Talk:2023 Singaporean presidential election

2023 Singaporean presidential election is currently a Politics and government good article nominee. Nominated by OOOTenx (talk) at 08:10, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

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Is There A Reserved Election For Eurasian Race?[edit]

As I understand about the Presidential Elections, there will be a reserved election for each minority group when certain criterion are met. Noting that after Malay Presiden Yusof bin Ishak, Eurasian President Benjamin Sheares was sworn in, is there therefore a reserved election after Presiden Halimah Yacob for a Eurasian candidate? Linrx81 (talk) 16:15, 17 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Linrx81: for the purpose of reserved elections, the Indian and other minority communities are considered as a single category. Thus, since S. R. Nathan, who was Indian and thus from this category, was president within the five most recent presidential terms, there is no need to hold a reserved election for the Indian and other minority communities category. — SGconlaw (talk) 17:28, 6 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Sgconlaw: I see. Thank you for enlightening me. Linrx81 (talk) 10:30, 8 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The "timeline" diagram added to this and other pages concerning the S'pore PE does not show any dates. Editors, please review. Ethanf711 (talk) 05:41, 19 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

70.4% or 70.40%[edit]

small detail but i feel that writing 70.40% is more concise as it is 4 significant figures, along with the rest. 58.182.55.199 (talk) 18:22, 1 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Keep it as a two decimal points, like its standards. Sculture65 (talk) 07:35, 2 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know nomination[edit]

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The result was: rejected by reviewer, closed by BorgQueen (talk) 14:19, 8 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Tharman at the World Economic Forum in 2022

... that Tharman Shanmugaratnam's (pictured) landslide win in the 2023 Singaporean presidential election was attributed to a "Tharman effect"? Source: https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/pe-2023-tharman-effect-behind-landslide-win-will-raise-expectations-his-presidency-say-analysts-2245676
- ALT1: ... that Tharman Shanmugaratnam's (pictured) landslide win in the 2023 Singaporean presidential election has been described as "mind-boggling"? Source: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/presidential-election-results-analysts-tharman-huge-margin-unexpected-ng-kok-song-tan-kin-lian-3741236
- Reviewed:
- Comment: Please let me know if there's anything I've overlooked.

5x expanded by Sculture65 (talk) and OOOTenx (talk). Nominated by JaventheAlderick (talk) at 08:21, 2 September 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/2023 Singaporean presidential election; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

I also consider about the following proposals, because they do share in common:
- ...both Tharman Shanmugaratnam and Halimah Yacob debuted in 2001 Singaporean general election as Members of Parliament for Jurong GRC before becoming Presidents?
- ...Halimah Yacob, the eighth President of Singapore, was one of the six appointed assentors for the President-elect Ong Teng Cheong in 1993?
- ...Tharman Shanmugaratnam was the third President of Singapore-elect with a former portfolio as a Deputy Prime Minister?
- ...2011 was the first year in Singapore where both parliamentary and presidential election ran concurrently in a span of three months?
- ...Tharman Shanmugaratnam considered a durian and a pineapple for his symbol, but eventually chose the latter to reference his prior ministerial roles?
- ...Sample counts, first introduced in the 2015 parliamentary election, carries an accuracy margin within 0.07% to 5%, which help reduce speculations and human error during counting?
- ...the Polling day for the 2023 Singaporean presidential election occurred exactly 30 years ago where Ong Teng Cheong was inaugurated as President of Singapore?

I've posted this item at ITN, hence it's already on the main page as a bold link. That disqualifies it from DYK. Schwede 66 22:31, 7 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Wrong inauguration date[edit]

Under 'Aftermath', "Tharman Shanmugratanam's inauguration will be scheduled to take place at The Istana on Thursday, 14 September 2021" is wrong.

It should be 14 September 2023. 101.100.160.71 (talk) 01:35, 13 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Done here Jolly1253 (talk) 01:40, 13 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review[edit]

This review is transcluded from Talk:2023 Singaporean presidential election/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Dr. Swag Lord: Dr.Swag Lord, Ph.d (talk · contribs) Hello, I intend to review this article later. Thank you! 23:09, 2 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)
It is reasonably well written. a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists): It is factually accurate and verifiable, as shown by a source spot-check. a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism): It is broad in its coverage. a (major aspects): b (focused): It follows the neutral point of view policy. Fair representation without bias: It is stable. No edit wars, etc.: It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate. a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Overall: Pass/Fail:
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Main concern: My main concern with this article is similar to my concerns with Talk:Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act 2019/GA1: this article suffers from too many questionable sources. To be clear, some of the below sources are not fully unreliable. Depending on context, they can be used. But, primarily basing the article on such sources is a no-go for GAs. This is especially true since many of these source have a COI with the government of Singapore. As such, there are likely NPOV issues in this article too. Sources include:

The Straits Times (cited 70+ times): The Straits Times (TST) is currently rated as WP:MARL at RSP. Additionally, the last RfC indicated that "news related to Singapore politics, particularly for contentious claims, should be taken with a grain of salt." Given that this entire article concerns the Singaporean election, we should probably not rely on this source too much. Likely neutrality issues as well.
channelnewsasia (cited 80+ times): Based on this post at RSN, the overall reliability of CNA is kinda mixed with participants saying it should be treated the same as TST on matters concerning Singaporean politics.
Mothership (cited 25+ times): In this archive, one editor commented "Also most of the media sources you bring up are not reliable (mothership, vulcanpost)." In this unanswered tread, the OP stated "Looking at their about us page, there's nothing too suspicious, though the site didn't stand out as clearly reliable to me either".
DollarsandSense: (cited 2 times): No mention of this source at RSN but it appears questionable as I was unable to locate the site’s editorial team, editorial polices, etc.
devdiscourse (cited 2 times): Also appears questionable (no editorial team, editorial polices, etc.)
mustsharenews.com (cited 4 times): This site does have an editorial policy but no masthead
Various social media posts (Instagram, Tik Tok, Reddit, Linkedln): These sources are not being used for ABOUTSELF reasons. Please use reliable, secondary sources.
Various podcasts: honestly, the entire “social media” section is not appropriate and needs to go.

All-in-all, this article contains about 200 references to questionable or unreliable sources. I will unfortunately need to quick fail this article as it is a long way from meeting the GA criteria. I will let a more experienced reviewer close this. Thank you and good luck on improving the article! Dr. Swag Lord (talk) 02:07, 4 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]