Talk:2068: Election Night - Revision history

BlackHat at 06:55, 28 February 2021

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172.68.90.80 at 16:41, 26 August 2020

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172.69.210.64 at 19:27, 14 November 2018

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Tcrosley at 17:08, 9 November 2018

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172.69.62.196 at 15:38, 9 November 2018

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Dgbrt at 19:55, 7 November 2018

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Mbklein at 07:41, 7 November 2018

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162.158.79.65 at 04:13, 7 November 2018

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 :: European politics, unlike US politics, is multidimensional. [[User:Erkinalp|Erkinalp]] ([[User talk:Erkinalp|talk]]) 16:59, 5 November 2018 (UTC)
 ::: No doubt, Europe is a beautiful, utopian paradise; and the U.S. is a disgusting, dystopian, backwards, hellhole.  [[Special:Contributions/172.68.90.80|172.68.90.80]] 16:41, 26 August 2020 (UTC)
 :: IIRC, blue was used for incumbents on some stations, red for challengers, and in 2000, blue stuck as the color of the democratic party, {{unsigned ip|162.158.79.107}}

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 :::: Rather most liberal parties in Europe in the last decades moved on the political right of Europe's conservative parties, emphasizing an immigrant-critical, corporate-friendly program over civil liberties. So 'liberals' has another ring to Europeans than to US-Americans. Sebastian --[[Special:Contributions/172.68.110.88|172.68.110.88]] 18:20, 6 November 2018 (UTC)
 :: European politics, unlike US politics, is multidimensional. [[User:Erkinalp|Erkinalp]] ([[User talk:Erkinalp|talk]]) 16:59, 5 November 2018 (UTC)
 :: IIRC, blue was used for incumbents on some stations, red for challengers, and in 2000, blue stuck as the color of the democratic party, {{unsigned ip|162.158.79.107}}

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	I was reading this, expecting the last page (or the title text) to have someone commenting that lecturing to modern people about how things were in the past is a pretty trivial or bizarre waste of something as momentous as time travel; and top hat guy to reply that he didn't come to bring them a message, he's just avoiding the fireworks because he's fed up of the modern election-night media circus. -- [[User:Angel\|Angel]] ([[User talk:Angel\|talk]]) 17:50, 5 November 2018 (UTC)		I was reading this, expecting the last page (or the title text) to have someone commenting that lecturing to modern people about how things were in the past is a pretty trivial or bizarre waste of something as momentous as time travel; and top hat guy to reply that he didn't come to bring them a message, he's just avoiding the fireworks because he's fed up of the modern election-night media circus. -- [[User:Angel\|Angel]] ([[User talk:Angel\|talk]]) 17:50, 5 November 2018 (UTC)
		+	:What would you do if you could travel anywhere in the future? I'd be worried about my immune system not being adapted to whatever the common flora happen to be. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.210.64\|172.69.210.64]] 19:27, 14 November 2018 (UTC)

	Does anyone have a source for the 1896 reporting via fireworks referred to here? I've done a few Google searches, but so far haven't found anything. Historic issues of the Chicago Tribune is behind a paywall, so I can't go look there directly. [[User:Shamino\|Shamino]] ([[User talk:Shamino\|talk]]) 18:40, 5 November 2018 (UTC)		Does anyone have a source for the 1896 reporting via fireworks referred to here? I've done a few Google searches, but so far haven't found anything. Historic issues of the Chicago Tribune is behind a paywall, so I can't go look there directly. [[User:Shamino\|Shamino]] ([[User talk:Shamino\|talk]]) 18:40, 5 November 2018 (UTC)

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 ::::Is the hovertext quote legit, too? –[[User:P1h3r1e3d13|P1h3r1e3d13]] ([[User talk:P1h3r1e3d13|talk]]) 23:15, 5 November 2018 (UTC)
 :::::That's what I'd like to know.-[[Special:Contributions/162.158.79.65|162.158.79.65]] 04:13, 7 November 2018 (UTC)
-:::::According to the dropbox link to a Tribune article below, it is legit. The dropbox article doesn't quite match the qoutes from the comic, probably a different article, but it does mention the megaphones and the Barnum and Bailey guy: "Foghorn Lou" Graham.
+::::::According to the dropbox link to a Tribune article below, it is legit. The dropbox article doesn't quite match the qoutes from the comic, probably a different article, but it does mention the megaphones and the Barnum and Bailey guy: "Foghorn Lou" Graham. {{unsigned ip|172.69.62.196}}
 There needs to be a reference to "Dewey Defeats Truman" in the explanation. When Megan says they will get the election results the next day this would not have been the correct reults. The Chicago Daily Tribune published a newspaper with the headline "Dewey Defeats Truman" but the newspaper article was wrong. Because of publishing deadlines they published what they thought was correct but more results came in later and Truman won. With the internet and 24 hour news stations this problem does not exist. Also perhaps there could be a reference to Florida's "hanging chad" which caused caused the election results to be decided in the coarts and not overnight. [[User:Punchcard|Punchcard]] ([[User talk:Punchcard|talk]]) 15:20, 6 November 2018 (UTC)

