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Right now (June 2022) I'm the main editor of this page but as the election nears, I assume this topic will become a point of contention so I'm preemptively starting the discussion now. Just by virtue of their former offices, Obi and Kwankwaso would not automatically qualify as major candidates since being former governor does not automatically make one a major candidate; however, both Obi and Kwankwaso have had considerable coverage as prominent candidates so here editors can compile sources (for or against them being listed as major) and other rationale. Watercheetah99 ( talk) 18:14, 11 June 2022 (UTC)
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There has been a disagreement over the inclusion of another candidate ( Rabiu Kwankwaso) as a major candidate. One user (me) argues that Kwankwaso does not regularly receive the level of coverage that that three major candidates get and thus it would be giving undue weight to Kwankwaso to include him as a major candidate. The other user ( Rotidiap) argues the opposite and thus it would actually give due weight to Kwankwaso to include him as a major candidate. Watercheetah99 ( talk) 21:02, 23 August 2022 (UTC)
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@ Watercheetah99: if the order is alphabetical then Abubakar must come first and Kwankwaso second. You also seem to be in WP:COI regarding this matter. Przelijpdahl ( talk) 13:49, 21 February 2023 (UTC)
Prelim./projected winners: Obi (Lagos, Plateau), Tinubu (Jigawa, Kwara). Bokoharamwatch ( talk) 12:33, 27 February 2023 (UTC)
Obi for Enugu/Enugu for Obi. 12:59, 27 February 2023 (UTC) Bokoharamwatch
Need supporting info mostly for Atiku: Gombe, Yobe, etc. Bokoharamwatch ( talk) 12:40, 27 February 2023 (UTC)
And Osun for Atiku. Bokoharamwatch ( talk) 13:37, 27 February 2023 (UTC)
I don't want to add to the wall 'o text, but the Bimodal Voter Accreditation Systems (BVAS) deserve a mention, particularly inasmuch as some voters, and some of them long-term voters, were not found in the system, which is a significant technical glitch. Furthermore, there are instances, I don't know how many, of their not being deployed because couriers could not or would not be be paid in cash, which feeds into the currency crisis(es), itself a major campaign issue. Below is what I'd written previously; it was bumped up and subsumed such that the mention of the BVAS was lost. Have at it. kencf0618 ( talk) 14:50, 27 February 2023 (UTC)
"On election day the massive turn-out was such that the notorious traffic of Lagos had "evaporated"; the situation at various polling stations ranged from direct attacks by criminal gangs to chaotic to late starts to running smoothly albeit slowly. Several instances were noted of even long-time voters being unable to have their voter ID cards verified the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) <ref> https://www.pulse.ng/news/local/everything-to-know-about-bvas-and-how-itll-be-deployed-for-2023-elections/jdb7nkz</ref>terminals.<ref> https://www.pulse.ng/news/local/everything-to-know-about-bvas-and-how-itll-be-deployed-for-2023-elections/jdb7nkz</ref>" kencf0618 ( talk) 14:50, 27 February 2023 (UTC)
How about a mention of the media coverage of the above and international reactions including the observers? 41.58.59.51 ( talk) 00:15, 1 March 2023 (UTC)
This may seem a little late, but...
there was a lawsuit about the clause of victory '24 states and Abuja' as well as the ongoing and recent court cases from the parties. Also the BBC highlighted some goings-on in Rivers. Bokoharamwatch ( talk) 12:33, 29 May 2023 (UTC)
This article is currently the 17th largest article on English Wikipedia and is over 500,000 bytes long. Considering that this article will probably soon be posted to the Main Page, parts of these articles should be either split or the article should be trimmed down as the article is too large. As of writing, there are also two cn tags (the results table isn't even backed up by a citation) and there are many excessive citations which should be removed. Vacant0 ( talk) 13:05, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
The table containing the result of the election by geopolitical zones contain wrong data. Objectivescholar ( talk) 19:55, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
2023 Nigerian presidential election, 2023 Nigerian general election and 2023 Nigerian elections have similar lede. What is different between them? Especially the last two articles FuzzyMagma ( talk) 13:16, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
@ Watercheetah99: I have reinstated the citation-needed tags on this article - I checked the statements this morning and found that the next sources in the article did not cover these details, therefore they need their own refs. If there are other sources in the article which cover these facts, then great, we can include them in the marked places. But per Help:Maintenance template removal it isn't acceptable to just remove the tags without resolving them, unless there's a firm consensus or demonstration here that they are unnecessary. Hopefully a source can easily be found for everything tagged, and then the article will be fully up to scratch. Thanks, and good work on the article by the way, it looks very good other than these few things. — Amakuru ( talk) 23:28, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
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Sorry, I didn't follow the post election situation : what's going on with the lack of results more than a month after the election? There wasn't any more data released than what we had one week later? Aréat ( talk) 06:28, 28 March 2023 (UTC)
