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It has been asserted that Key Club's name is derived from the original "Kiwanis." I added that Olney made a statement that Key Club was so named because it was the 'key' to getting into college. He was, of course, speaking facetiously, and accentuating the relatively high number of Kiwani members who became more valuable to college admissions officials because of their volunteer activities in the Key Club. My edit was not an act of vandalism, or the addition of 'nonsense' to Wikipedia. Though information on Olney is notoriously sparse on the internet and elsewhere, I stand by my recollection. Please follow the Wikipedia consensus policy of assuming goodwill--the fact that I am not a registered user does not render my contributions 'nonsense.' 71.232.162.100 03:55, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
Indeed...Without citation, we cannot include it. Further, most do not know who Olney is. Michael 04:25, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
It does stand for "Kiwanis Educates Youth" it does have a dual meaning in that it was originally envisioned to be composed of the "key" members of the student body. Isaac Crumm 06:33, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
Note to anyone interested: Key Club does not come from Kiwanis Educating Youth. It just was named the Key Club, because at the time Kiwanis was a business leaders club who started a boys-only club in the local high school for the "key" students with the most potential of becoming the next generation of business and world leaders. Obviously Key Club and Kiwanis has changed their objectives and purpose- but the reason behind the name remains the same. If you have questions on Key Club names and such call 1-800-KIWANIS. They can help. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.134.174.249 ( talk) 02:26, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
All the district/school Key Club links end with "Official Site." This seems rather redundant to me. Any ideas? -- Bsdlogical 02:03, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
The sites are often referred to as the "Official Website of...", so I don't know how much of this we should really change. Michael 01:07, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
A suggestion for how organizations should be described is given in Wikipedia:WikiProject Organizations/Format for organization articles. I think we should try to follow it. This will help readers through the article which has too many sections right now. Student7 ( talk) 21:34, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
References 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 are broken links. The documents don't exist.-- 82.155.42.60 ( talk) 23:02, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
I have nuked almost the entire history section, which was a cut-and-paste from the Key Club website's history page ( http://www.keyclub.org/discover/historytimeline/ourhistory.aspx). That text is copyrighted, and cannot be copied over to Wikipedia wholesale. As noted by an earlier editor, the section was way too long as well, containing far more detail than needed for an article on the organization. If someone wants to rewrite the history section, have at it, but don't add content which violates a copyright. Horologium (talk) 14:03, 14 January 2012 (UTC)
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It has been asserted that Key Club's name is derived from the original "Kiwanis." I added that Olney made a statement that Key Club was so named because it was the 'key' to getting into college. He was, of course, speaking facetiously, and accentuating the relatively high number of Kiwani members who became more valuable to college admissions officials because of their volunteer activities in the Key Club. My edit was not an act of vandalism, or the addition of 'nonsense' to Wikipedia. Though information on Olney is notoriously sparse on the internet and elsewhere, I stand by my recollection. Please follow the Wikipedia consensus policy of assuming goodwill--the fact that I am not a registered user does not render my contributions 'nonsense.' 71.232.162.100 03:55, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
Indeed...Without citation, we cannot include it. Further, most do not know who Olney is. Michael 04:25, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
It does stand for "Kiwanis Educates Youth" it does have a dual meaning in that it was originally envisioned to be composed of the "key" members of the student body. Isaac Crumm 06:33, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
Note to anyone interested: Key Club does not come from Kiwanis Educating Youth. It just was named the Key Club, because at the time Kiwanis was a business leaders club who started a boys-only club in the local high school for the "key" students with the most potential of becoming the next generation of business and world leaders. Obviously Key Club and Kiwanis has changed their objectives and purpose- but the reason behind the name remains the same. If you have questions on Key Club names and such call 1-800-KIWANIS. They can help. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.134.174.249 ( talk) 02:26, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
All the district/school Key Club links end with "Official Site." This seems rather redundant to me. Any ideas? -- Bsdlogical 02:03, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
The sites are often referred to as the "Official Website of...", so I don't know how much of this we should really change. Michael 01:07, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
A suggestion for how organizations should be described is given in Wikipedia:WikiProject Organizations/Format for organization articles. I think we should try to follow it. This will help readers through the article which has too many sections right now. Student7 ( talk) 21:34, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
References 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 are broken links. The documents don't exist.-- 82.155.42.60 ( talk) 23:02, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
I have nuked almost the entire history section, which was a cut-and-paste from the Key Club website's history page ( http://www.keyclub.org/discover/historytimeline/ourhistory.aspx). That text is copyrighted, and cannot be copied over to Wikipedia wholesale. As noted by an earlier editor, the section was way too long as well, containing far more detail than needed for an article on the organization. If someone wants to rewrite the history section, have at it, but don't add content which violates a copyright. Horologium (talk) 14:03, 14 January 2012 (UTC)