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Good articleOrder of the Arrow has been listed as one of the Social sciences and society good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.
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February 22, 2009Good article nomineeListed

Dubious claims re "Previously Known As"

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This page needs a reference to where and when that name was changed. That is not an official change that has been communicated to active users. (talk) 16 April 2024 (UTC)

Age Range

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 – More appropriate location is the articles talk page than my personal one meamemg (talk) 20:49, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]


You reverted my addition regarding 18-20 year-old Scouts noting "no need to split". As noted in the citation, that age group is unique in that they are treated as youth for OA program purposes, but adult for Scouting America policy purposes. That seems noteworthy. Please consider undoing your revision. Delmont43 (talk) Delmont43 (talk) 20:32, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

That page lists that for OA purposes youth are through 20 and adult is over, so if anything would say they aren't separate. "For Order of the Arrow participation (events, elections, etc.), a youth is anyone under age 21. Adults are those 21 or older." The nuance about housing status seems too minor to be worth including in the infobox, and regardless, the edit you made didn't list the difference. But if you disagree, I'd recommend starting a conversation on the article's talk page. meamemg (talk) 20:36, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
It is not a "nuance" that in a youth program, the national officers can be adults by Scouting America definitions. If this distinction is not worthy of an infobox, then I would submit that the age range entry isn't either. I would recommend you revert your change and start a discussion on the article's talk page. Delmont43 (talk) Delmont43 (talk) 20:42, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Discussions like this generally should happen on the articles talk page, not my personal one, so I've moved it there. @Delmont43 . meamemg (talk) 20:49, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

RfC: Wimachtendienk Wingolauchsik Witahemui (WWW) in lead paragraph

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The lead paragraph currently makes no mention of the previous name of the Order of the Arrow, Wimachtendienk Wingolauchsik Witahemui (WWW). This is because the name was changed (to the Order of the Arrow) more than a hundred years ago in 1924. While there is still some use of the old name, such as on lodge flaps, it is not broadly recognized. Since an edit recently added WWW into the lead paragraph I thought I’d seek other opinions on this topic. Compass128 (talk) 22:03, 28 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

RfC: Section on “Sash and Dash”

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Sash and Dash is occasionally used organizational jargon. Recently, edits have been made to add this term, as well as some information on it, to the article. The sources have quite literally no info and most of the content seems to be coming from the editors themselves. I don’t think the information is relevant and have removed it pending other opinions. At the very least there needs to be stronger sources and perhaps the section could be renamed “Membership Issues” or something similar. Compass128 (talk) 22:11, 28 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 9 April 2025

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NLATS doesnt exist anymore, replace NLATS with DYLC (Developing Youth Leadership Conference) D3vSilv3r (talk) 13:43, 9 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. PianoDan (talk) 15:38, 9 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]