User talk:Hellodiot

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Speedy deletion nomination of User:Hellodiot

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While this isn't really a good nomination (it's clear that you do a lot of work with respect to elections, and are using your userpage as a workspace), the reality is that others will come by and nominate it again and someone else might delete all your work. Instead of having that happen, I've moved it to User:Hellodiot/Argentina where you can continue working on it. I trust you will find this acceptable. Risker (talk) 03:56, 18 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Quebec elections

Thanks very much for adding the bar tables to the Quebec elections! You'll see I've made a few tweaks, just updating the party colour templates (the Quebec Conservative party is not the same party as the Progressive Conservative party; the colour looks much the same, but I think it's important to keep the parties distinct), and also replaced the party abbreviations with the names of the parties. The general approach is that if a party operated bilingually, as both parties did at that time, then the English name of the party is used on English wikipedia articles, and the French name is used on French wikipedia articles. Just minor points; thanks again! Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 16:20, 4 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft article, Draft:Second Cabinet of Sebastián Piñera

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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 21:00, 26 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Speedy deletion nomination of User:Hellodiot/Sandbox2

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Party/alliance tables

Hello. Rather than create separate tables for coalitions and parties, you can add in coalition rows to the results template as below. Also, could I recommend/request that you do not use Visual Editor when adding Election results templates – it leaves the code in a big mess that makes it very hard for other editors to work on afterwards. Cheers, Number 5 7 18:27, 25 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the comment. I've gone ahead and tidied up the article. Hellodiot (talk) 23:18, 25 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks – I think you might have missed my first point – there's no need for separate tables for parties and coalitions if the coalition totals are included in the party table. Cheers, Number 5 7 11:56, 26 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, not sure if you missed this message, but I saw you are still creating separate tables by coalition and party. This isn't necessary if you are displaying the coalition totals in 'by party' table. Cheers, Number 5 7 18:25, 26 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I did read your message, but I think it is best to show both, similarly to how it is shown in other election sites that incorporate relatively fixed alliances (for example 2018 Swedish general election). Personally, I live in Chile and more often than not, the media and the political debate usually revolves around the blocs more than the parties, hence why I believe it is worth having both tables. They don't really take up space either, so I don't see the point in getting rid of them. In any case, if there were to be more objections in the talk page, it would be something worth discussing, but unfortunately nobody really pays attention. Thanks again for the help in making the party tables. Hellodiot (talk) 19:15, 26 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The Swedish one has a table for the alliances as the totals are not shown in the main results table This is because they are not formal coalitions, they are simply blocs of parties that tend to form/support governments, with no cooperation during the election (they still stand against each other). In cases where there are formal alliances, we show them in the (single) results table. If the coalition totals are shown, there is no reason to have a separate table as you are duplicating the information.

A couple of other tips – you are forgetting to add total_sc parameter (total seat change) and seat changes for the coalition rows. Cheers, Number 5 7 19:20, 26 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello. Just to let you know, these templates are being phased out. Rather than creating new ones, please add any new party colours/shortnames to (for example) Module:Political party/A for parties that begin with the letter a. Cheers, Number 5 7 21:10, 1 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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