User talk:William Bowe

I am a PhD student in political science and publisher of the Australian psephological site The Poll Bludger, which is frequently cited in Wikipedia's more obscure entries on Australian politics. From time to time I find myself correcting errors and filling blanks in these entries, but for the most part my own site is all the outlet I need for this line of interest. I am also a regularly published rock music critic and will occasionally contribute on pop cultural matters when the inspiration strikes.

Speak to me[edit]

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:William_Bowe" Hi there. Sorry if this is the wrong page to be putting talk on to, but I was unable to find where else to. Your links and info for the 2006 SA election on poll bludger have been invaluable. One thing I had noticed though is that quite a few links on the district pages are broken. I would suggest going through the 47 district pages when you have time and click on the links just to see how many aren't working. Apart from that though, excellent job, keep it up! Timeshift 04:36, 21 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The most common type of broken link I found is where the URL repeats one of it's paths... ie: on http://www.pollbludger.com/sa2006/norwood.htm Hartley links to http://www.pollbludger.com/sa2006/sa2006/hartley.htm which still appears to be there. Timeshift 06:22, 21 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

RE: IP vandal[edit]

If a vandal ignores several last warnings, you can take it to WP:AIV (Administrator intervention against vandalism) where you can report the vandal. More information about how to do this is available on that page. Well done for fighting vandalism - if you want more information about this generally, go to WP:CUV. Walton ^{Vivat Regina!} 08:56, 1 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion of Drag City (drag strip)[edit]

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Latest BludgerTrack has a seat error[edit]

Hindmarsh has a 1.9% Lib margin - http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2016/05/05/bludgertrack-50-6-49-4-to-labor-2/ shows a -2.4% LNP swing in SA yet SA seat tally remains unchanged with 6 Lib 5 ALP. Should be 5 Lib 6 ALP. Timeshift (talk) 04:07, 5 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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