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List of general elections in Botswana

Nominator(s): 48JCL (talk) 17:37, 22 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Botswana is a country located in sub-Saharan Africa. It is usually referred to as one of the most democratic countries in this region, however not much attention is given to this country. Currently, WP:BOTSWANA does not have any FLs so I think having one would be nice. 48JCL (talk) 17:37, 22 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved comment from ChrisTheDude

Drive-by comment

As none of the people in the images are mentioned anywhere in the article, you need to give some explanation as to who they actually are..... -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 07:10, 25 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
They were unnecessary, removed 48JCL (talk) 15:27, 25 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved comments from MPGuy2824

MPGuy2824

Please see my last comments in the previous nomination. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 08:17, 29 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@MPGuy2824 Of course! Will get to work:
- "Each president is entitled to two" to "Each president is limited to two".

Done

- "However, recent elections have shown that support for the BDP is declining, and opposition parties have started getting more support." You can remove the second part of the sentence (since it is a corollary to the first).

Done

- "only 29.4% of people surveyed": I don't think you should use the word "only" here, since it is the larger of the two numbers in the sentence.

Already done

- Not a deal-breaker, but would it be possible to find enough references to start the article about the "European Advisory Council"?

Will do later

- Reorder the refs for the 1969 election so that they are in ascending order.

Done

- It isn't clear why "seats available for election" is 57 for the 2019 election, while total seats is 65 (in the image). Add an explanation in the lead (or elsewhere, if that works better).

Not sure- pinging @Aficionado538 who added the image. 48JCL ^(talk) 16:48, 29 May 2024 (UTC) DONE- found out why. 48JCL ^(talk) 16:54, 29 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

48JCL ^(talk) 16:20, 29 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

More comments

The references for the 2019 election also need to be in ascending order.

Done

"The reason why there were 57 seats to be won but 65 seats in the picture is because there were 8 appointed ex officio members." to "There were 57 elected members and 8 appointed members in the parliament."

Done

"Election expected to happen in October 2024." to "The election is expected to happen in October 2024."

Done

"Bechuanaland citizens also did not get to participate in the British Administration." I'm not sure what this means. How many elections did this last?

Made clearer

The weirdness of the 1961 election needs to be explained. - There were no parties, but a president seems to have been chosen somehow. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 11:27, 1 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Research done- found a party. Also explained more. Thanks User:Number 57.48JCL TALK 19:59, 1 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by RunningTiger123

"terms; and" – to be a correct compound sentence, should be "terms, and" or "terms;" (no "and")
Need a key to list all party abbreviations in the table
References column should not be sortable
Not a full source review, but just from a quick glance ref. 27 seems questionable as a WP:SPS – what makes it reliable?

@RunningTiger123:, according to the AceProject that created the website, the data is compiled from EISA data, the United Nations, and more.

Would be nice to see some citation cleanup (e.g., "www.cia.gov" is fine for the website name but not the page title)
- At the very least, every citation should have the correct page title and a website/publisher name
No need to apply double bold font to gallery heading
What is the source for the data used in the maps in the gallery? (Doesn't need to be noted here but should be noted on the image description pages)

@RunningTiger123: pinging @FelipeRev: who created the images.48JCL TALK 17:41, 8 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

— RunningTiger123 (talk) 01:46, 8 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@48JCL: Please do not mark my comments as resolved. Right off the bat, the double bolding was not fixed and several references are still misformatted (refs. 31 and 40 are immediately obvious). If I think the issues have been resolved, I'll give an indication of that myself. RunningTiger123 (talk) 19:01, 8 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

RunningTiger123, I have added page numbers and fixed bare url errors. 48JCL TALK 02:26, 9 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Comment by CMD

The lead feels a bit jumbled, not seeing a lot of coherence in the subject. Off the top of my head, there should be a clear paragraph on what the elections actually do, which is elect representatives to the National Assembly of Botswana (not currently mentioned?) and its predecessors. Following that, information about the President makes more sense. A paragraph on the Dominant-party system under the Botswana Democratic Party makes sense as well, but it would be nice for a more long-scale framing than talking only about the most recent polls. The lead is missing coverage of the timing of the elections, a note on why the seat number increased over time, as well as a summary of the voting and constituency systems. The information on suffrage could be slightly expanded. CMD (talk) 04:24, 9 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Chipmunkdavis, I would like to withdraw this nomination Is there any way to ping a FLC coordinator? 48JCL TALK 21:03, 10 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Not sure I'm afraid, not one of my usual haunts, but it's an interesting topic that I hope can continue to be developed. CMD (talk) 01:14, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@FLC director and delegates: see above. RunningTiger123 (talk) 00:54, 12 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Closing. --Pres N 01:12, 12 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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