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			Hello and welcome to my userpage. My main contributions are on elections and referendums, largely focusing on countries outside the main anglosphere (as there are already enough editors covering those countries). I also do bits and pieces on political parties, politicians and football. As of early 2024, I had added around 7,700 articles to Misplaced Pages, of which around 3,700 are on elections or referendums, 1,400 on politicians, 1,100 on political parties, 720 on places, 300 on football, 300 on other politics, plus others on random topics like ] or ]. A more detailed breakdown of article types and the associated country is ].
	My main contributions to Misplaced Pages are articles on elections and referendums (at some point I will also create associated articles on the parties that contested the elections), non-League football and Israeli politics (although this sphere is now largely complete at least in terms of the articles being started, and whilst I have many article on my watchlist, I rarely make any edits other than to revert vandalism or fix other edits).

			I edit Misplaced Pages because I think everyone should be able to access the accumulated knowledge of humanity, and because I am interested in the topics themselves and enjoy the research and reading required to write the articles. I am very thankful for the existence of the ], in which I have probably spent thousands of hours, and should also note my thanks to Wikimedia UK, who provided me with a grant to purchase ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', which allowed me to create or improve ].
	==Why I edit Misplaced Pages==
	The main reason I edit Misplaced Pages is a strong belief that every person on the planet has the right to access the accumulated knowledge of humanity. Giving people access to this knowledge allows them to make informed decisions – one only has to look at how desperate repressive countries like North Korea are to stop their citizens finding out the truth to see how important it is. The even sadder thing for me is that access to the facts in a neutral, reliable and trusted source is still needed in the "free" world. I can think of no better example than the ] in my own country in which the ruling party and the majority of the mainstream media (which is supportive of it) colluded to run a campaign largely based on a lie.<ref>The Conservative Party claimed that changing the voting system to the ] would cost the taxpayer £250 million, and this was the primary campaigning tool for use on posters and was repeated almost unquestioned by all Conservative-supporting newspapers (which made up the vast majority of the printed press at the time). However, this figure included the £80m cost of the referendum (which was being held anyway) and £130m for electronic voting machines that would be required to introduce it. This was clearly a lie as Australia uses the same voting system but processes votes manually.</ref>

			As well as article creation, some of the more satisfying things I've managed to do on Misplaced Pages include:
	Many of the articles I write (particularly recently) are ones on which there is little online information, and are on topics that I feel are sufficiently important that the information should be available more widely (elections, for instance, are a key part of a nation's history). I should note my thanks to Wikimedia UK, who provided me with a grant to purchase ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', from which I have written and improved ].
			*Creating ] and writing several hundred of the linked biographies.
			*Creating updater templates like {{tl\|Israel populations}} or {{tl\|English football updater}} that allow thousands of articles be updated in a single edit.
			*Starting ] that led to election article titles changing from "]" to "]". This led to over 35,000 articles being moved after the RfC passed (thankfully via a bot).
			*(Sort of) figuring out how to use Lua to expand the {{tl\|Election results}} template created by ] to cover all types of elections (a huge thanks should also go to ] who helped on multiple occasions when I was stuck).
			*Adding the embedding function to {{tl\|Infobox election}} and {{tl\|Infobox legislative election}} that allows infobox stacking (like ]).
			*Completing various article sets – mostly full sets of national election articles, but also things like signatories of the Israeli declaration of independence, all people to have been a member of the Knesset or government minister in Israel, all registered places in Israel, all grounds to have hosted Football League matches etc.

			==Did you know==
	And, of course, I edit Misplaced Pages because I am interested in the topics themselves, and enjoy the research and reading required to write the articles.
			A few articles I created have been selected for DYK:

			#... that the ''']''' is the only ] in ] ever to have held a majority of seats in the ]?
	==My contributions==
	At the last count (1 April 2015), I'd started 5,442 articles. These include:

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	\|Elections and referendums\|\|align=right\|2,952\|\|Trying to create articles on every election and referendum to have taken place in a sovereign state or colonial territory. Mostly complete, but some work to do on historical elections, particularly in former colonies.
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	\|Football\|\|align=right\|248\|\|Completed all clubs to have played in top division in Israel and in the Eastern Counties League, plus other articles on non-league football clubs, seasons or players to have played for Sudbury Town/AFC Sudbury
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	\|Israeli places\|\|align=right\|575\|\|Completed set of articles on all registered towns/villages/regional councils in Israel, plus a few settlements
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	\|Places in Suffolk\|\|align=right\|130\|\|Completed the set of articles on civil parishes in Suffolk
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	\|Political parties\|\|align=right\|778\|\|Trying to create articles on every political party to have won a seat in a national legislature
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	===Did you know===
	A few articles I created (or in one or two cases, merely contributed to) have been selected for DYK:
	#... that ''']''', ]'s first Minister of Justice, served in the ] during ]?
	#... that the ''']''' is the only ] in ] ever to have held a majority of seats in the ]?
	#... that ''']''' was the only signatory of the ] to have been born in the ]?		#... that ''']''' was the only signatory of the ] to have been born in the ]?
	#... that the ''']''' was the first to be held in ] under ]?		#... that the ''']''' was the first to be held in ] under ]?
	#... that the ''']''' in ] saw the first defeat of a ruling party in an election held under ] in ]?		#... that the ''']''' in ] saw the first defeat of a ruling party in an election held under ] in ]?
	#... that the ] villagers of ''']''' developed ] of ] in response to the high rate of ] amongst their tribe?		#... that the ] villagers of ''']''' developed ] of ] in response to the high rate of ] amongst their tribe?
	#... that the ''']''' was played over two years in an effort to rid ] of corruption and violence, which included riots on the field?		#... that the ''']''' was played over two years in an effort to rid ] of corruption and violence, which included riots on the field?
	#... that ''']''' was the first ] to be ]?		#... that ''']''' was the first ] to be ]?
	#... that ''']''' was the first ever ] football club to play in the top division in ]?		#... that ''']''' was the first ever ] football club to play in the top division in ]?
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	#... that ''']''' was the first ] to be elected to the country's legislative council?		#... that ''']''' was the first ] to be elected to the country's legislative council?
	#... that ] for the ''']''' in ] was just 4.9%?		#... that ] for the ''']''' in ] was just 4.9%?
	#... that the ''']''' in ] was the first election to be held in ]?		#... that the ''']''' in ] was the first election to be held in ]?
	#... that in the ''']''' in ], ] received more votes than the number of registered voters?		#... that in the ''']''' in ], ] received more votes than the number of registered voters?
	#... that ] was the only ] to reject the ] in a ''']''', thereby opting for independence?		#... that ] was the only ] to reject the ] in a ''']''', thereby opting for independence?
	#... that the ''']''' in ] made it into the ] as the most fraudulent ever?		#... that the ''']''' in ] made it into the ] as the most fraudulent ever?
	#... that following a ''']''' in 1984, ] became the last country in Europe to grant women the ]?		#... that following a ''']''' in 1984, ] became the last country in Europe to grant women the ]?
	#... that it took a replay and then eighty minutes of extra time for ] to win the ''']'''?		#... that it took a replay and then eighty minutes of extra time for ] to win the ''']'''?
	#... that the ''']''' was the first in the country's history to go to a second round?		#... that the ''']''' was the first in the country's history to go to a second round?
	#... that by making her debut in the ] at the age of 16, ''']''' became the youngest-ever goalkeeper to appear in a World Cup?		#... that by making her debut in the ] at the age of 16, ''']''' became the youngest-ever goalkeeper to appear in a World Cup?
	#... that ]ese international footballer ''']''' worked at the ]s prior to the ] there?		#... that ]ese international footballer ''']''' worked at the ]s prior to the ] there?
			#... that the electoral system for the ''']''' in ] was said to have been based on the design of a ]?
	#... that ''']''' are the most westerly ] club ever to play in the ]?
	#... that following opposition calls for a ], ] in the ''']''' in ] was just 2.7%?
	#... that the electoral system for the ''']''' in ] was said to have been based on the design of a ]?
	#... that the ''']''' were the first to feature female candidates?
	#... that ''']''' was the venue of the first-ever goal scored in league ]?		#... that ''']''' was the venue of the first-ever goal scored in league ]?
	#... that despite receiving the most votes in the ], the ''']''' emerged as the smallest of the three parties in the Territorial Assembly?		#... that despite receiving the most votes in the ], the ''']''' emerged as the smallest of the three parties in the Territorial Assembly?
	#... that ''']''' was the first directly elected MP in the ]?		#... that ''']''' was the first directly elected MP in the ]?
	#... that the ''']''' in the ] has been described as the "smallest act of self-determination ever conducted"?		#... that the ''']''' in the ] has been described as the "smallest act of self-determination ever conducted"?
	#... that the ''']''' in ] saw ]'s ] defeat the ruling ], led by his father ]?		#... that the ''']''' in ] saw ]'s ] defeat the ruling ], led by his father ]?
	#... that the original version of the ''']''' released in the UK was known as the "Gold Belly" due to its distinctive colour scheme?		#... that the original version of the ''']''' released in the UK was known as the "Gold Belly" due to its distinctive colour scheme?
			#... that ''']''' is the only stadium outside ] to have hosted a ] ]?
			#... that the first-ever goal in the ] was scored at the original ''']'''?
			#... that ''']''' jointly holds the record for the most goals scored in an ] match, having scored 10 in one game?

