Wikipedia talk:Mediation Cabal/Cases/2010-08-06/United States Senate elections in Illinois, 2010

Having a broader understanding of the controversy behind the page, I would like to apologize to jerzeykidd and hope that his earlier transgressions against the community will help him forgive mine.

On a dissimilar related note: Could we get all of the candidates (there are four) that are on the ballot listed on this page? It would at least help Wikipedia keep more credibility than cable news networks in terms of historical accuracy. I was unaware of the 5% polling rule, if there is such a thing. Could someone please point me to it. I don't want to be accused of wiki lawyering, but the 5% polling rule seems unreasonable when the all of the candidates who made it on to the ballot went through a very strenuous process to get there. The people who put them there did more than check a radio button on a webpage. Ejmarten (talk) 02:54, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

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 * The way it is in every single election article is that a candidate must have at least 5% or more in one pre-election poll. After the election, a candidate needs to have obtained at least 5% of the electorate. The reason why this rule is in place is because if we didn't, the infobox could include more than 10 candidates and would look horrible. The point of the infobox is summerize the results of the article. This is due process and the way it always has been. I have edited hundreds of election articles (presidential, senate, gubernatorial, etc.). I'm a veteran editor.

As far as where this rule has been discussed. Refer to:
 * United States Senate special election in Massachusetts, 2010
 * Talk:United States Senate election in South Carolina, 2010
 * Talk:United States presidential election, 2008/Archive 8
 * User:GageSkidmore