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Washington State
Well, the State Senate in this next session will be a 26-23 MCC majority. The MCC is 25 Republicans, and 1 Democrat who caucus together. They all fall under the MCC category of governing party and have 26 votes. The minority party is the Democrats who will have 23 seats next session. My source for the election results is the Wa State Secretary of State. The House still has three swing races not being finished counting results, so I'm not gonna edit that page until results are confirmed November 25th. I know you have edited most if not all of the state legislatures in the nation, and you're right, nobody owns a page, however as a resident of this sate, and someone who knows several legislatures personally, I would love it if you let me update these pages, you can have the other 49 states. Also, I prefer using the parliamentary diagram sustem I used previously and I would love to change it back to that. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by UWHuskyFan (talk • contribs) 19:50, 10 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Hi. Thanks for leaving an edit on my page. First, while I respect your enthusiasm for editing these pages and your care and attention to detail...on wikipedia nobody "owns" a page. Everyone is allowed to edit any page and the editing is never left to anyone. So in general, you have to be receptive to other edits, even if you have been editing it for one year.
 * I've made several changes including updating the diagrams, so when you revert all of the changes you revert other important information. I've fixed the senate results. Please let me know what specific detail is wrong if there is any and we can fix those.
 * As for the house I reverted that edit as you are right there were errors. Could you let me know what your source is for the official results? I will need to make a new diagram so knowing the official results and which source you use would be very helpful. Regards
 * Shabidoo | Talk 19:18, 10 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Here is the link for the MCC: http://majoritycoalition.src.wastateleg.org/  and I have already update the diagram to be a purple shade, however I will likely change it to either a light red or a light blue. Also, the formating of the page I can keep the same, I like what you did with the governing and opposition parties. If a viewer clicks on the MCC in the party division section of the page it takes them to the wikipedia page fore the MCC, which will also explain what the caucus is. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by UWHuskyFan (talk • contribs) 19.20, 10 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Again, as I said, I don't own the other legislatures. I'm simply updating the information and in some cases making it consistent. You're welcome to make these changes but I will edit it if there are any inconsistencies okay? Could you please give me a website with the source regarding the MCC coalition (please give me the actual link)? If that is the case then when you create the diagram you will have to add one dot that is perhaps light blue to distinguish that one seat as being a democrat who has crossed party lines to sit with the republicans. You should also make that clear in the infoboxes. Try to make the listing of the information consistent with the infobox format on other state senate and house pages. I'm assuming you will do this in the next couple weeks? Cheers --Shabidoo | Talk 19:40, 10 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Okay I see you've made the changes to the diagram. That's great. However the MCC isn't an actual party, it's a coalition. That should be reflected in the infoboxes. Perhaps something like this.

Governing MCC coalition: Opposition party
 * {{legend|#FF0000|Republican (25)}}
 * {{legend|#AB274F|Independent Democrat (1)}}
 * {{legend|#0000FF|Democratic (23)}}


 * Cheers --Shabidoo | Talk 20:19, 10 November 2014 (UTC)
 * I think the purple was a good idea. Don't forget to sign your posts on talk pages :)
 * Talk 19:47, 10 November 2014 (UTC)


 * I'm sure he won't object to your help in updating the page, but if Washington hasn't previously had coalition control of its legislature, you should take a look at the pages for other states that have had coalition control before performing your update so you don't have to "reinvent the wheel" as you go. – Philosopher Let us reason together. 20:31, 10 November 2014 (UTC)
 * I've looked into it and it seems that only Washington and NY had coalitions (the NY one fell apart). In any case the NY senate was reelected and there isn't any news yet about a new coalition. As for Washington State, now that the Republicans are in control, we'll have to wait to see if they bother to continue with the coalition or not. If you know of any other coalitions...please let me know. Cheers --Shabidoo | Talk 20:46, 10 November 2014 (UTC)

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Alaska Legislature articles
Thanks for the message. They were supposed to have counted most of the outstanding ballots today, so we may have a clearer idea when those tallies are announced (in fact, as I write this, there was mention of this on the newscast at the beginning of All Things Considered). As it stands right now, the Claman–Dubey race in Anchorage, and the Klein–Ortiz race in Ketchikan, are too close to call. Therefore, the party composition of the House isn't a sure thing. The target date for certification of the election is November 28. As the governor is supposed to be sworn in the following week, it's likely to actually occur pretty close to that date. As replacements for legislators are chosen from within the same party, WP:CRYSTAL doesn't apply to party composition once the election is certified. Just about anything else would be just that until members are sworn in, which I think is on January 20. Legislators serve until the next legislature is sworn in, which has been the case in Alaska dating back to a court decision rendered in the late 1940s. There is an uncertainty, in that Kevin Meyer was announced as the new Senate president. It's unclear to me whether he's already assumed that office or whether that occurs in January. RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions 01:31, 12 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Since posting this, they've released updated results from the first round of ballot counting. As it stands, Klein leads Ortiz by nine votes.  It's quite possible that this race won't be decided until the last minute. RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions  03:04, 12 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Wow. That is close. What is it with Alaska and close votes. In Alaska House of Representatives District 7 in 2008 the Rep candidate beat the democratic by one vote! --Shabidoo | Talk 06:20, 12 November 2014 (UTC)

