Talk:Telus

message: Isn't "The future is friendly" a TELUS marketing tagline or slogan?  Is it acceptable Wikipedia practice to post this?  --BCRCornet 23:23, 2004 Oct 13 (UTC)
:I've put an explanation of "the future is firendly" in the Advertising section, I don't think it appears elsewhere in the article at this point, except in the logo image, the logo is increasingly including the slogan, and I don't think it is against Wikipedia practice to leave it there. Green1 05:09, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Interestingly enough, it looks like the slogan was borrowed from ClearNet (the cell mobility company TELUS bought out in 2000). I came across an old ClearNet TV ad from 1998 and it ends with slogan "the future is friendly"! (also interesting is the style used in the ads: the simple white backgrounds, small animals, flowers, etc is what you see in TELUS TV/ad marketing today). Guess it all originated from the company they bought out.Apple2gs (talk) 22:14, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: "the future is friendly"?

message: the Brainiacs who started this page don't seem to realize why Telus became so huge, ...they got into the Ontario and eastern market by purchasing the extremely high preforming Clearnet communications that originated in Pickering and but moved to Scarborough ontario by 1997. All their marketing and branding were lifted from the Clearnet, which was and still is forward, and simple looking  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.10.172.26 (talk) 17:07, 5 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: the future is friendly and clearnet

message: Methinks there should be something in here about the current labour disputes. The bargaining unit employees have been working without contract for almost 5 years, and the company and the union representing the employees (TWU) have had an acrimonious relationship that has recently culminated in a strike/lock-out (depending on your point of view).
There have been multiple partial lock out measures taken by the company. Freedom to contract "non-core" activities (i.e. vehicle repair, janitorial services) is part of the offer presented by TELUS.
:Part of the inability to come to an agreement stems from the company's desire to eliminate or contract out certain non-core positions versus the union's insistence that these jobs be retained as internal positions. So, a lot of quesitions come down to whether a job should be guaranteed.
While it's great to have all this info on labour disputes here, isn't it a little odd that so much of the focus is on that current situation, and so little is on the company's products and services?
--216.198.159.38 18:57, 17 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, that's because it seems to be a topic of interest right now. The phone line cuts did make some major news, and the company didn't really make major news until this dispute boiled over into a picketing situation. I'm sure there's lots to say about the products and services the company offers, but I'm not up to speed on that. TheProject 05:30, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: While the dispute did generate a lot of interest, especially now that it is over I would recommend abbreviating that section a bit (could still have something about it, but that section is currently as long as everything else put together) also the services section could use signifigant expansion (I'm also not sure if listing clients is appropriate...) Green1 04:58, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Labour dispute 

message: There is a definite lack of sources for the events listed as associated with this strike.  I have been unable to find any mention of an anthrax scare at a TELUS office, although there have been a few anthrax scares in B.C.  Can anyone verify these events and add sources?
:The was reported on several local newspapers as well as CKNW, a local radio station, but they all seem to have taken it off of their archives now (this did happen a couple months ago). I'll get you a link if I'm successful in searching it out. TheProject 05:29, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry, the above comment was me. So far, I've only been able to find a link to a blog that wrote about the event, but it also references one of the major newspapers here in Vancouver, which did write about it. Considering papers are archived by libraries in particular, this should not present a problem. TheProject 05:41, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Anthrax and other events 

message: Is Telus still the second-largest mobile carrier in Canada? After Rogers bought Fido, Rogers is the largest and Bell is the second. HUNING 16:30, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The article says "the country's second-largest telecommunications carrier" not second largest mobile carrier, TELUS is still the second largest telecommunications carrier (counting both landline and cellular) Green1 04:58, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Ohh. My misunderstanding! Thanks Green1. HUNING 06:11, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Second-largest 

message: Is TELUS Mobility still a seperate company from TELUS, or is it just a division now? I remember it used to be called the TELE-MOBILE company on cellphone bills, but I also recall the company saying something about how it will fully merge into TELUS. 142.58.211.84 23:18, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Just why did you edit the whole talk page? "Labour" is now "labor?" :: Colin Keigher 23:22, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  TELUS Mobility 

message: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/01/29/028243
http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=9c00061e-4aec-4410-9dc5-4d69a8274215&k=60979
Considering the general controversial nature of pornography, it's probably best to mention this at some point, in a "controversies" section like a lot of other wiki articles have. 128.61.38.107
The Telus move was a first among North American cell phone service providers and, as such, takes it beyond the general scope of a discussion of pornography. James Warner-Smith 03:12, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pornography 

message: Is TELUS planning an expansion into the English Speaking Caribbean???  I was looking over the Internet record for Barbados and it appears TELUS has a URL purchased in Barbados?   Are they planning to expand into the Caribbean region???
The website in question:  http://www.telus.bb/ 
If so.  I hope they launch mobile phone services too.  Currently there's only bmobile and Digicel (both are GSM providers) TELUS' MIKE services, and PCS offerings sure would shake up the Caribbean mobile market.
CaribDigita 01:46, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is TELUS planning Caribbean/Barbados expansion? 

