Talk:1909 Chinese provincial elections/GA1

GA Review

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Nominator: Generalissima (talk · contribs) 06:21, 16 September 2024 (UTC)

Reviewer: Elli (talk · contribs) 19:46, 20 September 2024 (UTC)

I'll review this. Looks interesting. Elli (talk | contribs) 19:46, 20 September 2024 (UTC)

Background, Creation of provincial assemblies, and Election

• I'd reörganize this a bit: the background section is quite small, and while it goes over the general background, it doesn't really include the specific background for this election as is typical for election articles. I'd merge the "Creation of provincial assemblies" here.
• Certain provinces allocated additional seats according to regional grain production which provinces/why?
• "Election" section should be clarified to be about the election procedures/campaign
• Turnout is more of a "results" sort of thing.
• Is there more that can be said about the campaign? Were there any organized parties?

Results

• I'd have a section for voter turnout here.
• Any notable winners? Other than the assembly chairmen.
• The Tongmenghui thing looks interesting, are there any more details on it?

Aftermath

• There isn't really any explanation of what a provincial governor is... presumably appointed by the emperor?
• The provincial assemblies were dismantled under Yuan Shikai's regime and dissolved by the Beiyang government. is there a timeline of this? The elected members from this were already out of office by the time of the dissolution, assuming it happened after 1912, right? (Not saying this isn't relevant to this article, just something to be clarified)

Images

• Licensing looks fine.
• For the Zhili Provincial Assembly hall, was this building something else before?

Lead

• For the map here... why are there five regions where elections weren't held, instead of just one? This isn't explained in the article.

These are my initial thoughts. I haven't taken a close look at the sources yet; I will after you address these comments. Elli (talk | contribs) 20:26, 20 September 2024 (UTC)