Freebase: Discussion about Government

Joanna Tuffy: No end date for office

2009-12-17T00:16:40.0013Z

Since the 30th Dáil is still sitting, I've removed the end date.

30th Dáil: Members have terms beginning on 14 June 2007

2009-12-17T00:09:20.0000Z

There was a general election on 24 May 2007 (according to Wikipedia), but the 30th Dáil only started sitting on 14 June 2007 (see e.g. here). So by my understanding, any member elected in this election should have a term starting on 14 June 2007 (e.g. Joanna Tuffy).

Dublin Mid West: Politicial district not Governmental Jurisdiction?

2009-12-15T10:28:54.0013Z

I thought so.

I can fix these, but it looks like there's a whole lot of Teachta Dala constituencies which have been similarly mistyped ...

Dublin Mid West: Politicial district not Governmental Jurisdiction?

2009-12-14T19:29:47.0013Z

Yes, that's correct -- districts aren't usually going to be jurisdictions, and definitely not in this case. Unfortunately, we can't set up an automatic rule to detect this sort of thing because some "districts" are also jurisdictions -- US states function as the "district" for US senators, for example.

Dublin Mid West: Politicial district not Governmental Jurisdiction?

2009-12-14T10:19:16.0019Z

Shouldn't Dublin Mid West be just a political district rather than a governmental jurisdiction? For example, Joanna Tuffy should have "Dublin Mid West" as her political district if (as I assume) she was elected in this constituency; to have this topic as her jurisdiction implies that she can only pass laws applying to Dublin Mid West.

Baltimore: Split military conflict

2009-12-11T02:15:15.0013Z

done.