User talk:TheZachMorrisExperience

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[edit] Pennsylvania General Assembly Election Page

I see you have been doing some good work with PA politics. I have been doing a lot of the same stuff and its good to have help. I did want to let you know that I reverted your new table for the Senate elections back. I think you have a good idea there, but I don't think the format is quite right and it looked a bit clumsy. I think once you perfect that table a bit, its going to be great. But in the meantime, I think the page should stay the way it is.

Also, I see you have been adding pages about policitians. Good show. Its one of those things I have been trying to get to. Montco (talk) 03:22, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

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Couple of things. The Party and status columns are longer than they need to be. That results in the names getting scrunched onto two lines. The vote totals are all missing commas (I know its picky). While its not relevant to the Senate in 2006 it is relevant to the House in that we listed whether or not the seat was a party retention or takeover. That's useful to me at least. Again, that's nothing that can't be fixed. But templates and that nonsense aren't my forte.
Unfortunately I seem to be the cleanup guy on a lot of this stuff You should have seen the election table before I got to it. Someone had started on it and quit. And don't go into the stilted politician pages that I ultimately have to work on. So this may be a bit self-serving in that I am trying to get this done the right way the first go around. Montco (talk) 03:52, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
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I don't have any philosohical opposition to a template. I merely thought tha in its form at the time, its looked a bit clumsy. If I knew anything about doing this, I would consider adding length to the candidates name and status. I think a quick not about whether the incumbent retired or was defeated in the primary is probably significant. Not sure what you think on that. Maybe I will try and play with it myself if I can convince myself that I wont **** it up.Montco (talk) 17:23, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
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I am sure its fine. You're doing a great job. Montco (talk) 04:36, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Election box tempate talk page deletions

Thanks for the heads-up and sorry about the inconvenience. Cheers. --MZMcBride (talk) 00:23, 3 June 2008 (UTC)