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Article requests : Will someone clean up the chapter list? While the article itself is comprehensive, the numbering of the chapter list has errors. For example, the group for Pennsylvania chapters shows Moravian as the 26th chapter created, but this number belongs to Virginia Military Institute, a far older chapter. It appears someone cut-and-pasted a line as a template, without adjusting the number.
Citing sources : Most fraternity articles would benefit from additional citations, especially new or updated references. These could be from the original Greek Letter Organization reference, Baird's manual (last edition published in 1991), or the online Baird's Manual Archive, or a notable publication or book such as a university yearbook (please add missing collegiate yearbooks to this source!), or an official university portal (~website) listing for the group, or where the school comments publicly on that student organization. When citing the online Baird's Manual Archive, look for a society within each of the sections, and check if it is listed on the page for a particular institution. Here is a reference template:
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Infobox : To review for missing fields, the template used for this entry, where you can see all available fields (--these things: "| = text") is the fraternity-specific infobox. This, and other useful items are linked on the Fraternities and Sororities Project page.
Maintain : Set a calendar reminder to update the chapter list and otherwise check the article for necessary updates, annually.
Update : The Controversies section is overemphasized. Like other articles, this should summarize, not aim to be a comprehensive list of every individual chapter failing. Fraternal chapter failings are not generally indicative of any systemic failure of the fraternity and therefore ought to be relegated to the chapter list. Notes on individual chapters (their demise or other sanction) may be placed as a note off of the chapter listing itself, on the chapter list article. If calling out specific chapters in the body text, italicize the name of the chapter. Wikipedia practice is that the word "chapter" is not capitalized, while the name of the chapter is.
During the 55th Grand Chapter Conclave, held in Orlando, Florida, new fraternity legislation was passed to remove alcohol from chapter facilities by 2020. This resolution was designed to strengthen the fraternity experience and is a stepping stone for fraternities across the nation. As of June 2018, all chapter facilities have adopted some measure of substance-free policy, solidifying the "new normal" that Sigma Phi Epsilon is creating in the American Fraternity Experience.
