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Fair representation in election coverage on wikipedia? Guess again . . .
Wikipedia claims it is a neutral source, is constantly ranting about being non-biased, yet on the pages for the Governor races they show only the images of the Dem and Republican at the top -- all others are ignored. I will document the sick absurdities that will arise as I take this on, just for the record.
This is the page after I inserted Laura Well's image into the template. The code for the box only puts a color banner on the R and D candidate, because it expects there will be no other, and doesn't know what to do when there is . . .
I will try to get the others in there too, Peace and Freedom's Stewart Alexander, but I expect I will not be allowed to even get that far, and it looks like the box is also not designed to know what to do with more than two boxes as it is . . .
The page is here --
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_gubernatorial_election,_2010
Discussion is here --
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:California_gubernatorial_election,_2010
Laura's page is here --
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Wells
Sterwart Alexander is here --
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewart_Alexander_(politician)
Others can be found on the main page at the top.
I will try to get the others in there too, Peace and Freedom's Stewart Alexander, but I expect I will not be allowed to even get that far, and it looks like the box is also not designed to know what to do with more than two boxes as it is . . .
The page is here --
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_gubernatorial_election,_2010
Discussion is here --
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:California_gubernatorial_election,_2010
Laura's page is here --
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Wells
Sterwart Alexander is here --
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewart_Alexander_(politician)
Others can be found on the main page at the top.
For more information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_gu...
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Green candidate Rich Whitney is included in Ill race, but the same editors are trying . .
Mon, Jun 14, 2010 8:42PM
SlimVirgin
Sun, Jun 13, 2010 6:06PM
"the infobox for elections is not set up to handle more than two candidates"
Sun, Jun 13, 2010 5:50PM
There's such a thing as "consensus"...
Thu, Jun 10, 2010 5:29PM
California gubernatorial election, 2010
Thu, Jun 10, 2010 4:14PM
A last look
Thu, Jun 10, 2010 4:13PM
Thanks Richard
Thu, Jun 10, 2010 3:30PM
the infobox
Thu, Jun 10, 2010 3:04PM
Template code is smarter than you think
Thu, Jun 10, 2010 10:13AM
So far they are going wild, just within minutes!
Wed, Jun 9, 2010 5:31PM
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