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List of Colorado ballot measures[edit]

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Nominator(s): ThadeusOfNazereth(he/him)Talk to Me! 02:40, 9 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

One year and one month ago today, my nomination of List of Washington (state) ballot measures was successful. I've finally reached a point where I'm happy with this follow-up and, after a productive peer review and a final copy-edit, I think this is in good shape. I'm looking forward to hearing y'all's feedback! ThadeusOfNazereth(he/him)Talk to Me! 02:40, 9 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Drive-by comment
  • Headings which are a date range should use an ndash, not a hyphen -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 13:29, 9 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Comments
  • "and the decriminalization of some pscyhadelics in 2022" - "psychadelics" is spelt incorrectly
  • "voters supported a women's suffrage ballot measure by a 54-45 margin" - that doesn't add up to 100%, is this a rounding issue?
  • "In 1970, The International Olympic Committee" => "In 1970, the International Olympic Committee"
  • Marijuana image caption needs a full stop, as it is a complete sentence
  • If the General Assembly (which appears to be the source for all the tables) lists the women's suffrage vote as taking place in 1892, what's your source for the statement that it didn't?
  • " A constitutional amendment relating to the eight-hour work week" - should that say "day"? Or is the working week really short in Colorado.....?
  • "requiring 3/4 of jurors agree for a verdict to be reached" => "requiring 3/4 of jurors to agree for a verdict to be reached"
  • That's what I got as far as 1920, back for more later..... -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 07:20, 7 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you! Logging that I've seen this but am out of town thru Friday. I will get to these once I'm home. ThadeusOfNazereth(he/him)Talk to Me! 23:18, 7 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    These have all now been fixed. Two specific notes - For the women's suffrage vote, it's listed in the now-cited book and several newspaper sources that I don't cite as being 1893. I cannot explain why the General Assembly doesn't list it as being 1893 except that it's a bit unusual to have the referendums in an off-year, so it was probably just an oversight on their part. For the eight-hour work week, the General Assembly only specifies that it's about "eight-hour employment," but I added a contemporary newspaper source confirming that it's about the work day. ThadeusOfNazereth(he/him)Talk to Me! 21:37, 10 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    Although you added a new source, the article wording is the same and still makes reference to "the eight-hour work week", which cannot possibly be correct. The newspaper source specifically states that it was to do with making eight hours the maximum working day.... -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 07:20, 11 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    My bad, I thought I corrected that. The wording should be updated now. I could update the wording to specify "for those in dangerous professions" if you think it's necessary.ThadeusOfNazereth(he/him)Talk to Me! 14:58, 11 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    Go for it. Regardless, I'm happy to support -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 18:17, 11 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Further comments
  • "the ad valorem tax" - is there a link to explain this? Maybe it's a well-known term in the US, but personally I have never heard this phrase in my life
  • There's a few instances where you use "gas" - I feel this is a bit slangy and you should write "gasoline" in full
  • "allowing county commissioners to modify other elected official's salaries" => "allowing county commissioners to modify other elected officials' salaries"
  • "requiring that ballot measures placed via petition be confined to a single-subject" => "requiring that ballot measures placed via petition be confined to a single subject"
  • "for the purpose of improving I-70" - what's "I-70"?
  • All notes are complete sentences, so B, C and D also need full stops
  • Think that's it! -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 07:30, 8 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • @ChrisTheDude: All of these should now be fixed, although I think "gas tax" is just an Americanism and not really slang, but I actually used "fuel tax" in a few other places so I corrected it to that. ThadeusOfNazereth(he/him)Talk to Me! 21:43, 10 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Source review from MyCatIsAChonk

On the market for three months with no source review, whew... happy to help! MyCatIsAChonk (talk) (not me) (also not me) (still no) 01:12, 15 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  • All sources must use the same casing (title case or sentence case) per MOS:CONFORMTITLE
  • It looks like all the archived links are labeled as dead, but they're not dead to me... also, I suggest running it through IABOT once you've fixed these
  • It only looks like some of the publishers are linked- either wikilink all or dewikilink all publishers/names of works, since overlinking does not apply
  • Ref 16: what makes NORML reliable? I question it, since my browser isn't letting me open it due to an improper security card
  • Ref 19: Quotes in quotes should use apostrophes. Also, there's a cite error.

