Two pages in and the lazy infoboxes have already begun to make an appearance.
This bodes well.
This bodes well.
Alternate Wikipedia Infoboxes III
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[Vomits up the entirety of the Nofix Wikibox oeuvre
Kills the genre with its shittiness]
The last thread nearly closed with low-effort wikiboxes, but Titus Andronicus swooped in and saved the day.
The second clause of that sentence is probably an extremely rare one.
shiftygiant
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It's been two pages and less than 24 hours, it'll be fine.
It's not like the last thread didn't end with some bizarre/lazy/ridiculous stuff (except for a few things like Tom's Titus, which was cracking), so you have to expect that to drip over.
"The only words after the Nofix Wikibox Deluge of '16 were whispered in the lonely recesses of the Infobox Thread: 'George P. Hunt 4 Life' and 'Roy Cohn Did Nothing Wrong'."
It's kind of expected for the last posts of a thread reaching the 500 page mark to be a drop in overall quality from the norm, since quality takes a back seat to pushing the thread's post count higher.
Once there's a new thread, though, I'd kind of hoped that we'd get a bit further along before people start throwing up half-formed or rush job infoboxes.
Well, yeah, but still, you could have done a bit more with the joke other than "take one small line out of Kim Il-Sung's OTL infobox and call it good".
Either way, I'm looking forward to your more serious(?) infoboxes.
The 2015 election in the United Republic of Great Britain and Ireland, factionalism within the Socialist Party reached boiling point. Although incumbent Premier and leader of the moderate faction David Miliband continued to be the Standing Committee's favoured son, the radical faction pushed for their de facto leader, Jeremy Corbyn, to be appointed Premier. But the moderates' chokehold over Standing Committee membership prevented this, and it also stifled the power of the increasingly popular nationalist faction under Nigel Farage.
Despite holding only 290 out of 600 National Assembly seats, the moderates ensured that they controlled 18 of the 30 seats in the new Standing Committee, and continue to dominate the United Republic's government.
Advocates for government reform, silenced for most of the 20th century, found their voices after the election, and called for a directly elected Standing Committee. However, the protests of imperialist influences in the government (championed by Corbyn and his followers) had little effect, and the bureaucracy of the UR seems set to continue on with its capitalistic reforms and is bent on letting the Americans into British markets.
Despite holding only 290 out of 600 National Assembly seats, the moderates ensured that they controlled 18 of the 30 seats in the new Standing Committee, and continue to dominate the United Republic's government.
Advocates for government reform, silenced for most of the 20th century, found their voices after the election, and called for a directly elected Standing Committee. However, the protests of imperialist influences in the government (championed by Corbyn and his followers) had little effect, and the bureaucracy of the UR seems set to continue on with its capitalistic reforms and is bent on letting the Americans into British markets.
America's Blanket Primaries
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2000 Presidential Election
Al Gore’s closely fought victory meant little change in Congress, so a confirmation of the desire for the status quo by the electorate. A centrist Democratic President and Republican Congress in a back and forth over domestic policy. For much of 2001, Washington was focused on such bread and butter issues as tax cuts and education policy. This rather placid political atmosphere would be shattered when terrorists hijacked planes and flew them into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. President Gore calmly rallied the nation and launched a multilateral invasion of Afghanistan after the Taliban government refused to hand over Osama Bin Laden, who had been a target of the Clinton and Gore administrations for previous terrorist activity. Not long after international troops landed in Afghanistan a newly developed Predator drone reigned down missiles on a fortress in Torra Borra, followed by special forces who withdrew with the body of Bin Laden. Morale collapsed amongst Al Queda and the Taliban, who were quickly defeated and the international force began focused on stabilizing the nation after the invasion. The quick action, while met with overwhelming approval, quickly led to open questions about how this happened. How was Bin Laden able to plan such an attack when he was on the run from the watchful eye of the Clinton and Gore administrations? If they were able to execute him so fast, why didn’t they capture him sooner and maybe put an end to the attack before it could happen? How could this be allowed to happen on this President’s watch? And why wasn’t the administration expanding the scope of the military action and taking out other sponsors of terror; Saddam Hussein is clearly up to no good and all we're doing is tightening the trade restrictions? Republicans would make gains in the midterms vowing to find answers to these questions, with investigatory committees being launched in 2003. The confusion in the public was only made worse when instead of moving to topple Iraq, Gore pushed the United Nations to intervene in an ultimately successful effort to stop the Sudanese genocide. When followed by administration officials testifying that the location of Bin Laden had been suspected in mid 2001, but had been unwilling to jump the gun without further certainty. The support of Gore began to shift away with most Americans thinking that while his response had been justified, many suspected that the whole situation could have been avoided. America began to look for a more vocal and strong voice to represent them on the world stage.
