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Please add the list of keynote speakers, similar to one in the List of Democratic National Conventions article. Ideally, it should be another column in the main table for ease of reference. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.52.192.26 ( talk) 14:14, 28 August 2012 (UTC)
Can someone change the color in the Table? It is (supposedly) a light red or pink. I can barely see it at all. Do others have the same problem? Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro ( talk) 16:54, 14 April 2016 (UTC)
Dates | Location | Temporary Chairman | Permanent Chairman | # of Ballots | Presidential Nominee | Vice Presidential Nominee |
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June 17–19, 1856 (no color) | Musical Fund Hall; Philadelphia | Robert Emmett of New York | Henry S. Lane of Indiana | 2 | John C. Frémont of California | William L. Dayton of New Jersey |
May 16–18, 1860 (#fff8f8 - current) | The Wigwam; Chicago | David Wilmot of Pennsylvania | George Ashmun of Massachusetts | 3 | Abraham Lincoln of Illinois | Hannibal Hamlin of Maine |
June 7–8, 18641 (#ffe0e0) | Front Street Theatre; Baltimore | Robert J. Breckinridge of Kentucky | William Dennison of Ohio | 1 | Pres. Abraham Lincoln of Illinois | Andrew Johnson of Tennessee |
May 20–21, 18682 (#ffc0c0) | Crosby's Opera House; Chicago | Carl Schurz of Missouri | Joseph R. Hawley of Connecticut | 1 | Ulysses S. Grant of Illinois | Schuyler Colfax of Indiana |
June 5–6, 18722 (#ffa0a0) | Academy of Music; Philadelphia | Morton McMichael of Pennsylvania | Thomas Settle of North Carolina | 1 | Pres. Ulysses S. Grant of Illinois | Henry Wilson of Massachusetts |
June 14–16, 1876 (#ff8080) | Exposition Hall; Cincinnati | Theodore M. Pomeroy of New York | Edward McPherson of Pennsylvania | 7 | Rutherford B. Hayes of Ohio | William A. Wheeler of New York |
June 2–8, 1880 (#ff4040) | Interstate Exposition Building; Chicago | George F. Hoar of Massachusetts | 36 | James A. Garfield of Ohio | Chester A. Arthur of New York |
Donald Trump is the presidential presumptive nominee of the Republican Party in 2016.
Is Ryan to be temporary chair or permanent chair? I ask because the permanent chair at virtually every Republican convention for the past 75 years has been the Republican house leader. That would suggest Ryan is to be the permanent chair, wouldn't it? john k ( talk) 18:32, 15 July 2016 (UTC)
Can someone fix the red shading and the "row spans" and "col spans"? As noted in the discussion above, the "row span" function sometimes makes the shading red, when it should be white or vice versa. This gives misleading information to the reader. Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro ( talk) 15:07, 23 July 2016 (UTC)
Now someone added a third new color? This is not helping. It's making things more confusing. And, there is no legend to "explain" the new color? Joseph A. Spadaro ( talk) 17:19, 24 July 2016 (UTC)
¶ Sorry I haven't responded (or acted) sooner, but I've been occupied with other things. What really needs to be done (perhaps with the drastic temporary solution of putting the most vital information in one table and everything else in a second one) is to come to some kind of consensus about what is important enough to include in the primary list of conventions, what can be listed (as now with Keynote Speakers) in a second list or table, and what should be covered only by a general link to the convention's specific article (e.g. roll calls ballot by ballot, candidate by candidate, state by state).
I think that the four absolutely essential elements on which almost all could agree for this list and for the one of Democratic conventions are:
There is legitimate room for discussion for discussion and thought, I also think, about whether, where and how to include any and all these elements:
I've no doubt left out something that another reader or editor would consider important, but those are the ones that come to mind.
Once we have a good idea of what readers and editors would most like to see, then we can plan out a new table or table more intelligently.