Otherwise, looks good. Ping me in replies please! MyCatIsAChonk (talk) (not me) (also not me) (still no) 01:12, 15 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  • @MyCatIsAChonk: In order of appearance:
    • These should all be using title case now but there's a lot of sources, let me know if I missed any there.
    • I'm not sure where you're seeing those dead link tags, I don't see them on my end and I don't see them as being marked dead in the template either. It should be run through IABOT now.
    • All the publishers with pages to link to should now linked. I prefer to avoid redlinks but am happy to add them for the couple sources left if you'd like.
    • Again, not sure about the error on your end because it loads fine for me on Firefox. NORML is a well-established international advocacy group but I think it's reliable for this simple statement of fact as it's just a secondary reporting of the marijuana measure result.
    • Fixed and fixed.

Let me know if there's anything else! ThadeusOfNazereth(he/him)Talk to Me! 00:20, 16 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Support - How odd for NORML and the dead links- regardless, very nice work. Hope this can finally get through the barrier! MyCatIsAChonk (talk) (not me) (also not me) (still no) 00:28, 16 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Comments Support by Gerald Waldo Luis[edit]

Hey there! I won't comment on the tables content since I don't have knowledge on this topic and based on a quick scroll it looks pretty neat, so I'll mostly be adressing the prose. Apologies if I make any errors in understanding the topic. GeraldWL 11:21, 22 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved comments from GeraldWL 04:27, 24 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
* I noticed some inconsistencies in the refs. Woman's Journal isn't linked in ref 6 but linked in ref 7. The Denver Times in ref 24 should be in italics like the other news sources, so is Rocky Mountain News in ref 25 which should be linked too for consistency.
  • Per MOS:LAYOUTEL, ""Inline" templates are used when box-type templates are not good, either because they result in a long sequence of right-aligned boxes hanging off the bottom of the article, or because there are no external links except sister project ones." Right now the sister box is being kinda awkward just hanging by the side there, without other normal links.
  • Are all the See also links standard of ballot articles?
  • "to place new legislation, legislation recently"-- repetitive legislation, in my opinion changing the latter to "those" would suffice
  • "kicked off" is informal if I remember correctly
  • Link medical cannabis
  • Should prob link women's suffrage both in img caption and first mention in prose
  • Link grassroots and General Assembly
  • "After the 1876 constitutional convention in Colorado"-- is this referring to the 1876 Constitution procedures for the GA? Because "the" usually denotes it has been covered previously, and prior to this there's no mention of any "conventions".
  • "voters voting against it"-- another but subtle repetition. Omitting "voting" won't change the sentence's essence.
  • "nearly 60% of Coloradans"-- no exact numbers?
  • "1984's Amendment 3"-- just remembered one of my failed GANs, where the reviewer told me it is generally discouraged to start a sentence with numbers.
  • Might be good to put a year bracket after the court case title
  • Why does this section specify it as psilocybin mushrooms but in the lead it's psychedelics?
  • Link veto
  • Do ref 20 21 cover both bullet points?
@Gerald Waldo Luis: Thank you for these notes! I have fixed all of these issues with the following notes:
  • The Denver Times isn't italicized in ref 24 because it's the publisher, not the publication. I am not sure how to italicize it since the template does that automatically - If there's a way to override it I don't know it.
  • I linked Rocky Mountain News but again, the template is setting it as plain because I have it attributed as the agency since it's a quote from their story in the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel. I might be able to just remove it from the template entirely.
  • I do not think the links are standard across articles. I could probably limit it to these three articles if you think it would be cleaner: History of Colorado, Initiatives and referendums in the United States, and Law of Colorado.
  • I updated the "nearly 60%" number to just say 60% because when I did the math, it was 59.957%.
Thanks again! ThadeusOfNazereth(he/him)Talk to Me! 21:51, 22 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
It looks much better now to me! And yeah I can understand the Denver Times thing now. And yes, I prefer that revised See also list, since geography has least to do with the ballot measures, and the others are just indexes. GeraldWL 03:44, 23 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
The see also list has been updated! ThadeusOfNazereth(he/him)Talk to Me! 11:45, 23 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • It looks much better now to me, I just did a minor edit to remove a weird gap in the See also section but that's all for me. Support -- great job on this and the other state listicles! Alsooo if you're interested maybe, I have a peer review on eye for FAC that's still looking for people to comment on. GeraldWL 04:27, 24 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Promoting. --PresN 13:06, 24 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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