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On April 20 2013 User:Rsloch edited the following text...
... to appear as this...
... introducing several grammatical errors and inconsistencies. First, including an italicized abbreviation in front of a name does not indicate it is an abbreviation (italicizing means nothing, italics only emphasize, they have no grammatical purpose.)
Rather, this edit represents the names of the political parties as "S Social Democrats", "SF Socialist People's Party", and "R Social Liberal Party" which they most certainly are not (abbreviations are not part of the name.) On some level, this seems to be recognized by the editor as Ø was left in parentheses. Parentheses are used to signal that what is included is not part of the sentence (meaning that the sentence should be legible without parentheses, and what is included is simply additional information. In this case I am using parentheses to provide additional clarification, identical to the parentheses present in the article, which simply clarify which parties are represented by which letters in the phrase "SRSF-coalition" so that the causal viewer does not feel prompted to click through to find its definition. If you do not use parentheses it indicates the text is part of the actual sentence, which is why it represents the abbreviations as being part of the name in the editor's version. To not use parentheses and remain grammatically correct you would have to write something like "Social Democrats, abbreviated to S, ...")
I suspect that this edit may be vandalism as for some entirely illogical reason Bjarne Corydon is referred to as being a member of "A" (which he is, actually, as A is occasionally [although more rarely] used to reference the Social Democrats. However, nowhere in the article is this mentioned! In the previous paragraph the reader is told Social Democrats may be abbreviated to S! The phrase SRSF coalition was defined! And now the reader sees, in the next paragraph, a government minister referred to as belonging to a party abbreviated as A? How could anyone think this was acceptable?)
There is also a space introduced between "S Social Democrats" and the following comma, which is also grammatically incorrect.
Bizarrely, the editor said their edit was consistent with previous election articles. It would appear that a typo or grammatical error in previous Danish election articles may be the source of this misunderstanding. Please be alert for any typos, grammatical errors, inconsistencies, or undefined terms in previous Danish election articles.
Finally, let me be clear, this edit is not about content. This is about syntax. This edit is not acceptable from a purely grammatical standpoint, and there is nothing that be done to reach consensus. Hopefully User:Rsloch will see this. I will be forced to report this as vandalism and possibly seek protection for this article if this continues. -- 4idaho ( talk) 18:42, 21 April 2013 (UTC)
The current article and the Danish Wikipedia article both state that 14 September 2015 is the latest date the next election could be held on. However, this is incorrect. The Constitution of Denmark states that the Folketing is elected "for a period of four years", which appears to imply that it sits for up to four years. This would mean that the dissolution of the chamber could happen as late as October 2015. Unfortunately, I have not been able to find a source which states the longest period of time the chamber can be dissolved for. The Danske Bank factbook says that the next election is due in "November 2015, at the latest." 131.227.225.94 ( talk) 13:37, 24 January 2014 (UTC)
Why is the Danish Social Liberal Party here shortened to R while it is shortened to B in the opinion polling article? Social Democrats are here S, there A. Socialist People's Party SF/F. Are any of these abbrevations official? -- 134.176.204.116 ( talk) 16:11, 5 February 2014 (UTC)
Clearly, the total for the number of seats in the "results" box is incorrect. There are only 175 seats listed in this box, not 179. The other 4 are supposed to be accounted for by the Faeroe Islands and Greenland. The Greenland results are missing, too. Rasterly ( talk) 09:53, 19 June 2015 (UTC)
Could someone put a subtotal in the results table so there is a subtotal for the two blocs (as has been done for the opinion polls)? This would make it easier to understand. AndrewRT( Talk) 12:15, 19 June 2015 (UTC)
Contrary to the opinion of eager reverter Number 57, most election articles DO USE colours. It looks much better for the reader. So, either someone skilled please add those, just like they are in these articles Dutch general election, 2012, Norwegian parliamentary election, 2013, Swedish general election, 2014, United Kingdom general election, 2015 or someone with more time finish this template I started, which was also used for the Danish general election, 2011. Here it is. Thanks. -- Novis-M ( talk) 15:08, 19 June 2015 (UTC)
{{ Danish parliamentary election, 2015}}
User:Number 57, you have reverted on several occasions the use of a different table for the results. Personally, I like both variations on the table, but marginally prefer the template version you keep reverting. Instead of all this editing back and forth, could you say more about your reasoning? And, everyone, can we reach a consensus on which table to use. Bondegezou ( talk) 16:40, 24 June 2015 (UTC)
This article currently begins "General elections were held in Denmark...". This is simply incorrect English. A general election, singular, was held in Denmark.
"Elections" is often used colloquially in English to refer to a single election (eg, some people would say "There is an election in the UK in May" while others would say "There are elections in the UK in May", even though both sets of people are referring the same thing) - but "general elections" is never used to refer to a single general election. The term general election refers to an election in which all seats are up for grabs, so by definition there cannot be more than one happening at the same time. The plural "general elections" is therefore unambigiously wrong. The article should be amended. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kennethmac2000 ( talk • contribs) 18:37, 2 July 2015 (UTC)
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Hi. As I was editing the 2019-article, I had problems with the infobox Template:Infobox election did not support enough parties, and it was suggested to me that I use Template:Infobox legislative election. I have tried implementing it here, and would like some feedback on it. I suggest the same infobox is used among all the DK-elections
My own issues:
― Heb the best ( talk) 02:09, 19 February 2019 (UTC)
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On April 20 2013 User:Rsloch edited the following text...