			====Other potential DYKs====
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			A few other interesting articles created after I stopped having the patience to go through the DYK process:

			#... that ''']''', ''']''', ''']''' and ''']''' were known as the 'big four' andt heavily influenced the Fijian economy and political sphere in the first half of the 20th century?
	==Problems with Misplaced Pages==
			#... that alongside Irene Jai Narayan and Losalini Raravuya Dovi, ''']''' was one of the first female members of the ]?
	Despite my beliefs about Misplaced Pages's role in providing neutral and reliable information, there are several areas that concern me. Due to a lack of will by admins early in Misplaced Pages's history, the issue of nationalist editors has never really been dealt with. There are several areas of the project which are almost no-go areas for outside/neutral editors, and many false consensuses have been built up by small groups of editors (usually around five people, which is sufficient to block progress on any attempt at outside involvement (the fatal flaw of the ] process being that it is not limited to outside editors). The areas I have come across which are particularly problematic are:
			#... that ''']''' was the first female member of the ]?

			#... that ''']''' was the only member of the constitutional convention not to sign the new ]?
	*Estonia - attempts to revise history by denying the fact that Estonia was part of the Russian Empire or USSR. This usually manifests itself in insisting that country of birth is listed as Estonia in years when the country was not independent.
			#... that ''']''' was a member of Fiji's first-ever ] and scored a try "with three opponents hanging on to him"?
	*Ireland/Northern Ireland - a key example being the de facto banning of the phrase "Northern Irish" to describe people from Northern Ireland and (similar to the Estonia situation) the refusal to accept that Ireland was part of the UK prior to 1921. As well as the issue over birth places, one particularly stupid example I came across whilst working on election articles was ] - an election to the UK parliament that convention dictates should be United Kingdom general election, 1918 (Ireland). Unsurprisingly, a requested move was blocked more than once.
			#... that ''']''' was described as "the only Jew in Western Samoa"?
	*Israel/Palestine - several years ago the major problem was Israeli bias (refusal to acknowledge that settlements were considered illegal by international law etc), but the pendulum has swung the other way in recent years. Major problems include the refusal to even allow the phrase "Israeli Arabs" in the introduction of the article about those people (despite it being the common name - and those editors that call for the use of the "neutral" phrase "Arab citizens of Israel" are now attempting to sneak "Palestinian Arabs" into articles instead) and attempts to replace "Palestinian Territories" with "Palestine" despite the state not yet existing.
			#... that ''']''' was Tonga's longest-serving MP, holding office for over 40 years?

