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You can't be an alumnus or alumna and not have graduated; this is a contradiction in terms. -- Daniel C. Boyer 19:13, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
Perhaps the definition found here will hold:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alumni
"An alumnus (masculine) or alumna (feminine) of a college, university, or school is a former student. The plural is alumni for men and mixed groups and alumnae for women. The term is often mistakenly thought of as synonymous with "graduate." The words are derived from the Latin verb alere, "to nourish," and literally mean "nourished one"." - Jombl
The definition above is not listed at that URL anymore. It now says "An alumnus (plural alumni), according to the American Heritage Dictionary, is "a graduate of a school, college, or university".[1] " This supports the idea that a non-graduating alumni is a contradiction in terms = ChrisC — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.244.210.183 ( talk) 19:15, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
Should this list include notable people who died during their time at Harvard? Sinedu Tadesse seems to not fit with the rest of the list, but I lack npov. SuperKemp 17:44, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
Why is this list seperate from the List of Harvard University people? That list includes several non-graduates - should they be here, or should this list be merged with that article? 172.213.5.133 15:28, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
"Non-graduate alumni" to most people means "those who didn't complete" rather than also including those who took summer schools or were visiting professors. Can the list be separated out so that those who didn't complete are separate from the rest? Timrollpickering 11:00, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
Not sure why there's a separate list for notable non-graduates, as they can be included in List of Harvard University people. That list isn't reserved for graduates. Gzkn 03:40, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
There is a whole Category for just such lists as these.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Non-graduate_alumni
These lists exist because it contains largely trivial, but interesting information about "notable non-graduates". It's purpose is to have a seperate place for those who merely passed through.
It will be first neccesary to delete the ENTIRE category before you can so radically alter this again. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.253.202.168 ( talk) 00:01, 8 December 2006 (UTC).
I left the merge message for five days. There were no responses. Thus I was bold and merged it. The name of the parent list is List of Harvard University people not Harvard University Alumni or Harvard University Graduates. The first sentence reads "This is a table of notable people affiliated with Harvard University, including graduates, former students, and professors." Thus, everyone in Notable_non-graduate_alumni_of_Harvard can be included in List of Harvard University people. There is no need for a separate list.
You said that "It will be first neccesary [sic] to delete the ENTIRE category before you can so radically alter this again." Uh, no. The category has nothing to do with the list. Gzkn 00:44, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
At an institution such as Harvard a distinction can be made between those who are truly members of the community and notable Harvard personages and between those, like Parsons or Raitt, who although notable in their own right have a connection to Harvard that is trivial in nature. A fine example of this can be found here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notable_non-graduate_alumni_of_West_Point
It is of some interest, and well worth noting, that Edgar Allen Poe was expelled or that the first winner of Survivor, Richard Hatch dropped out. It does not however rise to the level of being notable to or with the institution itself.
This issue does not arise elsewhere when a community might not have an affiliation with such a long and deep history of notable people say here at John Belushi's school, or even perhaps at Yale :)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Wisconsin-Whitewater
There are already problems in using the main Harvard list in sifting through Nobel Laureates, Presidents, powerful graduates, authors, artists and tutors to bother salting it with a number of people whose only claim to a link was to have written a check and passed through the Yard. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.253.202.168 ( talk • contribs)
I agree. The list of "Harvard University People" should not include those who were not employed by or graduates of the University. The University list is no place for trivia like Pete Seeger, Bonnie Raitt or Matt Damon.
The link on the list to "Notable non-graduate alumni" is clear, logical and obvious. Dumping everything into a single massive page is not, you'll notice that "Harvard Presidents" has already been stripped off, would you now propose merge and deletion for that as well? 68.253.202.168 03:24, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
Actually, forget it. I just saw your post on Talk:List of Harvard University people:
Nearly thirty radical edits, deletions and redirects in just a few days is just way over the top. There was no need for radical surgery - nor the gut and butchering that was employed here. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.253.202.168 ( talk) 00:41, 8 December 2006 (UTC).
I'm disappointed that you attack my good faith edits (which included slogging through the A's and parts of the B's and adding sources, removing nonnotable people, and reorganizing the lead) as "radical", "over the top", and "butchering". If you want to own this page, feel free. I'm done trying to improve this list. Gzkn 05:37, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
Why is Alvaro Uribe on this list? He actually did graduate from Harvard.
