Talk:New Zealand general election, 2008
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[edit] snap election
what counts as a snap election? If 1984 was a snap then so was 2002, right? In which case, they aren't that rare any more. My point when I renovated the opening paragraph was to say off year snaps are ridiculously rare. I will follow it up by adding that we shouldn't get too hung up on presedence or convention, because those sorts of things are just made to be broken, especially while we're still feeling our way around the new(ish) electoral system. Kripto 21:49, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
- It seems to be generally agreed that 1984 was a snap election, and our article calls it one. I'm not sure about the 2002 election; I looked at it before updating the page. It was certainly called months earlier than it legally had to be, and some people called it a snap election, but the government said it wasn't one. I see our article snap election says 2002 was one, so I would have no objection to the lead paragraph being updated to that.-gadfium 02:02, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] the election funding scandal
Ten bucks says this: not one vote will be swayed by a year-old election funding scandal. In fact, if you were to ask a panel of experts what's going to be the major theme of a campaign that most likely won't be waged until next spring, they'd say they couldn't tell you, given that leaders don't like to play their policy hands too far out. In the light of that, I would suggest that we shouldn't talk about issues until closer to the time, and leave the article as a sort of skeletal look at the mechanics of not the campaign, but the electoral process itself. Kripto 22:48, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Resigning members
Taito Field is going to retire in 2006? Since when?
- The article referenced states that he may possibly resign. --Lholden 21:57, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
Speculation is highly unencyclopediac. An alien could burst out of his stomach (this is unlikely, I grant); he could be deselected (which is more likely), etc, etc. But, one thing, if we're going to speculate in lieu of any good information which isn't due until probably the middle of next year, then what about the possibility of resignations of MPs in order to stand for various mayoralties? Kripto 22:48, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Helen
Can anyone find a better free use image? Brian | (Talk) 04:07, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
- Someone should email each politician, asking them to licence a photo under Creative Commons so Wikipedia can use it. If that someone is in Wellington, offer to come and photograph them personally if they prefer. The page Wikipedia:Example requests for permission might help.-gadfium 04:58, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
