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Under the section "Importance" should we not mention that this is the first time the EFF would be contesting local govt elections? 163.202.48.126 ( talk) 11:26, 31 July 2016 (UTC)
This is currently two separate LMs, and two separate articles - //Khara Hais Local Municipality and Mier Local Municipality. Do we simply merge the articles or start a new article for the merged municipality? Roger (Dodger67) ( talk) 14:37, 6 August 2016 (UTC)
Is this sufficiently significant to include in this article?
Roger (Dodger67) ( talk) 15:32, 6 August 2016 (UTC)
Finished populating the Municipalities. Can some added the figures in as real life calls? Thanks. Conlinp ( talk) 04:51, 7 August 2016 (UTC)
District Municipalities are still incorrect - Northwest's District Municipalities are just copied from Northern Cape. Why did it take so long for us to all notice?
I think the photo of the posters on a pole needs to be cropped to better show the posters, the background/location isn't really relevant so we don't need to show so much of it. Roger (Dodger67) ( talk) 18:26, 7 August 2016 (UTC)
I think we shouldn't speculate about possible coalitions in the tables, seems a bit WP:CRYSTALBALL to me. - htonl ( talk) 22:14, 7 August 2016 (UTC)
What is a majority in SA municipal politics - 51% of the seats or 66% of the seats? Or half the seats plus one? Conlinp ( talk) 00:32, 8 August 2016 (UTC)
Does the "Control" column serve an actual useful purpose? The numbers speak for themselves supported by the colour. We don't have it in articles about previous elections. Roger (Dodger67) ( talk) 06:57, 8 August 2016 (UTC)
I'm basing the control columns on the UK local elections pages - where one party has a majority I agree its self explanatory however I think it does provide relevant information in the NOC/Hung (No Overall Control) councils where no one party has a majority the kind of coalition deals that are being made. Given that this election has resulted in a number of key councils such as Nelson Mandela Bay going from a single party majority to NOC I think its relevant to show what the council control is, especially given that many councils could become controlled by either the ANC or the DA depending on the actions of the smaller parties. Further to this, the way third parties act and the way coalitions can be formed is currently a big topic in South African politics [1] [2] [3] [4] Guyb123321 ( talk) 18:36, 8 August 2016 (UTC)
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Can we add an InfoBox to this election similar to the South African general election pages and these other worldwide local election pages: United Kingdom local elections, 2016; Italian local elections, 2016; French regional elections, 2015; Spanish municipal elections, 2015; Brazilian municipal elections, 2012 Guyb123321 ( talk) 20:08, 8 August 2016 (UTC)
There was an OP-ED piece in the New York Times 9/08/2016 titled - A Seismic Shock for Jacob Zuma - concerning the outcome of the latest Municipal elections: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/10/opinion/a-seismic-shock-for-jacob-zuma.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-right-region®ion=opinion-c-col-right-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-right-region
Conlinp ( talk) 08:49, 10 August 2016 (UTC)
In the tables of election results by municipality, I recommend consistency over the use of terms of minority government vs cooperation. I think they mean the same thing (one party government without an outright majority but with outside support) but saying a DA-minority gov't doesn't give the info on who's voting with them (EFF) whereas saying a IFP-EFF-DA cooperation isn't too clear on which party (or parties) is in gov't and which is supporting from outside. — Preceding unsigned comment added by WilliamKingSC4 ( talk • contribs) 03:25, 18 August 2016 (UTC)
We could colorize the columns differently to differentiate between metropolitan, local, and also district councils — Preceding unsigned comment added by WilliamKingSC4 ( talk • contribs) 01:39, 19 August 2016 (UTC)
Knyzna1, what was the reason for removing the totals column. In your edit summary, you said to "match the 2011 table", which makes no sense. Shall we remove everything to match the 1995 table? :) It will be tedious to restore, and the table is now incomplete and unsorted. Greenman ( talk) 19:06, 2 September 2016 (UTC)
@ Htonl: I tried to do it but couldn't figure out how to change the colour of the cell: Bitou has changed from an ANC-AUF coalition to a DA-AUF one. Source: [1] AWildAppeared ( talk) 08:30, 18 May 2017 (UTC)
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Under the section "Importance" should we not mention that this is the first time the EFF would be contesting local govt elections? 163.202.48.126 ( talk) 11:26, 31 July 2016 (UTC)
This is currently two separate LMs, and two separate articles - //Khara Hais Local Municipality and Mier Local Municipality. Do we simply merge the articles or start a new article for the merged municipality? Roger (Dodger67) ( talk) 14:37, 6 August 2016 (UTC)
Is this sufficiently significant to include in this article?