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Right now (June 2022) I'm the main editor of this page but as the election nears, I assume this topic will become a point of contention so I'm preemptively starting the discussion now. Just by virtue of their former offices, Obi and Kwankwaso would not automatically qualify as major candidates since being former governor does not automatically make one a major candidate; however, both Obi and Kwankwaso have had considerable coverage as prominent candidates so here editors can compile sources (for or against them being listed as major) and other rationale. Watercheetah99 ( talk) 18:14, 11 June 2022 (UTC)
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There has been a disagreement over the inclusion of another candidate ( Rabiu Kwankwaso) as a major candidate. One user (me) argues that Kwankwaso does not regularly receive the level of coverage that that three major candidates get and thus it would be giving undue weight to Kwankwaso to include him as a major candidate. The other user ( Rotidiap) argues the opposite and thus it would actually give due weight to Kwankwaso to include him as a major candidate. Watercheetah99 ( talk) 21:02, 23 August 2022 (UTC)
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@ Watercheetah99: if the order is alphabetical then Abubakar must come first and Kwankwaso second. You also seem to be in WP:COI regarding this matter. Przelijpdahl ( talk) 13:49, 21 February 2023 (UTC)
Prelim./projected winners: Obi (Lagos, Plateau), Tinubu (Jigawa, Kwara). Bokoharamwatch ( talk) 12:33, 27 February 2023 (UTC)
Obi for Enugu/Enugu for Obi. 12:59, 27 February 2023 (UTC) Bokoharamwatch
Need supporting info mostly for Atiku: Gombe, Yobe, etc. Bokoharamwatch ( talk) 12:40, 27 February 2023 (UTC)
And Osun for Atiku. Bokoharamwatch ( talk) 13:37, 27 February 2023 (UTC)
I don't want to add to the wall 'o text, but the Bimodal Voter Accreditation Systems (BVAS) deserve a mention, particularly inasmuch as some voters, and some of them long-term voters, were not found in the system, which is a significant technical glitch. Furthermore, there are instances, I don't know how many, of their not being deployed because couriers could not or would not be be paid in cash, which feeds into the currency crisis(es), itself a major campaign issue. Below is what I'd written previously; it was bumped up and subsumed such that the mention of the BVAS was lost. Have at it. kencf0618 ( talk) 14:50, 27 February 2023 (UTC)
"On election day the massive turn-out was such that the notorious traffic of Lagos had "evaporated"; the situation at various polling stations ranged from direct attacks by criminal gangs to chaotic to late starts to running smoothly albeit slowly. Several instances were noted of even long-time voters being unable to have their voter ID cards verified the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) <ref> https://www.pulse.ng/news/local/everything-to-know-about-bvas-and-how-itll-be-deployed-for-2023-elections/jdb7nkz</ref>terminals.<ref> https://www.pulse.ng/news/local/everything-to-know-about-bvas-and-how-itll-be-deployed-for-2023-elections/jdb7nkz</ref>" kencf0618 ( talk) 14:50, 27 February 2023 (UTC)
How about a mention of the media coverage of the above and international reactions including the observers? 41.58.59.51 ( talk) 00:15, 1 March 2023 (UTC)
This may seem a little late, but...
there was a lawsuit about the clause of victory '24 states and Abuja' as well as the ongoing and recent court cases from the parties. Also the BBC highlighted some goings-on in Rivers. Bokoharamwatch ( talk) 12:33, 29 May 2023 (UTC)
This article is currently the 17th largest article on English Wikipedia and is over 500,000 bytes long. Considering that this article will probably soon be posted to the Main Page, parts of these articles should be either split or the article should be trimmed down as the article is too large. As of writing, there are also two cn tags (the results table isn't even backed up by a citation) and there are many excessive citations which should be removed. Vacant0 ( talk) 13:05, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
The table containing the result of the election by geopolitical zones contain wrong data. Objectivescholar ( talk) 19:55, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
2023 Nigerian presidential election, 2023 Nigerian general election and 2023 Nigerian elections have similar lede. What is different between them? Especially the last two articles FuzzyMagma ( talk) 13:16, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
@ Watercheetah99: I have reinstated the citation-needed tags on this article - I checked the statements this morning and found that the next sources in the article did not cover these details, therefore they need their own refs. If there are other sources in the article which cover these facts, then great, we can include them in the marked places. But per Help:Maintenance template removal it isn't acceptable to just remove the tags without resolving them, unless there's a firm consensus or demonstration here that they are unnecessary. Hopefully a source can easily be found for everything tagged, and then the article will be fully up to scratch. Thanks, and good work on the article by the way, it looks very good other than these few things. — Amakuru ( talk) 23:28, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
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Sorry, I didn't follow the post election situation : what's going on with the lack of results more than a month after the election? There wasn't any more data released than what we had one week later? Aréat ( talk) 06:28, 28 March 2023 (UTC)