Template talk:Did you know nominations/Apportionment in the Hellenic Parliament

Hook accuracy?

@David Eppstein: @Philly boy92: there appears to be a discrepancy between the article text and the hook of this DYK. The article says that Greek electoral law (overall) has changed on average once every 1.5 years, but the hook says that it is the law regarding apportionment in the Hellenic Parliament specifically, which has changed. The source says (with Google translation): "Greece has changed 14 electoral systems, which corresponds to one electoral law per 1.5 election." So it's not totally clear whether that refers solely to the apportionment issue, or to electoral law more generally, which might not pertain to apportionment. Please could you comment and/or clarify this issue? The hook is due to run tomorrow so if we don't get a conclusion today then we may have to pull it and reopen the nomination, but if there's an easy way to clarify then please let me know. I'm happy to make agreed changes to the hook if they're properly sourced and covered by the article. Thanks  — Amakuru (talk) 08:59, 28 April 2019 (UTC)

Amakuru The aspect of the electoral law that is continuously changing in Greece is the apportionment part, i.e. how parties get their candidates elected to parliament. Most changes have to do with Greece's reinforcement mechanism for proportional representation, but the basics of the law (i.e. proportional representation that favours the largest party) remain constant. Other parts of the electoral law (for example who qualifies to be elected) do not change often at all. The hook is reflective of this, I hope this has cleared it up. --Michail (blah) 12:51, 28 April 2019 (UTC)

@Philly boy92: sorry I've been out all day so only just got back to this now. The problem is we can't just take your word for it that the 14 changes to the electoral system were all related to apportionment, it has to say that in the source. But the article does talk about proportional representation systems since 1926, and that's the subject of the source article, so probably I'll conclude this is just about OK, even though the exact sentence about 1.5 changes per election does'nt specifically restrict it to that. Others may disagree, but I'll leave the approved hook in place. I've changed the article's wording to match that of the hook for clarity. Thanks for your response.  — Amakuru (talk) 20:16, 28 April 2019 (UTC)