Talk:List of Williams College people
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[edit] Quantity vs. quality
What a long list of people who went to Williams. Have you (the collective "you") considered writing articles (even stubs) about these people?
You have fifteen business people listed, but only one has an article. You have nine museum creators: none have an article, even a link. Seven "ambassadors, diplomats, and bureaucrats": one article. Twenty-two "legislature" people, four articles. Fourteen writers, five articles. Aren't these people worthy of articles? Minimally, I assume you have their name, alma mater, year of graduation (hence their approximate birthyear), and something important they did or do. If they're minimally famous, I would imagine you can get more information via the web, and can therefore put in some external links. If they're alive, link to their homepage or something.
Maybe it's just me, but it seems like the list of Amherst alumni has a lot more blue in it -- percentagewise, anyhow -- than the list of Williams alumni. Go ahead -- kick some Amherst butt. Recruit authors on EphBlog. It worked last time.
-Rjyanco 19:05, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
What can I say, Rjyanco? I'm good at what I do! - Loweeel 03:36, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
re: prominent people, this is obviously subjective, but why is Ayers included among academics? An associate professor at a middle-range school hardly qualifies as "prominent"; if it did, we'd be including probably 1000 Eph alums who are similarly qualified. Shouldn't prominent academics be limited to college presidents and well-known tenured profs who have made widely-regarded contributions to their field?
Please keep the lists alphabetized by surname! Thanks - Loweeel 23:42, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Thomas Vitale
Where would Thomas Vitale fit into this list? DrWho42 18:05, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Chaps ...
I don't think a losing candidate for a lieutenant governorship counts as a prominent alum. If that did, this page could have a few hundred losing gubenatorial and congressional candidates I'm sure. Hence the deletion ...
- Sign your comments. 1) I disagree that there are a "few hundred" such alum. 2) However many there are, this page should include them. Although people like Chap may not be prominent enough to have their own Wikipedia page, anyone with repeated newspaper mentions is prominent enough for this list. David.Kane 02:50, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
