Talk:Class ring

message: Does anybody know which finger a class ring is typically put on?
:I was just researching this very question - according to a couple of sites, it is supposed to be the right third (I assume they mean middle?) finger.DonaNobisPacem 06:13, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: right third (the "ring finger")--- the statement was excluding the thumb....meaning the finger to the RIGHT of the middle, next to the pinky. Unless you are military or the school has its own tradition for it, you should never wear a class ring on your left ring finger, as that is reserved as a marriage indicator.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.113.224.220 (talk) 01:54, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Class Ring 

message: See Wikipedia:Mediation Cabal/Cases/2006-04-22 Virginia Military Institute.  Washington and Lee University's newspaper isn't a reliable source (for this claim) because it does no comparison of other rings.--Vidkun 14:21, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Check the facts, VMIs and Norwich rings are the largest allowed by US law.  Norwich University(The First and Oldest Private Military College in the United States), VMI has always matched Norwich's rings.Koonoonga 15:45, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

text: US law sets ring standards? Now that would be a verifiable fact and a great addition to the article. What section of US law covers class rings? Rillian 18:07, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: None.  This is an oft repeated claim by VMI, Norwich University and other military school graduates, that their rings are considered brass knuckles, or deadly weapons.  One editor on wikipedia (one of the VMI partisans) cited Virginia laws, except that there was no mention of ring weights in (or around) the section cited.  In fact a search of Virginia state laws shows NOTHING regarding ring weights.  This is an example of urban myth, and used to inflate the importance of the school.  As such, it has no place on wikipedia.--Vidkun 20:08, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Once again Vidkun, you are wrong.  Check the source on this from VMI's discussion page, "The maximum allowed size for a VMI ring is 44 dwt., as anything greater is classified as a deadly weapon under the Code of Virginia, § 18.2-57."  Check the code before you speak next time Vidkun.  The statement on the class ring page is AMONG the largest.  We can all agree that 44 dwt. is AMONG the largest.  The statement stands.  What is it that is getting your panties in a knot over this factual statement?Koonoonga 20:49, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually, I did check the source: here.  There is NO reference to weight of rings in that section, nor in any of the OTHER sections linked in that document.  Try again!--Vidkun 21:00, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

text: What is it that is getting your panties in a knot over this factual statement? Because it is NOT a factual statement, or at least it is not supported as such in the citation from Washington and Lee College.  What CAN be reliably stated is that one reporter at Washington and Lee makes the claim that VMI rings are among the largest.  The fact that someone makes that claim is verifiable, the claim itself is not.--Vidkun 21:02, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  VMI & Norwich Rings 

message: The American custom of wearing class rings was probably introduced in the Philippines during the American colonial period by the American colonial gendarmerie, the Philippine Constabulary.  The basis for this assertion is the existence of a white metal (possibly gold-plated at one time) class ring, with plain shanks and a smooth, deep red, narrow, elliptical stone, surrounded by the words:   PHILIPPINE CONSTABULARY SCHOOL.  The PC School graduated colonial constabulary officers from 1907 through 1916.  The PCS was renamed PC Academy in 1916, and in 1935, renamed Philippine Military Academy.  It is unknown when and where the class ring was made, for which class it was intended, or who owned it.
:This needs to cite a reliable source before it can be introduced into the article, per wikipedia's WP:Verifiability policy. HrafnTalkStalk 05:50, 30 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Class rings in the Philippines 

message: This article mentions a "West Point" school that has a different tradition. Is it really needed?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Scy1192 (talk • contribs) 02:28, 15 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Given (i) that West Point  started the class-ring tradition & (ii) the paucity of other sourced info, I'd suggest leaving it in for the meantime. HrafnTalkStalk(P) 04:09, 15 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Other Schools 

message: Seriously?!? Does that need to be linked to on "see also"? Why not just link to every high school and university? What the crap makes Texas A&M so friggin' special that they get linked to and nobody else does?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.113.116.173 (talk) 16:03, 9 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Aggie Ring 

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