User talk:Ejgreen77/Archives/2019/May

Talk:2018–19 NFC Championship Game
Hello, I'm EDG 543. I wanted to let you know that I undid one of your recent contributions, such as the one you made on Talk:2018–19 NFC Championship Game, because it didn’t appear constructive to me. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks, EDG 543 (talk) 14:04, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

Alumni + athlete subcategories
Ejgreen77, FYI – any college athlete biographies where the player is in a sport player subcategory (e.g. softball player) or who are in the general 'school athlete' subcategory (e.g. Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles athletes) should not also be included in the school's alumni category due to replication. If they're in an athlete subcategory then they're already under the umbrella of parent category.

For example, you created Bayli Cruse and had her in both Category: Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles athletes and in Category:Tennessee Technological University alumni. I had to remove the alumni category. Thanks. SportsGuy789 (talk) 14:56, 7 May 2019 (UTC)
 * yeah good point. I've always felt that it's weird how we've organized these categories, because the athlete categories typically contain a lot of non-graduates of the university. Take, say, Jabari Parker, for example. The guy was at Duke for 1 year, never graduated, and has been playing in the NBA ever since he left college. He's listed in Category:Duke Blue Devils men's basketball players which is a subcat of Category:Duke Blue Devils athletes, and by extension, Category:Duke University alumni. IDK, I guess to me "alumni" has always meant "someone who graduated from the university." Yet the athlete categories typically contain lots of non-graduates, including players who left early to go pro and those who transferred to another university before graduating. Are these people really "alumni" of the university if they never graduated? Ejgreen77 (talk) 23:31, 7 May 2019 (UTC)
 * As odd it is might sound, "alumni" by definition does not necessitate having graduated, only having attended. SportsGuy789 (talk) 00:57, 8 May 2019 (UTC)