Talk:Key Club

message: It has been asserted that Key Club's name is derived from the original "Kiwanis."  I added that Olney made a statement that Key Club was so named because it was the 'key' to getting into college.  He was, of course, speaking facetiously, and accentuating the relatively high number of Kiwani members who became more valuable to college admissions officials because of their volunteer activities in the Key Club.  My edit was not an act of vandalism, or the addition of 'nonsense' to Wikipedia.  Though information on Olney is notoriously sparse on the internet and elsewhere, I stand by my recollection.  Please follow the Wikipedia consensus policy of assuming goodwill--the fact that I am not a registered user does not render my contributions 'nonsense.' 71.232.162.100 03:55, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: That, however, is not the meaning.  It is an acronym for "Kiwanis Educates Youth".  Who exactly is Olney? Michael 05:06, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Olney taught volk at Sacramento High School and helped found the movement.  I am not saying that Olney stated that that was the origin of the term, only that he meant it as a compliment to the organization he helped create.  To reiterate, he did not state that the organizations success in providing youth with service opportunities was the cause of naming it 'Key Club'.  He punned the word 'key' in such a way that reflected positively on his organization.  I am willing to drop the issue, though--it is a relatively unimportant fact.  71.232.162.100 04:19, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

text: I confirm this. It does not stand for "Kiwanis Endorsed Youth" or "Kiwanis Educates Youth" or anything like that. It was just the "key" boys at the school.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.219.56.85 (talk) 03:22, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Origin of Key Club's Name 

message: A suggestion for how organizations should be described is given in Wikipedia:WikiProject Organizations/Format for organization articles. I think we should try to follow it. This will help readers through the article which has too many sections right now. Student7 (talk) 21:34, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: This article just needs to be rewritten, The article feels like a website and not an encyclopedia article. I agree, too many sections. -Jahnx (talk) 03:27, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I tried to reduce sections after drastically rearranging info. I only edited out some history which didn't seem that crucial. Still needs a lot of rewriting, but maybe easier to see with new sectioning. I hope. Student7 (talk) 22:29, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Article structure

message: References 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 are broken links. The documents don't exist.--82.155.42.60 (talk) 23:02, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: True. Replaced most. Could not replace notable membership with reliable source. Magazine site is long gone. A substitute will have to be found. Student7 (talk) 21:16, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Dead links

message: I have nuked almost the entire history section, which was a cut-and-paste from the Key Club website's history page (http://www.keyclub.org/discover/historytimeline/ourhistory.aspx). That text is copyrighted, and cannot be copied over to Wikipedia wholesale. As noted by an earlier editor, the section was way too long as well, containing far more detail than needed for an article on the organization. If someone wants to rewrite the history section, have at it, but don't add content which violates a copyright. Horologium (talk) 14:03, 14 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  copyright violation removed