About the floor plan of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Thanks for creating File:Ontario legislature 2014.png however this has never matched with the actual official seating plan of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. The proper one should look like this:. Could you please spend some time and correct it? Merci— A   Macanese  20:14, 17 November 2014 (UTC)
 * The Westminster diagram in the infobox isn't a floor plan. It is a way to visualise the strength of the governing party against that of the opposition party. This is the same with the assembly style diagrams such as in the New York senate and the Belgium Chamber of representatives amongst thousands of other similar chambers. These diagrams do not show the real layout of the chamber nor where the politicians even sit but give an idea of the composition. Otherwise (like with westminster diagrams) you would have thousands of idiosyncratic designed layouts that make it difficult to visualise the strength of each party in a small diagram in the info box. There is a correct seating diagram later in the article (which I believe needs to be updated). This is a much larger layout of the chamber with the names of the MPPs and where they actually sit. I can help you update that if you like. Cheers --Shabidoo | Talk 04:15, 18 November 2014 (UTC)

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Vermont House of Representatives
Hi Shabidoo, and thanks for uploading your diagram for the Vermont House of Representatives. Apparently, there are six independent legislators elected this year, not five as illustrated in the diagram&mdash;would you mind making a small correction? Thanks, Altamel (talk) 21:33, 10 January 2015 (UTC)

Keep up the good work on state legislature pages
Please note that Nov 1st is never election day (first Tues after first Monday = Nov 2nd thru 8th), 2016 is the 8th, 2018 is the 6th. I will update as I get a chance. I know updating these articles can be a chore, so you deserve appreciation. Thank you for doing so much work, NoSeptember  12:26, 11 January 2015 (UTC)

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 * Okay thanks. I just wanted to know what it was all about. Cheers Shabidoo | Talk 02:22, 23 January 2015 (UTC)

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Kentucky Senate
Hi Shabidoo! Just dropping you a note to let you know that you may want to update the figure for the Kentucky Senate when you get the chance, in light of a recent special election result there. Thanks! --IJBall (talk) 04:32, 6 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the heads up! Done and done. Shabidoo | Talk 10:06, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

Basic declension theory blanked
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About the Legislatures
Hello Shabidoo!

Im not sure if this is the proper way to talk to you on here since I an not 100% familiar with the talking feature on the Wiki's. And if you ask me, they are pretty messed up. But I digress...

Anyway I got your last message and you're right, those legislatures are the Westminister style ones and would look odd if someone used a crescent style layout. Until whoever designed the really cool feature that lets you make said layout maps puts in a feature for Westminister style layouts, they should remain the same.

I appreciate the time you took to address this issue. I apologize for all this confusion and changing of the files. That being said I will look into those parliaments that lack proper seating charts and if applicable, adding in the seating chart.

When it comes to dealing with city councils, that is going to be difficult as city councils are elected on a non-partisan basis, but you can still see the party elements in some people. Chicago elected Rahm Emanuel as their mayor and even though he is non-partisan, you can tell the dude is a total Democrat.

Either way, I will do what I can about the legislatures. I just love playing with the seating layout generator!

Warmest regards,

- DrRandomFactor. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DrRandomFactor (talk • contribs) 05:55, 20 March 2015 (UTC)

More on Legislatures
Hello again!

I am more than happy to help you update the lists for the 2016 elections next year, they will be interesting to see to say the least...

As for anything else I am just going through lists right now and seeing which legislatures I can make the layout charts for. Some are a pain to make since some countries have coalition parties and some countries have about 20 parties in their legislatures. Even worse when they don't even provide you with a party colour (although I understand many of these countries are third world nations)

Pretty much, when you asked what else i am interested in, anything really. Anything you need me to help you out with just let me know on here and I will be more than happy to oblige!

DrRandomFactor (talk) 16:48, 21 March 2015 (UTC)

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Actually replying to DrRandomFactor, but felt you'd also be interested... Slashme (talk) 00:02, 22 March 2015 (UTC)

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Moved your comment on github to separate issue
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If you noticed that I deleted your comment on GitHub, that's because I recreated it as a separate issue, and then closed it: https://github.com/slashme/parliamentdiagram/issues/12 --Slashme (talk) 21:41, 23 March 2015 (UTC)

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Canada Legislature Changes
Thank you for your kind words on the legislature layouts. I agree, in hindsight I should of tested the waters with one and just let it sit after that to see what the blowback would have been.