			#... that ''']''' served as 'Acting' Administrator of Western Samoa for eight years before his post was made permanent?
	Whilst I have given up on these issues being resolved, the problem still bothers me.
			#... that the ''']''' had to be re-run in ] due to the "undue influence of gong-gong beating" in the initial vote?
			#... that ''']''' is the first woman to be elected head of government in the ]?
			#... that ''']''' was the youngest-ever sergeant in the Australian military?
			#... that the candidacy of ] in the ''']''' caused significant controversy, and efforts to prevent him winning led to the results being partially annulled?
			#... that ''']''' was the first Leader of Government Business of the ]?
			#... that ''']''' was the first female MP in ]?
			#... that ''']''' was the first Pacific Islander to head the ]?
			#... that ''']''' was the first Leader of Government Business of ]?
			#... that ''']''' was the first woman to serve as a government minister in Afghanistan?
			#... that ''']''' was the first female member of the ] of the Cook Islands?
			#... that ''']''' and ''']''' were the first two female ] in Afghanistan?
			#... that ''']''' was the first woman elected to national office in Singapore?
			#... that ''']''' was the first Solomon Islander to become Speaker of the islands' legislature?
			#... that the ] ''']''' was described as representing "the upper limit of continuous bravery" during World War II?
			#... that ''']''' was the first and only woman to be elected to the ]?
			#... that ''']''' was the first Micronesian woman to become a doctor?
			#... that ''']''' was the first ] of the ] of Fiji?
			#... that ''']''' was the first Leader of the Opposition in Papua New Guinea?
			#... that ''']''' was the first female member of the ]?
			#... that ''']''' was the only member of the ''']''' for most of the period between 1962 and his death in 1974?
			#... that ''']''' was the first ]-wearing woman elected to the ] in Israel?
			#... that '''], ], ], ], ], ], ], ]''' and ''']''' were among the women ] to ] in Finland in 1907, becoming the first elected female parliamentarians in the world?
			#... that ''']''' was the first ]an to attend university?
			#... that ''']''' was the first ] to earn a university degree?
			#... that ''']''' was the first official Leader of the Opposition in the ]?
			#... that ''']''' was the first Leader of Government Business in the ]?
			#... that ''']''' was the first Fijian to attend the ]?
			#... that ''']''' often used his certificate of sanity during debates in the ] to challenge other MLCs?
			#... that ''']''' was the first Lord Mayor of ]?
			#... that ''']''' was the youngest-ever MP and minister in Western Samoa at the time he was elected and later appointed to the cabinet?
			#... that ] MP ''']''' was killed during a rebellion on ]?
			#... that ''']''' was the first ] representative in the ]?
			#... that ''']''' was the first Micronesian to earn a college degree?
			#... that ''']''' served as mayor of ] for 33 years?
			#... that ''']''' was the first Chief Minister of the ]?
			#... that ''']''' was the first Fijian announcer for the ] and built the biggest ] in Fiji?
			#... that brothers ''']''' and ''']''' were appointed to the ] in 1951, having earlier been discouraged from joining the civil service by their father, who feared being accused of nepotism?
			#... that ''']''', ''']''' and ''']''' were the first women elected to parliament in ]?
			#... that ''']''' was dismissed from the ] for fathering a child with a mistress?
			#... that ''']''' and ''']''' were the first two women elected to the ], and Rex was the designer of the ]?
			#... that ''']''' was the first indigenous woman elected to the Representative Assembly in ]?
			#... that ''']''' was among the first group of women elected to parliament in Switzerland, and the first sitting member to give birth?
			#... that ''']''' was the only female candidate in the ] and became the first Malaysian woman elected to parliament?
			#... that ''']''' was the first woman elected to the Legislative Council in ] despite her party being opposed to women's suffrage?
			#... that ''']''' was the first female parliamentarian in ], but never received her MP's salary?
			#... that ''']''' was the first woman to be appointed to the Advisory Council of the New Hebrides?
			#... that ''']''' was the first woman elected to the ]?
			#... that although women could not vote in the ''']''', ] was elected and became Suriname's first female parliamentarian?
			#... that ''']''' was the first female member of the ]?
			#... that ''']''' was the only woman amongst the founders of the ] and was later one of the first group of women elected to parliament?
			#... that ''']''' was the first woman to be appointed as a government minister in Albania?
			#... that ''']''' was appointed to the West Indies Federal Senate in 1958, becoming the first female legislator from ]?
			#... that ''']''' was the first woman to become a member of the ] of the British Virgin Islands?
			#... that ''']''' was the first woman appointed to a legislature in what is now Cameroon, while ''']''' was the first woman elected to parliament in the country?
			#... that ''']''' was the first woman elected to the Legislature in ]?
			#... that ''']''' was the first woman elected to parliament in ]?
			#... that ''']''' was the first woman elected to parliament in the ]?
			#... that ''']''' was the first female legislator in Indonesia?
			#... that ''']''' was the first woman elected to the Legislative Council in Montserrat?
			#... that ''']''' was the first woman appointed to the Legislative Council of the Falklands, and ''']''' was the first woman elected to the Legislative Council?
			#... that ''']''' was the first woman elected to the Island Council in ]?
			#... that ''']''' was the first woman elected to the ]?
			#... that ''']''' was the first woman elected to the Territorial Assembly of ]?
			#... that ''']''' was the first woman elected to the ]?
			#... that ''']''' was the first woman elected to parliament in ]?
			#... that ''']''' was the first woman elected to the Legislative Council in ]?
			#... that ''']''' was the first woman elected to parliament in ]?
			#... that ''']''' and ''']''' were the first two women elected to parliament from Taiwan?
			#... that ''']''' avoided deportation from Jersey by the Nazi authorities after a doctor pretended that she was suffering from tuberculosis, and later became the first woman elected to the ]?
			#... that ''']''' was the first woman elected to parliament in ]?
			#... that ''']''' was the first woman elected to parliament in ] and later became the country's first female minister?
			#... that ''']''' was the first woman elected to parliament in ]?
			#... that ''']''' was the only woman elected to parliament from Slovakia in the ]?
			#... that ''']''' was the first woman elected to the Legislative Council in ]?
			#... that ''']''' was the first woman elected to Congress in ]?
			#... that ''']''' and ''']''' were the first women elected to the ]?
			#... that ''']''' and ''']''' were the first women elected to parliament in ]?
			#... that ''']''' and ''']''' were the first women elected to the ] in Pitcairn?
			#... that ''']''' and ''']''' were the first women appointed to the Legislative Council of ]?
			#... that ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ], ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ], ''']''', ''']''', ''']''' and ''']''' (plus ''']''' and ''']''') were the first women elected to parliament in China?
			#... that ''']''' and ''']''' were the first women elected to parliament in ]?
			#... that ''']''', one of the first women in parliament in ], published a booklet warning voters to beware her brother, Prime Minister ]?
			#... that ''']''' and ''']''' were the first women elected to Congress in Paraguay?
			#... that ''']''' was the first woman elected to parliament in ]?
			#... that ''']''' was the first woman to become a member of parliament in ] when she was appointed to the Senate in 1968, while ] was the first woman elected to parliament in the country in 1993?
			#... that ''']''', ''']''' and ''']''' were the first women elected to parliament in ]?
			#... that ''']''', one of the first women elected to parliament in Germany, was deselected by her party prior to the 1920 elections due to her Jewish background?
			#... that ''']''', ''']''', ''']''' and ''']''' were the first female legislators in ]?
			#... that ''']''' and ''']''' were the first two women elected to the ] of New Caledonia?
			#... that ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''' and ''']''' were the first women elected to the Chamber of Deputies in Peru?
			#... that ''']''' and ''']''' were the first female members of the ] of Oman?
			#... that ''']''' and ''']''' were the first two female parliamentarians from Syria?
			#... that ''']''', ''']''', ], ''']''', ''']''', ''']''' and ''']''' were the first women elected to Congress in Cuba?
			#... that ''']''' was the first woman elected to parliament in the Maldives?
			#... that ''']''' was the first woman elected to the Senate in Iran?
			#... that ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''' and ''']''' were the first women elected to parliament in Czechoslovakia? Sychravová was the only one elected from Slovakia.
			#... that ''']''' and ''']''' were the first two women elected to parliament in Vanuatu?
			#... that ''']''' and ''']''' were the first two women elected to parliament in Equatorial Guinea?
			#... that ''']''' was the first female member of parliament in Lesotho? ''']''', ''']''' and ] later became the first women elected to parliament.
			#... that ''']''', ''']''' and K.F. Walker were the first women appointed to the Legislative Council of Tanganyika?
			#... that ], ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ], ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''' and ''']''' were the first women elected to parliament in Mozambique?
			#... that in the ''']''' in American Samoa, the first under universal suffrage, ''']''' and ''']''' were the first two women elected to the Fono?
			#... that in 1964 ''']''' became the first woman elected to parliament in Nigeria, but was unable to take her seat due to violence caused by her election?
			#... that ''']''' was the first female member of the Seychelles legislature?
			#... that ''']''' was the first woman elected to the Guam Congress?
			#... that ''']''' folded less than a year after winning the ]?
			#... that ''']''' is an electoral system in which voters cast a single ballot for multiple offices?
			#... that ''']''' was the first woman elected to the ] in 2021, with Micronesia having been the only country in the world (except the Vatican City) to have never had a female member of parliament until then?

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	Image:Barnstar of National Merit.svg\|I, ], hereby award you the ] for your extensive contributions to Israel-related articles, especially on the subject of the Israeli democracy/politics.		Image:Barnstar of National Merit.svg\|I, ], hereby award you the ] for your extensive contributions to Israel-related articles, especially on the subject of the Israeli democracy/politics.

