Talk:UQ Union

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This article was nominated for deletion on November 7, 2005. The result of the discussion was no consensus. An archived record of this discussion can be found here.

Robert ^{T | @ | C} 02:57, 13 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] NPOV query

As with most other student organisations across Australia, the UQ Union has been actively involved in the fight against voluntary student unionism.

• Can you reliably quantify whether or not an organisation has been doing the opposing "actively"?
• Doesn't "the fight against X" usually get used by people who have a POV about X?
• Would "has opposed" therefore be better than "has been actively involved in the fight against"?
• Does "As with most other student organisations across Australia" sound a bit superfluous?

Thanks, Andjam 12:49, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

1) They have been at the heart of the Brisbane demonstrations (unsurprisingly, as the proposed laws would wipe out almost all their funding); their education collective would almost certainly have organised the protests. 2) Feel free to change that; I see your point there. 3) There's a difference between changing your website to say "we are against VSU" and coordinating demonstrations in a capital city, I think. Feel free to change the wording if you can think of a better way of putting it, but "has opposed" doesn't really cut it for me. 4) Not really; it provides some context by making clear to the unfamiliar that this doesn't just affect UQ. Ambi 23:09, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Representation

I've added a bit about representation to the university, which is a core function of the union. Good save on the article Ambi. Natgoo 12:01, 13 November 2005 (UTC)