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I think the idea was for this template to be moved to the bottom of articles so that both this and ((Politics of Canada)) could be used on those articles where appropriate, i.e. Canadian House of Commons. Should we revert to the wide format for use at the bottom of pages? - Jord 16:19, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
For quite a while we were using this...
Elections in Canada | |
Federal elections (Summary) 1867 | 1872 | 1874 | 1878 | 1882 | 1887 | 1891 | 1896 | 1900 | 1904 1908 | 1911 | 1917 | 1921 | 1925 | 1926 | 1930 | 1935 | 1940 | 1945 1949 | 1953 | 1957 | 1958 | 1962 | 1963 | 1965 | 1968 | 1972 | 1974 1979 | 1980 | 1984 | 1988 | 1993 | 1997 | 2000 | 2004 | 2006 | 40th (future)
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Circeus changed it to this in order to reduce the height of the table, on my 1024 wide screen, it caused some ugly line wraps with one election on a line of its own...
Elections in Canada | |
Federal elections (Summary) 1867 | 1872 | 1874 | 1878 | 1882 | 1887 | 1891 | 1896 | 1900 | 1904 | 1908 | 1911 | 1917 | 1921 | 1925 | 1926 | 1930 | 1935 | 1940 | 1945 1949 | 1953 | 1957 | 1958 | 1962 | 1963 | 1965 | 1968 | 1972 | 1974 | 1979 | 1980 | 1984 | 1988 | 1993 | 1997 | 2000 | 2004 | 2006 | 40th (future) | |
Federal parliaments (Summary) 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th 21st | 22nd | 23rd | 24th | 25th | 26th | 27th | 28th | 29th | 30th | 31st | 32nd | 33rd | 34th | 35th | 36th | 37th | 38th | 39th | |
Federal political parties | Federal electoral districts |
I, Jord, changed it to this rather different format in order to reduce the height and size without the risk of ugly line wraps...
Elections in Canada | |
Federal elections (Summary) 1800s: '67 | '72 | '74 | '78 | '82 | '87 | '91 | '96 — 1900s: '00 | '04 | '08 | '11 | '17 | '21 | '25 | '26 | '30 | '35 | '40 | '45 | '49 | '53 | '57 | '58 | '62 | '63 | '65 | '68 | '72 | '74 | '79 | '80 | '84 | '88 | '93 | '97 — 2000s: '00 | '04 | '06 | next (future) | |
Federal parliaments (Summary) 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th 21st | 22nd | 23rd | 24th | 25th | 26th | 27th | 28th | 29th | 30th | 31st | 32nd | 33rd | 34th | 35th | 36th | 37th | 38th | 39th | |
Federal political parties | Federal electoral districts |
Arctic.gnome's version replaced the —'s of Jord's with hard returns (<br>) but this returns us to the problem of an ugly line warp for the 1900s elections...
Elections in Canada | |
Federal elections (Summary) 1800s: '67 | '72 | '74 | '78 | '82 | '87 | '91 | '96 1900s: '00 | '04 | '08 | '11 | '17 | '21 | '25 | '26 | '30 | '35 | '40 | '45 | '49 | '53 | '57 | '58 | '62 | '63 | '65 | '68 | '72 | '74 | '79 | '80 | '84 | '88 | '93 | '97 2000s: '00 | '04 | '06 | next | |
Federal parliaments (Summary) 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th 21st | 22nd | 23rd | 24th | 25th | 26th | 27th | 28th | 29th | 30th | 31st | 32nd | 33rd | 34th | 35th | 36th | 37th | 38th | 39th | |
Federal political parties | Federal electoral districts |
I, not surprisingly, think that my version works best but am open to suggestions, I think we should be avoiding the ugly line wrap as the first priority, hence I prefer the original as a second choice to mine. - Jord 00:51, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
I strongly dislike the partial dates ('79, '80). They are crammed in too tightly and are difficult to distinguish at a glance. They look informal and unprofessional. The original model and Circeus' were both clean and simple. Subsequent modifications have added visual distraction and clutter (bold text, dashes, and abbreviations) that harms legibility.
If I knew how, I would change the template to a compromise between the original above and Circeus' format, with three lines of election dates written in full four-digit form. Caradhras 23:57, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
I am being bold here, after discussion at [[1]]. Including the Parliaments of Canada template in this template has the result that all of the parliaments of Canada appear at the bottom of each election article, e.g., Canadian federal election, 1993, even though only one parliament is relevant to the article. That parliament can be included in the article and/or in the "see also" list. Ground Zero | t 04:21, 28 November 2007 (UTC)