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Welcome to Wikipedia!!!

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Hello Chopbox! Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. If you decide that you need help, check out Wikipedia:Where to ask a question, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. Below are some recommended guidelines to facilitate your involvement. Happy Editing! -- Kukini 16:57, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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I have noted that you edit without an edit summary. Please do your best to always fill in the summary field. This is considered an important guideline in Wikipedia. Even a short summary is better than no summary. An edit summary is even more important if you delete any text; otherwise, people may think you're being sneaky or even vandalizing. Also, mentioning one change but not another one can be misleading to someone who finds the other one more important; add "and misc." to cover the other change(s). Thanks! -- Kukini 16:57, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Voting systems "typo"

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Hi Chopbox,

some days ago you changed a "typo" in the voting system article from "For example, in a 4-seat election a candidate needs 20% to guarantee election." to "For example, in a 5-seat election a candidate needs 20% to guarantee election.". In fact, that wasn't a typo (although for complete correctness it would have to be formulated "For example, in a 4-seat election a candidate needs '20% + one vote' to guarantee election."). If the 4 candidates with the most votes are elected and one candidate has already exceeded 20%, there is no possibility that 4 other candidates could overcome him (since there are less than 80% left). This "limit" is also known as Droop quota. So, I changed it back.

Best regards, Arno Nymus (talk) 01:48, 21 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]