Talk:List of Texas Tech University alumni

Potential Updates
I'm looking to make a large advance on this list along with some updates to its associates. First I'm looking to add pictures on the right side of the page, and potentially a column in the middle to distinguish recipients of the Texas Tech Alumni Association's Distinguished Alumni Award. Similar to List of Eagle Scouts page. Does anybody here have specific thoughts or complaints? BradTollefson (talk) 06:37, 25 October 2013 (UTC)

Push for FLs
I'm working on rewriting this list into four separate lists based on existing some Featured lists that would seem to work well for Texas Tech:
 * List of Texas Tech University alumni à la List of University of Central Florida alumni
 * List of Texas Tech University alumni (sports) à la List of Georgia Institute of Technology athletes and List of United States Military Academy alumni (athletic figures)
 * List of Texas Tech University faculty à la List of Dartmouth College faculty--RazorDog (talk) 04:37, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
 * I did not sign or create the entry above, however I did sign/create an entry under the 'Question Mark' section on this date. RazorDog (talk) 21:28, 2 October 2011 (UTC)
 * List of Texas Tech University presidents

My plan is to move List of Texas Tech University people to List of Texas Tech University alumni and create the others from the info from here on "people". Category:Texas Tech University people should be a good start of who to include, but where is a separate question... NThomas (talk) 06:35, 9 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks again for all your hard work. I wouldn't move List of Texas Tech University people. Take a look at Category:Lists of people by university in the United States. Use of "people" outnumbers use of "alumni" by about 2 to 1. Let me know how I can help. →Wordbuilder (talk) 17:12, 10 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Didn't see this till after I had moved it or I would have waited. Sorry. The lists in that category with "people" include faculty and presidents. Since Texas Tech has enough for both to carry their their own list, all that was left is alumni, which still had to be split between sport figures and the rest. Since I'm reworking this to match existing FLs on like this, excluding schools with multiple lists divide by field (like the United States Military Academy lists), "alumni" outnumbers "people" 2:1 and the only three "people" lists all include faculty and presidents/chancellors. All of three of them couldn't support separate lists because of their lack in size. I really need help finding sources for graduation years. That seems to be the most difficult obstacle right now. Any citations you can find would be really helpful. NThomas (talk) 08:09, 16 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Your reasoning makes sense. I didn't delve beyond the surface of the articles in that category to understand the reasoning between the two forms. →Wordbuilder (talk) 17:09, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

Update List of Texas Tech University alumni (sports) in now a FL! The media guides really helped to make a comprehensive list, but there are probably dozens from the Olympic sports that could still be added as they're found. Also on the article's talk page, there's a table of Arena Football League players that could be added but they need a reliable source. NThomas (talk) 18:32, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

Which section should ______ go in?

 * Which section should Tom Abraham go in? NThomas (talk) 06:35, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Which section should Morris W. Turner go in? NThomas (talk) 06:53, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Abraham should go in Business. Turner should remain in Government, politics, law, and military. I wonder if it wouldn't be appropriate to list some people multiple times if their "claim to fame" is in more areas than one. →Wordbuilder (talk) 17:07, 10 May 2010 (UTC)
 * I haven't seen people listed multiple times in any other FLs. It maybe out there but but I guess I just missed them if they're there. NThomas (talk) 21:05, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
 * It may not be the right thing to do. It's just tough to figure out where to list some people. →Wordbuilder (talk) 21:08, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
 * I defiantly agree. A lot of Texas Tech alumni tend to be renaissance men which makes this harder on us. NThomas (talk) 22:35, 12 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Here's another: Todd Brunson. I didn't keep him included on the split of "athletes". NThomas (talk) 03:31, 13 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Entertainment would be best. Whereas poker may be a sport, I really don't think of a poker player as an athlete. →Wordbuilder (talk) 17:00, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