message: I added the fact template to the statement that TELUS wishing to compete with Bell Canada caused the Stentor Alliance to dissolve. I do not beleive this to be accurate ( my sometimes shaky memory seems to remember Stentor disbanding in 1998 ). If I am mistaken and it is semi-accurate, it seems an overly broad statement to be making. nrw 03:45, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dissolving of Stentor Alliance 

message: I reverted back to the reference to "pornography" as opposed to "adult content." in this article.  Adult content can refer to language, violence, a type of "humour" and is, generally speaking, too vague for the purposes of this article.  The content being distributed was specific.  The downloads were representations of the human body for the purpose of sexual arousal, which is the Wikipedia definition of "Pornography."
James Warner-Smith 03:42, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pornography vs. Adult Content 

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Telus.gif

message: I've done several recent edits on this article to clean up many problems with WP: Sources, WP: Weasel Words, WP: NPOV, general readability and "relevance of info" in the article.
For instance, is "advertising" indeed a valid section here, with play-by-plays of TV commercials? I don't think so.  But as long as the section exists, then so should "advertising controversy"; if one insists on including "advertising" in the article, one opens the door to information about controversy regarding the described advertising.
Also, does the section "Health IT Services" belong here?  It's an unsourced paragraph describing a stock deal that tells us nothing about the Telus company.
More to come.  Discussion welcome.
Markbaker2 (talk) 01:53, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Jan. '08 Major Clean-up of Article 

message: Excuse me, but this article looks like a TELUS adversiting brochure. What do other people think? Martinizing10 (talk) 18:10, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Neutrality 

message: I've done several recent edits on this article to clean up problems with WP:NPOV, WP:Sources, WP:WeaselWords, general readability and "relevance of info" in the article.
I would recommend please that future editors be knowledgeable about Wikipedia guidelines before making changes.  It is not appropriate for this article to be a corporate puff-piece.  Sources should be third-party and not affiliated with the company.
More cleanup to come, please post feedback at top of page here.
Markbaker2 (talk) 02:57, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Feb. 2008 Article Cleanup 

message: I added this tag again because many refs/sources go to the Telus website.  This is an article about a corporation, so editors should be careful about perceived NPOV/Company Puff information.  Wikipedia is NOT a place for company puff information cited from the company website.  More of this crap and I will register this article for WP:COI consideration.  Markbaker2 (talk) 07:16, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Primary sources are not banned - there just need to be a sufficient number of third party sources and looking at the references section there are. Reggie Perrin (talk) 14:04, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Primary Sources Tag 

message: I am considering adding a section about this, re  and 
Thoughts about this are welcome
Markbaker2 (talk) 07:42, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Telus Idol 

message: I am considering adding a section about this, re  and 
Thoughts about this are welcome
Markbaker2 (talk) 08:15, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cellphone Porn 

message: I tried to add a reference to the Christmas advertising campaign section and for some reason it completely messed up the formatting (I cant see any issues with the syntax???) maybe someone who;s better with wiki code can take a look and fix it. Sorry. Macutty (talk) 21:35, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Formating 

message: This paragraph was removed without notes or justification. Markbaker2 (talk) 19:36, 6 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: As written, it is way too long given the overall size of the article. Unless we are prepared to significantly expand the article, the text would have to be summarized in a line or to to keep it in perspective. --Ckatzchatspy 19:54, 6 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: You may be correct, but instead of wholesale removal of the section, is not the onus on you to edit it? Markbaker2 (talk) 20:04, 6 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: To a certain degree, yes. However, I did not have time earlier today to trim, and we also have to avoid leaving disproportionate amounts of negative (or positive) text intact. Either way, it is tightened up now. (Could use some more though, and I didn't have a chance to combine the duplicate references.) --Ckatzchatspy 21:40, 6 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Re-adding Pornography Controversy Section 

message: I think we should try to resolve the notability dispute over incoming SMS charges before it turns into an edit war. The Bell Mobility article mentions incoming SMS charges in its' controversy section. I have some evidence supporting notability. According to this article on itbusiness.ca, the decision was criticized by Industry Minister Jim Prentice and NPD leader Jack Layton. The NDP's petition against incoming SMS charges is currently mentioned on the front page of their website. -- Gordon Ecker (talk) 01:59, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I've added it - it's valid and seeing the outcry (large facebook group, NDP petition), MSM reports it's worthy of it's own section.  I'll try and ensure the Telus and Bell sections are similar in style and length so they are at least somewhat balanced -- Tawker (talk) 03:35, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Incoming SMS charges 