I guess the reason people have been adding Lil Pump (Gazzy Garcia) is that he is about to release a record called Harvard Dropout ( ref). -- Finlay McWalter··–· Talk 18:36, 1 February 2018 (UTC)
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You can't be an alumnus or alumna and not have graduated; this is a contradiction in terms. -- Daniel C. Boyer 19:13, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
Perhaps the definition found here will hold:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alumni
"An alumnus (masculine) or alumna (feminine) of a college, university, or school is a former student. The plural is alumni for men and mixed groups and alumnae for women. The term is often mistakenly thought of as synonymous with "graduate." The words are derived from the Latin verb alere, "to nourish," and literally mean "nourished one"." - Jombl
The definition above is not listed at that URL anymore. It now says "An alumnus (plural alumni), according to the American Heritage Dictionary, is "a graduate of a school, college, or university".[1] " This supports the idea that a non-graduating alumni is a contradiction in terms = ChrisC — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.244.210.183 ( talk) 19:15, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
Should this list include notable people who died during their time at Harvard? Sinedu Tadesse seems to not fit with the rest of the list, but I lack npov. SuperKemp 17:44, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
Why is this list seperate from the List of Harvard University people? That list includes several non-graduates - should they be here, or should this list be merged with that article? 172.213.5.133 15:28, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
"Non-graduate alumni" to most people means "those who didn't complete" rather than also including those who took summer schools or were visiting professors. Can the list be separated out so that those who didn't complete are separate from the rest? Timrollpickering 11:00, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
Not sure why there's a separate list for notable non-graduates, as they can be included in List of Harvard University people. That list isn't reserved for graduates. Gzkn 03:40, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
There is a whole Category for just such lists as these.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Non-graduate_alumni
These lists exist because it contains largely trivial, but interesting information about "notable non-graduates". It's purpose is to have a seperate place for those who merely passed through.
It will be first neccesary to delete the ENTIRE category before you can so radically alter this again. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.253.202.168 ( talk) 00:01, 8 December 2006 (UTC).
I left the merge message for five days. There were no responses. Thus I was bold and merged it. The name of the parent list is List of Harvard University people not Harvard University Alumni or Harvard University Graduates. The first sentence reads "This is a table of notable people affiliated with Harvard University, including graduates, former students, and professors." Thus, everyone in Notable_non-graduate_alumni_of_Harvard can be included in List of Harvard University people. There is no need for a separate list.
You said that "It will be first neccesary [sic] to delete the ENTIRE category before you can so radically alter this again." Uh, no. The category has nothing to do with the list. Gzkn 00:44, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
At an institution such as Harvard a distinction can be made between those who are truly members of the community and notable Harvard personages and between those, like Parsons or Raitt, who although notable in their own right have a connection to Harvard that is trivial in nature. A fine example of this can be found here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notable_non-graduate_alumni_of_West_Point
It is of some interest, and well worth noting, that Edgar Allen Poe was expelled or that the first winner of Survivor, Richard Hatch dropped out. It does not however rise to the level of being notable to or with the institution itself.
This issue does not arise elsewhere when a community might not have an affiliation with such a long and deep history of notable people say here at John Belushi's school, or even perhaps at Yale :)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Wisconsin-Whitewater
There are already problems in using the main Harvard list in sifting through Nobel Laureates, Presidents, powerful graduates, authors, artists and tutors to bother salting it with a number of people whose only claim to a link was to have written a check and passed through the Yard. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.253.202.168 ( talk • contribs)
I agree. The list of "Harvard University People" should not include those who were not employed by or graduates of the University. The University list is no place for trivia like Pete Seeger, Bonnie Raitt or Matt Damon.
The link on the list to "Notable non-graduate alumni" is clear, logical and obvious. Dumping everything into a single massive page is not, you'll notice that "Harvard Presidents" has already been stripped off, would you now propose merge and deletion for that as well? 68.253.202.168 03:24, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
Actually, forget it. I just saw your post on Talk:List of Harvard University people:
Nearly thirty radical edits, deletions and redirects in just a few days is just way over the top. There was no need for radical surgery - nor the gut and butchering that was employed here. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.253.202.168 ( talk) 00:41, 8 December 2006 (UTC).
I'm disappointed that you attack my good faith edits (which included slogging through the A's and parts of the B's and adding sources, removing nonnotable people, and reorganizing the lead) as "radical", "over the top", and "butchering". If you want to own this page, feel free. I'm done trying to improve this list. Gzkn 05:37, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
Why is Alvaro Uribe on this list? He actually did graduate from Harvard.
I guess the reason people have been adding Lil Pump (Gazzy Garcia) is that he is about to release a record called Harvard Dropout ( ref). -- Finlay McWalter··–· Talk 18:36, 1 February 2018 (UTC)