Photos
I have taken some photos of the Frazier Alumni Pavilion on the campus. However, the Merket Alumni Center is currently under some pretty extensive renovation so I wasn't able to get a good picture of it. As soon as it is complete I will go take some photos of it. I have uploaded a set of retouched photos to the and a a un-retouched set to Flickr. If we want to use a photo from the un-retouched set let me know and I will retouch it up in Photoshop and upload it in high quality to the commons. Edit: I also plan on taking some more photos tomorrow when the light is better. — Voltin (T&#124;C) 03:07, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Great job. That's exactly what I had pictured for the lead picture. I went ahead and touched up the second picture and inserted it into the lead. If your shoot tomorrow comes up with an even better one, we'll replace it accordingly but this shot looks at home in the article. NThomas (talk) 03:15, 23 May 2010 (UTC)
 * I have uploaded two more angles to the commons, one of the masonry sign in the foreground and the building the background, and one of the courtyard. They can be viewed on my commons gallery page. — Voltin  (T&#124;C) 22:50, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

The "question mark" section
Here are my thoughts on where these belong: → Wordbuilder (talk) 03:55, 24 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Jo Carr — "Education" (it's not a perfect fit but best of the categories currently available)
 * Timothy Cole, first person in Texas history to be posthumously acquitted of a crime based on DNA evidence — "Government, law, and public policy" (his case influenced Texas law)
 * Millard Hall, journalist and political consultant, served as press secretary to Texas Governor Preston Smith and was instrumental in the creation of the Texas Film Commission — "Government, law, and public policy" (one that could fit into more place than one but, as press secretary and one of the creators of Texas Film Commission, this is the best place)
 * John Hinckley, Jr., attempted assassin of President Ronald Reagan — "Government, law, and public policy" (his attempted assassination of a politician make this the best category)
 * Cindi Love, 1984 — "Business" (closest fit)
 * Rob Powell (Coach, Fitness, MMA Consultant) — "Other" section of List of Texas Tech University alumni (sports)
 * Went ahead and organized everyone. Thanks for the pointers. NThomas (talk) 06:14, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

Jeffrey Tucker needs to be added: Jeffrey Albert Tucker is CEO of Liberty.me[1] and publisher of Laissez Faire Books.[2] Tucker is also a Distinguished Fellow of the Foundation for Economic Education,[3] an adjunct scholar with the Mackinac Center for Public Policy[4] and an Acton University faculty member.[5] He is past editorial vice president of the Ludwig von Mises Institute and past editor for the institute's website, Mises.org.effrey Albert Tucker is CEO of Liberty.me[1] and publisher of Laissez Faire Books.[2] Tucker is also a Distinguished Fellow of the Foundation for Economic Education,[3] an adjunct scholar with the Mackinac Center for Public Policy[4] and an Acton University faculty member.[5] He is past editorial vice president of the Ludwig von Mises Institute and past editor for the institute's website, Mises.org (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Tucker)
 * Flora L. Thornton needs to go somewhere - music or arts - she has donated tens of million dollars to several schools of music. Her obit has her as a nutrition and design major, but I have seen her listed as a music major. RazorDog (talk) 04:37, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

Books by Tucker

Sing Like a Catholic (2009; also as e-book) ISBN 1-60743-722-8 Bourbon for Breakfast: Living Outside the Statist Quo (2010; also as e-book) ISBN 1-933550-89-9 It's a Jetsons World: Private Miracles and Public Crimes (2011; also as e-book) ISBN 978-1-61016-194-7 A Beautiful Anarchy: How to Create Your Own Civilization in the Digital Age (2012; also as e-book) ISBN 978-1-62129-040-7

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List of Notable Texas Tech University alumni → List of Texas Tech University alumni – per other similar lists, the word "notable" is superfluous. It is also wrongly capitalised. Brown HairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 11:36, 21 October 2021 (UTC)   Brown HairedGirl  (talk) • (contribs) 11:36, 21 October 2021 (UTC) The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
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