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This is lame - why all the bickering? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.155.105.249 ( talk) 17:30, 7 October 2013 (UTC)
For all of these categories, is graduation from the school a requirement, or is mere attendance enough? Alumnus suggests that graduation is required, but some editors seem to apply this even if the person attended and dropped out of the school prior to graduation. I personally would go with graduation, but I wondered if anyone else had a viewpoint. Snocrates 07:32, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
For purposes of a category, I don't think we should interpret the word according to strict "I found it in a dictionary" definitions, but rather it seems logical that we should adopt the interpretation that make the classification defining for the person and therefore justifies the existence of the category. If an alumnus of an institution is anyone who attended even one course at the institution, the categories should clearly be deleted. To avoid that result, should not the definition be reinterpreted to mean graduate, since that is an acceptable definition of the word and it has the possibility of it being a defining attribute of the person? To apply the category to university drop-outs—as Nunh-huh has been wont to do—reduces the category to insignificant mush that means little and is certainly not defining for individuals. If no consensus can arise here that these categories should be applied in this way, I will be nominating all of these for deletion, or, in the alternative, to formally set down the definition as one who graduated from the institution in question. Snocrates 09:37, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
I would just like to thank you all for wasting 3 days of air discussing the definition of Alumni. The world is now a much better place!
Should we categorize an honorary degree recipient with one of the Alumni category? (John User:Jwy talk) 03:39, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
So far I know it is generally use to categorize each alumnus as an alumnus. Wikix ( talk) 09:33, 20 August 2011 (UTC)
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This is lame - why all the bickering? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.155.105.249 ( talk) 17:30, 7 October 2013 (UTC)
For all of these categories, is graduation from the school a requirement, or is mere attendance enough? Alumnus suggests that graduation is required, but some editors seem to apply this even if the person attended and dropped out of the school prior to graduation. I personally would go with graduation, but I wondered if anyone else had a viewpoint. Snocrates 07:32, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
For purposes of a category, I don't think we should interpret the word according to strict "I found it in a dictionary" definitions, but rather it seems logical that we should adopt the interpretation that make the classification defining for the person and therefore justifies the existence of the category. If an alumnus of an institution is anyone who attended even one course at the institution, the categories should clearly be deleted. To avoid that result, should not the definition be reinterpreted to mean graduate, since that is an acceptable definition of the word and it has the possibility of it being a defining attribute of the person? To apply the category to university drop-outs—as Nunh-huh has been wont to do—reduces the category to insignificant mush that means little and is certainly not defining for individuals. If no consensus can arise here that these categories should be applied in this way, I will be nominating all of these for deletion, or, in the alternative, to formally set down the definition as one who graduated from the institution in question. Snocrates 09:37, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
I would just like to thank you all for wasting 3 days of air discussing the definition of Alumni. The world is now a much better place!
Should we categorize an honorary degree recipient with one of the Alumni category? (John User:Jwy talk) 03:39, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
So far I know it is generally use to categorize each alumnus as an alumnus. Wikix ( talk) 09:33, 20 August 2011 (UTC)