Talk:2021 Syrian presidential election

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Are there pictures of the other candidates?

It would be nice to expand the article with these people's faces, if anyone knows about them, maybe from Arabic sources. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:EmilePersaud 15:07, 23 May 2021 (UTC) Thanks. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:EmilePersaud 03:28, 26 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

You mean their obit photos?

Someone add ongoing events please

Elections are today and so this article will from this point on be heavily modified each hour, im not sure how to change this myself, as trying the command did nothing, if someone can do this for me I would appreciate that, thank you. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:EmilePersaud 03:32, 26 May 2021 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by EmilePersaud (talk • contribs) [reply]

Thanks. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:EmilePersaud 14:25, 26 May 2021 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by EmilePersaud (talk • contribs) [reply]

Source for where expatriate voting was allowed

There is a long list of where expatriate voting was allowed and a short list of where it wasn't. What are the sources for this? BobFromBrockley (talk) 21:10, 28 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Please observe Wikipedia policies and guidelines and respect the encyclopedic style

Please, if you hate Assad or whatever, take a few minutes to review pages like WP:NPOV and MOS:CLAIM before editing. Wikipedia is supposed to be an encyclopedia and should be written from a neutral POV. Thanks, Notrium (talk) 12:42, 1 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Candidates in infobox

re this edit by Number 57: it seems to refer to a policy that we only include candidates who get over 5% (I can't find the policy, but that's not my area of WP), but it seems to me that this policy would be extremely useful in elections where there are multiple candidates, but is less useful in this election where there were only three candidates. This was the second election in Syria where there was actually more than one candidate. It seems to me important to show the three candidates. I note that the previous election also had three candidates but there are only two in the infobox, but that the second candidate only got 4.4% of the vote. The 5% rule, in other words, seems arbitrary and not so useful for Syria's election. Thoughts? BobFromBrockley (talk) 11:23, 5 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The 5% rule allows second candidates where the second-placed candidate receives less than 5% of the vote (see here for a relatively recent discussion confirming the rule's existence). Cheers, Number 5 7 11:26, 5 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Number 57, that's very helpful. I see the closing says "with the caveats that 1) different principles may apply to parliamentary/party-list elections and 2) as always, appropriate exceptions may be made via local consensus." I think that the rule is generally sensible but that this case (and 2014) would be exceptional so wonder if there's a local consensus for deviating from it here? BobFromBrockley (talk) 12:30, 5 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I'm torn tbh; I can see your point, but also have an OCD-ish thing about consistency and rules... What do others watching this page think? (PS, I watch this page, so no need to ping me). Cheers, Number 5 7 00:54, 6 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]