba Community College, was charged with embezzlement in February 2024.[2][3][4] Lowe is accused of converting public funds meant to benefit the PTK chapter for her own personal use. Lowe was the chapter advisor for Phi Theta Kappa for fifteen years, from 2008 to May of 2023. [5] [6][7][8][9][10]
Nothing in that text indicates that the actions extended beyond the local chapter, nor that there was any action (or overt inaction) by the national offices that led to the incident, so I do not see where it should be mentioned in this article. —C.Fred (talk) 11:37, 24 July 2024 (UTC)
- Member and chapter misconduct is a stardard section for articles that fall under WikiProject:Fraternities and Sororities. Misconduct does not have to be national to be included (in fact, it rarely is national), but does require independent sources. Some incidents do not rise to the level of being notable enough to be included. Because this incident has coverage, resulted in criminal charges, and happened this year, it does seem to be worthy of inclusion for now. Rublamb (talk) 13:16, 24 July 2024 (UTC)
References
- ^ "Honor society advisor at Mississippi community college arrested for embezzlement". WLBT.com. February 12, 2024. Retrieved April 22, 2024.
- ^ "Former Itawamba Community College Honor Society Advisor Arrested for Embezzlement". Mississippi Office of the State Auditor. February 12, 2024. Retrieved April 22, 2024.
- ^ "Former ICC honor society advisor charged with embezzlement". djournal.com. February 12, 2024. Retrieved April 22, 2024.
- ^ "Former Mississippi community college honor society advisor charged with embezzlement". wjtv.com. Retrieved April 22, 2024.
- ^ "Former honors society advisor at ICC charged with embezzlement". Wtva.com. February 12, 2024. Retrieved April 22, 2024.
- ^ "Former honor society advisor at Itawamba Community College arrested for embezzlement". supertalk.fm. February 12, 2024. Retrieved April 22, 2024.
- ^ "Former Itawamba Community College Honor Society Advisor Arrested for Embezzlement". vicksburgnews.com. February 13, 2024. Retrieved April 22, 2024.
- ^ "Former ICC honor society advisor faces embezzlement charge". WCBI.com. February 12, 2024. Retrieved April 22, 2024.
- ^ "Former ICC honor society advisor charged with embezzlement". Yahoo News. February 14, 2024. Retrieved April 22, 2024.
- ^ "FORMER ITAWAMBA COMMUNITY COLLEGE HONOR SOCIETY ADVISOR ARRESTED FOR EMBEZZLEMENT". starherald.net. Retrieved April 22, 2024.
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There is no citation to the following sentence in the first paragraph of "Controversies, local chapter or member misconduct" section. It needs to be removed because it does not accurately represent the ongoing court action.
"Honor Society sued PTK, claiming it misrepresents its membership criteria and potentially deceiving students into joining under false pretenses, by falsely asserting that it is limited to the top ten percent of students." Barbeach23 (talk) 19:20, 24 July 2024 (UTC)
Partly done: Added a {{cn}} tag. '''[[User:CanonNi]]''' (talk • contribs) 23:26, 24 July 2024 (UTC)
