Talk:Federal Council (Switzerland)

Pre-2006 discussion can be found at Talk:Swiss_Federal_Council/Archive_1

"Women (...) remain poorly represented on the Council"

Of the current seven members of the Council, three are women. That doesn't look like poor representation to me... --Jcmo (talk) 13:28, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

it's a claim, and a claim needs an attribution. If it hasn't got one, remove it. obviously, women have been underrepresented 1971 to 1984, when there weren't any on the council. Since 1984, six out of fourteen Councillors elected were women. Now 6 is obviuosly still less than 50% of 14, but the progression was such that of six Councillors elected during the 2000s, three were women, so that for the past decade, the claim does not hold good. We are, of course, still waiting for the first time that four women are on the council, but the point is that gender is just not an issue in elections any longer. At this point, claiming that women are underrepresented is just as random a statement as claiming that redheads, or waterski enthusiasts, or cat owners are underrepresented. Obviously, if you elect seven out of four million people, lots of demographic segments will not be represented at all. But whether this is relevant or not is entirely dependent on, who can we cite as claiming it was relevant (WP:RS). --dab (𒁳) 10:38, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

GA Reassessment

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GA Sweeps: Delisted

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this article may be incorrect

I watch TSR, Swiss news. Dec 2015.. The federal council has 8 members, not 7. Must have been increased by 1. One of the members was a very short man. Who is he? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Markus451 (talk • contribs)

The article is correct (you can check out https://www.admin.ch/gov/en/start.html in case of doubt). You probably mistook the new Federal Chancellor, Walter Thurnherr, for a council member. The chancellor, as the chief of staff for the council, is usually on their group pictures. MLauba ^(Talk) 22:37, 2 January 2016 (UTC)

Since it includes Walter Thurnherr, it's not technically a picture of the subject of the article, the (7-member) federal council. But then again, it's a very nice picture. Khromegnome (talk) 14:22, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

"Government of Switzerland" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Government of Switzerland has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 January 8 § Government of Switzerland until a consensus is reached. ^Queenof_Hearts 02:34, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

"List of Firsts"

The "List of Firsts," is it WP:TRIVIA?

To me, this largely feels like an assortment of trivial facts - one that serves no real value to the article. However, I wanted to reach a WP:CONSENSUS on whether it should be rewritten, removed outright, or kept as is before making a significant change. MagicalFishing (talk) 12:28, 7 September 2024 (UTC)

I don’t agree at all. This is useful information on the political history and evolution in Switzerland. For instance the first seven councillors were all men and of the same party and 5 of them from the German speaking part of Switzerland, so it is worth noticing when these ceased to be true: when each party began to be represented, when the first woman entered the council, and so forth.--Sapphorain (talk) 13:04, 7 September 2024 (UTC)