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Post by pragmaticidealist on Sept 22, 2020 17:30:37 GMT
As many will know, Wikipedia can vary in its quality and quantity depending on the subject.
When it comes to psephology, which areas of it does it cover well in your experience? And which require vast improvement?
English local election articles vary wildly. Some are excellent, others (last time I checked anyway) don't even give a basic summary of the seats won, but merely state that the elections took place (or, in some cases, taking place...even though years have passed since they did).
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Harry Hayfield
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Post by Harry Hayfield on Sept 22, 2020 18:07:38 GMT
As many will know, Wikipedia can vary in its quality and quantity depending on the subject. When it comes to psephology, which areas of it does it cover well in your experience? And which require vast improvement? English local election articles vary wildly. Some are excellent, others (last time I checked anyway) don't even give a basic summary of the seats won, but merely state that the elections took place (or, in some cases, taking place...even though years have passed since they did). I try to list the number of nominations (and link the nomination forms) for Ceredigion at our local elections. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2020 18:19:33 GMT
It's quite good for foreign general elections and often goes into surprising detail for some countries
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Post by timmullen1 on Sept 22, 2020 19:07:39 GMT
For the UK individual constituency pages are usually quite good for historical election results as quick links to some of the individuals including some of the minor party candidates. They also link to the constituency in previous incarnations which can be helpful.
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nodealbrexiteer
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Post by nodealbrexiteer on Sept 22, 2020 19:14:05 GMT
I quite like it particularly the General Election pages
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Post by afleitch on Sept 22, 2020 21:27:41 GMT
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elections_in_ScotlandMaps here for some elections from the 1950's to 1970's have shown Aberdeenshire East as a Labour seat for years since they were uploaded. And it confuses me as to why it's never been fixed.
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Post by Georg Ebner on Sept 22, 2020 22:51:51 GMT
The nearer wikipedia gets to theology&philosophy, the less one should rely on it.
So: Results yes, analysis not necessarily.
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