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On 18 May 2023, it was proposed that this article be moved from Democracy Index to EIU Democracy Index. The result of the discussion was moved.

Incorrect map legend

Either I'm horribly misreading the legend, or the legend is reversed for the map. The western countries are colored blue which, according to the map legend, classifies them as hybrid/authoritarian regimes. However, the data in the tables in the article show that their scores put them into the flawed/full democracy margin. Those tables are also correctly color-coded to the legend, as in North America's table entries are yellow which corresponds to the map legend's classification of yellow.

I think the legend corresponds to the color-coding of the tables in the article (or vice versa), but the map's colors are reversed. Either the legend + table colors should be changed to reflect the map, or the map changed to reflect the legend. 2001:48F8:7052:EBB:C882:123B:66DE:393 (talk) 22:16, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

What do you mean? The colour scheme is the same throughout the article, map included. And the map legend reflects that correctly. Gorpik (talk) 16:03, 15 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You're right. I had an extension installed that for some reason exactly inverted the colors in the article. 2001:48F8:7052:EBB:4C2D:51DA:5460:F9A4 (talk) 20:32, 19 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

article protection

The article should be protected again.

[Edit=Require administrator access] (indefinite) [Move=Require administrator access] (indefinite) 94.31.84.138 (talk) 13:13, 31 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Seeing how there was one vandal edit shortly after the previous protection expired and nothing since, I think indefinite pending changes would probably be a good idea. The article's edit frequency is generally low. 2603:8001:8F40:5C:7407:64A:46AD:C2F0 (talk) 06:14, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Very true IP editor. Smart. Alexysun (talk) 02:55, 17 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"Democracy Index" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Democracy Index has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 September 27 § Democracy Index until a consensus is reached. 1234qwer 1234qwer 4 20:42, 27 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

What are the 60 questions?

It would be useful if the 60 questions were available and whether the questions change from year to year. The article lacks a lot of clarity if the criteria aren’t listed. 194.207.86.26 (talk) 17:22, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The 60 questions are specified in the report itself, but the list is too long to reproduce here (in addition to taking too much space, we would run into copyright issues). The full explanation of the methodology takes 13 pages in the report. I've updated the reference used in the article so that any interested person can find this explanation, including the list of questions and possible answers, easily. Gorpik (talk) 09:23, 17 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]