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A few questions/requests
[edit]Hello Elli! I hope you are a having a nice summer so far.
I was wondering if you’d be willing to:
1.) Upload the U.S. House map in effect for Pennsylvania after the 1970 census and the one after the 1980 census (perhaps as a blank svg with all districts in grey; I’d like to make congressional district result maps for certain presidential primaries in Inkscape, but I can’t find a map from Wikipedia to edit in Inkscape).
2.) Create a map of the results by congressional district of 2021 Pennsylvania Amendment 3 using the precinct data/map already provided on the article.
Thank you very much, Delcoan (talk) 07:45, 5 July 2026 (UTC)
- @Delcoan I've been a bit busy but I could try to do the first thing in the next few days. Elli (talk | contribs) 14:28, 5 July 2026 (UTC)
- Thank you so much! Delcoan (talk) 17:22, 5 July 2026 (UTC)
- Sorry for deleting message; first request has been completed. Delcoan (talk) 02:43, 15 August 2026 (UTC)
Question from Fruitythread (07:31, 8 July 2026)
[edit]I lost 12 hours of work because of a conflict error and I have no idea how to get it back. --Fruitythread (talk) 07:31, 8 July 2026 (UTC)
Articles for Creation backlog drive
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Reverted your redirect of Tom Smith (Michigan politician)
[edit]Hi Elli, It strikes me that the Tom Smith article is notable because of all the to-do about his winning of the 8th district Republican nomination for congressperson. There's local, state, national, and international coverage of this by very reliable sources. Dozens of articles. That alone should qualify it under GNG. Beyond that, I think it's important for an encyclopedia to show how strange elections can be in the US. If we only have articles on people who get the nomination the normal way, a reader might get the impression that everything is normal in US elections, but then somebody like Smith or George Santos comes along and show that it's not really true. And it will be a close election for the House of Representatives this year. Think of what would happen if the House overall will be determined on the day after the election by one close race, Smith vs. McDonald Rivet. Well, GNG is why it meets the notability standard. The rest is why I think it's important enough to be included. If you disagree, please take it to AfD. Thanks for your understnding. Smallbones(smalltalk) 03:28, 11 August 2026 (UTC)
- @Smallbones all the coverage is in the context of him as a congressional candidate, and he isn't so exceptionally notable as a candidate as to be worthy of an article. I agree we should have these details... but they should be in the article on the election. Happy to take this to AfD :) Elli (talk | contribs) 03:35, 11 August 2026 (UTC)
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[edit]Your tool, one click archiver isn't working. Shah Of Nowhere talk! 14:36, 11 August 2026 (UTC)
- @Shah Of Nowhere what's the issue? Elli (talk | contribs) 14:50, 11 August 2026 (UTC)