Talk:University of Windsor

message: I'm thinking this page probably needs some expansion. I'll get on it eventually, but feel free to help! CriminalSaint 01:43, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm an alumnus (B.Comm, '80) so I've added the U to my watchlist.  While I'm here - under Famous People there's somebody by the name of 'John Nehmetallah' listed, and I can't find much of anything about such a person.  I'm inclined to delete his name.  PKT 14:01, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:   Looks like Mikerussell took care of Mr. Nehmetallah for us!  PKT 12:53, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Any other wikipedians go to the UofW? 

message: I think the entire History section is just taken from the University's own webpage. Probably should be paraphrased. I added two photos I took while visiting the campus recently too. --Mikerussell 04:47, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  History just copied from website? 

message: This whole page seems to be quite pro-Windsor, and although I'm sure we are all proud of our university, let's be a little levelheaded here.  The bias seeps through. -- unsigned comment was posted at 16:56, 2007 March 16 by anonymous user at 72.38.232.164
:This is true. The article appears very biased. More contact information such as phone number, postal code etc. should also be added. 72.39.54.224 (talk) 17:56, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: In addition, Tuition approximations etc. may prove useful.72.39.54.224 (talk) 19:18, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

text: Try looking around on a sunny day. PKT(alk) 15:46, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  pro-Windsor? 

message: The first addition needs to be the endowment. 
Not listing it at all is far worse than listing a modest sum. 
Windsor's bane has been its inability to cope with the truth of its state of affairs. 
If it could do this well, it could flourish 'to greater heights' more easily, as it were haha.
: Somebody has recently changed the endowment number from $57M to $211M.  $57M has a reference to a report that's a couple of years old, but no evidence has been provided to support $211M so I have reverted it (twice).  Can anybody find a more recent reference so that we can update the endowment number with support?  PKT(alk) 17:22, 10 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Endowment 

message: This whole section sounds apologetic and defending of the university rather than presenting the facts. There is no mention of the Maclean's rating. Except for the mention on the Gourman Report, the section is merely an explanation on what rankings are and how to interpret them. Myself being an alumnus I must say that this is clearly in violation of NPOV. SWik78 (talk) 14:08, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I removed the Reputation section from this article. It served no useful purpose in explaining the reputation of the University of Windsor and cited only one report (Gourman) of its ranking which happens to be one that is generally not accepted as accurate. SWik78 (talk) 17:31, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reputation 

message: The threshold for inclusion in Wikipedia is verifiability, not truth—that is, whether readers are able to check that material added to Wikipedia has already been published by a reliable source, not whether we think it is true. Editors should provide a reliable source for quotations and for any material that is challenged or likely to be challenged, or the material may be removed.  Wikipedia:Verifiability is one of Wikipedia's core content policies.
Could we try to find reliable sources to back up unreferenced material in this article?
Collegestandard (talk) 17:59, 30 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Verifiability (WP:V) 

message: For some time now there has been a war of edits adding and removing a section under Residence Life relating to a November 2009 through January 2010 string of peeping tom incidents. It was reported by CBC, "A" Channel and the Windsor star that on three occassions a "peeping tom" spied on female residents of Electa Hall (once in each of Nov. '09, Dec. '09 and Jan. '10).  Residence Services never informed the residents of the previous incidents and, following the third incident, students went to the media complaining that they were not informed and thus not protected after the first and second incident. University President Alan Wildeman had to step in and personally took control of the situation and ordered an offical report into the incident which is referenced in the edit.  While this may not be a flattering event for Residence Service, it is nonetheless worthy of being a part of the Residence Life section.  An event that angered students, created a media frenzy, involved the President of the University and led to a damaging report against both Residence Services and Campus Community Police is a noteworthy event.  I think it needs to stop being edited out which is clearly being done to remove a negative event from the University's wikipedia page.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.66.31.127 (talk) 07:14, 3 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Relatively short-term events like this generally aren't included in articles because Wikipedia considers the enduring notability of persons and events. A peeping tom incident won't be remembered by most people in a few years' time.  Also it would help if the text was proofread; who are the Campus COmminity Police (sic)?  PKT(alk) 14:11, 3 July 2010 (UTC)

text: I would have to disagree that this is more news and a one off event.  What this was, in fact and largely reported and confirmed in the President's report, was a department deliberately covering up three sexual based offences in one of its residence halls.  In one of the television interviews Acting Provost Dr. McCrone went as far as suggesting that students were told of the peeping tom events and signs were posted - this was found to be a complete fabrication.  Its duration of three months is also immensely symbolic as is the handling of the event by the students.  When students, through teh grapevine so to speak, finally discovered that there was not one, not two, but three incidents that they were never made aware of they not only requested an explanation from department officials, but they put together their own media campaign involving all local media sources.  Section does need some cleaning up, but its content is a far more significant and real event than allowing the section to be used more like an advertisement found in one of the residence services guides for the university of windsor.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.66.31.127 (talk) 20:08, 3 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Residence Life - Peeping Tom Incident 

message: I think it would be appropriate to add the university's core research interests in the opening paragraph. There should also be a new section called 'Research' that could go into some detail on the stated research goals of the university (http://www.uwindsor.ca/vp-research/). As for a reputation section, I believe a listing of the schools ranking from, for example, Macleans is unnecessary, as Windsor and other universities in Canada have challenged the methodology of these ranking, which is also particularly unnecessary in a country with a publicly funded university system.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.27.53.227 (talk) 05:20, 31 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: If anyone was interested in establishing a reputation section, you can use . FYI, it ranks as #7 for comprehensive universities by Maclean's in 2011. --Natural RX 22:11, 26 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Research and Reputation 

message: I believe more needs to be added in regards to the rich variety of campus Media outlets. Maybe an overview of CJAM and campus newspapers such as The Issue and the rivalry between The Lance and the Student Movement.
Kbtownsend (talk) 00:22, 1 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Addition of Campus Media section 

message: A user removed the old U of W logo today and has had his/her edit reverted twice (once by me), but I can now confirm that there is a new logo for the University.  There was blurb about it in the alumni newsletter that I received this afternoon.  PKT(alk) 21:18, 6 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  2013 Logo Change 

message: Hello, 
The campus section is in need of expansion and is outdated. UWindsor has recently undergone a series of campus expansions establishing satellite campuses. Also the student pub in the basement of CAW Student centre has not been in operation for years. It is being renovated and into a new book store  
For example:
http://www1.uwindsor.ca/downtown/
ACanadianToker (talk) 19:21, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Campus Section 

message: and  - if the current state of the article is acceptable; great. Please stop flicking back and forth in a slow-moving edit war, because it is not acceptable.  If you want to continue debating how to best show U of W's origins, please do it here. PKT(alk) 00:56, 30 March 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not a wizard in such matters - I've asked Wikipedia talk:Canadian Wikipedians' notice board for advice. PKT(alk) 01:13, 30 March 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Date of establishment / Former names 

message: I propose merging University of Windsor Students' Alliance into University of Windsor. I think the content in University of Windsor Students' Alliance can easily be explained in the context of University of Windsor, and a merger would not cause any article-size or weighting problems in University of Windsor. Additionally, other undergraduate student associations with minimal content, such as Laurentian's Students' General Association, University of Waterloo Student Association, and Wilfrid Laurier University Students' Union are included on their university's pages. If this association ends up garnering enough encyclopedic content, we can revisit creating a standalone page. RoyalObserver (talk) 10:24, 7 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger proposal - University of Windsor Students' Alliance