Talk:University of Pennsylvania Glee Club

message: The history section was clearly copied and pasted from promotional material (including the amusing claim that the group gives an "acclaimed rendition" of the star spangled banner).  So, I got rid of the egregious stuff.  It still needs sources, particularly for the quotations and the more sensational historical claims.--Dmz5 21:28, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: History section

message: The name of the 1995 honorary member of the Glee Club looks to be a typo. Was that (sic) or a Wiki entry typo? Could be Johnson V, or the v could be extraneous.
I added brackets around the merit award recipients and found many are already contained in the database. Someone might want to go through and see who the few people are on the list who appear in red to see if they are already in the database but under a spelling variation, or if they are worthy of a page of their own in Wiki.
Pat 04:41, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Johnsonv and Brackets 

message: The sources appear closely affiliated with the Club or the University.  Please substantiate with 3rd-party sources.  Also, inline sources or footnotes would be helpful - it's hard to tell what is sourced and what isn't. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail) 04:17, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  tagged primarysources 

message: Regarding the above comment on "tagged primarysources", many of the citations made in this article are of Bruce Montgomery's book about his time as director of the Penn Glee Club.  Wikipedia states, "Reliable sources are credible published materials with a reliable publication process; their authors are generally regarded as trustworthy or authoritative in relation to the subject at hand."
As Montgomery was the director of the Glee Club for 44 years (1956-2000), he was, before his death, undoubtedly regarded as the most authoritative and trustworthy source in relation to the group's history (especially considering that much of the article references events which took place specifically during his long tenure as director).  Therefore his book, a credible published material with a reliable publication process (The University of Pennsylvania Press), would seem to be an acceptable source, conforming to Wikipedia's standards.
Robearsn (talk) 15:28, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sources and References - Reliability

message: While the section relating to the Pipers states that Bill Tost was a founding member, this seems unlikely.  The Penn Glee Club website alumni section shows that Mr. Tost graduated in 1960.  The Pipers was founded in 1950, 10 years prior (and therefore 6 years prior to his freshman year).  Can the founders' names and/or Mr. Tost's graduation year be verified?
Penn Glee Club alumni database
--Robearsn (talk) 05:00, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Penn Pipers Founding Member 

message: I investigated the phrase "an audience that was unusually select and large, the Hall filled to its utmost capacity". Using WikiBlame, I determined  inserted it  at 21:38, 22 October 2005. See the Wikiblame query here. The same phrase appears on the Penn Glee Club's "About Us" page. The earliest that I could find the phrase on the Glee Club website was 4 April 2009, courtesy the : Internet Archive. It thus appears that this is a case of another website copying Wikipedia. Peaceray (talk) 18:02, 17 September 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Text copied from Wikipedia