A fact from 1867 Romanian general election appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 19 February 2017 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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The introduction to this article gives the impression that it should be renamed Romanian general election, 1867–68 in line with other elections that ran over two years (e.g. Haitian general election, 2010–11). However, it isn't entirely clear from the text whether the election took place entirely in 1867 according to the calendar in use at the time (the Senate section mentions it overran into January, but it doesn't make it clear whether this is according to the modern or old calendar). If it was entirely in 1867 according to the old calender, then perhaps the current title is preferable but we should make it clear in the introduction that there were differences? I am leaning towards a move but thought I should clarify here first. Well done on an excellent article though. Number57 03:58, 18 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I delegate to you judgment on whether it should be renamed or not, either works for me (however, if you favor the move, you might consider renaming it something even narrower, perhaps: Romanian general election, December 1867–January 1868, since there were other elections in 1868). I hadn't noticed your query (apologies for that), but I've since edited the text and I think the updated version answers it: Senate elections ran into January 3, per the new calendar, and, technically, they were still electing people even after that date. Dahn (talk) 07:32, 18 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
And thank you! Dahn (talk) 07:32, 18 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Just to clarify, according to the calendar in use at the time, the whole of the election was in 1867? Number57 08:07, 18 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, it officially ended on December 22 Old Style. (Although some seats remained undecided even after New Years' Day Old Style). Dahn (talk) 08:32, 18 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
OK, in that case I think it makes sense to keep it as it is at present as it was a 1867 election from a Romanian perspective. Number57 09:11, 18 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