	Image:Original_Barnstar.png\|You have done a great job in creating so many articles related to ], so here's a token of appreciation --<b>]]] \| </b><b><sup>]</sup></b>/<b><sub>]</sub></b>\<b><sup>]</sup></b> 13:31, 15 November 2006 (UTC) 06:06, 12 November 2006 (UTC)		Image:Original_Barnstar.png\|You have done a great job in creating so many articles related to ], so here's a token of appreciation <b>]]]</b><b><sup>]</sup></b>/<b><sub>]</sub></b>\<b><sup>]</sup></b> 13:31, 15 November 2006 (UTC) 06:06, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

	Image:Tireless_Contributor_Barnstar.gif\|I ran into your user page and, browsing through your article contributions, I feel that you really merit this well-deserved '''Tireless Contributor Barnstar'''. Thank you for all the diligent work. ] <sup>]</sup> 10:11, 26 March 2007 (UTC)		Image:Tireless_Contributor_Barnstar.gif\|I ran into your user page and, browsing through your article contributions, I feel that you really merit this well-deserved '''Tireless Contributor Barnstar'''. Thank you for all the diligent work. ] <sup>]</sup> 10:11, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

	Image:Barnstar_of_National_Merit.svg\|In recognition of your work on Israel related articles, and completion of the Signatories of the ] articles -- ] (]) 15:45, 23 November 2007 (UTC)		Image:Barnstar_of_National_Merit.svg\|In recognition of your work on Israel related articles, and completion of the Signatories of the ] articles -- ] (]) 15:45, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
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	Image:Minor_Barnstar.png\|I want to thank you for your recent changes to ]. The article has been on my mind for a while as one that needed something, but what I didn't know. Now after your edits, I feel that the article is starting to read fairly well. Keep up the good work! <span style="font: 13pt 'Arial';">«</span> '''] (])''' 05:30 ] ] (UTC)		Image:Minor_Barnstar.png\|I want to thank you for your recent changes to ]. The article has been on my mind for a while as one that needed something, but what I didn't know. Now after your edits, I feel that the article is starting to read fairly well. Keep up the good work! <span style="font: 13pt 'Arial';">«</span> '''] (])''' 05:30 ] ] (UTC)

	Image:Random_Acts_of_Kindness_Barnstar.png\|Thanks for being nice and rational in the deletion of Michael Paton, instead of just "delete or else"! Cheers mate! -- ''']]''' 09:06, 2 April 2008 (UTC)		Image:Random_Acts_of_Kindness_Barnstar.png\|Thanks for being nice and rational in the deletion of Michael Paton, instead of just "delete or else"! Cheers mate! -- ''']]''' 09:06, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

	Image:BoNM_-_Israel.png\|As recognitian of your continued committment to Israel related articles ] (]) 11:52, 13 April 2008 (UTC)		Image:BoNM_-_Israel.png\|As recognitian of your continued committment to Israel related articles ] (]) 11:52, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
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	Image:BoNM - Israel.png\|For the mass of Israeli locality articles created recently, thanks for the amazing work! -- ] <sup>(])</sup> 21:34, 6 August 2008 (UTC)		Image:BoNM - Israel.png\|For the mass of Israeli locality articles created recently, thanks for the amazing work! -- ] <sup>(])</sup> 21:34, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

	Image:Afrika award.jpg\|For all of your excellent work on African election articles, I award you this AfricaProject Award. Wear it with pride. <~~font~~ ~~face~~="Old English Text MT">]</~~font~~><sup>]</sup><sub>]</sub> 16:32, 2 December 2010 (UTC)		Image:Afrika award.jpg\|For all of your excellent work on African election articles, I award you this AfricaProject Award. Wear it with pride. ]<sup>]</sup><sub>]</sub> 16:32, 2 December 2010 (UTC)

	File:Original Barnstar Hires.png\|For your efforts to improve coverage of East Germany's political history ♦ ] 19:59, 6 December 2011 (UTC)		File:Original Barnstar Hires.png\|For your efforts to improve coverage of East Germany's political history ♦ ] 19:59, 6 December 2011 (UTC)
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	File:Original Barnstar Hires.png\|Number 57, thank you for your recent new articles on the West Indies. Your work is appreciated! ] (]) 03:35, 2 June 2012 (UTC)		File:Original Barnstar Hires.png\|Number 57, thank you for your recent new articles on the West Indies. Your work is appreciated! ] (]) 03:35, 2 June 2012 (UTC)

	File:Barnstar of Diligence Hires.png\|Not the best barnstar I was looking for, but still accurately fits your edits. I also appreciate your civility and helpfullness. Thanks! <small style="border: 1px dashed;padding:1px 4px 1px 3px;white-space:nowrap">''']]'''</small> 16:34, 17 August 2012 (UTC)		File:Barnstar of Diligence Hires.png\|Not the best barnstar I was looking for, but still accurately fits your edits. I also appreciate your civility and helpfullness. Thanks! <small style="border: 1px dashed;padding:1px 4px 1px 3px;white-space:nowrap">''']]'''</small> 16:34, 17 August 2012 (UTC)

	File:Tireless Contributor Barnstar Hires.gif\|For your work diligently closing discussions at ] and bringing down the backlog of that page, I hereby award you the Tireless Contributor Barnstar. Thank you for your closes and for taking on tasks other administrators shy away from. ''''']'''''</span> (]) 11:59, 12 May 2014 (UTC)		File:Tireless Contributor Barnstar Hires.gif\|For your work diligently closing discussions at ] and bringing down the backlog of that page, I hereby award you the Tireless Contributor Barnstar. Thank you for your closes and for taking on tasks other administrators shy away from. ''''']'''''</span> (]) 11:59, 12 May 2014 (UTC)

	File:Administrator Barnstar Hires.png\|I thereby award you with '''''The Admin's Barnstar''''' for your continued work of closing discussions listed on the ]. Keep up the good work. ] <sup>]</sup> 21:38, 4 June 2014 (UTC)		File:Administrator Barnstar Hires.png\|I thereby award you with '''''The Admin's Barnstar''''' for your continued work of closing discussions listed on the ]. Keep up the good work. ] <sup>]</sup> 21:38, 4 June 2014 (UTC)

	File:Administrator Barnstar Hires.png\|It's nice to meet an admin who just gets on and does stuff, knows what he's talking about and is a genuinely nice, friendly human being! I'm glad we got a moment to chat at the weekend. ]<sup>TT</sup>(]) 10:11, 14 August 2014 (UTC)		File:Administrator Barnstar Hires.png\|It's nice to meet an admin who just gets on and does stuff, knows what he's talking about and is a genuinely nice, friendly human being! I'm glad we got a moment to chat at the weekend. ]<sup>TT</sup>(]) 10:11, 14 August 2014 (UTC)

	File:Original Barnstar.png\|For the John Barrowman (BLPSOURCES vs CONTEXTMATTERS). Because this contribution was just outstanding! ] (]) 02:04, 6 October 2014 (UTC)		File:Original Barnstar.png\|For the John Barrowman (BLPSOURCES vs CONTEXTMATTERS). Because this contribution was just outstanding! ] (]) 02:04, 6 October 2014 (UTC)
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	File:Editors Barnstar Hires.png\|For all your hard work in creating templates and correcting page titles relating to the 2015 UK local elections. Nice work! ''']''' <sup>]</sup> 06:52, 10 April 2015 (UTC)		File:Editors Barnstar Hires.png\|For all your hard work in creating templates and correcting page titles relating to the 2015 UK local elections. Nice work! ''']''' <sup>]</sup> 06:52, 10 April 2015 (UTC)

