User talk:Χ/Archive 2016

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Greek Letter Organization templates.

I have reverted your changes to the various Greek Letter Organization templates. I believe an appropriate discussion location would be Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Fraternities and Sororities. Do you agree?

Thanks for wanting to start a discussion. Frankly I'm not active in that project at all so if you think my edit is not appropriate I won't fight it :) Abjiklɐm (tɐlk) 19:27, 25 February 2016 (UTC)

I'm not thrilled with Template:Fraternities and Sororities either, but in that case, the template was a much larger wall of text before you changed it.Naraht (talk) 20:14, 25 February 2016 (UTC)

Question

I see you doing quite a lot of work with templates. I just wondered if the template editor user right would be of any use to you? — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 20:30, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

Actually I would be interested in getting the template editor right. The only problem is I may not have enacted 5 significant edits to protected templates. If you think I still have a shot at it, I could request that right after my newest edit request is accepted. Abjiklɐm (tɐlk) 23:23, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

You can now make the required changes yourself! — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 09:17, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

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Happy template editing! — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 09:15, 2 March 2016 (UTC) — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 09:15, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

Thanks! That was a pleasant surprise :) Abjiklɐm (tɐlk) 13:58, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

US presidential election

US Territories are not allowed to vote in general election and they are not among 50 main state contests in US presidential election primary! So that is one reason reason we should mention them separately.

The second reson is that the Wikipedia template should give a clear view to the reader that how many US states each candidates won. If we combine the state wins with territories wins, it doesn't make sense.

And finally why you are trying to change the way that is used in Wikipedia in US presidential election for many years!?

Koorosh1234 (talk|contribs) 10:38, 8 March 2016 (UTC)

The fact that territories don't vote in the general election has nothing to do with the primaries. All contests lead to delegates, and there are absolutely no distinctions between delegates representing states and those representing territories. As to why I'm making changes, it's simply because, just like everyone, I'm trying to make things better. I was very open about the changes I made and I invited everyone to comment on them. Instead of reverting everything I do, it would be nice if you commented on, for example, the WikiProject for elections or the election Infobox. Abjiklɐm (tɐlk) 10:45, 8 March 2016 (UTC)

I still believe keeping them separately (as used in Wikipedia for many years) is a better solution. But I do not like to discuss more about that and of course do not change it agian. Koorosh1234 (talk|contribs) 11:03, 8 March 2016 (UTC)

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Nationwide polls

How do you make these charts? https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/Nationwide_polls_for_the_2016_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries.svg I would like to complement the other articles of the same. (Денис_П. · talk) 22:27, 7 April 2016 (UTC)

I left the source code here. You need to run R. I personally use RStudio. In a few days, I will update the code with some comments to make it easier for others to understand. The good thing is, once the code is finished, you can update the graph automatically by simply running the code when someone updates the table of polls. Abjiklɐm (tɐlk) 23:10, 7 April 2016 (UTC)

Graphs for primaries

Hello, would you have some time to update your graphs for the US primaries, following April 26 results? Many thanks in advance! — JFG ^talk 08:23, 27 April 2016 (UTC)

Was just going to ask the same thing here and here - Jesseschulman (talk) 15:49, 27 April 2016 (UTC)

My code doesn't work on the Republican result table anymore because other editors changed its layout. I'll eventually fix it but I've been short on time lately. Abjiklɐm (tɐlk) 18:21, 27 April 2016 (UTC)

Your help desk question

You didn't get a response, but I've never seen what you described. I don't know if it violates WP:OWN but I would suggest WP:VPP. I'm not certain whether that's the right place, but it's a situation I wasn't aware could be allowed.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 21:40, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

Thank you for the suggestion. I'll write on WP:VPP. Abjiklɐm (tɐlk) 23:01, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

Your reversion of edits on 'US Presidential Election 2016'

Responding to your description of reversion edits, it is a matter of consensus. There is no general consensus that Secretary Clinton is the Democratic Party's nominee. As for "Reliable Sources", you failed to mention any that have said that Clinton is the nominee. The reversion of your edits, and the ceasing of your editing war would be appreciated.

