Talk:Barbershop Harmony Society

message: This section matches nearly word-for-word with the article for SPEBSQSA. It should either be reworded, merged, or removed. Trekkie4christ 04:51, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Not unique 

message: The regional organisation (districts) all have articles, which are stubs for the most part. According to WP:ORG, these would not be notable. SOme of the articles contain mentions of chapter member organisations which have won prizes at national level or beyond, but there appears to be little in the article which asserts the importance of the district themselves (as opposed to its members). Membership information has been merged in this article, and the regional articles have been prodded. Ohconfucius 07:15, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Regional organisation

message: The map has the eastern portion of AR in Dixie District but the text doesn't.
The map also doesn't have any part of AR in Central States, but the text does.
These need to be reconcilized. Jon 21:28, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I used information from the Society's Chapter Locator to compile the list.  I used the locations of the rehearsal halls to say which states were in which Districts.  I agree that the map does not totally correspond with this information.  --Lasunncty 16:45, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Map of Districts out of sync with text description

message: Someone care to start a section?  Seems like it's worthy of it, if not it's own article.LeadSongDog 01:40, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Old Songs Library 

message: Although SPEBSQSA and SAI's racial exclusivity in their very early days may be embarrassing to these organizations today, and although these organizations have long since put it behind them, it is nevertheless an historical fact which should not be whitewashed. In 1941, the Grand Central Redcaps, a black quartet, won an important non-SPEBSQSA barbershopping contest in New York, attempted to enter a SPEBSQSA contest, and were refused by O. C. Cash himself, an event which made New York Times headlines at the time. Dpbsmith (talk) 21:23, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree that this history should not be hidden, though question its placement in the intro to the article. How about putting the content in a "History" section of the article just below the intro? —Adavidb 12:51, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: That seems a more appropriate place for it.  It should also be contextual: compare other US organizations' policies at the time Lions Club, Kiwanis, Boy Scouts of America, USAF, Ivy League, FBI.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by LeadSongDog (talk • contribs) 13:37, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: One example:  - Historylink.orgLeadSongDog (talk) 06:08, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Racial exclusion 

message: I have come across a reference in some old (1962) chapter literature to an interesting tidbit of Society history. -- The Society was originally incorporated in 1938 under the name  "the Society for the Preservation and Propagation of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in the United States".  The name was changed to SPEBSQSA, some time later.  So I looked it up and this is corroborated on page 101 of the "Four Parts, No Waiting" book.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Geipel (talk • contribs) 02:09, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Original name: SPPBSQSUS? 

message: The listed membership figure is for 2007. Anyone have anything more current? Dpbsmith (talk) 10:54, 30 March 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Do you have a reference for that number?  The website says "just under 25000" but doesn't have a date.  I'll go with that for now. --Lasunncty (talk) 11:18, 25 October 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: I am currently serving as the President of the Far Western District of the Barbershop Harmony Society, and we receive monthly reports from HQ with current membership numbers. As of Feb 28, 2014, the total membership of the BHS is a little under 23,000.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.94.20.255 (talk) 18:29, 8 March 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I know this is a late reply, but we need published sources. The best source I've found is the 2015 Annual Report, which puts the membership at 22,000. Although it's rather odd they should report such a round number without qualification. It's not "over 22,000" or "around" 22,000", but precisely "22,000 members". Ibadibam (talk) 23:11, 8 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Membership? 

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message: Regarding the proposed merge of Singing Valentines article content, I'd suggest it would be better incorporated into the Barbershop music article, rather than one society's article, as such fundraising is done by all three of the genre's major organizations. —ADavidB 04:58, 15 April 2016 (UTC)
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message: Is this importand enough to merit inclusion?  7&6=thirteen (☎) 18:34, 9 December 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Having a 50-year-plus membership in this or other hobbies and dying probably does not meet Wikipedia standards for a list, unless the person also met other notability standards. —ADavidB 17:21, 10 December 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: You are probably right.  Cheers.  7&6=thirteen (☎) 17:36, 10 December 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: 50 year member dies [https://buffalonews.com/2018/12/08/mcdonnell-james-r-dr/ McDONNELL, James R., Dr.]

message: It’s very peculiar to me that the high profile lawsuit between the society and the foundation does not rate a mention in this Wikipedia article. I think the lawsuit is still active, yes? 
https://casetext.com/case/society-for-the-preservation-and-encouragement-of-barber-shop-quartet-singing-in-america-inc-v-plaag
107.185.134.170 (talk) 20:58, 7 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lawsuit