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Enjoy! bd2412 T 06:32, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
I just wanted to let everyone know about the formation of WikiProject Parliamentary Procedure. We hope to cover all the major motions and parliamentary procedure terms. There will probably be a certain amount of overlap with Wikipedia:WikiProject Voting systems and Wikipedia:WikiProject Elections and Referenda. As mentioned at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Parliamentary_Procedure#Voting_methods, voting-related topics are being classified under the headings of:
There is a bit of overlap between voting system and voting basis, of course. Obuibo Mbstpo ( talk) 19:42, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
Should the National Initiative be included as part of this WikiProject? EPM ( talk) 00:21, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
I believe that lists of election results should be in chronological order from earliest to latest. In some articles, I see it in reverse order. What's the consensus?— Markles 12:11, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
I have once mediated a dispute between Steelbeard1 ( talk · contribs) and Dr who1975 ( talk · contribs) relating to which types of candidates should be mentioned on election pages. The same dispute has come up again because my "compromise" last time was intended specifically to reset the discussion, as it was heading towards arbcom, which was overkill. See Talk:United States Senate special election in Mississippi, 2008#dispute resolution for background.
So, I am starting a group discussion here as this appears to be most relevant wikiproject. Depending on how the discussion goes here, it may be necessary to elevate this to a WP:RFC.
At the heart of the dispute/discussion is how to present the candidates at various times through an election campaign, such as potential candidates, "declined" candidates, withdrawn candidates, etc. On many articles relating to elections, there is usually a "Candidates" section which lists the candidates. This section is usually a table or list of the current candidates, without prose. As a result it is a prominent element of an ongoing election article: the simple format of the section attracts readers to it, as it involves less comprehension -- the reader will probably follow the links to the candidates biographies rather than read lots of prose about the election campaign.
So, who should be prominently mentioned for an ongoing election ?
In my opinion, while the election is ongoing, the candidates section should only list "serious" candidates - people who are very likely to be in the race until the end. All other candidates should probably relegated to only minor mentions in the prose of the election article, where the specifics of how they entered and exited the race can be more fully explained, with reliable sources attached to them.
As the dispute is about ongoing elections more than elections from last century, WP:BLP plays an important part. To give an example of how this comes into play, the biography of a potential/declined candidate probably should not state that the person is even slightly interested in running in the election until there is some very clear wording in reliable sources to that effect --- on the other hand, the article about the election would benefit from mentioning potential candidates based on less strict sourcing requirements, as the wheeling and dealing that goes on before an election are an important part of documenting the election. John Vandenberg ( chat) 01:10, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
Where can I find a record of Jack Kemp's primary election results?-- TonyTheTiger ( t/ c/ bio/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:LOTM) 15:05, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
I do not have the official 1995 special election results for Jesse Jackson, Jr.. All I have is the results with 93% of the precincts reporting. I can not find the 1996 primary results either.
I would like to eventually get Valencia (Spanish Congress Electoral District) to GA status and with that in mind would appreciate some constructive criticism of the article as to what is missing/ what could go in/ what should be excluded/expanded etc. As the article is part of 52 similar articles on the Spanish electoral districts, it would also serve as a template for expanding the others. Valenciano ( talk) 06:30, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
Hi all
I've been adding results of local elections in Japan for the past six months, sometimes also with comments on the local issues and candidates. As there are no english resources avalible on the net I think it's important to add theese. However now the user CalendarWatcher have started adding delete-tags to the articles, for start with Fujimi mayoral election, 2008 and Minato mayoral election, 2008. As we have lots of articles on local elections I think it is important that theese articles are to remain - wikipedia really lacks political results and comments on local elections in many countries, including Japan. As you can see here there are quite many articles added - for me it seems like a real waste to delete all thoose articles. I am planning to open up a vote because he/she dosen't seem to understand my arguments. Could you please support me? Also perhaps leave a comment on his/her talk page. Best regards -- Jonte-- ( talk) 15:39, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
User:MBisanz tagged the project page as inactive and historical; the page hasn't been edited since 2006. But with the ongoing discussion here on the talk page, it seems that the project is still pretty much alive. Shouldn't the tag be removed? -- Paul_012 ( talk) 08:56, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
In an effort to revive this WikiProject, which covers a very timely subject, I propose to merge it into Wikipedia:WikiProject Politics. If this project is still active, then there is no need to merge it. 69.140.152.55 ( talk) 22:28, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
For many months from now User:CieloEstrellado is changing the format of many many electoral templates (see for instance this). Other users and I have been very tired of this, also because CieloEstrellado is not interested in discussing the issue. What can we do about it? Do you agree with CieloEstrellado's edits? -- Checco ( talk) 11:09, 8 October 2008 (UTC)
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![]() | This is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
Archive 1 | Archive 2 | Archive 3 | Archive 4 | Archive 5 | → | Archive 10 |
I believe these belong to you:
Enjoy! bd2412 T 06:32, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
I just wanted to let everyone know about the formation of WikiProject Parliamentary Procedure. We hope to cover all the major motions and parliamentary procedure terms. There will probably be a certain amount of overlap with Wikipedia:WikiProject Voting systems and Wikipedia:WikiProject Elections and Referenda. As mentioned at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Parliamentary_Procedure#Voting_methods, voting-related topics are being classified under the headings of:
There is a bit of overlap between voting system and voting basis, of course. Obuibo Mbstpo ( talk) 19:42, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
Should the National Initiative be included as part of this WikiProject? EPM ( talk) 00:21, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
I believe that lists of election results should be in chronological order from earliest to latest. In some articles, I see it in reverse order. What's the consensus?— Markles 12:11, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
I have once mediated a dispute between Steelbeard1 ( talk · contribs) and Dr who1975 ( talk · contribs) relating to which types of candidates should be mentioned on election pages. The same dispute has come up again because my "compromise" last time was intended specifically to reset the discussion, as it was heading towards arbcom, which was overkill. See Talk:United States Senate special election in Mississippi, 2008#dispute resolution for background.