Thanks, AvRand (talk) 21:45, 7 June 2016 (UTC)

I never claimed she's the nominee, nor has any reliable source to my knowledge. But what is undeniable is that she is now considered the presumptive nominee by a large majority of our sources. Consensus cannot go against reliable sources. Abjiklɐm (tɐlk) 21:50, 7 June 2016 (UTC)

Again, you have failed to mention what reliable sources do consider her to be the presumptive nominee. Few do that I am aware of AvRand (talk) 21:58, 7 June 2016 (UTC)

I suppose if I link you to AP you'll tell me it's not a reliable source? I don't want to have a second discussion in parallel to that on Talk:United States presidential election, 2016. Abjiklɐm (tɐlk) 22:07, 7 June 2016 (UTC)

• NY Times
• NBC News
• NPR
• NPR again
• USA Today
• ABC News
• LA Times
• Washington Post
• BBC
• Fox News
• CNN
• MSNBC

EvergreenFir (talk) Please {{re}} 22:09, 7 June 2016 (UTC)

Reverting linking to presumptive nominee

How come we can link to New York and TBD twice then? Jzema 11:36, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

TBD links to two different article for the Dem and Rep VP nomination. As for New York, I'm not against removing the second link but I think other contributors might misinterpret the intention. Abjiklɐm (tɐlk) 11:40, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

OK to also leave both links up in the infobox to not favor one over the other. Many congressional districts have multiple links for party affiliation on the same page....Pvmoutside (talk) 12:27, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

		Valued Picture Barnstar
		Awarded for creating two very useful delegate images for use in Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2016 over time. Guy1890 (talk) 06:05, 5 July 2016 (UTC)

Thank you! Glad you appreciate it :) Abjiklɐm (tɐlk) 19:42, 5 July 2016 (UTC)

Please Vote

I invite you to vote here for whether or not Ralph Nader should be included in the info-box, @Abjiklam:. Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin (talk) 23:01, 21 October 2016 (UTC)

@Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin: I suggest you invite the people at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject United States presidential elections for discussion. Abjiklɐm (tɐlk) 23:30, 21 October 2016 (UTC)

Is there some pre-coded way to invite or do I have to individually ask? Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin (talk) 00:03, 22 October 2016 (UTC)

Just leaving a note on some key article and project talk pages should be enough. You can also invite people individually, but be careful not to target only those who you know agree with you (see WP:Consensus and WP:Canvassing). However in this situation, I guess William S. Saturn is right in that this discussion is bigger than one article and should be placed elsewhere. Tempers are high at the moment. I myself would wait a couple of weeks before trying to change the infobox inclusion criteria, but don't let that stop you from trying. Abjiklɐm (tɐlk) 00:18, 22 October 2016 (UTC)

2016 US prez article.

Howdy. I'm trying to match the bottom of that article's infobox, with all the others. Why are you resisting that attempt? GoodDay (talk) 21:57, 9 November 2016 (UTC)

I'm not resisting an attempt, simply correcting an error. Trump is President-elect until the Electoral College votes. Afterwards, we will change the infobox so that it reads "Elected President". Abjiklɐm (tɐlk) 22:06, 9 November 2016 (UTC)

He'll continue to be President-elect after the EC votes as well. President-elect means he was elected President. GoodDay (talk) 22:11, 9 November 2016 (UTC)

Quoting the first two sentences of President-elect of the United States:

President-elect of the United States is the title used for an incoming president of the United States in the period between the general election on Election Day in November and noon Eastern Standard Time on Inauguration Day, January 20, during which the president-elect is not in office yet. Since the election for U.S. president is an indirect election, the title is used for the apparent winner and is finalized when votes of the Electoral College, cast in December, are counted by a joint session of Congress in early January.

Trump will be elected president when the Electoral College elects him. Until then he is president-elect. Abjiklɐm (tɐlk) 22:15, 9 November 2016 (UTC)

He'll continue with the title President-elect even after the EV votes. He holds that title until he takes office in January 20, 2017. Please take this discussion to the article talkpage. GoodDay (talk) 22:18, 9 November 2016 (UTC)

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Archiving

Hi. If you're interested in archiving threads, I suggest using User:Technical 13/Scripts/OneClickArchiver. It's very simple to use. I have archived discussions on the 2016 US election talk page. Threads around 12-14 days old are archived as well as answered edit requests. Just thought I'd let you know. Callmemirela 🍁 {Talk} ♑ 14:13, 29 November 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for telling me. I'll check out this tool. :) Abjiklɐm (tɐlk) 14:20, 29 November 2016 (UTC)

IQA European Games 2017

It was confirmed by IQA on their facebook page: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1264169206955193&id=136730119699113 Arielslytherin (talk) 18:12, 27 December 2016 (UTC)