User talk:Tarasingerodk

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Omicron Delta Kappa
Hello! I'm Naraht and I've been editing wikipedia for over a decade and one of my areas of interest is Greek Letter Organizations. Cool to see an Executive Director for a Greek Letter Organization editing wikipedia. However, please read the WP:Conflict of Interest rules for Wikipedia. I know that you probably have more access to Omicron Delta Kappa information than anyone else, but Wikipedia works on what has been published in one form or another. I'm glad to see that you are keeping the information for the dates of founding (and refounding) for the circles up to date, that is non-controversial, so it should be fine. I'd particularly liked to see the paragraph regarding the relationship with Mortar Board referenced, it seems a little unclear. Let me know what we can use as references or what else you'd like to see added in some way.Naraht (talk) 19:31, 11 January 2017 (UTC)


 * Hello Naraht! Please forgive me for being a little unfamiliar with the nuances of Wikipedia editing.  I've just been trying to keep the information on the page accurate.  There are some sections which are not quite current (no one refers to ODK as The Circle anymore), and I'd really love for our page to be consistent with AP style since that's what ODK uses for the most part.  The information related to history of Omicron Delta Kappa and Mortar Board may be found in The Laurel Crowned Circle:  Omicron Delta Kappa and 100 Years of Leadership by Michael Nichols (2014, p. 44-49).  This is more of what is covered in the Women in ODK section. I'm not certain who wrote the last sentence in the section of Mortar Board.  While both organizations do exist on some campuses, it has been more experience that they have been more collegial than is implied in that section.Tarasingerodk (talk) 19:41, 11 January 2017 (UTC)Tara Singer
 * Thanx for responding. You've been doing pretty well. I understand trying to keep things current, I do the same for my Fraternity (Alpha Phi Omega) and I know I have some COI issues. There are a couple of non-brothers that I know watch the page as well to keep me honest. Wikipedia's WP:Manual of Style can be a little diffferent, but should be followed here. Hmm. In regards to "Nobody refers to it as the Circle anymore", any idea whether it stopped before the 1991 Baird's came out? That would probably be the best way to document a negative (which can be tough). Is any of the text in those ODK/Mortar Board a direct copy of the Nichols book? Is the sentence that concerns the one that starts out " While the rivalry sometimes becomes fierce..." That sentence as well as the remainder of the paragraph was added in 2007! (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Omicron_Delta_Kappa&diff=next&oldid=150692653) by User:BlueGold73 who is still an active editor. Would you like him pinged for the conversation? Oh, and also for conversations on talk pages, colons are used to cause indentation, so when you respond to this, start the paragraph with three colons. In addition, does Omicron Delta Kappa have an official RGB or Pantene for the Sky Blue?Naraht (talk) 02:36, 12 January 2017 (UTC)

Splitting the List of Circles into their own article?
At this point the list of circles is well more than half of the article, but the article would be large enough without it. I think in this case that the list of circles should be split into its own article. What are your feelings on that?Naraht (talk) 15:51, 3 October 2017 (UTC)


 * Naraht - I am okay with that. Could you set this up? Tarasingerodk (talk) 15:54, 3 October 2017 (UTC)Tara
 * Sure. Right now there is a redirect List of Omicron Delta Kappa circles which goes to that section of the page, I can just copy the information over there (with appropriate comments on where it came from), do you think using "List of Omicron Delta Kappa circles" or "List of Omicron Delta Kappa chapters" would be more appropriate? The article would seem to indicate "circles" would be better like the current redirect. I'll get to it later today.Naraht (talk) 16:18, 3 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Done, added some header information.Naraht (talk) 19:19, 3 October 2017 (UTC)

Naraht - circles would be the correct term. Tarasingerodk (talk) 00:54, 4 October 2017 (UTC)Tara

Rechartering
Standardized the text on recharterings. The way I read this, only 4 chapters have rechartered and one of those has gone inactive again.Naraht (talk) 19:26, 3 October 2017 (UTC)

Hi - can we move this conversation to email (tara@odk.org)? Your presentation of the chapters and the re-chartering information is not quite correct. Tarasingerodk (talk) 01:15, 4 October 2017 (UTC)Tara

41r
Right now you have it saying 41r circles, should this be 414?Naraht (talk) 03:26, 20 April 2018 (UTC)

Fixed it. Thanks for the heads up.````

Ouch...
That must not have been a happy board meeting.Naraht (talk) 14:31, 9 July 2018 (UTC)

Please update the asof date as you go on the circles page...
Please update the "As of" date when you add a circle. I did it for the most recent.Naraht (talk) 18:39, 20 April 2022 (UTC)


 * Thanks. I remembered to do that on the main page, but forgot to do it on the circle listing. All updated now. Tarasingerodk (talk) 18:54, 20 April 2022 (UTC)

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