Template:Did you know nominations/Croatian parliamentary election, 1990


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The result was: promoted by Harrias talk 22:11, 20 April 2015 (UTC)

Croatian parliamentary election, 1990

 * ... that the Croatian parliamentary election of 1990 was the first free, multiparty election for the nation's parliament (pictured) since 1913?


 * ALT1:... that the Croatian parliamentary election of 1990 ended 45 years of Communist rule and was the first free, multiparty election for the nation's parliament (pictured) since 1913?
 * Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Dave Green (director)
 * Comment: Ideally, the nom should appear on 22 April or 30 May (25th anniversary of the start of the voting or convening of the parliament elected by the vote

5x expanded by Tomobe03 (talk). Self-nominated at 22:40, 7 April 2015 (UTC).


 * Symbol question.svg Both hooks are supported by a citation and are within the length limit. The article has been sufficiently expanded. The image checks out, but it's not mentioned in either hook. Also, there is a grammar issue: it should be "elections were" or "election was". Cordless Larry (talk) 07:53, 15 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Article moved to "elections" and hooks modified to suit. EEng (talk) 12:45, 15 April 2015 (UTC)
 * The move was incorrect – the title is in line with WP:NC-GAL – and has been reversed. Number   5  7  13:00, 15 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Even where, as here, there were multiple rounds of voting a month apart? I don't see anyting in NC-GAL about that, and the article itself uses "elections" throughout. EEng (talk) 13:21, 15 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Yes, even when there are multiple rounds (see e.g. Malagasy general election, 2013 and Malian presidential election, 2013 where there were two rounds in the presidential election or Mauritanian parliamentary election, 2013 and French legislative election, 2012 where there were two rounds of the parliamentary elections, the former about a month apart). It's fairly standard to use "elections" throughout articles, even though the article title is "election". I guess because the article title is a formal formulaic format, whereas the more common usage appears in prose. Number   5  7  13:40, 15 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Which is weird, since the general principle for WP:AT is to use common names. Sounds like something that 300 people argued about for years at MOS. EEng (talk) 15:53, 15 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your comments. I tried to apply them to the hooks and the image. Regarding election/elections issue I have no particular preference, and not being a native speaker of English would not venture any bold opinions here. Cheers--Tomobe03 (talk) 16:33, 15 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Looks like we're making progress, but the image still isn't referred to in either suggested hook. Cordless Larry (talk) 08:35, 17 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg Now looks good to go. Cordless Larry (talk) 17:36, 19 April 2015 (UTC)