Editing Talk:1958 French constitutional referendum (section)

== Figures in tables and sources ==

The figures in the table are inconsistent and include an obvious arithmetical error.  

31,123,483 	
 6,556,073
   418,297 	

do not add up to the total shown of 38,097,483.  So we do have to do something, and my amendments were just my attempt to do that.  

The source of the official French figures does allow to see the correct total, and shows the figures for metropolitan France.  The figures for French Guinea are shown in the source and are included in the overall totals shown above.  

The official French source can be found at 

  <ref>https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000000571394</ref>

It might be better to only give this source, as the Nohlen & Stover source is less accessible, and the information in the Direct Democracy source, while accessible, contains several data errors.  

I hope that you will have a look at the sources and get back to me with a suggestion of how we can proceed to improve this article, and not dismiss suggestions for changes without first exploring constructively the reasons and arguments for the suggestions, so that when possible we proceed by consensus. 

Looking forward to positive responses,

[[User:Redhill54|Redhill54]] ([[User talk:Redhill54|talk]]) 21:25, 25 June 2022 (UTC)
:It seems there was simply a typo in the total figure in the table, which I have corrected to have the right total according to the Nohlen & Stöver source, which I have in front of me. It should have been 38,097,853	not 38,097,483. [[User:Number 57|<span style="color: orange;">Number</span>]] [[User talk:Number 57|<span style="color: green;">5</span>]][[Special:Contributions/Number 57|<span style="color: blue;">7</span>]] 21:58, 25 June 2022 (UTC)

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