Talk:University of Ottawa Students' Union

Notability
All references for notability are from the student federation's own newspapers (Fulcrum or Rotonde) or from the SFUO's website itself.

Chrisjustinparr (talk) 19:13, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

Notability-supporting links for a few of the names I wiki'ed:


 * Timothy Evans
 * Bernard Drainville
 * Patty Barrera

Also: SFUO's own website has Jock Turcot listed as president in 1965-1966 while dying in 1964. Will investigate. Bearcat 08:52, 10 Dec 2004 (UTC)


 * Sounds great, thanks for updating the list of Presidents since I didn't get to them all. Spinboy 18:55, 10 Dec 2004 (UTC)

I'll look into some of this since I work at the SFUO. I'll go check the plaque and also pester the President since there is no way that history is correct on the SFUO website. The SFUO has *NOT* been around since the 1800s (they only list from the 1940s), and a dead man can't be president. --Waterspyder 11:10, 16 August 2005 (UTC)


 * Sounds great, just ensure that the article doesn't become an autobiography. --[[Image:Ottawa flag.png|20px]] Spinboy 15:00, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

I'm going to call bias on the section about the February 2009 elections. The content is not neutral, as denoted by the use of all capitals for the word successful. The fact is also not referenced. I will correct these inadequacies in the next little bit. Luckystrikes (talk) 02:31, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

I have placed the 2009 Elections Appeal Section of this page under "watch for neutrality". This section deals with an event which has not yet been resolved, has taken a personal turn for some individuals involved, and as of this time includes text that amounts to argumentation in favour of one side's claims in the dispute.

I suggest that this section be struck until the appeal has been resolved, but I would like to promote discussion on how to fix this situation. Jenny.Petrow 07:47, 20 Mar 2009


 * The Elections Appeal section doesn't cite any sources. Perhaps using verifiable information would help clean up its neutrality? Quizmil 13:26, 23 Mar 2009

--> Yeah, cause the New York Times has covered SlateGate at length. —Preceding unsigned comment added by BuyAFrame (talk • contribs) 21:09, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

The NYT may not cover uOttawa, but The Fulcrum does, and they even post articles online! http://www.thefulcrum.ca/node/2560 MinRob (talk) 04:18, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

We need more sourcing for phrases such as "The neutrality of the SAC has been questioned with regards to this appeal." Who questioned the appeal? Where is the source? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.122.115.81 (talk) 18:04, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

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Merging with SFUO
Recently the SFUO and UOSU draft page were merged. This seems wrong to me, as they are distinct and separate organizations. The article is choppy and difficult to read with both of them merged. I think they should be kept as different articles, but linked together, so readers will understand them as different organizations that did the same task in representing students at the university.

I think it could also make to keep the SFUO part to simply the history section, but that would remove some content relating to the governing structure, campaigns, and controversies. Moneymanmark (talk) 04:02, 8 April 2024 (UTC)


 * I agree, the SFUO was a completely different organization and should be separate from the UOSU one. The ending of the SFUO should just be mentioned as a part of the UOSU history, specifially that UOSU started as a protest movement against SFUO before the referendum, etc. HighlandFacts (talk) 03:15, 26 April 2024 (UTC)