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1980 Japanese general election

Hey, thanks for your edits on Japanese elections and thanking me! I wanted to say that the cross symbol which I applied to Ohira (†) is used on other articles to indicate a dead person running in an election, such as on the 2000 United States Senate election in Missouri, which is probably the most famous example of this. It's nothing major, just wanted to say my logic. River10000 (talk) 15:21, 4 March 2024 (UTC)

@River10000: No problem at all – I know it's commonly used in German text to denote deaths, but I don't think it is widely known among English speakers – it is often just used to denote footnotes, and as there is already a footnote there, I thought that covered it. However, I wonder whether we should make it more explicit and add something like (died 12 June) below Ohira's name? Number 57 15:44, 4 March 2024 (UTC)

That might be good. I feel like the note is a bit misleading because it's often used on other election pages to denote circumstances where the leader might be an interim, but he literally died in this case. It's a unique circumstance River10000 (talk) 15:52, 4 March 2024 (UTC)

@River10000: Cool, have done that. Cheers, Number 57 18:01, 4 March 2024 (UTC)

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Infobox

Hi

Do you have an opinion? Panam2014 (talk) 11:34, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

Mike Bailey.

Indeed, yes, lots of players, as you correctly say have left. The only help, which I honestly believe is the best guide I can give to you, that should suffice to answer any future enquirer, (if this question of anything's merit is ever put to you), is there are lots of Kings and Queens; actors and actresses; ploughmen and clerics; lots of everyone and everything, in fact, (teas and cars); some enjoy life and obscurity; some fame, some disgrace. For whatever reason they're remembered; because they are, they direct the general reader of dictioneries to further knowledge. There are many football teams; why mention Gorlston ? Rather than delete the whole Gorlston article, which could so easily be done, as an agreed response to the question, as there are so many teams, education and deference to people's efforts over the years, instead, gives these subjects the priority over applying the principle of remaininig mute upon everything. Preferencing dumbness shouldn't extinguish differences of opinion, (in my own), though; people should still express it in their behaviours. Better to let the facts, as here where they are known, decide. Thanks. Heath St John (talk) 19:42, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

The better way to address the issue would be to add Bailey to Category:Gorleston F.C. players (which is linked from the article), although it's not clear whether he ever played for the first team or only the youth team. Number 57 19:43, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

Indeed.

I hadn't thought.

Yes, I do see that.

Thanks. Heath St John (talk) 19:49, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

Well I tried, but don't have the knowledge, it seems, to do that, as when you tap the usual ' Edit ' ' Pen ' symbol, the article's entries don't appear.

Do you think you could make that alteration for me, and tell me how you did it ?

Amusingly, his name should then appear just above the latest entry under ' B ': ' Sailor ' Brown: another former Charlton player, (when there are 'so many' names, (again !), in life: how curious ! Yet, meaning what ?: very probably, nothing at all; but still..

Thanks. Heath St John (talk) 19:58, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

I've done it. Cheers, Number 57 20:02, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

Terribly grateful.

I like to learn: please could you tell me how to ?, since the article's information doesn't appear when you tap the edit, preventing its being included in chronological order.

Thanks. Heath St John (talk) 20:42, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

You have to edit using the "edit code" function and add [[Category:Gorleston F.C. players]] at the bottom of the article (you will see all the other categories there too). Number 57 20:50, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

Thanks.

I'll look. Heath St John (talk) 23:22, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

No idea

Is this you? I thought of reporting for violating NPA but confirming. TrangaBellam (talk) 18:44, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

@TrangaBellam: Yes, unfortunately I think it's fair to say that user has a bit of an attitude problem. Note reverts like this or rude responses (usually in Czech) to other editors on their talk page.