Regards, —— Shakescene ( talk) 19:24, 8 August 2016 (UTC)
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Please add the list of keynote speakers, similar to one in the List of Democratic National Conventions article. Ideally, it should be another column in the main table for ease of reference. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.52.192.26 ( talk) 14:14, 28 August 2012 (UTC)
Can someone change the color in the Table? It is (supposedly) a light red or pink. I can barely see it at all. Do others have the same problem? Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro ( talk) 16:54, 14 April 2016 (UTC)
Dates | Location | Temporary Chairman | Permanent Chairman | # of Ballots | Presidential Nominee | Vice Presidential Nominee |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
June 17–19, 1856 (no color) | Musical Fund Hall; Philadelphia | Robert Emmett of New York | Henry S. Lane of Indiana | 2 | John C. Frémont of California | William L. Dayton of New Jersey |
May 16–18, 1860 (#fff8f8 - current) | The Wigwam; Chicago | David Wilmot of Pennsylvania | George Ashmun of Massachusetts | 3 | Abraham Lincoln of Illinois | Hannibal Hamlin of Maine |
June 7–8, 18641 (#ffe0e0) | Front Street Theatre; Baltimore | Robert J. Breckinridge of Kentucky | William Dennison of Ohio | 1 | Pres. Abraham Lincoln of Illinois | Andrew Johnson of Tennessee |
May 20–21, 18682 (#ffc0c0) | Crosby's Opera House; Chicago | Carl Schurz of Missouri | Joseph R. Hawley of Connecticut | 1 | Ulysses S. Grant of Illinois | Schuyler Colfax of Indiana |
June 5–6, 18722 (#ffa0a0) | Academy of Music; Philadelphia | Morton McMichael of Pennsylvania | Thomas Settle of North Carolina | 1 | Pres. Ulysses S. Grant of Illinois | Henry Wilson of Massachusetts |
June 14–16, 1876 (#ff8080) | Exposition Hall; Cincinnati | Theodore M. Pomeroy of New York | Edward McPherson of Pennsylvania | 7 | Rutherford B. Hayes of Ohio | William A. Wheeler of New York |
June 2–8, 1880 (#ff4040) | Interstate Exposition Building; Chicago | George F. Hoar of Massachusetts | 36 | James A. Garfield of Ohio | Chester A. Arthur of New York |
Donald Trump is the presidential presumptive nominee of the Republican Party in 2016.
Is Ryan to be temporary chair or permanent chair? I ask because the permanent chair at virtually every Republican convention for the past 75 years has been the Republican house leader. That would suggest Ryan is to be the permanent chair, wouldn't it? john k ( talk) 18:32, 15 July 2016 (UTC)
Can someone fix the red shading and the "row spans" and "col spans"? As noted in the discussion above, the "row span" function sometimes makes the shading red, when it should be white or vice versa. This gives misleading information to the reader. Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro ( talk) 15:07, 23 July 2016 (UTC)
Now someone added a third new color? This is not helping. It's making things more confusing. And, there is no legend to "explain" the new color? Joseph A. Spadaro ( talk) 17:19, 24 July 2016 (UTC)
¶ Sorry I haven't responded (or acted) sooner, but I've been occupied with other things. What really needs to be done (perhaps with the drastic temporary solution of putting the most vital information in one table and everything else in a second one) is to come to some kind of consensus about what is important enough to include in the primary list of conventions, what can be listed (as now with Keynote Speakers) in a second list or table, and what should be covered only by a general link to the convention's specific article (e.g. roll calls ballot by ballot, candidate by candidate, state by state).
I think that the four absolutely essential elements on which almost all could agree for this list and for the one of Democratic conventions are:
There is legitimate room for discussion for discussion and thought, I also think, about whether, where and how to include any and all these elements:
I've no doubt left out something that another reader or editor would consider important, but those are the ones that come to mind.
Once we have a good idea of what readers and editors would most like to see, then we can plan out a new table or table more intelligently.
Regards, —— Shakescene ( talk) 19:24, 8 August 2016 (UTC)