	File:Tireless Contributor Barnstar Hires.gif\|Thank you for defending my articles that were put up for deletion. Not only that but you're tireless contribution to players in the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup! Misplaced Pages and I thank you! ] 03:51, 12 June 2015 (UTC)		File:Tireless Contributor Barnstar Hires.gif\|Thank you for defending my articles that were put up for deletion. Not only that but you're tireless contribution to players in the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup! Misplaced Pages and I thank you! ] 03:51, 12 June 2015 (UTC)
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			Image:Football Barnstar Hires.png\|I would like to award you this for all your incredible work in creating articles on old Scottish football grounds. ] (]) 22:29, 5 November 2015 (UTC)
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			File:Brilliant Idea Barnstar Hires.png\|Nice work fixing the ] page so that flag inside its Infobox national football team does not fall on the second line below the Bosnia and Herzegovina long name. This bugged me for ages, your fix made my day. I am sure many will notice and appreciate it. Many thanks. ] (]) 13:12, 5 February 2016 (UTC)
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			File:Tireless Contributor Barnstar Hires.gif\|I would like to thank you on all the work you put into every countries elections. ] (]) 19:30, 23 October 2017 (UTC)
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			File:Barnstar of Diligence Hires.png\|I award you the barnstar of Diligence for your calm, rational, and patient approach in seeing through to the end. <span style="font-family:times; text-shadow: 0 0 .2em #7af">~] <small>(])</small></span> 13:42, 20 November 2018 (UTC)

			File:Original Barnstar Hires.png\|Thank you for your work on politician biographical articles on Misplaced Pages, especially Israeli ones. Your hard work is much appreciated. ] (]) 22:10, 6 March 2020 (UTC)

			File:Original Barnstar Hires.png\|Keep up the great work on Oceanian topics! Feel free to add your articles to the ]!! † ] 21:23, 19 April 2020 (UTC)

			File:Women in Red Barnstar.png\|By writing hundreds of succinct biographies of women parliamentarians throughout the world and including them in your ], you have made a really significant contribution to Misplaced Pages's coverage of women. --] (]) 10:55, 7 February 2021 (UTC)

			File:Original Barnstar Hires.png\|Thanks for all the fantastic content you've been adding about women in politics worldwide! It's much appreciated :) ] (]) 16:26, 18 February 2021 (UTC)

			File:Special Barnstar Hires.png\|Thank for your work on various Misplaced Pages articles relating to African politics. Thank you so much! ] (]) 08:24, 16 August 2021 (UTC)

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			Original Barnstar Hires.png\|Thanks for updating ]. I could not find the exact numbers for every candidate; I am glad you could! -- ] (])<span style="font-size:85%;"> If you reply here, please ].</span> 01:44, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

			Vitruvian Barnstar Hires.png\|Thank you for your incredible work on the STV elections template. :) –Sincerely, ] 01:29, 18 May 2024 (UTC)

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Where I've been

Hello and welcome to my userpage. My main contributions are on elections and referendums, largely focusing on countries outside the main anglosphere (as there are already enough editors covering those countries). I also do bits and pieces on political parties, politicians and football. As of early 2024, I had added around 7,700 articles to Misplaced Pages, of which around 3,700 are on elections or referendums, 1,400 on politicians, 1,100 on political parties, 720 on places, 300 on football, 300 on other politics, plus others on random topics like Eakabarere or Ulai Otobed. A more detailed breakdown of article types and the associated country is here.

I edit Misplaced Pages because I think everyone should be able to access the accumulated knowledge of humanity, and because I am interested in the topics themselves and enjoy the research and reading required to write the articles. I am very thankful for the existence of the British Library, in which I have probably spent thousands of hours, and should also note my thanks to Wikimedia UK, who provided me with a grant to purchase Elections in Europe: A data handbook, which allowed me to create or improve over a thousand articles.

As well as article creation, some of the more satisfying things I've managed to do on Misplaced Pages include:

Creating List of the first female members of parliament by country and writing several hundred of the linked biographies.
Creating updater templates like {{Israel populations}} or {{English football updater}} that allow thousands of articles be updated in a single edit.
Starting the RfC that led to election article titles changing from "Niuean general election, 2005" to "2005 Niuean general election". This led to over 35,000 articles being moved after the RfC passed (thankfully via a bot).
(Sort of) figuring out how to use Lua to expand the {{Election results}} template created by Ythlev to cover all types of elections (a huge thanks should also go to Frietjes who helped on multiple occasions when I was stuck).
Adding the embedding function to {{Infobox election}} and {{Infobox legislative election}} that allows infobox stacking (like this).
Completing various article sets – mostly full sets of national election articles, but also things like signatories of the Israeli declaration of independence, all people to have been a member of the Knesset or government minister in Israel, all registered places in Israel, all grounds to have hosted Football League matches etc.

Did you know

A few articles I created have been selected for DYK:

... that the Alignment is the only political party in Israel ever to have held a majority of seats in the Knesset?
... that Bechor-Shalom Sheetrit was the only signatory of the Israeli declaration of independence to have been born in the Land of Israel?
... that the 1951 Gold Coast general election was the first to be held in Africa under universal suffrage?
... that the 1967 general election in Sierra Leone saw the first defeat of a ruling party in an election held under universal suffrage in sub-Saharan Africa?
... that the Bedouin villagers of al-Sayyid developed their own form of sign language in response to the high rate of deafness amongst their tribe?
... that the 1966–68 Liga Leumit season was played over two years in an effort to rid Israeli football of corruption and violence, which included riots on the field?
... that Mishmar David was the first kibbutz to be privatised?
... that Hapoel Tayibe was the first ever Arab football club to play in the top division in Israel?
... that Hussniya Jabara was the first Israeli Arab woman to be elected to the Knesset?
... that Gershom Schocken was the editor of Haaretz for over 50 years?
... that Abd el-Aziz el-Zoubi was the first non-Jewish member of an Israeli government?
... that Shmuel Flatto-Sharon successfully ran for election to the Knesset to avoid extradition to France, where he was wanted for embezzlement?
... that Shmuel Rechtman was the first member of the Knesset to be sent to prison?
... that Israeli politician and settlement activist Gershon Shafat spent ten months as a Jordanian prisoner of war?
... that at just 85 days in office, the sixteenth government of Israel was the shortest-lived in the country's history?
... that the twenty-ninth government of Israel was the first to have a non-Jewish minister?
... that Edward Francis Small was the first Gambian to be elected to the country's legislative council?
... that voter turnout for the 2001 judicial reform referendum in Botswana was just 4.9%?
... that the 1957 election in Zanzibar was the first election to be held in East Africa?
... that in the 1970 presidential election in DR Congo, Joseph Mobuto received more votes than the number of registered voters?
... that Guinea was the only French colony to reject the 1958 constititution in a referendum, thereby opting for independence?
... that the 1927 presidential election in Liberia made it into the Guinness Book of Records as the most fraudulent ever?
... that following a referendum in 1984, Liechtenstein became the last country in Europe to grant women the right to vote?
... that it took a replay and then eighty minutes of extra time for Brighton & Hove Albion reserves to win the 1920–21 Southern League title?
... that the 2002 Costa Rican presidential election was the first in the country's history to go to a second round?
... that by making her debut in the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup at the age of 16, Cecilia Santiago became the youngest-ever goalkeeper to appear in a World Cup?
... that Japanese international footballer Aya Sameshima worked at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plants prior to the disaster there?
... that the electoral system for the 1883 elections in Egypt was said to have been based on the design of a pyramid?
... that Pike's Lane was the venue of the first-ever goal scored in league football?
... that despite receiving the most votes in the 1959 elections, the Dahomeyan Democratic Union emerged as the smallest of the three parties in the Territorial Assembly?
... that Eric Lawson was the first directly elected MP in the Solomon Islands?
... that the 1984 status referendum in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands has been described as the "smallest act of self-determination ever conducted"?
... that the 1970 general elections in Montserrat saw Percival Austin Bramble's Progressive Democratic Party defeat the ruling Montserrat Labour Party, led by his father William Henry Bramble?
... that the original version of the Massey Ferguson 35 released in the UK was known as the "Gold Belly" due to its distinctive colour scheme?
... that New Logie Green is the only stadium outside Glasgow to have hosted a Scottish Cup final?
... that the first-ever goal in the Scottish Football League was scored at the original Celtic Park?
... that Chris Marron jointly holds the record for the most goals scored in an FA Cup match, having scored 10 in one game?

