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Odd template

Hi, your changes to Template:Category U.S. State elections by year are creating some very odd categories - see Category:Wyoming elections, 2018 for one example. Any idea why it's producing such weird names? Timrollpickering (Talk) 16:40, 13 December 2018 (UTC)

@Timrollpickering: I had to amend it to cope with the new category names (e.g. Category:2020 Alabama elections). The template uses a certain part of the category title to determine the names of categories that it adds to the category (basically the state name and any disambiguation). Based on the new format, it now removes the first five characters of the category title (the year) and the last ten characters (" election") to get the state name.

For the categories still at the old titles, the template now gives some odd character strings, hence what you're seeing. I set Cydebot onto this task this morning, so hopefully it will finish later today and sort this out asap. Cheers, Number 57 17:05, 13 December 2018 (UTC)

it looks like they have all been fixed, but if not, using | place = {{{place|{{#invoke:string|replace|{{BASEPAGENAME}}|[,%s]*%d%d%d%d[%s]*||plain=false}}}}}| year = {{{year|{{#invoke:string|replace|{{BASEPAGENAME}}|^.*(%d%d%d%d).*$|%1|plain=false}}}}} appears work for both cases. Frietjes (talk) 13:56, 14 December 2018 (UTC)

Typo

(Move log); 19:16 . . Number 57 (talk | contribs) moved page Candidates of the South Australian state election, 1993 to Candidates of the 1983 South Australian state election ‎(Per recent change to WP:NC-GAL) (Also its talk page.) Doug butler (talk) 07:06, 14 December 2018 (UTC)

@Doug butler: Thanks for letting me know - now fixed. Cheers, Number 57 09:52, 14 December 2018 (UTC)

Canadian templates

Category:Canadian federal election, 2006 results by riding is one of many populated by a template somewhere. I'm currently trying to finish sorting the sports fans categories so can't attack this one myself. Timrollpickering (Talk) 13:13, 14 December 2018 (UTC)

@Timrollpickering: Thanks for flagging that up. Does Cydebot not usually move templates, or do you think this is a bug? Cheers, Number 57 13:59, 14 December 2018 (UTC)

It depends how the category is entered in the template - if it's the usual text at the bottom it's not a problem, but too many templates have category entries that the bot can't process. However this looks like one of those diabolical autogenerate the category templates. Timrollpickering (Talk) 14:01, 14 December 2018 (UTC)

@Timrollpickering: I think I've fixed it. I guess it will take a while to filter into the system. Cheers, Number 57 14:28, 14 December 2018 (UTC)

Null edits through AWB often sort that one out.

As for the current problems, I think it's Massachusetts that the bot doesn't seem to like. Timrollpickering (Talk) 22:50, 14 December 2018 (UTC)

Yes - for some reason there is something about first party system era elections in both Maryland and Massachusetts that the bot doesn't like but once it hits the 1820s it doesn't seem to have a problem. Timrollpickering (Talk) 23:12, 14 December 2018 (UTC)

Epping Town

Hi, don't know if you noticed this edit. I had a quick look to verify this and the 'new' Epping Town doesn't appear to be a successor club, but rather a rename of a different club, Epping F.C. (which you deleted via prod as non-notable a decade ago):

Boyd, Milo (20 June 2018). "Big changes as football club aims to relive former glories". East London & West Essex Guardian. Retrieved 15 December 2018.

Any thoughts on how this should be presented (if at all)? Thanks, Nzd (talk) 23:03, 15 December 2018 (UTC)

About your efforts to delete Me and You - The israeli people's party

Your efforts to delete this article are unjustified and unsupported by evidince and by wikipedia rules. This is an artice about an established and registered party in israel, the likes of which can be found in the following: Or (political party), Pirate Party of Israel, Eretz Hadasha, ect. All those parties are not of yet elected and examples of wikipedia pages of unelected parties are to be found from any country where such parties exist. Wikipedia is not limited by space and there is no reason to deny people from getting such infromation. As for third party refrences - the registration documents of the party from governmental websites should be sufficient evidence for the party's existence, but to answer your request completely, I have also added an interview of the party, during a protest, by an israeli financial newspaper called globes, which is one of the most prominent of those, proving the party's existnece and activity. I therefore remove your deletion request. If you have any more complaints, please send me a messege on a talk page, and I will take measures to cast them aside. --Zeisraeli (talk) 23:44, 15 December 2018 (UTC)

@Zeisraeli: The deletion is justified and according to policy (Wikipedia rules); this is not a notable party, and the article is going to be deleted. With regards to the other parties, please see WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS; you are welcome to nominate them for deletion if you feel they are not sufficiently notable for an article.

Also, please could you declare whether you have any WP:Conflict of interest with regards to this party? Thanks, Number 57 23:49, 15 December 2018 (UTC)

several points:

who decides whether a party is notable or not - you ? please could you declare whether you have any WP:Conflict of interest with regards to this party?

could you please refrence me to where a rule about notable political parties exist ? I should think that on matters of political notablity Wikipedia should be prudent.

If a party is built upon an academic theory, I think it makes it notable.

I have added a third party source reviewing the party - please make your comment upon that. --Zeisraeli (talk) 00:00, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

Our notability rules are set out at WP:GNG; a subject needs to have significant, third-party coverage to be article worthy. It's clear that this is not the case for this party; the additional source you have added does not even mention the party.

I do not understand why you are asking me why I have a conflict of interest; you are the one who created the article. Could you now please answer that question. Number 57 00:05, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

this is not about WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS, it is about whether your acting on wikipedia policy, or on your own rational. Also, I should like to know who is making the vote on the article. As for the globes, on the clip there is quite a lengthy interview, in which the reporter shows the party clearly. --Zeisraeli (talk) 00:07, 16 December 2018 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zeisraeli (talk • contribs)

Given that you are continuing to avoid answering the question, I have to assume that you do have a conflict of interest. Please read the guideline closely and cease making any edits related to the article. Thanks, Number 57 00:11, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

I have an intrest. I am not planning on making any changes to the article. You have not answered my questions. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zeisraeli (talk • contribs) 00:15, 16 December 2018 (UTC)