Wikipedia:WikiProject New Zealand/Election 2008 taskforce

Want to be involved? Add yourself in the volunteers column for whichever task you want to do. Some tasks should probably be split between more than one person, so feel free to nominate yourself for electorates A-M (or something like that) if you don't want to do all of them.

If there are pages which need to be updated and aren't listed here, add them in.

Most info will be at http://www.electionresults.govt.nz/. See also http://www.decision08.co.nz/Electorates/GeneralNZ/tabid/167/Default.aspx for useful electorate history info. Some results can be added in on election night if it's obvious what the result is, others will have to wait until final vote counts or the finalisation of coalition agreements. The aim should be to get the basic info in (party W holds seat X, candidate Y defeated, party Z back in parliament, etc) as soon as possible, and add the details like exact vote counts later on, when this becomes available.

When you're done, indicate this in the completion status column or, if appropriate, put a line through the link to the page you've updated. If you're not able to finish your task within a reasonable time, indicate where you're up to so someone else can finish it.

Tasks edit

Task	Relevant pages	Can start	Aim to have basic info up by	Volunteers	Completion status
Update election page	New Zealand general election 2008	Election night	One week after count finalised	user:dramatic - electorate map.	map live (to be revised 22 Nov)
Update 49th New Zealand Parliament	49th New Zealand Parliament	Election night	Two weeks after portfolios announced or final election count		Done.
Update main Labour pages	Fifth Labour Government of New Zealand, New Zealand Labour Party, Helen Clark	Election night	One week after coalition agreement reached		Done.
Update main National pages	New Zealand National Party, John Key	Election night	One week after coalition agreement reached		Done.
Create page for new National government, if applicable	Fifth National Government of New Zealand	Election night	Ongoing
Update minor party pages	Green Party of New Zealand, United Future New Zealand, Maori Party, New Zealand First, Act New Zealand, New Zealand Progressive Party, The Kiwi Party	Election night	Parties which will clearly not be in the new government: 1 week after final vote count, all others: 1 week after coalition agreement reached or final votes counted, whichever comes later	Helenalex, Alan Liefting	Done.
Update minor party leader pages	Jeanette Fitzsimons, Russel Norman, Peter Dunne, Tariana Turia, Pita Sharples, Winston Peters, Rodney Hide, Jim Anderton, Larry Baldock	Election night	As above	Helenalex	Done.
Update really minor party pages, and those for their leaders if the leader has a page	Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party, Democrats for Social Credit, Bill and Ben Party etc - see Template:New Zealand political parties	Vote count finalised	One week after final vote count		Registered parties done.
Create or update pages for new MPs	Nikki Kaye, Brendon Burns, Clare Curran, Tim Macindoe, Peseta Sam Lotu-Iiga, Jonathan Young, Nathan Guy, Iain Lees-Galloway, Chris Hipkins, Todd McClay, Amy Adams, Louise Upston, Simon Bridges, Rahui Katene, Grant Robertson, Roger Douglas, John Boscawen, David Garrett, Kevin Hague, Catherine Delahunty, Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi, Melissa Lee, Raymond Huo, Rajen Prasad, Jacinda Ardern, Carmel Sepuloni, Steven Joyce, Hekia Parata, Stuart Nash, Kelvin Davis	Can be sandboxed from now to go live on election night	Two weeks after final count
Update pages for retiring MPs	Katherine Rich (MP), Brian Connell, Marian Hobbs, Margaret Wilson, Tim Barnett, David Benson-Pope, Mark Gosche, Steve Maharey, Paul Swain, Bob Clarkson, Mark Blumsky, Jill Pettis, Dover Samuels, Clem Simich others?	From now, written as if election has happened: 'X retired at the 2008 election'.	One week after election		Done.
Update pages for defeated MPs	Winston Peters, Peter Brown, Ron Mark, Doug Woolerton, Barbara Stewart, Pita Paraone, Dail Jones, Judy Turner, Damien O'Connor, Dave Hereora, Harry Duynhoven, Judith Tizard, Lesley Soper, Louisa Wall, Mahara Okeroa, Mark Burton, Martin Gallagher, Russell Fairbrother, Gordon Copeland, Taito Phillip Field	Election Night	Two weeks after final count	Dramatic, User:helenalex (Labour)	All provisionally done.
Update pages for incumbent MPs	See 48th New Zealand Parliament	Election night	Two weeks after final count	Helenalex (Labour MPs) Alan Liefting (Green MP's) tshiels1 (National MPs) gadfium (Other MPs)	Labour MPs done. All other than Nats and Greens done
Update pages for notable people who stand but don't get in	~~Matt Robson, Derek Fox, Stephen Franks, Kenneth Wang~~ others	Election night	Two weeks after final count
Update electorate pages	See New Zealand electorates#Current electorates	Election night	Two weeks after final count	gadfium Fanx (prep templates &c.)	Done. Adding percentage changes to electorate results would be nice but not part of my plan.
Update government agency pages with new ministers	See Category:Government agencies of New Zealand	Announcement of new cabinet	Two weeks after announcement		Done.
Update various general pages	Elections in New Zealand, Timeline of New Zealand history, 2008, 2008 in New Zealand, Governments of New Zealand, Politics of New Zealand, New Zealand, Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives, New Zealand electorates	Election night	One week after coalition agreement reached	user:Dramatic , User:SimonLyall	Provisional edits made. Review when election finalised and cabinet announced.