Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Indian politics/Electoral constituencies update

Collab discussion
@TrademarkedTarantula hey we can have the cleanup chat here instead of polluting your talk page. 456legend (talk) 17:16, 21 May 2023 (UTC)


 * @456legend, I believe this is much better. Plus, it's easier for me to find it here than my talk page. TrademarkedTarantula (talk) 17:17, 21 May 2023 (UTC)
 * @TrademarkedTarantula Great. I wanted to create a projectpage earlier but lost motivation due to lack of collaborators and I was involved in another collaboration cleanup. Anyways thank for joining and keep continuing the good work. I hope we can finish it.
 * There is no hard and fast rule or a deadline. We can do it at our own pace with accuracy. 456legend (talk) 17:20, 21 May 2023 (UTC)
 * by the way thanks for your contributions. Now can you add the word "the" in the title "Members of Legislative Assembly"
 * I mean that "Members of Legislative Assembly" should be made to "Members of the Legislative Assembly" 456legend (talk) 17:18, 21 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Uhh, could you provide a link to that specific article? TrademarkedTarantula (talk) 17:20, 21 May 2023 (UTC)
 * all the articles on the list. I will put the list on the project page. just a minute please..doing it rn. 456legend (talk) 17:21, 21 May 2023 (UTC)
 * @456legend Oh shoot, that's gonna be a tedious job... nah, I can do it! TrademarkedTarantula (talk) 17:26, 21 May 2023 (UTC)
 * @456legend Man, that was tiring... welp, it looks like my work here is done! TrademarkedTarantula (talk) 18:43, 21 May 2023 (UTC)
 * @TrademarkedTarantula Thank you very much for that. In the meanwhile I have completed the cleanup of another 3 pages. ig you can take a break for now and join back later. 456legend (talk) 18:46, 21 May 2023 (UTC)
 * @456legend, perfect timing. My lunch break is right about now. See you sometime. TrademarkedTarantula (talk) 18:49, 21 May 2023 (UTC)

Collab work
Okay, I have some more spare time to burn out, so what can I do now? TrademarkedTarantula (talk) 20:40, 24 May 2023 (UTC)


 * hey hi @TrademarkedTarantula, sorry I couldn't notice your message. You could actually help in doing as directed here: See here. Also perform the reordering task simultaneously if possible for the articles where the election results are not in the ascending order. 456legend (talk) 01:37, 25 May 2023 (UTC)

Current status
Hi @TrademarkedTarantula, I hope you are doing good. We successfully finished/completed our first sprint and your help + support is very much appreciated. I am thankful for your contributions to this project. Tbh I was really motivated with your joining to this collab since that was the moment when I was considering to quit from this particular project. Now it is time to start with our second sprint and I guess we will be able to do it very soon. Happy editing and once again I thank you for your contributions. 456legend (talk) 08:06, 7 June 2023 (UTC)


 * Happy to help! o7 TM Tarantula  (speak with me) (my legacy) 00:08, 8 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Hi @TrademarkedTarantula, can you check with the short description of all the articles in your free time and update with the standard text provided HERE. Thank you 456legend (talk) 08:18, 9 June 2023 (UTC)
 * UPDATE: 100 articles in the list have been formatted with the provided short description. Tarantula TM  (speak with me) (my legacy) 01:17, 15 June 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅ That took a lot longer than I expected. Tarantula TM  (speak with me) (my legacy) 06:54, 6 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much for your efforts @TrademarkedTarantula 456legend (talk) 16:30, 16 November 2023 (UTC)

Constituency maps
On 456Legend's request, I'll be creating the constituency locator maps for AP's assembly constituencies. They will be uploaded to commons:Category:Locator maps of Assembly constituencies of Andhra Pradesh. I started with 5 and i'll update this thread whenever i upload more. If one of you could help with some of the work, it would help me to create the images faster. I'm doing the work necessary for Srikakulam.
 * On commons:
 * The image needs to be linked to the wikidata item related to the constituency (diff)
 * A link to the wikipedia page needs to be added to the description (diff)
 * On wikidata, the image needs to be added as a new statement (diff)
 * On wikipedia, the image needs to be added as a map_image parameter in the infobox (diff). Add an appropriate caption too at this time, if you want. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 03:46, 8 June 2023 (UTC)


