Talk:2001 Liechtenstein general election
Latest comment: 1 month ago by TheBritinator in topic Voter turnout
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Did you know nomination
edit- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. Track your hook after promotion. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by Crisco 1492 (talk) 02:14, 9 May 2026 (UTC)
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- ... that the 2001 Liechtenstein general election was the most recent to result in a one-party majority government?
- ALT1: ... that the 2001 Liechtenstein general election was the most recent election to result in one party in government?
- ALT2: ... that following the 2001 Liechtenstein general election the Patriotic Union went into the opposition, despite being offered to join a coalition government?
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/We Cast A Shadow
TheBritinator (talk) 18:38, 5 April 2026 (UTC).
All good with the formalities, article is long enough, has recently been promoted to GA, is nominated within the determined timespace, and hook is verified through citations. My main concern is the lack of variation between the ALTs, could you possibly focus the other two ALTs on any different angle of the election, so as to give a diversity of choice for the DYK preppers? I myself prefer ALT0 but I felt that the latter two's hookiness is basically similar to the first one. Thank you. Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 17:18, 6 April 2026 (UTC)
- @Jeromi Mikhael: I'm fine with the current hooks. I can siff through to find more if there is a significant issue, but I don't think that's necessary. TheBritinator (talk) 21:24, 8 April 2026 (UTC)
- Maybe it's just because I'm a politics buff, but I'm not really seeing this as interesting to a broad audience. "One-party majority government" might be a bit too technical for the non-politically inclined. Do you have any other ideas? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 00:58, 20 April 2026 (UTC)
- @Narutolovehinata5: Would "a single party in government" or "single-party government" be better? TheBritinator (talk) 01:00, 20 April 2026 (UTC)
- The wording would be better but I think the issue is the angle itself, not necessarily how it's phrased. It feels like you need to know at least a bit of Liechtenstein's politics or even European politics to get it. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 01:01, 20 April 2026 (UTC)
- @Narutolovehinata5: I'm not sure how I can reconcile that. I would imagine that would come with most noms on an election. My nom on the 2013 election was similar to that. TheBritinator (talk) 01:06, 20 April 2026 (UTC)
- The wording would be better but I think the issue is the angle itself, not necessarily how it's phrased. It feels like you need to know at least a bit of Liechtenstein's politics or even European politics to get it. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 01:01, 20 April 2026 (UTC)
- Not a review: The underperforming telephone system as a major political issue can make for a fun and nostalgic hook. (Though please check the grammar in that section of the article: it says "underperformance telephone" for some reason.) Dahn (talk) 12:25, 26 April 2026 (UTC)
- Fixed. TheBritinator (talk) 12:32, 26 April 2026 (UTC)
- ALT3: ... that the underperformance of the liberalized telephone system was a major issue in the 2001 Liechtenstein general election? Dahn (talk) 16:26, 26 April 2026 (UTC)
- I must say that I consider this less interesting than what I proposed, but I'm cool with this being what goes ahead if others agree. TheBritinator (talk) 22:11, 27 April 2026 (UTC)
- @Jeromi Mikhael: May you please consider following up? Thanks. TheBritinator (talk) 22:15, 27 April 2026 (UTC)
- @TheBritinator: Apologies for my late response. Thanks to Narutolovehinata5 for delivering my concerns, I wasn't able to present it directly as I'm not that good speaking bluntly in English. And yes, I'm cool with ALT3 since it seems to be the most interesting personally. I hereby change the question mark to a tick as an approval to proceed for this DYK.
Voter turnout
editThis article says voting is compulsory in Liechtenstein. It also says voter turnout was 86.1%
Does this mean that 13.9% of people broke the law by not voting? Or is it something else? TooManyFingers (he/him · talk) 04:12, 13 May 2026 (UTC)
- People can get fined for not voting unless for a valid reason (e.g. sickness, vacation). TheBritinator (talk) 10:50, 13 May 2026 (UTC)