Other potential DYKs

A few other interesting articles created after I stopped having the patience to go through the DYK process:

... that John Maynard Hedstrom, Robert Crompton, Henry Marks and Henry Milne Scott were known as the 'big four' andt heavily influenced the Fijian economy and political sphere in the first half of the 20th century?
... that alongside Irene Jai Narayan and Losalini Raravuya Dovi, Loloma Livingston was one of the first female members of the Legislative Council of Fiji?
... that Doris Booth was the first female member of the Legislative Council of Papua and New Guinea?
... that Percy Morgan was the only member of the constitutional convention not to sign the new constitution of Western Samoa?
... that Savenaca Tamaibeka was a member of Fiji's first-ever international rugby union team and scored a try "with three opponents hanging on to him"?
... that Arno Max Gurau was described as "the only Jew in Western Samoa"?
... that Molitoni Finau was Tonga's longest-serving MP, holding office for over 40 years?
... that Alfred Clarke Turnbull served as 'Acting' Administrator of Western Samoa for eight years before his post was made permanent?
... that the 1935 Gold Coast legislative election had to be re-run in Accra due to the "undue influence of gong-gong beating" in the initial vote?
... that Charlene Warren-Peu is the first woman to be elected head of government in the Pitcairn Islands?
... that William Groves was the youngest-ever sergeant in the Australian military?
... that the candidacy of Arthur Young in the 1891 Cypriot legislative election caused significant controversy, and efforts to prevent him winning led to the results being partially annulled?
... that Dick Charles Brown was the first Leader of Government Business of the Cook Islands?
... that Faimaala Filipo was the first female MP in Samoa?
... that Afoafouvale Misimoa was the first Pacific Islander to head the Pacific Community?
... that Eugene Paul was the first Leader of Government Business of Western Samoa?
... that Kubra Noorzai was the first woman to serve as a government minister in Afghanistan?
... that Tararo Jane Ariki was the first female member of the Legislative Council of the Cook Islands?
... that Aziza Gardizi and Homeira Seljuqi were the first two female Senators in Afghanistan?
... that Vilasini Menon was the first woman elected to national office in Singapore?
... that Silas Sitai was the first Solomon Islander to become Speaker of the islands' legislature?
... that the coastwatcher Paul Mason was described as representing "the upper limit of continuous bravery" during World War II?
... that Carmen Bigler was the first and only woman to be elected to the Congress of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands?
... that Ulai Otobed was the first Micronesian woman to become a doctor?
... that Robert Munro was the first President of the Senate of Fiji?
... that Matthias Toliman was the first Leader of the Opposition in Papua New Guinea?
... that Anaseini Qionibaravi was the first female member of the Senate of Fiji?
... that Tuiaana Tuimaleali'ifano Suatipatipa II was the only member of the Council of Deputies for most of the period between 1962 and his death in 1974?
... that Iman Khatib-Yasin was the first hijab-wearing woman elected to the Knesset in Israel?
... that Mimmi Kanervo, Liisi Kivioja, Sandra Lehtinen, Dagmar Neovius, Alli Nissinen, Maria Paaso-Laine, Hilma Räsänen, Maria Raunio and Jenny Upari were among the women elected to parliament in Finland in 1907, becoming the first elected female parliamentarians in the world?
... that Austin Bernicke was the first Nauruan to attend university?
... that Francis Aqorau was the first Solomon Islander to earn a university degree?
... that Ngatupuna Matepi was the first official Leader of the Opposition in the Cook Islands?
... that Reuben Uatioa was the first Leader of Government Business in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands?
... that Julian Toganivalu was the first Fijian to attend the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst?
... that Fred Archibald often used his certificate of sanity during debates in the Legislative Council of Fiji to challenge other MLCs?
... that Oala Oala-Rarua was the first Lord Mayor of Port Moresby?
... that Tofa Siaosi was the youngest-ever MP and minister in Western Samoa at the time he was elected and later appointed to the cabinet?
... that New Hebridean MP Alexis Yolou was killed during a rebellion on Tanna island?
... that Wilson Inia was the first Rotuman representative in the Senate of Fiji?
... that Dwight Heine was the first Micronesian to earn a college degree?
... that Roger Laroque served as mayor of Nouméa for 33 years?
... that Naboua Ratieta was the first Chief Minister of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands?
... that Meli Loki was the first Fijian announcer for the FBC and built the biggest bure in Fiji?
... that brothers Ivan and Claude Champion were appointed to the Legislative Council of Papua and New Guinea in 1951, having earlier been discouraged from joining the civil service by their father, who feared being accused of nepotism?
... that Ester Banda, Margret Mbeba and Nakatindi Yeta Nganga were the first women elected to parliament in Zambia?
... that Leota Leuluaiali'i Ituau Ale was dismissed from the Legislative Assembly of Samoa for fathering a child with a mistress?
... that Lapati Paka and Patricia Rex were the first two women elected to the Niue Assembly, and Rex was the designer of the Flag of Niue?
... that Mary Gilu was the first indigenous woman elected to the Representative Assembly in Vanuatu?
... that Hanna Sahlfeld-Singer was among the first group of women elected to parliament in Switzerland, and the first sitting member to give birth?
... that Halimahton Abdul Majid was the only female candidate in the 1955 Malayan general election and became the first Malaysian woman elected to parliament?
... that Emilienne Rochecouste was the first woman elected to the Legislative Council in Mauritius despite her party being opposed to women's suffrage?
... that Ayla Halit Kazım was the first female parliamentarian in Cyprus, but never received her MP's salary?
... that Agnes Terei was the first woman to be appointed to the Advisory Council of the New Hebrides?
... that Emma Eigenmann was the first woman elected to the Landtag of Liechtenstein?
... that although women could not vote in the 1938 Surinamese general election, Grace Schneiders-Howard was elected and became Suriname's first female parliamentarian?
... that Muriel Hanschell was the first female member of the Parliament of Barbados?
... that Liri Gega was the only woman amongst the founders of the Communist Party of Albania and was later one of the first group of women elected to parliament?
... that Naxhije Dume was the first woman to be appointed as a government minister in Albania?
... that Bertha Higgins was appointed to the West Indies Federal Senate in 1958, becoming the first female legislator from Antigua and Barbuda?
... that Emogene Creque was the first woman to become a member of the Legislative Council of the British Virgin Islands?
... that Dorcas Idowu was the first woman appointed to a legislature in what is now Cameroon, while Julienne Keutcha was the first woman elected to parliament in the country?
... that Ellen Mills Scarbrough was the first woman elected to the Legislature in Liberia?
... that Hiranyamayee Lama was the first woman elected to parliament in Bhutan?
... that Marthe Matongo was the first woman elected to parliament in the Central African Republic?
... that Cornelia Razoux Schultz-Metzer was the first female legislator in Indonesia?
... that Margaret Rose Kelsick was the first woman elected to the Legislative Council in Montserrat?
