Talk:2012 United States presidential election in Idaho

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Adding references . . .[edit]

WP editors who are watching this important Idaho 2012 caucus (and primary; and convention) page will note that I just added the second sentence to mention the Primary which follows the caucus. Both sentences use the excellent and only Green Papers as the authoritative reference to what will happen. I wanted to refer to the reference(1) that was already made in the first sentence (but do not know how) and so I added an additional [1] in the body of the Article, which is not as nice as it could be. If any editor 'fixes' it, then I will learn. Charles Edwin Shipp (talk) 13:36, 24 February 2012 (UTC) PS: Otherwise, at least WP readers will be able to click (as is).[reply]

We can use "<ref name="xxx"> ... </ref>" as the first citation and just use "<ref name ="xxx" />" as the following repeated citations. --Pengyanan (talk) 14:13, 24 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! That was fast. Nicely done. It looks great. Thanks Again, Charles Edwin Shipp (talk) 14:25, 24 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

You are welcome. --Pengyanan (talk) 15:47, 24 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Linking[edit]

The Wikipedia:Guide to writing better articles says: "When you do create links, link only one or a few instances of the same term; don't link all instances of it."
Wikipedia:Avoiding common mistakes warns against "Over-Wikifying": "Wikipedia thrives on internal links, but keep it within reason."
Also, links should be made only where they are relevant to the article, and not to every word. See Wikipedia:Make only links relevant to the context.

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"Unless they are particularly relevant to the topic of the article, it is generally inappropriate to link:

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Ground Zero | t 18:50, 3 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Pre-caucus "polls"[edit]

Of the three polls cited, two were online surveys from a site of dubious reliability, and one has a dead link from a local news channel as a reference. Any reason we shouldn't find a working source for the latter and axe the rest? --BDD (talk) 03:23, 4 March 2012 (UTC) EDIT: Okay, that working source was much easier to find than I thought it would be. Looks like it was just one digit off in the URL. I still say we remove the online polls. If Ron Paul wins this caucus with over 70%, I'll eat my hat. --BDD (talk) 03:27, 4 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Geez, these online polls are a mess. The descriptions of them sounded like they were written by Ron Paul's campaign manager (I've cleaned this up a bit). The apologies for Romney winning one were an especially ridiculous touch. And what is this "Kaz Wittig KStar Enterprises"?? After a Google search, there's a Kaz Wittig that has commented on items on a Ron Paul fan site, and a variety of companies called KStar Enterprises, neither of which have apparent connections to Idaho or political polling. Please, someone else say these look legitimate so I can remove them without feeling like a tyrant! --BDD (talk) 18:35, 6 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I too think that it's odd to include online polls, especially now that we know how wrong they were. It should also be mentioned that, according to the state GOP, Romney will get all 32 delegates: "Mitt Romney will receive all of Idaho’s 32 delegates."[1] --62.78.234.31 (talk) 12:09, 12 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Article name[edit]

Please see discussion at Talk:United States presidential election, 2012#Article name, to change ", 2012" to "of 2012". Apteva (talk) 21:43, 9 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]