Wikipedia:WikiProject New Zealand/Election 2008 taskforce

Want to be involved? Add yourself in the volunteers column for whichever task you want to do. Some tasks should probably be split between more than one person, so feel free to nominate yourself for electorates A-M (or something like that) if you don't want to do all of them.

If there are pages which need to be updated and aren't listed here, add them in.

Most info will be at http://www.electionresults.govt.nz/. See also http://www.decision08.co.nz/Electorates/GeneralNZ/tabid/167/Default.aspx for useful electorate history info. Some results can be added in on election night if it's obvious what the result is, others will have to wait until final vote counts or the finalisation of coalition agreements. The aim should be to get the basic info in (party W holds seat X, candidate Y defeated, party Z back in parliament, etc) as soon as possible, and add the details like exact vote counts later on, when this becomes available.

When you're done, indicate this in the completion status column or, if appropriate, put a line through the link to the page you've updated. If you're not able to finish your task within a reasonable time, indicate where you're up to so someone else can finish it.

Tasks

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!Relevant pages

!Can start

!Aim to have basic info up by

!Volunteers

!Completion status

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|Update election page

|New Zealand general election 2008

|Election night

|One week after count finalised

|user:dramatic - electorate map.

|map live (to be revised 22 Nov)

Update 49th New Zealand Parliament

|49th New Zealand Parliament

|Election night

|Two weeks after portfolios announced or final election count

|Done.

Update main Labour pages

|Fifth Labour Government of New Zealand, New Zealand Labour Party, Helen Clark

|Election night

|One week after coalition agreement reached

|Done.

Update main National pages

|New Zealand National Party, John Key

|Election night

|One week after coalition agreement reached

|Done.

Create page for new National government, if applicable

|Fifth National Government of New Zealand

|Election night

|Ongoing

Update minor party pages

|Green Party of New Zealand, United Future New Zealand, Maori Party, New Zealand First, Act New Zealand, New Zealand Progressive Party, The Kiwi Party

|Election night

|Parties which will clearly not be in the new government: 1 week after final vote count, all others: 1 week after coalition agreement reached or final votes counted, whichever comes later

|Helenalex, Alan Liefting

|Done.

Update minor party leader pages

|Jeanette Fitzsimons, Russel Norman, Peter Dunne, Tariana Turia, Pita Sharples, Winston Peters, Rodney Hide, Jim Anderton, Larry Baldock

|Election night

|As above

|Helenalex

|Done.

Update really minor party pages, and those for their leaders if the leader has a page

|Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party, Democrats for Social Credit, Bill and Ben Party etc - see Template:New Zealand political parties

|Vote count finalised

|One week after final vote count