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Before the discussion above re Andrew Teale's blog gets sidetracked, I think it best to open a separate discussion on the general principle of LA by-elections and leave the details of how it is cited to that discussion.
It seems to me that council by-elections fail WP:INDISCRIMINATE (aka WP:NOTDATABASE). Unless a by-election has the effect of changing control of the council, why does it matter? And generally the data doesn't get maintained. (Yes, once in a while a dedicated individual like Alextheconservative does the Labours of Hercules but it doesn't last: there are too many to do and if it weren't for other dedicated individuals like Andrew Teale, the work involved would be unconscionable.) If we take the long view, these events really are insignificant: party leaders fall on their swords when the party gets trounced in the major round of council elections but nobody really notices a LA by-election decided by a risible turnout. The fact that it so difficult to cite a news organisation speaks volumes. 𝕁𝕄𝔽 ( talk) 17:08, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
Looking for input at this RFC which concerns England, Great Britain & the United Kingdom. GoodDay ( talk) 22:42, 13 February 2024 (UTC)
This is a bit tangential, but do we have data on the current constituency boundaries? We've got some nice graphics, but do we have coordinates describing constituencies? What I was actually thinking of was centroids for each constituency, either population-weighted or just geographic. Thanks. Bondegezou ( talk) 15:10, 22 February 2024 (UTC)
There is a discussion at Template talk:Infobox officeholder#Template-protected edit request on 1 March 2024 which is relevant to this project. Pam D 08:09, 2 March 2024 (UTC)
Hi, not entirely sure how to go about this as brand new in this Wikiproject.
I put some work into Abbey (Lincoln ward) in order to get it more in line with a Start article. Wondering if some folks could take a look. K Stockwell ( talk) 00:19, 16 March 2024 (UTC)
Brian Rose is standing again in the 2024 London mayoral election. Some more input on the article and at Talk:Brian_Rose_(podcaster)#Lead_phrasing would be helpful, please! Bondegezou ( talk) 18:45, 20 April 2024 (UTC)
There is an article United Kingdom–Crown Dependencies Customs Union does this fall under the scope of politics of the United Kingdom? ChefBear01 ( talk) 19:33, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
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Before the discussion above re Andrew Teale's blog gets sidetracked, I think it best to open a separate discussion on the general principle of LA by-elections and leave the details of how it is cited to that discussion.
It seems to me that council by-elections fail WP:INDISCRIMINATE (aka WP:NOTDATABASE). Unless a by-election has the effect of changing control of the council, why does it matter? And generally the data doesn't get maintained. (Yes, once in a while a dedicated individual like Alextheconservative does the Labours of Hercules but it doesn't last: there are too many to do and if it weren't for other dedicated individuals like Andrew Teale, the work involved would be unconscionable.) If we take the long view, these events really are insignificant: party leaders fall on their swords when the party gets trounced in the major round of council elections but nobody really notices a LA by-election decided by a risible turnout. The fact that it so difficult to cite a news organisation speaks volumes. 𝕁𝕄𝔽 ( talk) 17:08, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
Looking for input at this RFC which concerns England, Great Britain & the United Kingdom. GoodDay ( talk) 22:42, 13 February 2024 (UTC)
This is a bit tangential, but do we have data on the current constituency boundaries? We've got some nice graphics, but do we have coordinates describing constituencies? What I was actually thinking of was centroids for each constituency, either population-weighted or just geographic. Thanks. Bondegezou ( talk) 15:10, 22 February 2024 (UTC)
There is a discussion at Template talk:Infobox officeholder#Template-protected edit request on 1 March 2024 which is relevant to this project. Pam D 08:09, 2 March 2024 (UTC)
Hi, not entirely sure how to go about this as brand new in this Wikiproject.
I put some work into Abbey (Lincoln ward) in order to get it more in line with a Start article. Wondering if some folks could take a look. K Stockwell ( talk) 00:19, 16 March 2024 (UTC)
Brian Rose is standing again in the 2024 London mayoral election. Some more input on the article and at Talk:Brian_Rose_(podcaster)#Lead_phrasing would be helpful, please! Bondegezou ( talk) 18:45, 20 April 2024 (UTC)
There is an article United Kingdom–Crown Dependencies Customs Union does this fall under the scope of politics of the United Kingdom? ChefBear01 ( talk) 19:33, 29 April 2024 (UTC)