Talk:2014 Afghan presidential election

Table of candidates
Ideally, someone should make a table in which all 27 candidates, their running partners, (wherever the case) parties, previous experience of the candidate, and further reference of candidateship are included. I am however not proficient in the making of wikitables, however I have provided a reference in the article in which all candidates and running partners are named. For some possible inspiration see this and that. Crispulop (talk) 21:54, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

Links
>> Afghan bomber targets vice president hopeful>> Afghan vote campaign begins amid violence>> Afghanistan elections: The myth and reality about ethnic divides>> Taliban attacks Kabul election office>> Roadside bomb kills three Afghan poll workers(Lihaas (talk) 20:59, 22 October 2013 (UTC)).

Reformism
Several of the candidates are listed as following "reformism," then that links to a page on socialism. Is it possible that reformism in the afghanistan context refers to something more local, or is the atheist Marx suddenly huge in Afghanistan? Not sure the best way to clarify, maybe just break all those links, or point them to "Reformism (Afghanistan)"? --96.255.132.198 (talk) 04:16, 5 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Yeah I'm thinking it might potentially be best just to remove it. I was the one who originally added it - it was intended to communicate how most of the main candidates are running on platforms favoring various forms of bureaucratic, democratic, and economic reform. (as opposed to any socialist meaning) There's a difficulty with the election in that most of the candidates actually run on quite similar platform (although they have different bases) - to some extent the election is less about what the Afghan people want to be delivered, and almost more about who they think is best capable of delivering it. I'll break the links for now, and then it'll probably be best to replace them with more specific examples of the kind of change the candidates want. MrPenguin20 (talk) 14:12, 5 April 2014 (UTC)

Election Results
I have filled in the results for 2014, but they do not appear. Someone should help. Cancina5645 (talk) 15:38, 12 April 2014 (UTC)

Section about election fraud
Regarding recent news about the election fraud, I think we need a section for it. It has quite a significant impact on the process and the country and needs to be addressed. Any feedback? CorrectiveMeasures (talk) 08:23, 27 June 2014 (UTC)

Updates
I have updated the article to state that the preliminary results may not be released on July 2 because of the widespread fraud accusations. Abdullah has said he will boycott the results because the douchebags that are tearing down the fragile country by engineering fraudulent results for Ghani, they are corrupt. Crooked Q (talk) 19:59, 1 July 2014 (UTC)

The United States eyeing fraud allegations very closely. Bdwolverine87 (talk) 05:35, 8 July 2014 (UTC)

Map
The map in the infobox would greatly benefit from a key in English. I can work out that the Blue is Abdallah, but it should be easier.  Tigerboy1966  17:31, 8 July 2014 (UTC)


 * The English key seems to now be fixed. However I'm a little confused by the terms "absolute majority" and "relative majority", the latter of which is unfamiliar to me. Should these be interpreted as "majority" (more than 50% of all votes cast), and "plurality" (less than 50% but more than anyone else)? Otherwise what is "relative majority" supposed to mean? "Absolute majority" is redundant phrasing; a "majority" is more than 50%, without needing a qualifier. Milkunderwood (talk) 06:19, 30 September 2014 (UTC)


 * This is an issue of British vs. North American English (see Plurality (voting) for explanation). Relative majority is the correct British English term. Liam3851 (talk) 19:14, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

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