Talk:List of Ontario premiers
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The 1985-87 government was not a coalition.
-I agree with the above. The NDP had agreed under an accord to support the Liberals in their attempt to form a government by showing the house did not have confidence in the Miller government. After Peterson was asked by the Lt Governor to form the government, the NDP remained in opposition. --Mphilp 14:21, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] 14 Feb 2005 colour change
Does anyone think that this change has made the table easier to read? With the blues being very close to the colour of wikilinked text, it is very hard to read on my monitor, and, I suspect, those of other people. Why do we want to make Wikipedia harder to read? Kevintoronto 13:40, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)
- I certainly don't. While the colour change is more in line with the "official" colours of the political parties, it's made it a lot harder to look at. The colours look harsh, especially on a bright monitor. I'd be in full favour of bringing it back to the original colour scheme. --Deathphoenix 15:09, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)
For being hard to read, it's funny those same colours are used in almost all charts that list the parties. ex federal election, provincial elections. Its used in sask, and bc premier lists. 216.110.225.46
- Yes, but those charts were never published on Wikipedia for display on the typical computer monitor. There is no value added by using the exact same colour, and the lighter colours serve just as well. --Deathphoenix 03:19, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)
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- I have been arguing for some time that those charts should also use colours that are easier to read, but there seem to be people who insist on changing them to darker colours for reasons they never seem to try to justify, just as our anonymous editor here provides no justification. I don't think that making theis chart as illegible as certain others is a strong argument. Political articles on Wikipedia should be about conveying information, rather than painting pretty but meaningless pictures. Also, in the elections articles, the PC blue and Liberal lightcoral are interspersed between other lighter colours, so it is not quite so hard to read as here where there is almost a solid block of blue and coral. The Wikipedia style guide is clear on the issue:
- Use colour sparingly. Computers and browsers vary: you cannot know how much colour is presented on the recipient's machine if any. Wikipedia is international: colours have different meaning in different cultures. Too many colours on one page make them look cluttered and unencyclopedic. Use the colour red only for alerts and warnings.
- Kevintoronto 14:03, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)
- I have been arguing for some time that those charts should also use colours that are easier to read, but there seem to be people who insist on changing them to darker colours for reasons they never seem to try to justify, just as our anonymous editor here provides no justification. I don't think that making theis chart as illegible as certain others is a strong argument. Political articles on Wikipedia should be about conveying information, rather than painting pretty but meaningless pictures. Also, in the elections articles, the PC blue and Liberal lightcoral are interspersed between other lighter colours, so it is not quite so hard to read as here where there is almost a solid block of blue and coral. The Wikipedia style guide is clear on the issue:
