Wikipedia talk:WikiProject UK Parliament constituencies/Progress

message: I'd like to propose that the title for the results box be General Election 0000: constituency name, where the constituency name is that used at the time of the election.  See, for example Na h-Eileanan an Iar (constituency) which used to be called Western Isles.  The UK bit in the title is redundant as it is already specified by the context it is in. 80N 22:05, Apr 26, 2005 (UTC)
* Agree It would make sense, especially if people copy the tables into other programs. The UK bit isn't necessary either. Greg Robson 22:22, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: * All entries listed as (ER) (election ready) now reflect the new table names. I'll be able to crack on with this tomorrow and hopefully we'll get all the constituencies ready on time! I'm glad there's only an election every four years! Mind you, next election should be easier as the templates are now in place. Greg Robson 07:54, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Result box title

message: *Should the How to help information be moved up to the main WikiProject page rather than be hidden here on the progress page? 80N 20:42, Apr 27, 2005 (UTC)
:* Feel free to, this project has only been around for a month judging by the history. Words like "ball" and "rolling" spring to mind! Greg Robson 19:28, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: How to help

message: I have noticed some constituencies are duplicated, so some may disappear, but you may find that it still exists somewhere else on the page. I will copy over (ER) attributes where necessary. This should make it easier to see what needs doing :) Greg Robson 10:15, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  FYI: Constituency duplication 

message: From what I can tell people are going through the news article section by section (which is great). However, I don't think this page is being as useful as it could be. Before I go and start making changes I have a suggestion.
For each area I propose making a table using the same strucuture as Results of 2005 GE#Results by constituency as follows:
Name          	Quality	Redirects	2005 GE
Aberdeen South	Minimal	Unchecked	Ready
The structure would be:
* Name – Name of constituency
* Quality – State of the article (Stub, Minimal, Substantial)
* Redirects – Have the double redirects been removed? (We have made lots in the process of doing this).
* Election name' – Ready: for when the candidates are listed; Done: when the results have been entered.
I think this may make life easier on the night as well. I can do this without too much disruption to other people. What do others think? It could be used for any future elections to by adding a new column. Greg Robson 10:43, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Changing the page structure... 

message: I am making amendments to the structure as it is unclear whether we have all constituencies on the list. Please use the new tables in preference to the rest of the page, they will appear over the next couple of days. This should hopefully make it clear what the state of each page is and what work needs to be done, it should also help come the next election.
Instructions are given at the beginning of the new section. Greg Robson 09:06, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Page structure 

message: As many of you will have noticed, the page has been tidied and improved, and now matches the Wikinews page. The list has all 646 constituencies. There may be some minor discrepancies in naming conventions, but nothing a redirect couldn't fix. The work done has been great so far, with mistakes rarely appearing in the pages done so far. Now all that stands between us and election day is 400 pages. By my estimates, that means that we need every major contributor to add 25 or so a day? I may crack on with page creation tonight, but first I need to catch up with laundry ;) Greg Robson 17:10, 1 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Project progress so far. 

message: BBC News Homepage  has a live desktop ticker and self updating pages. Handy to check off results as they come in. I'm poised for Sunderland South... Greg Robson 21:30, 5 May 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: myself, I'm using their vote/percentage figures as my source. ITV seems to be off in in its own little world with far more declarations that BBC or Sky have ... --Vamp:Willow 00:04, 6 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  BBC News is going to be useful 

message: Just a few issues at this early stage in what may be a long night...
* If adding manually, don't put % in the table cells. Use 1 decimal place, i.e. 34.0% not 34%
* For numbers of 1,000 or over use a comma.
* Update the MP section! I recommend the following format (but it is not official):
:* name, party (yearA–yearB)
:or
:* name, party (yearA–present)
Keep up the good work, this is the first time we have had major election coverage! Greg Robson 23:53, 5 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notes for those helping 

message: Could someone on this project please go through the Voting section of this page and add redirects for all the constituencies? I have changed the links in the current version to use _and_ instead of _&_ but redirects would be nice too. — Nicholas (reply) @ 17:06, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Adding Redirects for ampersands, etc