They have also made some baseless claims that Wikipedia policies do not apply in certain instances, for example that WP:V does not apply to information being added to infoboxes, that MOS:LANG doesn't apply to articles on political parties. Number 57 19:57, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

Election Thailand 2023

Hello, I would like to clarify that the "official election results" on the map of Thailand will be the number of MPs in each constituency. On the right side will be the number of MPs the list of parties that have them. "Most voted-for party" is the number of names of the party that received the most votes in each constituency. In the calculation, will use nationwide constituency in the calculation. อย่ามาตบะ (talk) 03:07, 14 March 2024 (UTC)

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Please undo the use of Template: Parliament diagram

It gets rid of a lot of the nuance most parliamentary charts need to accuratley represent their makeup, along with just being an uninteresting graph. The seat SVGs are much more engaging for readers and don't feel like a glorified pie chart. 🤓 WeaponizingArchitecture | scream at me 🤓 15:42, 17 March 2024 (UTC)

@WeaponizingArchitecture: Are you talking about the fact that the diagram currently displays as a half pie-chart rather than the dots in normal diagrams? Number 57 17:18, 17 March 2024 (UTC)

Yes, and I have problems with it being used, as follows:

1: It doesn't do a good job at representing more diverse parliaments with dozens of coalitions and parties (i.e Iraq, India)

2: It isn't very engaging to readers, and makes it harder to gage information, especially since the seat numbers are on the edge of it.

3: It really isn't neccesary, I haven't seen any complaints about the current dot system, and people seem to perfer it over the half-pie. 🤓 WeaponizingArchitecture | scream at me 🤓 17:21, 17 March 2024 (UTC)

I agree. The issue is that it originally did work (and replicated the dots), but there is a problem with MediaWiki's Graph extension (which is also what is preventing opinion poll graphs working on many pages). When that issue arose, the parliamentary diagram template was also initially disabled, but the creator of the template re-enabled it as a half pie chart (after conferring with an off-wiki group rather than consulting editors on here). See the discussions about this at Template talk:Parliament diagram. Number 57 17:33, 17 March 2024 (UTC)

Ryokufūkai

Hi. I'm a contributor to the French Wikipedia and I plan on creating an article on the Ryokufūkai parliamentary groups in the Japanese House of Councillors.

I saw that you're the creator of both Ryokufūkai (1947–1960) and Ryokufūkai (1964–65), and I was wondering if you still possess or have access to Political parties of Asia and the Pacific by Haruhiro Fukui. If so, do you think you could send me captures of pp. 480, 611 and 612 by email, if you don't mind?

Regards, Ménestor (talk) 08:21, 16 March 2024 (UTC)

@Ménestor: Ping me an email and I can respond to it with images of the pages you want. Cheers, Number 57 20:25, 17 March 2024 (UTC)

Well received! Thank you very much. Ménestor (talk) 20:47, 17 March 2024 (UTC)

vandal in wikipedia staff team

please get demoted, stop vandalizing election pages WHEOOButEncyclopedia (talk) 14:42, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

2024 Russian presidential election

you changed putins votes from 87.28% to 88.48%, but got reverted by User:Wiz KDDI back to 87.28%, since i cannot access the source included am confused which is the correct one? Gooduserdude (talk) 20:33, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

@Gooduserdude: 88.48% is the percentage of the valid vote. 87.28% is the percentage of all votes received (including invalid). The Russian CEC publishes the latter because they calculate the 50% threshold (for winning in the first round) using all votes.

I can't access the source either. I assume it might be blocked outside Russia? Number 57 20:46, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

i noticed you put back 88%, if The Russian CEC publishes the latter (87%) as you explained, why are we not using that instead? Gooduserdude (talk) 12:38, 22 March 2024 (UTC)

@Number 57: hello? Gooduserdude (talk) 21:30, 22 March 2024 (UTC)

Hello. I commented on the same matter on the article talk page. It's probably best to have the discussion there. Number 57 21:31, 22 March 2024 (UTC)

How are you?

Hey man, thanks for commenting on my post. I just had a quick question: Are you Israeli? Maybe you have a better feeling for this is if you are.

