User talk:Prawn Skewers
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[edit]Welcome to the world of Username's =P I saw that you mentioned that you may not be completely be familiar with the policies. This page may help some WP:EP. Thanks for all your edits over the last 10 months. Hope to see your username around the recent changes page =D RSSupport (talk) 11:04, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
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[edit]You've cited it for QLD, but can you also cite it for NSW? And it's not "just for me", it's wikipedia policy. :) Timeshift (talk) 07:31, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
- Oh come on, don't be like that! I did it to help out a fellow editor, not because I had to! ...anyway, as for NSW, I wouldn't even know where to begin looking. Isn't the QLD link good enough? I've worked in polling booths in both state and federal elections, and as long as the intention is clear, they will count the vote. And why wouldn't they? The people who ticked have made their preference clear, so it wouldn't be fair not to count their vote simply because they didn't follow the rules to the letter. Of course, the government would *prefer* us all to use a "1", but unfortunately not everyone is as clever as you and me... Prawn Skewers (talk) 00:26, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
- No, it's not good enough sorry. There is reasonable doubt that NSW may not follow the same system. We simply cannot assume. This is a very basic policy. Please cite, or it will need awkward rewording, or, removing. Timeshift (talk) 09:57, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
- "Reasonable doubt"? What are you, a lawyer now? You can't just say "reasonable doubt" without justification. Here's my "reasonable assumption" with justification: Picture yourself as a polling officer: are you really going to declare a vote informal when they've ticked instead of using a 1? "The intention is clear" - I've heard these exact words spoke multiple times by polling officials.
- Frankly, I think a good ol' "Citation Needed' would have done, but no, heaven forbid we have correct information on Wikipedia that isn't cited. And God forbid we don't follow the rules to the letter, after all, Wikipedia has firm rules that can never ever be broken. Oh wait, no, the fifth pillar of Wikipedia is that Wikipedia doesn't have firm rules. My mistake. Anyway, I did a google search and found this - it only mentions votes with a cross being counted in the upper house in NSW, but I think we can safely assume the lower house is the same. Will that do? Prawn Skewers (talk) 01:20, 6 April 2012 (UTC)
- No. Here's a good analogy - the Mitcham state by-election, 1982. Is it likely that the Labor candidate was John Hill? Yes. Are we sure? No. So should we make the assumption? As per the article's talk page, no. Don't take it personally. It needs a cite, or a removal. Up to you. Timeshift (talk) 01:25, 6 April 2012 (UTC)
- I'm not taking it personally, it just disappoints me when I have information that I know is correct (for Qld, at least) and because I haven't crossed every T and dotted every I, my point is invalid. Is the link above good enough? Prawn Skewers (talk) 01:55, 6 April 2012 (UTC)
- No, because it was for the upper house. Just the fact the reference was purely for the upper house only raises the question further. Timeshift (talk) 02:02, 6 April 2012 (UTC)
- I'm not taking it personally, it just disappoints me when I have information that I know is correct (for Qld, at least) and because I haven't crossed every T and dotted every I, my point is invalid. Is the link above good enough? Prawn Skewers (talk) 01:55, 6 April 2012 (UTC)
- No. Here's a good analogy - the Mitcham state by-election, 1982. Is it likely that the Labor candidate was John Hill? Yes. Are we sure? No. So should we make the assumption? As per the article's talk page, no. Don't take it personally. It needs a cite, or a removal. Up to you. Timeshift (talk) 01:25, 6 April 2012 (UTC)
- No, it's not good enough sorry. There is reasonable doubt that NSW may not follow the same system. We simply cannot assume. This is a very basic policy. Please cite, or it will need awkward rewording, or, removing. Timeshift (talk) 09:57, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
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