When Gore’s popularity first began to slide, most commentators began to talk about Mayor Rudy Giuliani as a dynamic choice to challenge the President; the man was just as tied in with the response to the terrorist attacks without any of the question marks. Unfortunately for Giuliani, he wasn’t really suited for a more national stage and had made enough gaffes that by the time Senator John McCain, one of the most vocal critics of the President in the Senate as well as the runner up last go around, announced he was already fading in national polls. The promising and dynamic up and comer, Senator George Allen, would also make a run for the Presidency on a focus of dollars and cents and helping out those in a bad way in the lukewarm economy. General Colin Powell, who had been courted for a run in 1996, was running on his experience in military matter. The real surprise on the Republican side was the somewhat obscure Arkansas Governor, Mike Huckabee, who was focused on reclaiming the moral righteousness of the country would shoot up in the polls especially in areas with large amounts of Evangelicals, like Iowa. The President had managed to make peace with all wings of the Democratic Party to avoid a challenge, moderates were rather happy with Gore’s handling of the terrorist attack and liberals coming around as Gore argued for more green technologies after signing the Kyoto Treaty. This left the Republicans to fight amongst themselves for qualifying for the general election. In the end, McCain would beat Huckabee by the skin of his teeth in Iowa, in a reverse of four years previously, which boost his candidacy to qualify in most states for the general election. After this, the only major upset was Colin Powell placing well ahead of any other candidate in his home state of New York.
The stoic Al Gore would struggle throughout the general election campaign. McCain was much more passionate about the need for a larger American presence abroad to proactively end terrorist threats. Gore’s more calm defense of his actions and his caution over an open ended military commitment didn’t quite resonate with voters, especially as his Vice President, Joe Lieberman, made statements that sounded like he agreed with his longtime friend, McCain. The President was certainly not helped by polling that was showing that Powell, who was mostly campaigning alongside McCain, was winning in New York, requiring campaigning in a usually reliably Democratic state. Gore would rebound a bit after his debates with the Republican candidates, reassuring those who had stuck with him through the last few years. In the end, the multi-fronted Republican assault on Gore would successfully deny Gore a majority in the electoral college, though with only a bare combined majority in the popular vote. Congress would have to select the President and Vice President, George Allen falling just short of a majority because of Huckabee refusing to name him as his running mate. The solidly Republican House and Senate quickly confirmed McCain and Allen for President and Vice President, marking the first time the party controlled all branches of government since the Eisenhower administration.
1976 Presidential Election
1980 Presidential Election
1984 Presidential Election
1988 Presidential Election
1992 Presidential Election
1996 Presidential Election
2000 Presidential Election
Al Gore’s closely fought victory meant little change in Congress, so a confirmation of the desire for the status quo by the electorate. A centrist Democratic President and Republican Congress in a back and forth over domestic policy. For much of 2001, Washington was focused on such bread and butter issues as tax cuts and education policy. This rather placid political atmosphere would be shattered when terrorists hijacked planes and flew them into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. President Gore calmly rallied the nation and launched a multilateral invasion of Afghanistan after the Taliban government refused to hand over Osama Bin Laden, who had been a target of the Clinton and Gore administrations for previous terrorist activity. Not long after international troops landed in Afghanistan a newly developed Predator drone reigned down missiles on a fortress in Torra Borra, followed by special forces who withdrew with the body of Bin Laden. Morale collapsed amongst Al Queda and the Taliban, who were quickly defeated and the international force began focused on stabilizing the nation after the invasion. The quick action, while met with overwhelming approval, quickly led to open questions about how this happened. How was Bin Laden able to plan such an attack when he was on the run from the watchful eye of the Clinton and Gore administrations? If they were able to execute him so fast, why didn’t they capture him sooner and maybe put an end to the attack before it could happen? How could this be allowed to happen on this President’s watch? And why wasn’t the administration expanding the scope of the military action and taking out other sponsors of terror; Saddam Hussein is clearly up to no good and all we're doing is tightening the trade restrictions? Republicans would make gains in the midterms vowing to find answers to these questions, with investigatory committees being launched in 2003. The confusion in the public was only made worse when instead of moving to topple Iraq, Gore pushed the United Nations to intervene in an ultimately successful effort to stop the Sudanese genocide. When followed by administration officials testifying that the location of Bin Laden had been suspected in mid 2001, but had been unwilling to jump the gun without further certainty. The support of Gore began to shift away with most Americans thinking that while his response had been justified, many suspected that the whole situation could have been avoided. America began to look for a more vocal and strong voice to represent them on the world stage.
