User talk:Mathbot/ArbCom Election December 2006

Could we sortable the main table without butchering the bot?
... sample table removed as too long Oleg Alexandrov (talk) 16:05, 5 December 2006 (UTC) ...

(Glen S added the above table and header)

If you implement this, and then add a "total" and "Support-Oppose" column, you will end up with the same as User:Gurch/Reports/ArbComElections - oh, and add pretty colours as well. The only differences then would be the link to the userpage (Gurch) and the order number (Mathbot). Trouble is, the S-O column will probably break the "sortable" feature, like it did over there... Carcharoth 18:39, 4 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks. I implemented the sortable thing. The pretty colors, i don't care much about that (and about competeing with Gurch either :) Gurch has the advantage that is bot runs much more often than mine, which I scheduled to update the page only twice an hour. Oleg Alexandrov (talk) 04:10, 5 December 2006 (UTC)


 * I went back to the unsortable version per complaints that the sortable table does not work in IE 6. Oleg Alexandrov (talk) 16:02, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Overcounts
This seems to be slightly off. I looked at Kelly Martin, and found the Mathbot number for "Support" matches the total including excluded votes.

Users still get a good picture here, btu I was wondering if this is something easy to fix? Jd2718 21:06, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

And now the numbers look correct. Maybe I just looked wrong. Jd2718 21:23, 4 December 2006 (UTC)


 * You are right, there was a bug in the code. It did not ignore properly invalid votes. I fixed it now. Thanks for the report! Oleg Alexandrov (talk) 04:49, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Sort bug
Single digit percents are being sorted as if they were double digit (I suspect an alpha sort instead of numeric, so 53, 51, 5, 47 etc. Jd2718 12:24, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I noticed this as well. I was surprised to see Kelly Martin at the bottom of the list. Well, she is still top of the oppose column! She's also received more combined votes than anyone else, though UC's 150 supports is still the largest single figure. I wonder, can the history of these bot pages be used to show how the election developed, showing how some candidates maybe overtook others, or were permanently at the top, rooted to the bottom? I'd love to see graphical shots of the election developing over time. Carcharoth 14:48, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Now that I removed the sortable table thing, I think it sorts right, numerically. That's how it appears to me at least. Oleg Alexandrov (talk) 16:06, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Candidate re-entered the ArbCom election
Radiant's re-entered the ArbCom election, so should be added back to this bot table. Carcharoth 00:34, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
 * The bot re-reads the list of candidates each time, so it added him in automatically. I t is good that Radiant entered back. Oleg Alexandrov (talk) 03:36, 11 December 2006 (UTC)