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The international council of
Gamma Phi Beta and the sorority membership have never voted to adopt an official jewel, although the pearl is widely used. Mctrez (talk) 15:57, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

I've taken out statements which could be considered subjective from the sections Community Service, History and Membership. As for colors, the Sorority prefers the description "light and dark brown" because the word "mode" is not commonly understood and can refer to more than one color. If there are other suggestions for improving this article, I would be happy to consider them. Thanks! Mctrez (talk) 17:27, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

I work at Gamma Phi Beta International Headquarters. I've updated the page, added new information and corrected misinformation. As for Reese Witherspoon, she is not listed in our member database. Mctrez (talk) 21:12, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

The previous version of this article was extremely sloppy and nothing more than a copy and paste work and not a very good one at that. I've added pictures, more sections and gave it a cleaner look.

Is there any evidence that Reese Witherspoon is a Gamma Phi Beta? I've never seen that, and I don't believe she's listed on the website. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.199.128.97 (talk • contribs)

"On Reese's IMDB biography it states that she is a member of Gamma Phi Beta. Thee17 20:47, 6 April 2007 (UTC)"


 * IMDB is not a reliable source since the info is user submitted. If she was a member you'd need a better source than that to verify the info. --ImmortalGoddezz 21:23, 6 April 2007 (UTC)


 * How about http://www.auburn.edu/student_info/greeks/gamma_phi_beta/famous_alumna.html as a reliable source. Thee17 00:44, 7 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Also no. It's not published by a reliable source. An organization website published individually by an individual chapter is generally not a reliable source. Please read over WP:RS, it will give you a better idea of what is reliable in citations and what isn't. But for a quick example, I've found several chapter websites claiming Lauren Weisberger was an alumni of Alpha Chi Omega. She is, in fact, not. A reliable source, a newspaper called the Jewish Ledger has printed an article stating that she is in fact an alumni of Alpha Epsilon Phi. Hope this helps. --ImmortalGoddezz 02:02, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Stanford University's chapter of Gamma Phi went inactive in 1992. Reese graduated high school in 1994. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.27.143.223 (talk) 21:41, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

No, Reese Witherspoon, often mentioned in conjunction with Gamma Phi Beta, is actually not a member. Kristin Chenowith, Cloris Leachman, yes... Reese, no. You can check with the Gamma Phi internationals.THDju (talk) 17:15, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

Again, I have deleted Reese Witherspoon from the list of notable alumnae. Ms. Witherspoon is not a member of Gamma Phi Beta, and Gamma Phi Beta International Sorority has confirmed this repeatedly. The organization even noted the myth as false in a recent issue of the sorority quarterly magazine, The Crescent. Furthermore, she is not listed in the sorority's membership directory available to members only on the Gamma Phi Beta Web site. Besides, don't you think the sorority would list her on the list of Prominent Gamma Phi Betas if she was a member? The reason why so many chapter and celebrity bio Web sites list her is because they "borrow" content from each other. The Sorority's International Office is the official source on the matter.Please stop adding her.Crescentgirl (talk) 07:25, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

I removed the "tone" tag from this article because ImmortalGoddezz's complaint about it reading like a rush booklet seems to no longer be true. The current version does not appear to have bias.Crescentgirl (talk) 07:12, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

Official Colors
On the official website at http://www.gammaphibeta.org/meet/overview/ the official colors are clearly listed as Brown and Mode. The New Logo page just says that the branding is brown and pink although that does not Pink and official color. The pink is likely from the pink carnation their official flower.

Overview Quick Facts: Thee17 23:06, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Founded: November 11, 1874, Syracuse, New York
 * Colors: Brown and Mode
 * Flower: Pink Carnation
 * Symbol: Crescent Moon
 * Source: http://www.gammaphibeta.org/meet/overview/

—Yes, the official colors of Gamma Phi Beta are Brown and Mode in deference to, Dr. Brown, who allowed the four founders to meet in his office to form Gamma Phi Beta & his office was decorated in Brown and Mode. In 2006, at the international convention, the International Council unveiled PR in a Box. In this new PR system, they showed the use of pink in the logo and images. Currently, GPhiB is allowed to use pink in the signs but the official colors will remain Brown and Mode. Gamma Phi Beta does not sanction local chapters having a "local mascot" or "local colors." THDju (talk) 18:24, 29 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Interesting... When I was an undergrad, one of the sisters of my local chapter explained 'mode' as being any complimentary and current color, to match against brown. Other material on the Gamma Phi website says that "mode" means a lighter version of any other color; in this case, brown.  OK - If that portion of my recent edits (21 Sept 2020) is wrong, please adjust it. Meanwhile, I've added updated color swatches and links in the infobox and further down the page, referencing the four secondary colors now listed on the GPhi website.  I derived their six-character hexidecimal code directly from a sample on the branding page of the website.


 * It may be desirable to update the crest in the infobox with the new version, from the recent rebranding. Jax MN (talk) 22:45, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

Tags
Nikki Galladay was a member of the Beta Rho chapter for only a year before she dropped upon transferring schools. She is not an alum of a sorority and is not listed in our database as a member. Please remove her from our list of alumnae. Her association with the show, Bad Girls Club, directly contradicts the message and efforts of Gamma Phi Beta to promote the highest form of womanhood. Thank you, 24.9.153.201 (talk) 15:08, 4 June 2012 (UTC)

I've repeatedly added back the tag to this article. At this time the article reads like a rush brochure for the organization. Items of particular concern are the community service section, membership section, and history. In addition to adding the inappropriate tone tag I've added the primary sources tag since this article basically cites nothing but Gamma Phi Beta's website. Please either discuss here before removing these tags or fix the problem and remove them. Thanks --ImmortalGoddezz ( t/c ) 19:41, 22 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Once again I've added back the tag citing this example from the article "The three sororities maintain a special bond." This is not the only instance of inappropriate tone throughout the article so I have added it back. Do not remove it until this issue is taken care of. --ImmortalGoddezz ( t/c ) 14:55, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

International?
The page claims at many point that the sorority is "international", but it only has and ever had chapters in the US. Can someone please elaborate what "international" means, or whether it should be removed from the article? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.142.88.243 (talk) 08:54, 31 October 2014
 * List of Gamma Phi Beta Chapters lists at least three chapters in Canada. It's the standard convention among frats and sororities that one Canadian chapter makes it international. While it is a little pretentious to emphasize a technicality like that, it does seem to be the norm. I guess it's sort of understandable, since there's very little Greek life outside of the US and Canada (The Philippines being the one major exception). Grayfell (talk) 09:53, 31 October 2014 (UTC)

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