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I added a sentence, "The Richmond Park by-election was held one week before and saw the Liberal Democrats win the seat from the Conservatives on a substantial swing." It seemed important context for this by-election and is something the recent reporting on this by-election mentions. That's been changed to "... win the seat from Zac Goldsmith..." on the grounds that the Conservatives weren't (officially) standing and Zac stood as an independent. I feel that makes it harder for the reader to understand the sentence, its relevance. As I see it, the seat was Conservative: it is now LibDem -- it counts as a LibDem gain from Conservative (and is marked as so in the List of United Kingdom by-elections (2010–present) article), so I think that's acceptable shorthand. But I understand the concern. Anyone want to suggest some other wording? Bondegezou ( talk) 18:07, 7 December 2016 (UTC)
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That's it for now, on hold. The Rambling Man ( Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 12:30, 20 April 2020 (UTC)
Great, happy with this, nice article, comprehensive, well written and interesting. Way beyond the basic GA criteria. Nice work. The Rambling Man ( Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 10:29, 21 April 2020 (UTC)
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Improved to Good Article status by N Oneemuss ( talk). Self-nominated at 11:34, 21 April 2020 (UTC).
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Overall: Nice article! However, none of the suggested hooks are particularly interesting or unusual. b uidh e 06:34, 23 April 2020 (UTC)
Sorry it's taken me a while to get to this.
—@ N Oneemuss: Hope this helps. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 14:04, 21 January 2021 (UTC)
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Main Page in the "
Did you know?" column on
June 12, 2020. The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that
one Labour MP said that the result of the
2016 Sleaford and North Hykeham by-election could foreshadow an "electoral disaster" for
the party? | |||||||||||||
Current status: Featured article |
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I added a sentence, "The Richmond Park by-election was held one week before and saw the Liberal Democrats win the seat from the Conservatives on a substantial swing." It seemed important context for this by-election and is something the recent reporting on this by-election mentions. That's been changed to "... win the seat from Zac Goldsmith..." on the grounds that the Conservatives weren't (officially) standing and Zac stood as an independent. I feel that makes it harder for the reader to understand the sentence, its relevance. As I see it, the seat was Conservative: it is now LibDem -- it counts as a LibDem gain from Conservative (and is marked as so in the List of United Kingdom by-elections (2010–present) article), so I think that's acceptable shorthand. But I understand the concern. Anyone want to suggest some other wording? Bondegezou ( talk) 18:07, 7 December 2016 (UTC)
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Reviewer: The Rambling Man ( talk · contribs) 09:28, 20 April 2020 (UTC)
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That's it for now, on hold. The Rambling Man ( Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 12:30, 20 April 2020 (UTC)
Great, happy with this, nice article, comprehensive, well written and interesting. Way beyond the basic GA criteria. Nice work. The Rambling Man ( Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 10:29, 21 April 2020 (UTC)
The result was: promoted by
Yoninah (
talk) 12:55, 5 June 2020 (UTC)
Improved to Good Article status by N Oneemuss ( talk). Self-nominated at 11:34, 21 April 2020 (UTC).
General: Article is new enough and long enough |
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Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems |
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Hook eligibility:
QPQ: None required. |
Overall: Nice article! However, none of the suggested hooks are particularly interesting or unusual. b uidh e 06:34, 23 April 2020 (UTC)
Sorry it's taken me a while to get to this.
—@ N Oneemuss: Hope this helps. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 14:04, 21 January 2021 (UTC)