 * Sure I will start the work related to this in some time. 456legend (talk) 04:34, 8 June 2023 (UTC)
 * 6-25 uploaded. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 06:27, 8 June 2023 (UTC)
 * 26-50 uploaded. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 07:40, 9 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Hi @MPGuy2824, I have added your username in the active members list for historical purpose to recognize your contributions to this subpage. 456legend (talk) 08:16, 9 June 2023 (UTC)
 * I hope that's fine and not a trouble. You are free to remove your name if you are not comfortable with it. Thank you 456legend (talk) 08:17, 9 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Sure, that's fine. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 08:20, 9 June 2023 (UTC)
 * 51-100 uploaded. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 07:10, 11 June 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅ 101-175 uploaded. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 05:00, 15 June 2023 (UTC)

Please try to use the "update after" template instead of "As of"
Hey guys, i see that you are recommending that people use the As of template in the lead of the constituency articles. The only problem with this is that, after a few years, it clutters up this bambots category, and since it cannot be updated, it will remain there until the next election. Instead, if you use the update after template, setting the year to 2024 and the month to 7 (to give the ECI enough time to publish the results on their site), it would only show in bambots once we've crossed that month. Happy editing! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 03:56, 8 June 2023 (UTC)


 * Alright taken this into account 456legend (talk) 08:27, 8 June 2023 (UTC)

Can you guys also add coordinates to the constituencies that are missing them?
Another thing you guys can add to your todo list is to add coords to all the constituency articles. These 152 articles don't have coordinates right now. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 05:02, 15 June 2023 (UTC)


 * Yes sure. Sorry I was not much active due to other personal obligations. 456legend (talk) 14:26, 17 June 2023 (UTC)
 * @MPGuy2824 hey, can I safely assume that all the coordinates were added to the articles cause they aren't anymore reflected on the list. 456legend (talk) 16:40, 16 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Nope. The link now shows 119 constituencies needing coordinates. The Petscan tool was down for a while. Also, sometimes you need to click the "Do it!" button after page load. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 03:05, 17 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Okay I got it. 456legend (talk) 05:29, 17 November 2023 (UTC)
 * @MPGuy2824 I am now going to insert the coordinates, but I would like to ask whether approximate coordinates are sufficient, or should they pinpoint a specific location or landmark in each constituency? 456legend (talk) 18:27, 17 November 2023 (UTC)
 * What I've been doing is to have 2 digits after the decimal point for assembly constituencies, and 1 digit for Lok Sabha constituencies. If the constituency is one of a few in the same city, then an additional digit is probably necessary. 2 digits is about 1km accuracy, and 3 digits is about 100m accuracy. Most constituencies are named after a town or city, so I just pick a spot somewhere in the middle of the city on google maps, and then round off. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 02:29, 18 November 2023 (UTC)
 * @MPGuy2824 Alright, thank you. I have started inserting the coords. 456legend (talk) 06:25, 18 November 2023 (UTC)

Infobox Suggestions
- IJohnKennady (talk) 04:51, 29 November 2023 (UTC)
 * 1) Shall we use constitution map as like anyone of this Kasaragod Assembly constituency used OpenStree Map or Villivakkam Assembly constituency svg map


 * I think the Villivakkam Assembly constituency version is better suited for a zoomed-in version of the respective Lok Sabha constituency. 456legend (talk) 06:05, 29 November 2023 (UTC)

Any remarks?
Hi @MPGuy2824, so far most of the work has been done. I would just like to ask you if there are any more observations from your side that are supposed to done for these articles. 456legend talk  10:28, 20 December 2023 (UTC)


 * Good job, folks. 7 constituencies are still missing coords, but I assume that you are getting to it. Besides that, you can keep an eye on the cleanup listing, for any new constituencies that get added there. I hope you also consider doing this for other states once you are done here. KL and TN constituencies need quite a lot of gnoming. I'm happy to suggest states that are not southern too :-) -MPGuy2824 (talk) 02:44, 21 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Alright. Thank you very much for the insights. And yes surely I will try my best to contribute for other states too. 456legend  talk  03:16, 21 December 2023 (UTC)