Talk:Kosovan parliamentary election, 2007

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[edit] Date for the elections

To Nightstallion in particular, do we have a confirmed source for elections? The article you cited was from indianmuslims.info via Xinhua via the 'Serbian national news agency': not top of my list as a record of note for elections in the Balkans. When we get confirmation from a good source we'll get it up there. Surely a newspaper in Kosovo has reported this? DSuser 11:23, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

B92 is certainly a source both reliable and close enough, so I'm certain we can state "will be held". —Nightstallion 16:42, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] SLKM

SLKM submitted an empty list, just in case, so they can afterwards choose to run or not. But a while ago, Oliver Ivanovic announced that SLKM will not recognize any vote cast at its empty list on the election, deciding to heed the Serbian government's call for boycott. This should be in the article, the only major Serb political party in Kosovo has now withdrawn from the election campaign. --PaxEquilibrium 10:08, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

Well, then add it. :) —Nightstallion 10:24, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Serbian lists

Only one actually ran. There were no opened voting stations in locations with Serb majority. So far, the only Serb list has received a single vote. --PaxEquilibrium (talk) 15:09, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Name

Shouldn't the article be titled Kosovo parliamentary election, 2007? I haven't noticed use of word Kosovan before. --Tone 11:13, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

Kosovan as an adjective is controversial. I have changed it to the noun form (i.e. Kosovo). This is non-standard but has been used before as per Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus parliamentary election, 2005. Checking the page move log I do realise you are not the first person to object to the use of Kosovan in the title. Regards, Asterion^talk 11:48, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

The issue was discussed at Template talk:Serbian local elections. The people saying it is controversial were unable to present any evidence to that effect. Kosovan is a common English adjective (it is in the Oxford English Dictionary), so I don't see why it shouldn't be used. пﮟოьεԻ 57 13:13, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

It was also discussed at Talk:Kosovo and the understanding was to continue using Kosovo as an adjective. Regards, --Asterion^talk 15:33, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

That was not *quite* the understanding reached, actually. —Nightstallion 15:35, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

As per your own suggestion should it be Parliamentary election in Kosovo then? --Asterion^talk 15:45, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

Reading on the footnote in that page, you suggested to keep on using Kosovan when applied to elections. However, revisiting the Kosovo talk page, I can see that discussions seem to have got nowhere, with no clear consensus. As this is a current event, I cannot see the point of arguing about it. If you feel the need to use the previous wording, feel free to rename the article. Regards, Asterion^talk 15:55, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

I thought that noone voiced opposition to my proposal to use "Kosovan" if we *must* use an adjective, but maybe I'm misinterpreting that. So, you would be okay with going back to "Kosovan" as it was before the move yesterday? —Nightstallion 18:31, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

I am fine, though I would advise to keep the page move privileges restricted to avoid any possible problems. Also remember to check for double redirects. Thanks, Asterion^talk 21:13, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Protected???

Why on earth is this article full protected? --PaxEquilibrium (talk) 18:15, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

Unprotected now. It was only meant to be move protected, I guess. Asterion^talk 20:01, 20 November 2007 (UTC)