So, I am starting a group discussion here as this appears to be most relevant wikiproject. Depending on how the discussion goes here, it may be necessary to elevate this to a WP:RFC.
At the heart of the dispute/discussion is how to present the candidates at various times through an election campaign, such as potential candidates, "declined" candidates, withdrawn candidates, etc. On many articles relating to elections, there is usually a "Candidates" section which lists the candidates. This section is usually a table or list of the current candidates, without prose. As a result it is a prominent element of an ongoing election article: the simple format of the section attracts readers to it, as it involves less comprehension -- the reader will probably follow the links to the candidates biographies rather than read lots of prose about the election campaign.
So, who should be prominently mentioned for an ongoing election ?
In my opinion, while the election is ongoing, the candidates section should only list "serious" candidates - people who are very likely to be in the race until the end. All other candidates should probably relegated to only minor mentions in the prose of the election article, where the specifics of how they entered and exited the race can be more fully explained, with reliable sources attached to them.
As the dispute is about ongoing elections more than elections from last century, WP:BLP plays an important part. To give an example of how this comes into play, the biography of a potential/declined candidate probably should not state that the person is even slightly interested in running in the election until there is some very clear wording in reliable sources to that effect --- on the other hand, the article about the election would benefit from mentioning potential candidates based on less strict sourcing requirements, as the wheeling and dealing that goes on before an election are an important part of documenting the election. John Vandenberg ( chat) 01:10, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
Where can I find a record of Jack Kemp's primary election results?-- TonyTheTiger ( t/ c/ bio/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:LOTM) 15:05, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
I do not have the official 1995 special election results for Jesse Jackson, Jr.. All I have is the results with 93% of the precincts reporting. I can not find the 1996 primary results either.
I would like to eventually get Valencia (Spanish Congress Electoral District) to GA status and with that in mind would appreciate some constructive criticism of the article as to what is missing/ what could go in/ what should be excluded/expanded etc. As the article is part of 52 similar articles on the Spanish electoral districts, it would also serve as a template for expanding the others. Valenciano ( talk) 06:30, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
Hi all
I've been adding results of local elections in Japan for the past six months, sometimes also with comments on the local issues and candidates. As there are no english resources avalible on the net I think it's important to add theese. However now the user CalendarWatcher have started adding delete-tags to the articles, for start with Fujimi mayoral election, 2008 and Minato mayoral election, 2008. As we have lots of articles on local elections I think it is important that theese articles are to remain - wikipedia really lacks political results and comments on local elections in many countries, including Japan. As you can see here there are quite many articles added - for me it seems like a real waste to delete all thoose articles. I am planning to open up a vote because he/she dosen't seem to understand my arguments. Could you please support me? Also perhaps leave a comment on his/her talk page. Best regards -- Jonte-- ( talk) 15:39, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
User:MBisanz tagged the project page as inactive and historical; the page hasn't been edited since 2006. But with the ongoing discussion here on the talk page, it seems that the project is still pretty much alive. Shouldn't the tag be removed? -- Paul_012 ( talk) 08:56, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
In an effort to revive this WikiProject, which covers a very timely subject, I propose to merge it into Wikipedia:WikiProject Politics. If this project is still active, then there is no need to merge it. 69.140.152.55 ( talk) 22:28, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
For many months from now User:CieloEstrellado is changing the format of many many electoral templates (see for instance this). Other users and I have been very tired of this, also because CieloEstrellado is not interested in discussing the issue. What can we do about it? Do you agree with CieloEstrellado's edits? -- Checco ( talk) 11:09, 8 October 2008 (UTC)