Talk:List of Phi Sigma Kappa members/Archive 1

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 * Corrected URLs Jax MN (talk) 12:16, 19 May 2017 (UTC)

Removed Backman from the Sports Section
I hate to lose one, but an entry in Donovan Bond's Delta Chapter's history is wrong. Phi Sig alum, Lloyd S. Backman '(19)07, is listed in the Fraternity's (2013 ed.) alumni directory as deceased, as a former member of Delta Chapter, with that exact spelling. Looking up his genealogy and comparing to the all-time roster of St. Louis Cardinals players, it is clear that it was Lloyd's brother who was a major league pitcher, a fellow named Les(ter) John Backman. Baseball player Les lived until 1975, while Lloyd died in 1915. Perhaps in the war?

David French
Mystery here. David French is listed as a notable alum from Gamma chapter, who is/was apparently a CNN anchor and contributor, listed as from the class of ‘60. Yet there is an inconsistency I’m trying to resolve.

The man who was a Phi Sig initiate, David T. French, Gamma ’60, with that middle initial, is listed in several Phi Sig alumni directories as working for CNN. He shows up as early as the 1986 PSK directory, and is noted on the Cornell Phi Sig webpage. I think the T. Stands for Thayer.

But an online search shows a fellow named David A. French, born in 1969, a graduate of Lipscomb University '91 and then Harvard Law, as being a CNN correspondent, anchor, National Review writer. This fellow is a former Major in the US Army Reserve, and former president of FIRE. He now is associated with The Dispatch online newsletter. The A. stands for Austin. He was, to confuse matters, a lecturer at Cornell. David A. French's name and bio pops up with a search for him at CNN or on Wikipedia.

Did TWO men named David French work at CNN? So is David A. French the son of the PSK graduate? Might David A. French have been an alumnus initiate (possibly becoming familiar with PSK as the son of David T.?) Was David A. indeed the lecturer at Cornell? I've written to David A. French via Twitter and FIRE to inquire. (This comment updated) Jax MN (talk) 20:42, 7 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Eventually David A. French (the younger one) wrote to me to say this was NOT him. Jax MN (talk) 00:41, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

Templates
There are now templates for this that should be used for these lists.

Notes on Implementation

 * The Image is optional and must conform to the rather complex rules governing images on Wikipedia.
 * The name of the brother is just a simple first-middle-last format
 * The chapter name is designed to link to the university--not to the actual chapter's external Web site.
 * Writing a reference looks something like this in edit mode:

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Corsulian (talk) 19:20, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Each page of a source counts as a different reference as far as Wikipedia is concerned but you can simplify things if you have, say, ten guys cited from one page of one source. In that case, replace the with  .  Then, when you want to cite that source/page again, just type.


 * Order of these Talk comments changed, to promote Vanity Listings at top of page.