April 2025 - Voe-team - mailman.uni-konstanz.de

Happy news
by Leo Ahrens 30 Apr '25

30 Apr '25

Happy news everybody, our first file is 100% complete - the United States. We have a majority coding decision for each specific plege (of which there are admittedly few). Keep up the good work! Best, Leo ---------------- Dr. Leo Ahrens leo.ahrens(a)uni-konstanz.de Website <https://leoahrens.eu/>

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Fwd: Credit Claiming - Quality Assurance
by Leo Ahrens 25 Apr '25

25 Apr '25

Hi Julius, yes, because this is not a falsifiable pledge as credit claiming relates to a past achievement. THis is one of the miscodings that quality assurance is supposed to catch. Best, Leo ---------------- Dr. Leo Ahrens leo.ahrens(a)uni-konstanz.de Website <https://leoahrens.eu/> Am 25.04.2025 um 12:13 schrieb jkoelzer(a)politik.uni-kiel.de: > Hey Guys, > > quick question from my side (maybe this was discussed before and I > forgot it). Should you code NA promise_fullfilled when a statement is > Credit Claiming? During quality assurance, I noticed that this is > handled differently > > Best > Julius

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Credit Claiming - Quality Assurance
by jkoelzer＠politik.uni-kiel.de 25 Apr '25

25 Apr '25

Hey Guys, quick question from my side (maybe this was discussed before and I forgot it). Should you code NA promise_fullfilled when a statement is Credit Claiming? During quality assurance, I noticed that this is handled differently Best Julius

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Quality assurance
by Leo Ahrens 24 Apr '25

24 Apr '25

Hi everyone, I am writing regarding the quality assurance task. I just looked over the files you are working on and can only find very little changes marked in red. This is not necessarily bad, so do not take this as a critique. I am just wondering now whether it is worth it to have so many of you working on this. Can everyone assigned to the task please report to me and share their experiences so far, please? Do you change much or little? What kind of changes do you make? Are you making progress and how long do you estimate to be working on your files? Do you think your time is well spent? Thanks everyone! Best, Leo ---------------- Dr. Leo Ahrens leo.ahrens(a)uni-konstanz.de Website <https://leoahrens.eu/>

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Coding legislative decisions
by Leo Ahrens 24 Apr '25

24 Apr '25

Hi everyone, there seems to be some confusion on when to code a pledge as fulfilled. I would like to stress again that you code legislative decisions, ie when pledges are put into law, and not the implementation of laws. Imagine that a party promised a tax rate decrease on low earners. The parliament passes the law, but the tax rate decreases will only take effect after a two-year grace period. The pledge is fulfilled here - do not worry about the implementation date. Be careful in your research because it may be easy to mix up the legislative act and implementation date, e.g. because of delayed media reporting. Thank you! Best wishes, Leo ---------------- Dr. Leo Ahrens leo.ahrens(a)uni-konstanz.de Website <https://leoahrens.eu/>

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Quality assurance
by Leo Ahrens 17 Apr '25

17 Apr '25

Hi everyone, many of you are now working on quality assurance, i.e. another round of looking over almost-finished files to make sure that nothing is missing and the language is presentable. The guidelines for this task are attached below for future reference. This includes tasks that not everyone has been made aware of yet: please check whether all provided links are working; and please mark all your changes in red font so that we can see what you have changed afterwards. Here is the full list: *Quality assurance* * check whether the coders filled in everything they are supposed to fill in. Are (1) sources provided, (2) all relevant statements actually coded (e.g., coder 3 provided a source but forgot to fill in pledge_fulfilled). Mark statements where something is missing in an extra column - this will go back to the coders. * read the statements again and, where applicable, check whether a statement is flagged as credit claiming or status quo claim in the notes. (credit claiming: this is not a pledge but rather boasting about something great the party has done in the past; status quo claim: "we will keep the top marginal income tax rate at the current level") * read the notes from all coders and edit the language where required (spelling mistakes, non-professional language). This is not so much about the contents but rather about how the notes look to an outsider. * check whether all provided links are working * mark all your changes in red font; we will look at them later. Thank you! Best wishes, Leo ---------------- Dr. Leo Ahrens leo.ahrens(a)uni-konstanz.de Website <https://leoahrens.eu/>

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Pledge fulfillment after the government term has ended
by Leo Ahrens 17 Apr '25

17 Apr '25

Hello to all coders, there is ambiguity about whether and when to code pledges as fulfilled after the government term has ended. We discussed in our last team meeting that we would give governments some leeway. But it appears that neither Alex nor I nor everybody on the team is on the same page what this entails. I keep hearing that pledge fulfillment after a government term pops up again and again in the data. As far as I am concerned, this should only be coded as fulfilled when the pledge is fulfilled after a new legislature has formed but before the next government takes over, as government formation can take some time. This is what we currently see in Germany: there has been a new parliament for quite some time now, but the old government is still working until the CDU+SPD agree on their terms and elect Merz as the new Bundeskanzler (which will allow him to form a new government and cabinet). Is this what is happening in the data? It would be very helpful if everyone could provide me with two concrete examples from your coding data so we can get a feeling for why this keeps popping up in the data. This will allow us to set a concrete rule for your coding decisions. Please get to this as soon as possible - on your first working day after the small easter holiday at the latest. We need this information to guide your further coding, and this is a priority atm. Thank you very much! Best wishes, Leo ---------------- Dr. Leo Ahrens leo.ahrens(a)uni-konstanz.de Website <https://leoahrens.eu/>

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Test email
by Leo Ahrens 02 Apr '25

02 Apr '25

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