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 What is the 'Needle' referring to? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.142.4|162.158.142.4]] 17:46, 5 November 2018 (UTC)
 : The Traumatic Needle can be found here... https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/11/the-new-york-times-election-needle-is-back-with-a-few-new-safety-features {{unsigned ip|162.158.106.126}}
 I was reading this, expecting the last page (or the title text) to have someone commenting that lecturing to modern people about how things were in the past is a pretty trivial or bizarre waste of something as momentous as time travel; and top hat guy to reply that he didn't come to bring them a message, he's just avoiding the fireworks because he's fed up of the modern election-night media circus. -- [[User:Angel|Angel]] ([[User talk:Angel|talk]]) 17:50, 5 November 2018 (UTC)

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 ::::::Copyright problems. There is a paywall and we don't want to pay for it. Please explain the content with your own words or present a free source which may be possible because it's more than 100 years old. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 22:14, 6 November 2018 (UTC)
 :::::::If it's transcription of 120 years old article, it's public domain no matter where did you copied it from. Don't let the fact that publishers wants you to pay even for public domain articles confuse you. Also, note that it's still visible in wiki history. -- [[User:Hkmaly|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly|talk]]) 02:21, 7 November 2018 (UTC)
 ::::Is the hovertext quote legit, too? –[[User:P1h3r1e3d13|P1h3r1e3d13]] ([[User talk:P1h3r1e3d13|talk]]) 23:15, 5 November 2018 (UTC)
 :::::That's what I'd like to know.-[[Special:Contributions/162.158.79.65|162.158.79.65]] 04:13, 7 November 2018 (UTC)

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 Is the needle a relative of the good old swingometer. The BBc's favoured method of showing predicted General Election results based on polling and a uniform swing. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.39.41|162.158.39.41]] 00:06, 6 November 2018 (UTC)
 : As depicted by [https://youtu.be/dVI5ZOT5QEM Monty Python]?  [[User:Shamino|Shamino]] ([[User talk:Shamino|talk]]) 13:42, 6 November 2018 (UTC)
-Think Top Hat Guy is going to become a new character?
+::Think Top Hat Guy is going to become a new character? {{unsigned ip|172.68.133.180}}
-:: I was about to ask the same thing: MORE TOP HAT GUY please [[User:Kev|Kev]] ([[User talk:Kev|talk]]) 01:49, 7 November 2018 (UTC)
+::: I was about to ask the same thing: MORE TOP HAT GUY please [[User:Kev|Kev]] ([[User talk:Kev|talk]]) 01:49, 7 November 2018 (UTC)
-== Real? ==
+'''Real?'''
 Is the newspaper clipping quoted real? Does anyone have a link to a scan of it? Would be good to know if it's true history or just a joke. -[[Special:Contributions/162.158.79.65|162.158.79.65]] 04:11, 7 November 2018 (UTC)
 :Totally real. [https://www.dropbox.com/s/nex1k2dfznaa3nw/Chicago_Tribune_1_Nov_1896_p29-30.pdf?dl=0 Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov 1896, pp29-30] [[User:Mbklein|Mbklein]] ([[User talk:Mbklein|talk]]) 07:41, 7 November 2018 (UTC)

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	Is the newspaper clipping quoted real? Does anyone have a link to a scan of it? Would be good to know if it's true history or just a joke. -[[Special:Contributions/162.158.79.65\|162.158.79.65]] 04:11, 7 November 2018 (UTC)		Is the newspaper clipping quoted real? Does anyone have a link to a scan of it? Would be good to know if it's true history or just a joke. -[[Special:Contributions/162.158.79.65\|162.158.79.65]] 04:11, 7 November 2018 (UTC)
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		+	:Totally real. [https://www.dropbox.com/s/nex1k2dfznaa3nw/Chicago_Tribune_1_Nov_1896_p29-30.pdf?dl=0 Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov 1896, pp29-30] [[User:Mbklein\|Mbklein]] ([[User talk:Mbklein\|talk]]) 07:41, 7 November 2018 (UTC)