Template:Did you know nominations/New Zealand general election, 1875–76

New Zealand general election, 1875–76

 * ... that the 1875–76 election in New Zealand was held between Christmas and New Year in many of the electorates?
 * Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Günther Strupp
 * Comment: recently expanded

Created/expanded by Schwede66 (talk). Self nom at 11:28, 19 March 2012 (UTC)


 * ALT1 ... that George Grey was elected in two electorates in the 1875–76 election in New Zealand?


 * I have just about 5 times expanded the 1879 election as well and it turns out that George Grey did exactly the same thing again. So when I got 1000 Bytes of prose added to that one, I'd like to turn the hook into a double nomination. Just in case you were just about to start reviewing this one. Should be all done within the next day or so.  Schwede 66  09:12, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Ok, the 1879 article is now ready, too.  Schwede 66  20:31, 25 March 2012 (UTC)


 * ALT2 ... that George Grey (pictured) was elected in two electorates in both the  and s in New Zealand?


 * This is my first double nom. Im also a regular at election articles so here goes:
 * general election, 1875–76: First, is there any party info for each mp? O are they all independents? Article is long enough, 5x expansion done, refs check out (though can we put the fist instance of Scholefield fully, with the followups in the format it is.
 * general election, 1879: length and expansion add up. Refs in first instance would be better spelt out for scholefield and wilson. Need verifiability on ref 3 and the last sentence of the article is not sourced. Ans wheres the data from the lead sourced to? Also for 2nd nom need to review somethign else too know?
 * I tinkered with the reorginsation in the second one so as to put more section for easy reading. Go aead and check out if its okey...but i do think everything wasnt background.Lihaas (talk) 08:04, 5 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the review, and for reorganising the second article. It's good to hear that you write election articles yourself, as that will give you an appreciation of how much hard work this is. Regarding your specific feedback:
 * I have now clarified that this was during the pre-party era.
 * The shortened footnotes system does not spell out the reference in full at the first instance; please see Help:Shortened footnotes
 * I'm not sure what you mean by the verifiability comment, as there is a reference there and I've given the page range where the book deals with the multi-member electorates.
 * I have added a reference to the legislation, which backs up the unsourced sentence.
 * Data in the 1879 lead should now all be referenced in the article (this shows the value of an independent review - thanks!).
 * When the QPQ process was introduced, I specifically suggested that multi-noms should have one review per nominated article, but the majority view was that one review per hook shall suffice. Has this requirement changed recently (I put multi-noms forward reasonably frequently)?  Schwede 66  19:25, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
 * How about adding the refs as further reading so they can be above?
 * It appears that you have not come across this referencing system before. The way it's done is entirely how the Manual of Style describes it. I thus see no reason to change it. In fact, I don't want to change it, as there are hundreds of New Zealand politics articles that use this referencing system and I very much believe in consistency across articles.  Schwede 66  20:21, 6 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Is there any link for the John Martin ref? ISBN or something?
 * I have added the ISBN.  Schwede 66  20:21, 6 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Also the line "George Grey was unseated on petition in Christchurch, as he had already been elected in the Thames electorate" is unsourced
 * Ref added.  Schwede 66  20:21, 6 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Hmmm, maybe youre right for the QPQ...guess its almost good to go.Lihaas (talk) 13:54, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

Should be good to go now.  Schwede 66  20:21, 6 April 2012 (UTC)
 * This is not going to hold the nom up but on 1875-1876 refs 14 and 15 should have a title and in lower case and on 1879 same for ref 19.
 * Done and approved.Pictogram voting keep.svgs (talk) 03:57, 7 April 2012 (UTC)