Talk:2012 Melbourne state by-election

David Nolte link removed again
Removed link to David Nolte per Articles for deletion/David Nolte. Timeshift (talk) 07:26, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

Now Articles for deletion/David Nolte (2nd nomination). Timeshift (talk) 06:22, 14 August 2012 (UTC)

Ballot paper order
Please note that Antony Green is on leave until after the by-election and pollbludger have the ballot paper order wrong (they used the wrong URL), so please ensure you check the used VEC ref when validating. Thanks. Timeshift (talk) 07:26, 22 June 2012 (UTC)

Nolte
Part of the reason I had removed the description next to Nolte is that the rest of the candidates did not have a description. The previous format was pretty cut and dry - if they represented an unregistered party, they had the extra detail. But when we start to introduce memberships of parties, then it's not only Nolte but others that need changing too. But beyond that, it's my preference that either all candidates have a description (thanks Antony Green...), or we only give a label to unregistered party candidates. Thoughts? Timeshift (talk) 01:15, 19 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Agreed. In an ideal situation I'd prefer to do away with the table altogether, especially after the election, but that's only really appropriate when the article is significantly expanded (like Werriwa by-election, 2005). In the meantime short profiles in the table would be ideal, a really important part of the article actually, and should be fairly easy to do. I don't have the time right this minute but I can get to it later if no one else does. Frickeg (talk) 01:32, 19 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Agreed. I don't have the time to search for refs/info on all the candidates either, so until someone can add more, in fairness, i've removed Nolte's info. Timeshift (talk) 05:16, 19 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Oh no, Antony's removed all the profiles! (And he had them up before too!) This means we'll have to do some actual work! I'll get on it later tonight, hopefully. Frickeg (talk) 06:40, 19 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Yeah, he has, not only does he just mention the names now, he's on a long-term holiday. Thanks in advance...! Timeshift (talk) 07:15, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

The expansion is much appreciated. One thing i'm not sure of - isn't Mayne a former Liberal? Timeshift (talk) 07:36, 20 July 2012 (UTC)
 * I only did a brief runthrough of sources and I may have missed quite a bit - that rings a bell and if true should probably go in there. And if anyone can find a single reliable source giving the merest skerrick of biographical information on Bengtsson (a bunch of blogs say she's a pastor, which would be better than nothing), that would be great. It got very frustrating finding article after article, some going into a fair bit of detail on her policies, referring to her merely as "Australian Christians candidate ..." On another note, Ahmed seems potentially notable, on the basis of this zoom-through of the sources. Frickeg (talk) 07:43, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

Ahmed noteable?
See Talk:Berhan Ahmed (keep discussion there). Timeshift (talk) 07:44, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

Preliminary result?
Ok, interesting result. All booth primary and TCPs have been counted, non-ordinary votes yet to be included. With the TCP projection in regards to the Sex Party, VEC uses 70-30 to Labor but pollbludger and poliquant refer to scrutineers finding high non-HTV rates. Under VEC, the prediction has a 0.75% Labor 2CP. Pollbludger is using 50-50, giving a .50% Green 2CP. I'm not sure what table if any should appear and what it should have. Thoughts? Timeshift (talk) 11:57, 21 July 2012 (UTC)


 * With prepolls included and Labor-leaning postals to go, pollbludger chat seems to indicate Labor holding on. Timeshift (talk) 12:43, 21 July 2012 (UTC)


 * Lordy, I don't know... If they're both TCP projections, maybe just put the primary votes up for tonight in the table? And mention the two opposing projections in text below? --Canley (talk) 12:57, 21 July 2012 (UTC)


 * Looks like the VEC has now added postals - ALP ahead by 1.38% margin. --Canley (talk) 13:20, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

Seems as though that Labor has won, though either way it didn't mean much considering there was no Liberal candidate and their preference flows, and the changed preference flow configuration. And either result wouldn't have meant much, though that wouldn't have stopped News Ltd from having an orgasm and predict the fall of federal Labor if the Greens won, but now that it appears Labor has won, i'm sure this by-election will quickly slip in to the ether. Timeshift (talk) 01:22, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

I tend to agree with the non-RS Poliquant that based on the primary votes that it was the ASP and Ahmed that sufficiently influenced the by-election from a Green win to a Labor win through preference recommendations. Timeshift (talk) 04:41, 22 July 2012 (UTC)
 * TS's rational seems right. Tony   (talk)  06:42, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

Australian Christians in results table - can someone add the coding?
With the results table, the Australian Christians haven't been added yet. I rarely do these, I can't even find current parties in Template:Election box candidate AU party, but i'm probably doing it wrong. Can someone who knows how to do it fix it? Thanks. Timeshift (talk) 07:26, 24 July 2012 (UTC)
 * OK, done. I've done a few of these over the years, forget how each time and have to refresh my memory by looking at the template code. --Canley (talk) 11:37, 24 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Shouldn't it just be 'Christians' rather than 'Australian Christians', per the other parties in the table? Timeshift (talk) 21:38, 24 July 2012 (UTC)
 * I've fixed it (I found the template link from your contribs) Timeshift (talk) 06:42, 25 July 2012 (UTC)

South Brisbane state by-election, 2012
I must say it is rather interesting to compare the turnout figures, especially considering the above had candidates from all major parties. Timeshift (talk) 01:55, 4 August 2012 (UTC)