Talk:Electoral system of Australia/Archive 2004

Very nice page
I hope I wasn't being presumptuous in making a couple of changes (I was surprised they worked!)- Wills byelection was in 1992 (Hawke got the flick in December 1991) and preferential voting first used in 1919 (100% sure about first but only 90% on second).


 * Presumptuous? Indeed not!  Being able to update pages in wikipedia is part of the whole point.   Please help us correct and improve wikipedia whenever and whereever you can.  Thanks! --Lexor|Talk 02:53, 17 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Great article! Al

Terminology of Preferential Voting.
A new heading is required to explain such things as "Two-party preferred", "How-to-vote card", "Distribution of preferences", etc. 203.12.97.47 00:55, 30 Sep 2004 (UTC)

No it isn't. All the terms which are relevant to the topic are already explained in the text. Terms such as "protest vote" are not relevant to the topic, they are political not electoral. I have deleted the section and clarified some of the terms in the text. Adam 12:14, 1 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Failed FAC nomination
Quoting Ta bu shi da yu: "Basically, this is an excellent piece of writing. It was written from a highly accomplished author, Adam Carr, and is quite NPOV". It's also relevant considering the recent Australian election, which is nominated for featured status below. - Aaron Hill 08:34, Oct 15, 2004 (UTC)
 * Object for now. The lead section should summarise in broad terms the content of the article and references need to be made explicit. Filiocht 11:03, Oct 15, 2004 (UTC)
 * Object 1) Lead section too short, not a summary. 2) No references. 3) The image has no source/usage info. 4) Use tables instead of typewriter parts. 5) While not necessarily bad, there is a lot of explanation of the voting systems themselves (apart from how they are implemented in Australia). Something needs to be explained (for ease of reading), but I feel this much is not really necessary. 6) Voting is compulsory. Is this enforced? How? 7) A map of the electorates (the Australian_electorates is just a stub) would be useful, since it is not very clear what the electorates are. Jeronimo 07:13, 18 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Object. Compares poorly to Antony Green's history on www.abc.net.au or that on www.aec.gov.au.  Littered with nationalist NPOV "It was felt that since 60,000 Australians had died in the first world war defending freedom, Australians had a duty to use the freedoms so dearly bought."  Nothing on classwar and the history of the electoral system (ALP for goodness' sake).  Nothing on the anti-democratic tendencies in the Australian electoral system (I'm thinking the fight for franchise in the 19th C in the state systems, the development of the party system under ALP pressure.).  Littered with Americanisms "Ballot Access".  Rework, historicise, remove Americanisms, need more on 19th Century and the party system.Fifelfoo 05:20, 19 Oct 2004 (UTC)