I would gladly flip the Newfoundland Parliament. I read an article in its Wikipedia page that said that is how the layout used to be due to the heater system in the old legislature. The government party sat in the heated part and the opposition sat in the cold end with no heater. Cheeky buggers.

To make the diagrams, i used an online photoshop-esque program called Sumo Paint. Its a watered down photoshop essentially, but it has great results. I used the layout of the House of Commons of Canada (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Canada_house-01.svg) as a guide and mapped it according to the seats on each side of the legislature. It was pretty rudimentary and low tech, I had to count them out for each legislature, no automation. Then I coloured them according to the parties and cropped it so it fit. So every one of those legislatures is essentially a re-cropped and recovered version of the Canadian HoC layout. Once again, I mean it when I say it was tedious and low-automation.

I also re-edited the Jamaican Parliament & Senate layout using the exact same method.

Thank so much!

EDIT: Forgot to mention I converted the files to an svg format using an online program called MobileFish.

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UK House of Lords seating plan
Hi Shabidoo

The seating plan for the House of Lords is out of date. Do you have the time to update it?

Regards Domdeparis (talk) 08:15, 20 October 2016 (UTC)


 * Hi Domdeparis, I'd be happy to do it. Could you confirm that the seat numbers per party are correct (in the infobox)?
 * Cheers
 * Davis

Hi Davis I checked them yesterday and according to there are 5 members that are in the non-affiliated that should be in others.
 * Independent Labour (2)
 * Independent Liberal Democrat (1)
 * Independent Social Democrat (1)
 * Independent Ulster Unionist (1)

Cheers Dom

Hi Domdeparis. I updated the diagram, though when updating the infobox I was reversed. I find the revert excuse questionable and I don't agree with the idea of lumping independent-partyname groups into the non-affiliated (as they are not) instead of deciding that by seat-count or at the least giving them their own colour and providing the details. Shabidoo | Talk 19:31, 22 October 2016 (UTC)

Hi Davis

totally agree with you the source doesn't lump them together so wikipedia shouldn't either

Domdeparis (talk) 09:39, 24 October 2016 (UTC)

Hi the guy that undid your edit is a bit of a fanatic it seems...Domdeparis (talk) 12:55, 24 October 2016 (UTC)


 * Hey, yeah Dom...we will have to wait and see if any other user shares his particular POV. Shabidoo | Talk 15:51, 24 October 2016 (UTC)

The guy has been blocked and warned for edit-warring multiple times...Domdeparis (talk) 16:03, 24 October 2016 (UTC)

Hi Shabidoo have a look at what I've done. I've created pages for the independents that all redirect to the non-affiliated members page that mentions them. I've created colour boxes for all the independents and put the templates for the number of members back. Any correction now would be vandalism on his part. i'm actually quite happy he did that as I have now more editing skills!Domdeparis (talk) 16:38, 25 October 2016 (UTC)

Getting consensus on Basic declension theory
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Suicide methods edit
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February 2020
Please remember to assume good faith when dealing with other editors, which you did not do on Talk:Book of Daniel. Thank you. Doug Weller talk 09:16, 12 February 2020 (UTC)
 * That's in your humble opinion Doug. I think going to other users talk pages and passing off judgement over contentious disagreements is assuming bad faith as well. I've never ever seen anyone go around to people's talk page tone policing conversations. Consider intervening in a more constructive way than accusing people of things on their talk pages. Wouldn't that be a better interpretation of this pillar? Shabidoo | Talk 10:48, 12 February 2020 (UTC)

Verdi works
Not sure what you wanted to in the list of Verdi's works. If getting rid of the bullets, please use plainlist, not html for new lines, and if the latter - ever - use "br /" instead of "br", or the editor gets confused and produces wrong colours in edit mode. --
 * Yeah, I'm not sure why those bullets were added into the table in the first place. Feel free to replace the br / with plainlist if you like, the br / works fine and is used in lots of tables. Shabidoo | Talk 17:19, 11 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Thank you for that. I made other - more urgent - fixes to that table. Have music and apples for thanks, on my talk, if you like. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:51, 11 October 2020 (UTC)
 * HEy yeah, thanks for the other fixes to the table! Shabidoo | Talk 20:22, 11 October 2020 (UTC)

Precious
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 * Oh cool! Thanks a lot for the award. Awards are always nice :) Appreciated :) Shabidoo | Talk 20:22, 11 October 2020 (UTC)

Precious anniversary
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