Thanks! Mr manor11 (talk) 09:28, 25 March 2024 (UTC)

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2024 North Macedonian parliamentary election

I did a big mistake in opinion polls can you make it 2024 North Macedonian Parliamentary Elections Mirditor22 (talk) 13:39, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

@Mirditor22: Can you clarify which parties are meant to be in which coalitions? Cheers, Number 57 13:49, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

Vlen Coalition: Besa, Alternativa, LD European Front: BDI, ASh, PDSh SDMS Coalition : SDSM, LDP/DOM Mirditor22 (talk) 13:58, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

@Mirditor22: I think I have fixed it. Please check it is all still correct. Cheers, Number 57 14:25, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

Thank you! Mirditor22 (talk) 14:31, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

@Mirditor22: In retrospect, I would have probably ordered the columns differently, as I didn't realise there was so much pairing previous to the most recent coalitions.

If you have time to rearrange it again, a more logical order might be as below, as it would allow SDSM and BESA to be combined for the 2020 elections and allow the multiple combinations of A and ASh. Number 57 14:38, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

I don't know why but for some reason everyone switches alliances Mirditor22 (talk) 14:42, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

@Nikolay4101: Thanks for sorting it out! Number 57 20:21, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

You're welcome! I think the table looks a lot better now Nikolay4101 (talk) 06:39, 5 April 2024 (UTC)

Polling firm	Fieldwork date	Sample size	VLEN			European Front			SDSM alliance		VMRO-DPMNE	Levica	ZNAM	Others	Lead
			BDI	PDSh	ASh	A	LD	Besa	SDSM	LDP/DOM

Liberal Party of Serbia

According to several foreign Wikipedia, the party split into two before merging back together under the name "National Party". You might be best looking for sources under that name around that period in time. ValenciaThunderbolt (talk) 19:17, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

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Democratic Alliance

Where did you get the info that independents, PP and NPA gain PR seats? From both KBS and Daum, all I see for the total seats (const. and PR seats), DPK gain all 14 seats. ValenciaThunderbolt (talk) 13:00, 11 April 2024 (UTC)

See Talk:2024 South Korean legislative election/Archive 1#Democratic Alliance seats. The affiliation of the alliance's PR list is broken down, allowing the parties to be identified. Cheers, Number 57 13:01, 11 April 2024 (UTC)

Oh! Thanks :) ValenciaThunderbolt (talk) 13:06, 11 April 2024 (UTC)

I've just asked Erinthecute to create a map for the election, as the one you added isn't that great, but is a good placeholder. ValenciaThunderbolt (talk) 13:28, 11 April 2024 (UTC)

2024 North Macedonian parliamentary election

If you can, to make VMRO-DPMNE Coalition (Your Macedonia) As the For a European Future. Mirditor22 (talk) 15:06, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

With History , Member Parties etc. Mirditor22 (talk) 15:07, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

@Mirditor22: Done. Number 57 01:14, 15 April 2024 (UTC)

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Why?

Why did you remove the literal translation for Gezer Regional Council, especially when most other settlements and Regional Councils do provide a literal translation when possible? Yitzchakm2 (talk) 02:31, 24 April 2024 (UTC)

Because I don't think it's the same thing. A placename by itself can be translated to show the meaning, but when you have a placename + regional council where that placename is not a description of the area, it doesn't make sense (at least to me), as while it may be a literal translation, it is not the actual meaning (e.g.) "Carrot Regional Council".

This is why the only regional council names that are translated is where there is a meaningful translation (e.g. Emek HaYarden Regional Council = "Jordan Valley" or Drom HaSharon = "Southern Sharon") rather than a meaningless literal translation for the main name. Cases similar to Gezer are not translated – for example Gederot Regional Council is not translated to "Fences Regional Council", Merhavim Regional Council is not translated as "Spaces Regional Council" and Tamar Regional Council is not translated as "Date Regional Council"). Cheers, Number 57 12:02, 24 April 2024 (UTC)

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