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The abbreviation IOC should not be used without stating what it is. Also, why is Sweden the only country mentioned for which there is no link to the corresponding article about the country's contribution to the Olympics? Neelix (talk) 01:27, 12 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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"with runner-up Yulia Tymoshenko stating that she will contest the result"

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Tymoshenko did not state that, has not said a word in public about the election. This sort of simplification is close to misinforming the readers... "fellow Tymoshenko party members protest" is a much better wording. — Mariah-Yulia • Talk to me! 12:19, 10 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

That part of the blurb should be pulled entirely: it is irrelevant to our elections piece if the loser is happy or not, except that we tend to post quicker if the opponent concedes defeat. Such discussion belongs in the article, where it can be treated at proper length. Physchim62 (talk) 12:24, 10 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
It's been changed to "with members of runner-up Yulia Tymoshenko's party contesting the result" now. Including phrases like this may be good if it is to emphasize that we are not endorsing the legitimacy of the election—an argument that I think came up during the Iranian election some time ago. Ucucha 12:30, 10 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, my initial error was brought to my attention at my talk page. I have changed it as Ucucha describes. I think it is important for us to state when results are contested in situations like this. If Tymoshenko makes a statement and concedes then we could drop it - Dumelow (talk) 12:34, 10 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Agree, not stating it might leave the reader the impression "all is well" in Ukrainian politics and that the transfer of power is going smoothly (like in let's say Sweden). — Mariah-Yulia • Talk to me! 12:51, 10 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Fair enough, I'll respect Mariah-Julia's call on this, as she can obviously follow the developments far better than most of us! For the record, I think it was the Romanian elections when we last had a debate on whether to post info about election complaints: the Iranian case was fairly straight-forward as there were people protesting in the streets and getting killed over it (I hope it doesn't come to that in Ukraine but, if it does, we'll probably post it). Physchim62 (talk) 13:08, 10 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank god nobody expects that (annalist do not even predict mass protests)... in that sense Ukrainian politics is still a bit Swedish and not Iranian… — Mariah-Yulia • Talk to me! 13:23, 10 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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"that according to Hindu mythology, goddess Savitri cursed her husband..." The goddess name is Saraswati, not Savitri. manya (talk) 08:08, 12 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

According to the article, both names are used for the same goddess. Materialscientist (talk) 08:14, 12 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]


"... that the Western Australian carnivorous plant Drosera derbyensis was first found by Allen Lowrie near the Boab Prison Tree just outside of Derby?" Please correct 'outside of' to 'outside'. 'Outside of' is poor grammar, and certianly not encyclopedic. 86.140.128.200 (talk) 08:25, 12 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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