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Election articles

		The Original Barnstar
		Just to say well done for your recent work on creating Guatemalan and Salvadoran election articles! пﮟოьεԻ 5 7 09:56, 19 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Also, just a bit of helpful advice - when you talk about dates, use the word "on" rather than "in" - "in" is used for months and years only (e.g. "on 11 April 1966", "in April 1966" and "in 1966"). пﮟოьεԻ 5 7 10:12, 19 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Plus, English uses "," when writing thousands or millions - so it should be 233,000, not 233.000. I hope this doesn't seem like criticism - just trying to help! пﮟოьεԻ 5 7 10:14, 19 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

PS - for formatting tips, see the changes I made to Salvadoran legislative election, 1966. пﮟოьεԻ 5 7 10:19, 19 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

PPP

Hi. Great work on the PPP article. It could now be nominated for T:TDYK. However, could you double check the membership number 77,000? It would have made the PPP the largest Latin American communist party (in relation to total population of the country). --Soman (talk) 08:55, 25 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Political Handbook of the World 1993. Pp. 637. “People's Party of Panama (Partido del Pueblo Panameno – PPP). Founded in 1930 as the Communist Party of Panama (Partido Comunistade Panama), the PPP adopted its present name in 1943. Although declared illegal in 1953, the party adopted a generally torrijista outlook , particularly on the Panama Canal issue, and subsequently was permitted to operate semipublicly. In 1979 it applied for formal recognition and, with some 77000 members, was easily able to demonstrate the required level of support”. The future catches up: selected writings of Ralph M. Goldman, V. 1. Ralph Morris Goldman. iUniverse, 2002. ISBN 0595228887, 9780595228881. Pp. 370. “The People's Party of Panama (PPP/Soviet), with a substantial number of members (77000), is the principal Marxist party. Panama has not had diplomatic...”

Hm. Perhaps the wording in the article could be rephrased into something like 'claimed a membership of 77,000'? I still find the numbers mind-boggling. --Soman (talk) 12:49, 26 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi, thank for the expansion on the PSR article, --Soman (talk) 01:37, 24 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Bolivian elections

I see you are creating a series of election articles for Bolivia. For years where there are presidential and legislative elections held together (i.e. general elections), it is probably better to merge them into a single article (such as Zambian general election, 2001) - I'd start by changing the links in the election template to point at general elections. Number 5 7 19:16, 1 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

A couple of other hints - don't use "the" in front of Bolivia (it's only for countries like The Gambia), and don't link dates. Cheers, Number 5 7 15:56, 4 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Please take this suggestion. It's perfectly standard English to just say "Bolivia held a parliamentary election on..." (note that election is singular here, and not plural. I realize that "The Bolivia" is a literal translation from Spanish, but it's not done in English. Let me know if I can help with anything. Happy editing! Zachlipton (talk) 22:53, 6 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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