... that Madge Biggs was the first woman appointed to the Legislative Council of the Falklands, and Marjorie Vinson was the first woman elected to the Legislative Council?
... that Maria Irausquin-Wajcberg was the first woman elected to the Island Council in Aruba?
... that Angela Altagracia de Lannoy-Willems was the first woman elected to the Estates of the Netherlands Antilles?
... that Céline Oopa was the first woman elected to the Territorial Assembly of French Polynesia?
... that Marie Randall was the first woman elected to the States of Guernsey?
... that Joséphine Hundt was the first woman elected to parliament in Togo?
... that Eva Sylvester was the first woman elected to the Legislative Council in Grenada?
... that Mele Siuʻilikutapu was the first woman elected to parliament in Tonga?
... that Hsieh Er and Lin Shen were the first two women elected to parliament from Taiwan?
... that Ivy Forster avoided deportation from Jersey by the Nazi authorities after a doctor pretended that she was suffering from tuberculosis, and later became the first woman elected to the States?
... that Iris Collins was the first woman elected to parliament in Jamaica?
... that Elise Rasoamampionona was the first woman elected to parliament in Madagascar and later became the country's first female minister?
... that Roxane Noat-Notari was the first woman elected to parliament in Monaco?
... that Anna Sychravová was the only woman elected to parliament from Slovakia in the 1920 Czechoslovak parliamentary election?
... that Hnin Mya was the first woman elected to the Legislative Council in Burma?
... that Rosa Castañeda de Mora was the first woman elected to Congress in Guatemala?
... that Cynthia Torres and Lagrimas Untalan were the first women elected to the Legislature of Guam?
... that Latifa Bennani-Smires and Badia Skalli were the first women elected to parliament in Morocco?
... that Thelma Brown and Carol Warren were the first women elected to the Island Council in Pitcairn?
... that Alice Boase and Barbara Saben were the first women appointed to the Legislative Council of Uganda?
... that Bai Lianzhen, Amina Bughra, Chang Ping-chiang, Chang Wei-chen, Chao Mao-hua, Chen Jianchen, Chen Jiujing, Chen Mingxian, Chen Yi Yun, Cheng Xiaofu, Cheng Xiu, Cheng Yizhi, Chou Hui-ying, Chou Min, Cui Puzhen, Cui Renqiu, Deng Jixing, Ding Chengfang, Fang Jida, Fei Hsia, Fu Ching-yen, Fu Yan, Hsieh Er, Hsing Shu-yen, Hu Manqi, Huang Jiewen, Huang Peilan, Huang Zhiquan, Huang Chen-hua, Ji Qingyi, Lee Hsiu-fen, Li Hui-min, Li Man-kuei, Li Tianlin, Li Xiangheng, Lin Shen, Ling Yingzhen, Liu Heng-ching, Liu Muzhen, Liu Puren, Liu Woying, Liu Yuzhong, Lou Yiwen, Lu Yun-chang, Luo Heng, Ma Runmin, Ma Shucheng, Mao Tan-yun, Ni Yujie, Pao Yi-min, Pi Yi-shu, Qian Ying, Qiao Jiafu, Rashida, Shih Min-chi, Sun Chi-hsu, Suo Zhaoshiya, Tan Tiwu, Tang Gouzhen, Tcheng Yu-hsiu, Tung Tao-yun, Wang Ai-fen, Wang Chang-hui, Wang Chunbi, Wang Der-zheng, Wang Hsiao-hua, Wang Hsiao-ying, Wang Lubing, Wang Tung-chen, Wei Pei-lan, Wong Tsun-yin, Wu Chi-mei, Wu Jingbin, Wu Lin, Wu Yunfang, Xia Jingru, Xiang Runkun, Yang Pao-lin, Yang Chongrui, Yeh Yeh-chin, Yu Ruzhou, Zhang Guangren and Zhuang Jing (plus He Meizhi and Nie Yanghua) were the first women elected to parliament in China?
... that Virginie Ambougou and Antoinette Tsono were the first women elected to parliament in Gabon?
... that Jessie Burnham, one of the first women in parliament in Guyana, published a booklet warning voters to beware her brother, Prime Minister Forbes Burnham?
... that Bienvenida de Sánchez and Dolores de Miño were the first women elected to Congress in Paraguay?
... that Louise Yim was the first woman elected to parliament in South Korea?
... that Mary Mdziniso was the first woman to become a member of parliament in Eswatini when she was appointed to the Senate in 1968, while Lomasontfo Dludlu was the first woman elected to parliament in the country in 1993?
... that Carmen Meléndez de Cálix, Carmen Griffin de Lefreve and Herlinda Blanco de Bonilla were the first women elected to parliament in Honduras?
... that Anna von Gierke, one of the first women elected to parliament in Germany, was deselected by her party prior to the 1920 elections due to her Jewish background?
... that Hwang Shin-duk, Park Hyun-sook, Park Seung-ho and Shin Eui-kyung were the first female legislators in South Korea?
... that Edwige Antier and Marie-Paule Serve were the first two women elected to the Territorial Assembly of New Caledonia?
... that Manuela Billinghurst, Alicia Blanco Montesinos, Lola Blanco Montesinos, María Colina Lozano, Matilde Pérez Palacio, Carlota Ramos de Santolaya, María Eleonora Silva Silva and Juana Ubilluz de Palacios were the first women elected to the Chamber of Deputies in Peru?
... that Taiba al-Mawali and Shakour bint Mohammed al-Ghamari were the first female members of the Consultative Assembly of Oman?
... that Widad Haroun and Jihan al-Mosli were the first two female parliamentarians from Syria?
... that Rosa Anders Causse, María Caro Más, María Gómez Carbonell, María Antonia Quintana Herrero, Balbina Remedios, Herminia Rodríguez Fernández and Consuelo Vázquez Bello were the first women elected to Congress in Cuba?
... that Moomina Haleem was the first woman elected to parliament in the Maldives?
... that Hajar Tarbiat was the first woman elected to the Senate in Iran?
... that Fanny Blatny, Anna Chlebounová, Maria Deutsch, Božena Ecksteinová, Emma Maria Herzig, Betty Karpíšková, Irene Kirpal, Luisa Landová-Štychová, Anna Malá, Ludmila Pechmanová-Klosová, Anna Perthen, Eliška Purkyňová, Augusta Rozsypalová, Františka Skaunicová, Anna Sychravová and Fráňa Zemínová were the first women elected to parliament in Czechoslovakia? Sychravová was the only one elected from Slovakia.
... that Tessa Fowler and Mary Gilu were the first two women elected to parliament in Vanuatu?
... that Cristina Makoli and Lorenza Matute were the first two women elected to parliament in Equatorial Guinea?
... that Ellen 'Maposholi Molapo was the first female member of parliament in Lesotho? 'Mamoshebi Kabi, Mats'eliso Moshabesha and Khauhelo Deborah Raditapole later became the first women elected to parliament.
... that Sheroo Keeka, Elifuraha Marealle and K.F. Walker were the first women appointed to the Legislative Council of Tanganyika?
... that Alcinda Abreu, Maria Arruvaia, Monica Chitupila, Carlota Chiwanga, Cecilia Chongo, Celeste Cossa, Justina Gaspar, Helena da Gloria, Melita Guambe, Maria Laice, Rosinha Lisboa, Graça Machel, Celeste Manhica, Isabel Martins, Salomé Moiane, Felipa Muniveda, Esperança Muthemba, Teresa Nhalingue, Marina Pachinuapa, Felizarda Paulino, Maria Rafael, Ana Sansão, Leopoldina dos Santos, Cristina Tembe, Teresa Tembo and Maria Veloso were the first women elected to parliament in Mozambique?
... that in the 1953 elections in American Samoa, the first under universal suffrage, Zilpher Jennings and Mabel Reid were the first two women elected to the Fono?
... that in 1964 Esther Soyannwo became the first woman elected to parliament in Nigeria, but was unable to take her seat due to violence caused by her election?
... that Marie-Cécile Collet was the first female member of the Seychelles legislature?
... that Rosa Aguigui Reyes was the first woman elected to the Guam Congress?
... that Lowestoft Ladies folded less than a year after winning the WFA Cup?
... that double simultaneous vote is an electoral system in which voters cast a single ballot for multiple offices?
... that Perpetua Sappa Konman was the first woman elected to the Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia in 2021, with Micronesia having been the only country in the world (except the Vatican City) to have never had a female member of parliament until then?