When Gore’s popularity first began to slide, most commentators began to talk about Mayor Rudy Giuliani as a dynamic choice to challenge the President; the man was just as tied in with the response to the terrorist attacks without any of the question marks. Unfortunately for Giuliani, he wasn’t really suited for a more national stage and had made enough gaffes that by the time Senator John McCain, one of the most vocal critics of the President in the Senate as well as the runner up last go around, announced he was already fading in national polls. The promising and dynamic up and comer, Senator George Allen, would also make a run for the Presidency on a focus of dollars and cents and helping out those in a bad way in the lukewarm economy. General Colin Powell, who had been courted for a run in 1996, was running on his experience in military matter. The real surprise on the Republican side was the somewhat obscure Arkansas Governor, Mike Huckabee, who was focused on reclaiming the moral righteousness of the country would shoot up in the polls especially in areas with large amounts of Evangelicals, like Iowa. The President had managed to make peace with all wings of the Democratic Party to avoid a challenge, moderates were rather happy with Gore’s handling of the terrorist attack and liberals coming around as Gore argued for more green technologies after signing the Kyoto Treaty. This left the Republicans to fight amongst themselves for qualifying for the general election. In the end, McCain would beat Huckabee by the skin of his teeth in Iowa, in a reverse of four years previously, which boost his candidacy to qualify in most states for the general election. After this, the only major upset was Colin Powell placing well ahead of any other candidate in his home state of New York.
The stoic Al Gore would struggle throughout the general election campaign. McCain was much more passionate about the need for a larger American presence abroad to proactively end terrorist threats. Gore’s more calm defense of his actions and his caution over an open ended military commitment didn’t quite resonate with voters, especially as his Vice President, Joe Lieberman, made statements that sounded like he agreed with his longtime friend, McCain. The President was certainly not helped by polling that was showing that Powell, who was mostly campaigning alongside McCain, was winning in New York, requiring campaigning in a usually reliably Democratic state. Gore would rebound a bit after his debates with the Republican candidates, reassuring those who had stuck with him through the last few years. In the end, the multi-fronted Republican assault on Gore would successfully deny Gore a majority in the electoral college, though with only a bare combined majority in the popular vote. Congress would have to select the President and Vice President, George Allen falling just short of a majority because of Huckabee refusing to name him as his running mate. The solidly Republican House and Senate quickly confirmed McCain and Allen for President and Vice President, marking the first time the party controlled all branches of government since the Eisenhower administration.
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I suppose he could use the OTL 2008 Democratic primaries, so no Gore?
Planning a new Wikibox series, titled Unable to Kerry On. More in-depth stuff coming later, but for now, the preview:
POD: John Kerry decides it isn't worth mortgaging his own home to fund his campaign when he's polling in the single digits, and completely runs out of money.
POD: John Kerry decides it isn't worth mortgaging his own home to fund his campaign when he's polling in the single digits, and completely runs out of money.
I guess he could, but Democratic Robot Gore can work too.
So who wins the nomination? Howard Dean?
Al Gore will make it rather clear early on that he has no intention of running 08. I think maybe I'll make two versions of the 2008 wikibox, one that's TTL using the rules I've established and one that's as though Bush was retiring. For comparison, here's what the electoral map would like if W was running for a second term:
Bush: 271
Kerry: 249
Edwards: 15
Dean: 3
It's really too boring to put in a Wikibox.
LeinadB93
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What's the situation in the other Commonwealth realms? Wouldn't Henry IX have remained as King of Canada etc.?
The White Dominions (Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa) were all sceptical of the Beckett government and its war and by 1938 South Africa was the only country that hadn't spurned the Beckett Government by pulling out of a blatantly unwinnable and destructive war. Both Edward VIII and King Henry realised that the Royal Family's credibility was ruined by the Edward's support of the war and the Beckett government. This, combined with Henry's lack of enthusiasm for the role of King, meant that when the Leo Amery was elected President, he formally renounced his claim to the throne of every nation in the Commonwealth Realms.
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