Roger (Dodger67) ( talk) 15:32, 6 August 2016 (UTC)
Finished populating the Municipalities. Can some added the figures in as real life calls? Thanks. Conlinp ( talk) 04:51, 7 August 2016 (UTC)
District Municipalities are still incorrect - Northwest's District Municipalities are just copied from Northern Cape. Why did it take so long for us to all notice?
I think the photo of the posters on a pole needs to be cropped to better show the posters, the background/location isn't really relevant so we don't need to show so much of it. Roger (Dodger67) ( talk) 18:26, 7 August 2016 (UTC)
I think we shouldn't speculate about possible coalitions in the tables, seems a bit WP:CRYSTALBALL to me. - htonl ( talk) 22:14, 7 August 2016 (UTC)
What is a majority in SA municipal politics - 51% of the seats or 66% of the seats? Or half the seats plus one? Conlinp ( talk) 00:32, 8 August 2016 (UTC)
Does the "Control" column serve an actual useful purpose? The numbers speak for themselves supported by the colour. We don't have it in articles about previous elections. Roger (Dodger67) ( talk) 06:57, 8 August 2016 (UTC)
I'm basing the control columns on the UK local elections pages - where one party has a majority I agree its self explanatory however I think it does provide relevant information in the NOC/Hung (No Overall Control) councils where no one party has a majority the kind of coalition deals that are being made. Given that this election has resulted in a number of key councils such as Nelson Mandela Bay going from a single party majority to NOC I think its relevant to show what the council control is, especially given that many councils could become controlled by either the ANC or the DA depending on the actions of the smaller parties. Further to this, the way third parties act and the way coalitions can be formed is currently a big topic in South African politics [1] [2] [3] [4] Guyb123321 ( talk) 18:36, 8 August 2016 (UTC)
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Can we add an InfoBox to this election similar to the South African general election pages and these other worldwide local election pages: United Kingdom local elections, 2016; Italian local elections, 2016; French regional elections, 2015; Spanish municipal elections, 2015; Brazilian municipal elections, 2012 Guyb123321 ( talk) 20:08, 8 August 2016 (UTC)
There was an OP-ED piece in the New York Times 9/08/2016 titled - A Seismic Shock for Jacob Zuma - concerning the outcome of the latest Municipal elections: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/10/opinion/a-seismic-shock-for-jacob-zuma.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-right-region®ion=opinion-c-col-right-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-right-region
Conlinp ( talk) 08:49, 10 August 2016 (UTC)
In the tables of election results by municipality, I recommend consistency over the use of terms of minority government vs cooperation. I think they mean the same thing (one party government without an outright majority but with outside support) but saying a DA-minority gov't doesn't give the info on who's voting with them (EFF) whereas saying a IFP-EFF-DA cooperation isn't too clear on which party (or parties) is in gov't and which is supporting from outside. — Preceding unsigned comment added by WilliamKingSC4 ( talk • contribs) 03:25, 18 August 2016 (UTC)
We could colorize the columns differently to differentiate between metropolitan, local, and also district councils — Preceding unsigned comment added by WilliamKingSC4 ( talk • contribs) 01:39, 19 August 2016 (UTC)
Knyzna1, what was the reason for removing the totals column. In your edit summary, you said to "match the 2011 table", which makes no sense. Shall we remove everything to match the 1995 table? :) It will be tedious to restore, and the table is now incomplete and unsorted. Greenman ( talk) 19:06, 2 September 2016 (UTC)
@ Htonl: I tried to do it but couldn't figure out how to change the colour of the cell: Bitou has changed from an ANC-AUF coalition to a DA-AUF one. Source: [1] AWildAppeared ( talk) 08:30, 18 May 2017 (UTC)
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