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Washington State

Well, the State Senate in this next session will be a 26-23 MCC majority. The MCC is 25 Republicans, and 1 Democrat who caucus together. They all fall under the MCC category of governing party and have 26 votes. The minority party is the Democrats who will have 23 seats next session. My source for the election results is the Wa State Secretary of State. The House still has three swing races not being finished counting results, so I'm not gonna edit that page until results are confirmed November 25th. I know you have edited most if not all of the state legislatures in the nation, and you're right, nobody owns a page, however as a resident of this sate, and someone who knows several legislatures personally, I would love it if you let me update these pages, you can have the other 49 states. Also, I prefer using the parliamentary diagram sustem I used previously and I would love to change it back to that. Thanks.— Preceding unsigned comment added by UWHuskyFan (talk • contribs) 19:50, 10 November 2014 (UTC)

Hi. Thanks for leaving an edit on my page. First, while I respect your enthusiasm for editing these pages and your care and attention to detail...on wikipedia nobody "owns" a page. Everyone is allowed to edit any page and the editing is never left to anyone. So in general, you have to be receptive to other edits, even if you have been editing it for one year.

I've made several changes including updating the diagrams, so when you revert all of the changes you revert other important information. I've fixed the senate results. Please let me know what specific detail is wrong if there is any and we can fix those.

As for the house I reverted that edit as you are right there were errors. Could you let me know what your source is for the official results? I will need to make a new diagram so knowing the official results and which source you use would be very helpful. Regards

Shabidoo | Talk 19:18, 10 November 2014 (UTC)

Here is the link for the MCC: http://majoritycoalition.src.wastateleg.org/ and I have already update the diagram to be a purple shade, however I will likely change it to either a light red or a light blue. Also, the formating of the page I can keep the same, I like what you did with the governing and opposition parties. If a viewer clicks on the MCC in the party division section of the page it takes them to the wikipedia page fore the MCC, which will also explain what the caucus is. Thanks— Preceding unsigned comment added by UWHuskyFan (talk • contribs) 19.20, 10 November 2014 (UTC)

Again, as I said, I don't own the other legislatures. I'm simply updating the information and in some cases making it consistent. You're welcome to make these changes but I will edit it if there are any inconsistencies okay? Could you please give me a website with the source regarding the MCC coalition (please give me the actual link)? If that is the case then when you create the diagram you will have to add one dot that is perhaps light blue to distinguish that one seat as being a democrat who has crossed party lines to sit with the republicans. You should also make that clear in the infoboxes. Try to make the listing of the information consistent with the infobox format on other state senate and house pages. I'm assuming you will do this in the next couple weeks? Cheers --Shabidoo | Talk 19:40, 10 November 2014 (UTC)

Okay I see you've made the changes to the diagram. That's great. However the MCC isn't an actual party, it's a coalition. That should be reflected in the infoboxes. Perhaps something like this.

Governing MCC coalition:

•   Republican (25)
•   Independent Democrat (1)

Opposition party

•   Democratic (23)

Cheers --Shabidoo | Talk 20:19, 10 November 2014 (UTC)

I think the purple was a good idea. Don't forget to sign your posts on talk pages :)

Talk 19:47, 10 November 2014 (UTC)

I'm sure he won't object to your help in updating the page, but if Washington hasn't previously had coalition control of its legislature, you should take a look at the pages for other states that have had coalition control before performing your update so you don't have to "reinvent the wheel" as you go. – Philosopher  20:31, 10 November 2014 (UTC)

I've looked into it and it seems that only Washington and NY had coalitions (the NY one fell apart). In any case the NY senate was reelected and there isn't any news yet about a new coalition. As for Washington State, now that the Republicans are in control, we'll have to wait to see if they bother to continue with the coalition or not. If you know of any other coalitions...please let me know. Cheers --Shabidoo | Talk 20:46, 10 November 2014 (UTC)

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Alaska Legislature articles

Thanks for the message. They were supposed to have counted most of the outstanding ballots today, so we may have a clearer idea when those tallies are announced (in fact, as I write this, there was mention of this on the newscast at the beginning of All Things Considered). As it stands right now, the Claman–Dubey race in Anchorage, and the Klein–Ortiz race in Ketchikan, are too close to call. Therefore, the party composition of the House isn't a sure thing. The target date for certification of the election is November 28. As the governor is supposed to be sworn in the following week, it's likely to actually occur pretty close to that date. As replacements for legislators are chosen from within the same party, WP:CRYSTAL doesn't apply to party composition once the election is certified. Just about anything else would be just that until members are sworn in, which I think is on January 20. Legislators serve until the next legislature is sworn in, which has been the case in Alaska dating back to a court decision rendered in the late 1940s. There is an uncertainty, in that Kevin Meyer was announced as the new Senate president. It's unclear to me whether he's already assumed that office or whether that occurs in January. RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions 01:31, 12 November 2014 (UTC)

Since posting this, they've released updated results from the first round of ballot counting. As it stands, Klein leads Ortiz by nine votes. It's quite possible that this race won't be decided until the last minute. RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions 03:04, 12 November 2014 (UTC)

Wow. That is close. What is it with Alaska and close votes. In Alaska House of Representatives District 7 in 2008 the Rep candidate beat the democratic by one vote! --Shabidoo | Talk 06:20, 12 November 2014 (UTC)

About the floor plan of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario

Thanks for creating File:Ontario legislature 2014.png however this has never matched with the actual official seating plan of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. The proper one should look like this: . Could you please spend some time and correct it? Merci—An Macanese 20:14, 17 November 2014 (UTC)

The Westminster diagram in the infobox isn't a floor plan. It is a way to visualise the strength of the governing party against that of the opposition party. This is the same with the assembly style diagrams such as in the New York senate and the Belgium Chamber of representatives amongst thousands of other similar chambers. These diagrams do not show the real layout of the chamber nor where the politicians even sit but give an idea of the composition. Otherwise (like with westminster diagrams) you would have thousands of idiosyncratic designed layouts that make it difficult to visualise the strength of each party in a small diagram in the info box. There is a correct seating diagram later in the article (which I believe needs to be updated). This is a much larger layout of the chamber with the names of the MPPs and where they actually sit. I can help you update that if you like. Cheers --Shabidoo | Talk 04:15, 18 November 2014 (UTC)