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New Jersey United States Senate election, 2006

Thanks for filling in some of the missing margin of error numbers in the New Jersey United States Senate election, 2006 article. Hopefully, we can make this article as useful as possible for anyone trying to learn more about the campaign. Check out WP:NJ for other efforts at filling in the details on all things related to New Jersey. Alansohn 15:15, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

List of Nigerian states by population

In January you updated List of Nigerian states by population. However, the only source you cite (http://www.guardiannewsngr.com/news/article01) doesn't seem to mention any state populations. Could you reconcile this please? Picaroon (Talk) 21:12, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

- I updated it. --The Pollster 05:28, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

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Austrian polls

Hey

Who would you consider the best and most reliable Austrian and Hungarian pollsters?

--Batmacumba (talk) 19:16, 2 April 2015 (UTC)

Regarding the date of the polls: Schouldn't we at least state the exact period (e.g. 16-18.05.2017) and note with an asteriks that in some cases the polling period is not clear (e.g. her: http://www.oe24.at/oesterreich/politik/Sensationsumfrage-nach-OeVP-Beben-Kurz-deutlich-vorne/282469349)?

The polling period is usually always clear, either in the article (or follow-up article) or on the page of the pollster. I added "last day of polling" on top of the page to make it clear. --The Pollster (talk) 04:19, 26 May 2017 (UTC)

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the official colour of the ÖVP is turquoise now

Hi Have you got a source that it is not olny for the election ? --Panam2014 (talk) 12:05, 14 October 2017 (UTC)

Go to the discussion page, it is explained there. I am from Austria, I know it. Check their website, their official new colour is turquoise ! --The Pollster (talk) 12:07, 14 October 2017 (UTC)

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Matzka poll

Where'd you get the numbers for HC Strache? Mélencron (talk) 12:51, 28 October 2017 (UTC)

From the print edition.--The Pollster (talk) 17:58, 1 November 2017 (UTC)

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Hi The Pollster, Greetings. Pls note that the article needs to significant coverage of independent, reliable sources where by the sources talk about the subject tin length and in dept for verification to pass the notability requirement to be in the main space of Wikipedia. - pls see WP:42. CASSIOPEIA^(talk) 04:20, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

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Yes, I will put some sources in there, but currently there is almost nothing there to source. Maybe a link to election results from 2019 ? Everything else doesn't need a source. --The Pollster (talk) 09:01, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

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I added sources now. Keep the page intact. --The Pollster (talk) 09:07, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

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Active cases

Can you explain this edit? I do not know why you insist on including the number of active cases, every time that I remove it from the infobox. That number is not even indicated in the source that I am using, even if I open those individual pages that they publish every day. Can you always be certain that all of those cases that are not considered dead or recovered are still active? I also checked the sources that you placed on the talk page, and they appear to be late. LSGH (talk) (contributions) 10:24, 10 November 2020 (UTC)

Those are not my sources, someone else posted them. The most important source is the Interior Ministry and yes, the active cases each day are total cases MINUS deaths MINUS recovered. As usual.--The Pollster (talk) 19:11, 12 November 2020 (UTC)

That source is also what I am using. But is that formula for the active cases also used by the Interior Ministry? If no, then I do not know why that number is still there. LSGH (talk) (contributions) 02:19, 14 November 2020 (UTC)

Yes. Every case that is not recovered or dead is an active case.--The Pollster (talk) 07:48, 14 November 2020 (UTC)

Then look at Template:COVID-19 pandemic data/Australia medical cases chart. There is a certain number of cases that are not considered dead or recovered, but are also not considered active. LSGH (talk) (contributions) 04:37, 15 November 2020 (UTC)

Australia is not Austria though. In our country, every person that is currently „active“ gets tested several times again after 1-2 weeks by the Red Cross and is then either still active or recovered. There is nothing in between. There are total cases, active, recovered and the dead. Just subtract from the total cases the number of recovered and dead when you update. You have done so for months. Thanks. --The Pollster (talk) 07:00, 15 November 2020 (UTC)

If so, then that's what you say. Then why is the number important for you? LSGH (talk) (contributions) 10:53, 15 November 2020 (UTC)

Active cases are important for long-term developments and there needs to be consistant updates and no breaks in the series.--The Pollster (talk) 16:02, 15 November 2020 (UTC)

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Hej, I just thought about something: Do you maybe have an offline text of the article you work with? And then copy-paste this offline version into wikipedia? Because you keep re-introducing old changes into the live version of wikipedia. Mvbaron (talk) 08:56, 23 November 2021 (UTC)

No, I use the old version of my updated version which gets constantly reverted, but I think reflects the current situation in Austria better than the corruption-riddled versions of impru.--The Pollster (talk) 10:02, 23 November 2021 (UTC)

Hi, yes I can see that - but you really should self-revert and don’t use your updated version anymore. You will probably be banned from editing if you don’t - this really is friendly advice. I also think that research affairs is unreliable, but we need to discuss this at RS or the talk page and you Need to stop trying to put your old version into Wikipedia. You should self-revert now otherwise this is all for nothing and you’ll get blocked in the next hour or so. Mvbaron (talk) 10:18, 23 November 2021 (UTC)

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Breach of your topic ban

This is a pretty clear cut breach of your topic ban. Have you an explanation? DeCausa (talk) 14:51, 3 December 2021 (UTC)

Yes, I added an ADDITIONAL CHART. It has nothing to do with polls. The chart shows trendline excluding MFG, while the existing chart shows trendlines with MFG (which is not in parliament yet). Both charts must be shown. --The Pollster (talk) 15:48, 3 December 2021 (UTC)

You’ve got to be kidding. It’s a chart of polls added to an article about polling. You can’t be serious. DeCausa (talk) 15:53, 3 December 2021 (UTC)

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