... to appear as this...
... introducing several grammatical errors and inconsistencies. First, including an italicized abbreviation in front of a name does not indicate it is an abbreviation (italicizing means nothing, italics only emphasize, they have no grammatical purpose.)
Rather, this edit represents the names of the political parties as "S Social Democrats", "SF Socialist People's Party", and "R Social Liberal Party" which they most certainly are not (abbreviations are not part of the name.) On some level, this seems to be recognized by the editor as Ø was left in parentheses. Parentheses are used to signal that what is included is not part of the sentence (meaning that the sentence should be legible without parentheses, and what is included is simply additional information. In this case I am using parentheses to provide additional clarification, identical to the parentheses present in the article, which simply clarify which parties are represented by which letters in the phrase "SRSF-coalition" so that the causal viewer does not feel prompted to click through to find its definition. If you do not use parentheses it indicates the text is part of the actual sentence, which is why it represents the abbreviations as being part of the name in the editor's version. To not use parentheses and remain grammatically correct you would have to write something like "Social Democrats, abbreviated to S, ...")
I suspect that this edit may be vandalism as for some entirely illogical reason Bjarne Corydon is referred to as being a member of "A" (which he is, actually, as A is occasionally [although more rarely] used to reference the Social Democrats. However, nowhere in the article is this mentioned! In the previous paragraph the reader is told Social Democrats may be abbreviated to S! The phrase SRSF coalition was defined! And now the reader sees, in the next paragraph, a government minister referred to as belonging to a party abbreviated as A? How could anyone think this was acceptable?)
There is also a space introduced between "S Social Democrats" and the following comma, which is also grammatically incorrect.
Bizarrely, the editor said their edit was consistent with previous election articles. It would appear that a typo or grammatical error in previous Danish election articles may be the source of this misunderstanding. Please be alert for any typos, grammatical errors, inconsistencies, or undefined terms in previous Danish election articles.
Finally, let me be clear, this edit is not about content. This is about syntax. This edit is not acceptable from a purely grammatical standpoint, and there is nothing that be done to reach consensus. Hopefully User:Rsloch will see this. I will be forced to report this as vandalism and possibly seek protection for this article if this continues. -- 4idaho ( talk) 18:42, 21 April 2013 (UTC)
The current article and the Danish Wikipedia article both state that 14 September 2015 is the latest date the next election could be held on. However, this is incorrect. The Constitution of Denmark states that the Folketing is elected "for a period of four years", which appears to imply that it sits for up to four years. This would mean that the dissolution of the chamber could happen as late as October 2015. Unfortunately, I have not been able to find a source which states the longest period of time the chamber can be dissolved for. The Danske Bank factbook says that the next election is due in "November 2015, at the latest." 131.227.225.94 ( talk) 13:37, 24 January 2014 (UTC)
Why is the Danish Social Liberal Party here shortened to R while it is shortened to B in the opinion polling article? Social Democrats are here S, there A. Socialist People's Party SF/F. Are any of these abbrevations official? -- 134.176.204.116 ( talk) 16:11, 5 February 2014 (UTC)
Clearly, the total for the number of seats in the "results" box is incorrect. There are only 175 seats listed in this box, not 179. The other 4 are supposed to be accounted for by the Faeroe Islands and Greenland. The Greenland results are missing, too. Rasterly ( talk) 09:53, 19 June 2015 (UTC)
Could someone put a subtotal in the results table so there is a subtotal for the two blocs (as has been done for the opinion polls)? This would make it easier to understand. AndrewRT( Talk) 12:15, 19 June 2015 (UTC)
Contrary to the opinion of eager reverter Number 57, most election articles DO USE colours. It looks much better for the reader. So, either someone skilled please add those, just like they are in these articles Dutch general election, 2012, Norwegian parliamentary election, 2013, Swedish general election, 2014, United Kingdom general election, 2015 or someone with more time finish this template I started, which was also used for the Danish general election, 2011. Here it is. Thanks. -- Novis-M ( talk) 15:08, 19 June 2015 (UTC)
{{ Danish parliamentary election, 2015}}
User:Number 57, you have reverted on several occasions the use of a different table for the results. Personally, I like both variations on the table, but marginally prefer the template version you keep reverting. Instead of all this editing back and forth, could you say more about your reasoning? And, everyone, can we reach a consensus on which table to use. Bondegezou ( talk) 16:40, 24 June 2015 (UTC)
This article currently begins "General elections were held in Denmark...". This is simply incorrect English. A general election, singular, was held in Denmark.
"Elections" is often used colloquially in English to refer to a single election (eg, some people would say "There is an election in the UK in May" while others would say "There are elections in the UK in May", even though both sets of people are referring the same thing) - but "general elections" is never used to refer to a single general election. The term general election refers to an election in which all seats are up for grabs, so by definition there cannot be more than one happening at the same time. The plural "general elections" is therefore unambigiously wrong. The article should be amended. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kennethmac2000 ( talk • contribs) 18:37, 2 July 2015 (UTC)
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Hi. As I was editing the 2019-article, I had problems with the infobox Template:Infobox election did not support enough parties, and it was suggested to me that I use Template:Infobox legislative election. I have tried implementing it here, and would like some feedback on it. I suggest the same infobox is used among all the DK-elections
My own issues:
― Heb the best ( talk) 02:09, 19 February 2019 (UTC)