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Discussion on the merge copied here for easier reference.-- NHSavage 19:01, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
This page needs temporary protection of some kind until pro-Canadian event vandals die down. Anyone know how to request it?-- ZayZayEM 06:04, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
This is not official. It's a polite request.
Please discuss any modifications to the Canadian section here. Repeated isnertion of unsourced, NPOV and informal material makes this a sensible approach. Please keep in mind WP:RS, WP:NPOV and WP:TONE. Thanks. This is not official andyou can totally ignore it.-- ZayZayEM 06:10, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
Two questions
In BC it's definitely not widely used - even frosh week is a relatively new phenomenon (though I know it's not in Ontario), and first years both where I studied in BC and where I am in Nova Scotia - is the dominant term. I've never heard 'frosh' used outside of 'frosh week' and msot BC universities still don't have a 'frosh week' (they've been slow to the whole orientation thing, though UBC has expanded it a lot it's still nothing like in Ontario). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.142.63.46 ( talk) 10:30, 20 March 2014 (UTC)
Everyone uses Frosh in Canada..probably the most common term..
I go to university in the USA and I've never heard the term frosh used outside of Canada. (West Coast) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.181.226.76 ( talk) 07:05, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
Removed "the term freshman is not used" as this is not even true. Cplbeaudoin 21:49, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
We are attempting to phase out the word Frosh because of it's connotations with hazing. We officially say "first-years" or simply "new students" (to include transfer students). We call it Orientation or O-week and I have NEVER heard "niners" or "grade nines" to refer to new university students. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 156.34.79.225 ( talk) 13:49, 6 September 2009 (UTC)
I'm removing the use of Hazing in the NZ section. As the article stands now the term is simply thrown out there then the next sentence backtracks on meaning, without making it any clearer what the intended meaning is. To the best of my knowledge nothing even remotely like Hazing goes on in any hall of residence in the country. The term is being used either inappropriately or alternatively if anything of that sort does go on within a hall of residence (most of which are indirectly run my the universities making the claim dubious) it is not on a large enough scale to warrant a mention. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.57.86.196 ( talk) 11:13, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
I don't really mind the current version, the way it is now phrased is a significant improvement. -- 122.57.86.196 ( talk) 06:41, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
"During the week, students participate in a wide range of social activities, including live music and other performances, sports challenges, stunts, and open-air markets. Partying, heavy binge drinking and gratuitous sexual activity are common during the week."
The bolded part really should be removed, as that is completely unrelated to the topic and is both conjectural and a stereotype. 99.251.160.133 ( talk) 21:52, 24 August 2010 (UTC)
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JDaniella,
Hamp6640.
Above undated message substituted from Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org assignment by PrimeBOT ( talk) 10:20, 17 January 2022 (UTC)
Discussion on the merge copied here for easier reference.-- NHSavage 19:01, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
This page needs temporary protection of some kind until pro-Canadian event vandals die down. Anyone know how to request it?-- ZayZayEM 06:04, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
This is not official. It's a polite request.
Please discuss any modifications to the Canadian section here. Repeated isnertion of unsourced, NPOV and informal material makes this a sensible approach. Please keep in mind WP:RS, WP:NPOV and WP:TONE. Thanks. This is not official andyou can totally ignore it.-- ZayZayEM 06:10, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
Two questions
In BC it's definitely not widely used - even frosh week is a relatively new phenomenon (though I know it's not in Ontario), and first years both where I studied in BC and where I am in Nova Scotia - is the dominant term. I've never heard 'frosh' used outside of 'frosh week' and msot BC universities still don't have a 'frosh week' (they've been slow to the whole orientation thing, though UBC has expanded it a lot it's still nothing like in Ontario). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.142.63.46 ( talk) 10:30, 20 March 2014 (UTC)
Everyone uses Frosh in Canada..probably the most common term..
I go to university in the USA and I've never heard the term frosh used outside of Canada. (West Coast) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.181.226.76 ( talk) 07:05, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
Removed "the term freshman is not used" as this is not even true. Cplbeaudoin 21:49, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
We are attempting to phase out the word Frosh because of it's connotations with hazing. We officially say "first-years" or simply "new students" (to include transfer students). We call it Orientation or O-week and I have NEVER heard "niners" or "grade nines" to refer to new university students. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 156.34.79.225 ( talk) 13:49, 6 September 2009 (UTC)
I'm removing the use of Hazing in the NZ section. As the article stands now the term is simply thrown out there then the next sentence backtracks on meaning, without making it any clearer what the intended meaning is. To the best of my knowledge nothing even remotely like Hazing goes on in any hall of residence in the country. The term is being used either inappropriately or alternatively if anything of that sort does go on within a hall of residence (most of which are indirectly run my the universities making the claim dubious) it is not on a large enough scale to warrant a mention. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.57.86.196 ( talk) 11:13, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
I don't really mind the current version, the way it is now phrased is a significant improvement. -- 122.57.86.196 ( talk) 06:41, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
"During the week, students participate in a wide range of social activities, including live music and other performances, sports challenges, stunts, and open-air markets. Partying, heavy binge drinking and gratuitous sexual activity are common during the week."
The bolded part really should be removed, as that is completely unrelated to the topic and is both conjectural and a stereotype. 99.251.160.133 ( talk) 21:52, 24 August 2010 (UTC)