Talk:2013 Philippine Senate election

Cite sources for declared and prospective candidates

As you may have noticed, the page had some major revisions, particularly in the prospective candidates list. This is largely because there were no sources linking them to a possible senatorial run.

In the future, please make sure to cite your sources if you decide to add declared or prospective candidates in this article. We cannot just name any names from out of the blue; we need to have some valid basis to it. The Mask (talk) 10:25, 9 September 2011 (UTC)

What are we going to do with the people who had not commented on running but eventually did not run? Remove them? I can understand keeping on the list people who acknowledged they're "prospective" candidates but declined to run. –HTD 15:02, 25 October 2011 (UTC)

This is my proposal: (1) If they explicitly said they would run, we add them as a "prospective" candidate. (2) If they explicitly said they would not run, we add them in a "declined" bid. (3) If they did not explicitly say they would run, but has been rumored by one major news source as a possible candidate, we add them as a "prospective" candidate. (4) If they did not explicitly say they would run, and no major news source pointed them as a possible candidate, he/she should not be added in the list of prospective candidates no matter how popular he/she is. The Mask (talk) 18:45, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

Publicly endorsed by party, but candidate has not announced bid yet.

Two political parties have already announced its first few candidates in their tickets, but some of the candidates have not yet publicly announced their bids for a Senate seat. Are they considered declared candidates already? Michaelbueza (talk) 06:46, 18 May 2012 (UTC)

No, but put them in "under consideration" or probably a new section. –HTD 07:25, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

Unofficial tally section

Are we going to add a section named "Unofficial Tally" like last year's election but probably with more broadcasting stations? PitsConferGuests 11:25, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

I've added such a section, but it turns out there are only 2 unofficial tallies of note: COMELEC's and PPCRV's. –HTD 16:35, 15 May 2013 (UTC)

Source of voting figures

The Senate voting figures given here are unsourced, and they are quite different to the COMELEC figures. (http://2013electionresults.comelec.gov.ph/) Unless they are sourced they will have to be deleted. Intelligent Mr Toad (talk) 05:19, 5 June 2013 (UTC) As I warned, I have deleted the results section, which is completely unsourced and does not correspond to the COMELEC figures. Intelligent Mr Toad (talk) 02:32, 8 June 2013 (UTC)

Those aren't the official voting figures. I've used this one (16th canvass report); as you can see, the vote totals from the latter is larger than the former. Three days ago, the COMELEC released the official "Final Canvass Report" but I hesitated from updating those since those didn't have the voting turnout numbers.

So to make it clear, the numbers at http://2013electionresults.comelec.gov.ph/ are outdated already and should no longer be used. –HTD 17:51, 8 June 2013 (UTC)