message: The article needs a major overhaul to properly balance our coverage per WP:UNDUE. Right now, it is significantly unbalanced as it focuses on several relatively minor aspects of the company. I'm certainly not suggesting a puff piece, or that we parrot the marketing department's ad copy. However, Telus is a major Canadian telecommunications company, with a long history that includes the original Telus from Alberta as well as BC Tel. Despite this, Wikipedia's article on Telus currently gives the bulk of its coverage to a relatively ordinary labour dispute, a minor controversy over pornography, and several other minor issues. Thoughts? --Ckatzchatspy 07:20, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I'd agree absolutely.  We're suffering from recentism in the article, that and it's likely harder to dig sources up for more historical sections.  If you have any ideas / time to update things it'd be great -- Tawker (talk) 18:34, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Major overhaul needed 

message: Telus is actively canceling all the 'Connect 75 Unlimited' accounts. Quite the controversy.
216.198.139.38 (talk) 01:48, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Should add something about their effective but unstated 5GB Usage Caps on the "Unlimited" Data Plan 

message: TELUS provides TV service in certain cities in Canada. As of right now, TELUS TV redirects to Telus; should a new article be made? Ginbot86 (talk) 03:23, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Telus TV 

message: I can honestly say I've never come across a wiki page so one sided and obviousley intended to defame the company. There is a lead, and a paragraph on background and the entire rest of the article is full of mostly negative, un-notable, out of date POV material. The labour  dispute was resovled half a decade ago and should no longer be included (manay many companies have endure strikes, they always get press, but non of them are mentioned on wiki in other articles). The porn issue was a very moinor news story as telus reacted immediately and pulled it, the hippo things is not even about telus, but rather the zoo but snuck in to the article to add more negative coverage. HOnestly, the entire article needs a re-write (which I see was suggested 2 years ago and since then not much has changed. Unless someone objects I'm going to remove some of the out of date, un-notable material and begin to add more relevant info on the company, its services, and it's people. Anyone else care to share their thoughts? 209.91.107.249 (talk) 19:59, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: It seems there are people with opinions on both sides. You seem to think this article is intended to defame... others have said that much of the article is written like an advertisement. I would concur that the article is pretty poor but I would submit to you that removing information that has been part of the article for several years is perhaps not the best way to improve the article.... perhaps you could contribute something instead. I'm going to restore some of the hard work you deleted. The history of the organization is factual and relevant. I believe that your perspective that this information may not make leave a favorable impression is secondary to accurate presentation of information. --I think therefore surelyiam 05:26, 4 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  POV Flag need 

message: This article says: Burnaby, BC but here it says that it is in Scarborough, Ontario? Ottawahitech (talk) 16:36, 21 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Where are headquaters located? 

message: As of May 8, 2014, Joe Natale will take over as President and CEO of TELUS. Darren Entwistle will then become the Executive Chair of TELUS. The “Key People” section of the page should be edited to reflect these changes and include both parties. COI disclosure: I am a TELUS employee. Source: http://business.financialpost.com/2014/03/31/telus-corp-ceo-darren-entwistle-steps-down-joe-natale-takes-helm/?__lsa=9fde-2c89, http://about.telus.com/community/english/news_centre/news_releases/blog/2014/03/31/telus-announces-leadership-progression
Joe Natale's current bio is located at: http://about.telus.com/community/english/investor_relations/corporate_team/executive_team/joseph_natale
Dixxy88 (talk) 19:57, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  New CEO 

message: As of May 8, 2014, Darren Entwistle will no longer be President and CEO of TELUS. His new title is Executive Chair. The opening paragraph of the page should be edited to reflect this change. COI disclosure: I am a TELUS employee. Sources: http://business.financialpost.com/2014/03/31/telus-corp-ceo-darren-entwistle-steps-down-joe-natale-takes-helm/?__lsa=9fde-2c89, http://about.telus.com/community/english/news_centre/news_releases/blog/2014/03/31/telus-announces-leadership-progression
Darren Entwistle's official bio is located here: http://about.telus.com/community/english/investor_relations/corporate_team/executive_team/darren_entwistle
Dixxy88 (talk) 19:59, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Title Change 

message: :The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. 
The result of the move request was: Not moved.   Calidum 04:28, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Telus →  – I think with all the reorganization this article should be renamed Telus Communications, because that is what is it primarily about. The article Telus should become a disambiguation page for all the different Telus pages that now exist. Svgalbertian (talk) 16:02, 14 June 2020 (UTC)

text: , jumping the gun aren't you? Please allow the process already started here, which is more than just a page move, to evolve to a possible outcome, before requesting any changes.   -- WILDSTARtalk 16:17, 14 June 2020 (UTC)
replies: text:  I figured this was inevitable once Telus Corporation (conglomerate) was created otherwise we would have duplicate articles. I do recommend renaming the article and trimming it, instead of creating a new one to preserve history. But I'll respect the discussion. --Svgalbertian (talk) 16:50, 14 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 14 June 2020 

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thread_title:  Move discussion in progress