Talk:Queen's University at Kingston/Archive 1

message: I think we should privatize Queen's.  Just a thought. QueensuStudent08 23:24, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Quite a loaded statement. If the the Faculty of Arts & Science deregulates, then it might not be far away. But I don't think privatization would work as well in Canada as it does in the US and Japan. I mean, there are private universities in BC, but they're nowhere near Queen's/McGill/UofT in terms of quality or international reputation. And history would suggest that Queen's is unwilling to offset the inevitable increased tuition cost with financial aid. This would compromise the University's ability to recruit the top students from a large, diverse, international pool. It would need a financial aid system like Princeton, which has a "needs-blind" admission policy (i.e. "if you are smart/extraordinary enough to get in, we will help you through it"). That being said, I wouldn't put it past the Queen's administration. If any one of the G10 universities were to privatize in the next 10-15 years, it would probably be Queen's.  --Greenmind 23:41, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Privatize

message: Apparently, Queen's is one of a select few universities that does not have a Wikipedia userbox template.  I created the one below really quickly.  Any suggestions on how it can be made more attractive?  Feel free to change it at Template:User Queen's University.
 --Jelgie 04:46, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: So after several iterations and a minor violation of fair-use guidelines (apparently it's not cool to use the old generation Q logo on a userbox), I think we now have something usable. For information on usage check out Template:User Queen's or :Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queen's. Cheers.  --Greenmind 00:41, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Queen's userbox 

message: This article on Queen's University needs lots of clean-up.  Also lots of the categories need to either be expanded or merged together.  I agree History should be moved to the top and greatly expanded. Zipperfly 03:38, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Clean-up 

message: The History section of Queen's should be moved to the start and MUST be expanded on greatly.  Also this article needs to be cleaned up.  130.15.207.217 01:25, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  History 

message: I re-wrote this section because it was clearly an attempt by someone on the losing side to fight the battle again. I invited User:Arctic.gnome to re-write what s/he had submitted on the basis of Wikipedia's Wikipedia:Neutrality policy, but s/he declined to do so. Ground Zero 11:01, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: An NPOV tag isn't meant to stay on a page forever. It's there to help resolve the situation. --Spinboy 19:20, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Even eternal NPOV tags eventually get looked into. :-) —UTSRelativity 20:27, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)

text: Since when does the wikipedia require citing another website as the source of all information?  On the QC map, the octagon on street level is the theatre and the restaurants are just north of it.  Arctic.gnome 20:04, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: It doesn't. But if another editor disputes something you have written, then either you provide a source, or the information can be removed. This being an encyclopedia, you are expected to provide more evidence than your say-so if challenged. Perhaps you should provide a link to the map. Ground Zero 20:07, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)

text: What Ground Zero says is true. Because Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, the information has to be factual and accurate. You don't have to put the link in the article, but here on the talk page is fine. --Spinboy 20:10, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)

text: @Arctic.gnome: I can't find a legend on the map, but it seems like you know what you are talking about. It would be great if you could point to something more obvious. —UTSRelativity 20:27, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Queen's Centre

message: I've never heard of frosh leaders called Nerds. If they're in Computer Science, they'd been in Arts and Science and have Gaels. If they're in Applied Science they'd have Frecs. 
Can anyone confirm this? JohnnyB 19:41, May 27, 2005 (UTC)
The School of Computing has their own frosh leaders apart from the ArtScis. —   UTSRelativity (Talk)  01:59, 28 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Frosh leaders called Nerds? 

message: I know there are some who will debate this issue, so here is my basis:
Queen's is marketed internationally as Ivy League level university, and in many ways, it is the closest thing you will find in Canada. Rich history and traditions, international prestige, strong alumni network, small student population and high faculty ratio, highest endowment per student in Canada, and unfortunately, being known for some of the highest tuition costs in Canada are some of the factors that are cited in the claim's defense.
Queen's is sometimes referred to as the "Harvard of the North"  because of its international prestige, small size, tradition, and other parallels such as having the top rated business school in the country, extremely high academic standards, and a more prevalent alumni network than any other university in Canada. The title is sometimes contested by students of McGill University. Principal William Leggett was especially known to refer to Queen's by this name in his Welcoming Address. --206.212.89.240 7 July 2005 20:31 (UTC)
Nonetheless, I think that this is just a bit of puffery that doesn't really belong in an encyclopaedia article. Besides, in my day, we referred to Harvard as the "Queen's of the South". Ground Zero 7 July 2005 20:34 (UTC)
:I agree with Ground Zero. -- Spinboy 7 July 2005 21:23 (UTC)
:I agree with Ground Zero; aside from being unencyclopedic, the comparison is absurd anyway (Queen's is not in the same league as Harvard or the other Ivy League schools, unfortunately). Neilc 8 July 2005 06:27 (UTC)
I disagree with Neilc, Queen's is comparable to Harvard and the rest of the Ivy League schools.  In fact, Queen's and McGill are known to have more difficult classes and overall better professors than most Ivy League schools in the US. (Queens09 05:16, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ivy League Comparison 

message: I think it would be interesting to have a section about the buildings at Queen's. So many, yet all so fun. Like the new ones (ILC,...etc) and the ones that they tore down (Frost Wing), the ones that are pretty (Douglas Lib, Business school building), the ugly ones (Jeffery Hall etc al.) and the leaky ones (too many, but ESPECIALLY BIOL SCI) --Sjschen 07:25, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  School Buildings