Barnstars

I, Shuki, hereby award you the Barnstar of National Merit for your extensive contributions to Israel-related articles, especially on the subject of the Israeli democracy/politics.
$You have done a great job in creating so many articles related to football, so here's a token of appreciation NRST/M\B 13:31, 15 November 2006 (UTC) 06:06, 12 November 2006 (UTC)$ You have done a great job in creating so many articles related to football, so here's a token of appreciation N R S/_M\ 13:31, 15 November 2006 (UTC) 06:06, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
I ran into your user page and, browsing through your article contributions, I feel that you really merit this well-deserved Tireless Contributor Barnstar. Thank you for all the diligent work. Anas 10:11, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
In recognition of your work on Israel related articles, and completion of the Signatories of the Israeli Declaration of Independence articles -- Derwig (talk) 15:45, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
You are hereby awarded this "Football Barnstar" for dedicating your time and effort during the month of November, 2007 on formulating Misplaced Pages's NC for sports teams. --Riurik 07:10, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
I want to thank you for your recent changes to Ma'agan Michael. The article has been on my mind for a while as one that needed something, but what I didn't know. Now after your edits, I feel that the article is starting to read fairly well. Keep up the good work! « D. Trebbien (talk) 05:30 2008 March 5 (UTC)
Thanks for being nice and rational in the deletion of Michael Paton, instead of just "delete or else"! Cheers mate! -- weburiedoursecrets inthegarden 09:06, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
As recognitian of your continued committment to Israel related articles Flymeoutofhere (talk) 11:52, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
For creating a bot-like amount of articles on Israeli localities. -- Nudve (talk) 11:15, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
For the mass of Israeli locality articles created recently, thanks for the amazing work! -- Ynhockey 21:34, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
For all of your excellent work on African election articles, I award you this AfricaProject Award. Wear it with pride. Ser Amantio di Nicolao_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 16:32, 2 December 2010 (UTC)
For your efforts to improve coverage of East Germany's political history ♦ Dr. Blofeld 19:59, 6 December 2011 (UTC)
For your tireless efforts to create referenced and factually correct articles on the elections, I award you this Barstar of Diligence. Keep up the amazing work! It is much appreciated. Renata (talk) 16:42, 20 January 2012 (UTC)
For your efforts on San Marino politics. ♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:07, 26 February 2012 (UTC)
Number 57, thank you for your recent new articles on the West Indies. Your work is appreciated! Rosiestep (talk) 03:35, 2 June 2012 (UTC)
Not the best barnstar I was looking for, but still accurately fits your edits. I also appreciate your civility and helpfullness. Thanks! Activism1234 16:34, 17 August 2012 (UTC)
For your work diligently closing discussions at WP:AN/RFC and bringing down the backlog of that page, I hereby award you the Tireless Contributor Barnstar. Thank you for your closes and for taking on tasks other administrators shy away from. TLSuda (talk) 11:59, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
I thereby award you with The Admin's Barnstar for your continued work of closing discussions listed on the Requests for closure subpage of the Administrators' noticeboard. Keep up the good work. Armbrust 21:38, 4 June 2014 (UTC)
It's nice to meet an admin who just gets on and does stuff, knows what he's talking about and is a genuinely nice, friendly human being! I'm glad we got a moment to chat at the weekend. Worm(talk) 10:11, 14 August 2014 (UTC)
For the John Barrowman (BLPSOURCES vs CONTEXTMATTERS). Because this contribution was just outstanding! Mark Miller (talk) 02:04, 6 October 2014 (UTC)
For the John Barrowman (BLPSOURCES vs CONTEXTMATTERS). You had to really scrutinize that discussion to parse it all out! Mark Miller (talk) 02:04, 6 October 2014 (UTC)
For the John Barrowman (BLPSOURCES vs CONTEXTMATTERS). That had to be hard to figure out...just from all the drama! Mark Miller (talk) 02:04, 6 October 2014 (UTC)
For a user page I found quite unique. While I may be a political novice at best, Did you know it's interesting? Contributor613 (talk) 16 December 2014
For all your hard work in creating templates and correcting page titles relating to the 2015 UK local elections. Nice work! Lugnuts 06:52, 10 April 2015 (UTC)
Thank you for defending my articles that were put up for deletion. Not only that but you're tireless contribution to players in the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup! Misplaced Pages and I thank you! Da Drewster 03:51, 12 June 2015 (UTC)
I would like to award you this for all your incredible work in creating articles on old Scottish football grounds. Jellyman (talk) 22:29, 5 November 2015 (UTC)
Nice work fixing the Bosnia and Herzegovina page so that flag inside its Infobox national football team does not fall on the second line below the Bosnia and Herzegovina long name. This bugged me for ages, your fix made my day. I am sure many will notice and appreciate it. Many thanks. BiHVolim (talk) 13:12, 5 February 2016 (UTC)
I would like to thank you on all the work you put into every countries elections. JDuggan101 (talk) 19:30, 23 October 2017 (UTC)
Artix Kreiger (talk) 00:14, 17 December 2017 (UTC)
I award you the barnstar of Diligence for your calm, rational, and patient approach in seeing this through to the end. ~Awilley (talk) 13:42, 20 November 2018 (UTC)
Thank you for your work on politician biographical articles on Misplaced Pages, especially Israeli ones. Your hard work is much appreciated. Inter&anthro (talk) 22:10, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
Keep up the great work on Oceanian topics! Feel free to add your articles to the Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Oceania/The 10,000 Challenge!! † Encyclopædius 21:23, 19 April 2020 (UTC)
By writing hundreds of succinct biographies of women parliamentarians throughout the world and including them in your List of the first female members of parliament by country, you have made a really significant contribution to Misplaced Pages's coverage of women. --Ipigott (talk) 10:55, 7 February 2021 (UTC)
Thanks for all the fantastic content you've been adding about women in politics worldwide! It's much appreciated :) Dsp13 (talk) 16:26, 18 February 2021 (UTC)
Thank for your work on various Misplaced Pages articles relating to African politics. Thank you so much! John Chibona (talk) 08:24, 16 August 2021 (UTC)
Titan2456 (talk) 20:59, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
Thanks for updating 2024 Chadian presidential election. I could not find the exact numbers for every candidate; I am glad you could! -- Classicwiki (talk) If you reply here, please ping me. 01:44, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
Thank you for your incredible work on the STV elections template. :) –Sincerely, A Lime 01:29, 18 May 2024 (UTC)

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