Wikipedia:Notable alumni
 | The following is a proposed Wikipedia policy, guideline, or process. The proposal may still be in development, under discussion, or in the process of gathering consensus for adoption. |
 | This page in a nutshell: In an article about a school, any person on a list of "notable alumni" should qualify for their own Wikipedia article, and the inclusion of any such person in such a list should be considered appropriate. |
This is a work in progress. Editors are encouraged to improve it and discuss ideas on the talk page.
This page offers guidelines which Wikipedia editors may use to decide if a member of the nobility should have an article on Wikipedia.
There is some confusion about how notable a person must be to be listed as a "notable" alumus in a college, high school, graduate school, etc., in Wikipedia. On some occaisions, this has led to edit wars. This guideline is meant to offer standard guidance about when to include an individual as a "notable" alumnus.
A person should be included as a "notable alumnus" if the alumnus would qualify for an article in their own right under Wikipedia: Notability (people)/WP:BIO. By implication, this means that each alumnus listed in a "notable alumni" or "notable alumnae" section should have a wikilink, either red or blue.
Thus, a person who has thier own Wikipedia Article should generally be listed as a "notable alumnus" (if there is such a section at all), and a person who does not have an article should generally not be listed unless the reason they don't have an article is because, although it would qualify under WP:BIO, the article simply hasn't been created yet.
It is possible that some institutions would have so many notable alumni, that including all of them in the main article would be inappropriate. This guideline is not meant to govern that situation. (If the total number grows very large, it would probably be appropraite to simply offer a few emblematic examples and create a separate article for the full list, or simply not have a section on "notable alumni".)