Talk:2015 United Kingdom general election debates

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Live web streaming debate[edit]

It is worth to Highlight this: http://bitetheballot.co.uk/ of course if all five leaders of UK parties with seats in the England are doing this could be help push the TV debates?

Seven or eight-way debate[edit]

As per recent edits to the article, [1] talks about "a seven-way leaders’ debate", and then about "a seven-way debate with the leaders of Ukip, the Green party, the SNP, Plaid Cymru and the DUP", but if the DUP are included, that makes an eight-way debate (Con, Lab, LD, UKIP, Green, SNP, PC, DUP). I believe we are allowed to correct a source's basic maths.

The unfolding debates proposals is complex, however, so I welcome other editors' input or any better sources. Bondegezou (talk) 15:10, 20 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Leaders' pictures[edit]

In keeping with the 2010 debates article, I've attempted to create a table displaying the names and images of the party leaders participating in the 2015 debates. Unfortunately I've been unable to fit Leanne Wood into the second row without keeping the table central. Would anyone be able to edit this so that the second row (with the four leaders - NF, NB, NS, LW - being positioned central, i.e. so they are not aligned with the first row - DC, EM, NC. Please see below: Willwal (talk), 10:25, 29 March 2015 (UTC)

Defence Debate[edit]

https://www.rusi.org/events/ref:E55153DFF7389B#.VR-oDfmZcrW

Held by RUSI and Forces TV.09:35, 4 April 2015 (UTC)Phd8511 (talk)

I wondered about this. There are obviously a lot of debates by various politicians at a regional level and on specific policy areas. I don't think this article should try to catalogue all of them: there's just too many of them. This article is about the leaders' debates and should stick to the UK debates and the debates in the four nations. Bondegezou (talk) 10:02, 4 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

If its part of the Daily politics then its could including this time around, just like last time: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_general_election_debates,_2010#Daily_Politics_debates --Crazyseiko (talk) 11:51, 4 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It wasn't part of the Daily Politics. It was held by RUSI and Forces TV. Bondegezou (talk) 14:40, 14 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Word Rammy:[edit]

It seems I can't use the word "Rammy" but to be fair that what people are describing it. Its claimed we cant use its because of MOS:COMMONALITY Wikipedia tries to find words that are common to all varieties of English. Insisting on a single term or a single usage as the only correct option does not serve the purposes of an international encyclopedia. Universally used terms are often preferable to less widely distributed terms, especially in article titles. For example, glasses is preferred to the national varieties spectacles (British English) and eyeglasses (American English); ten million is preferable to one crore (Indian English).

But that word does not fall in to this use, because its not varietie, its what its was actually use. It would be like taking a France word with no English translating and then using a near close but not bang word. --Crazyseiko (talk) 12:53, 14 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You provided three citations: all use "rammy", one uses "shambles". I am struggling to see that the precise subtleties of one word over the other matter here in terms of informing the reader of the article what happened, and MOS:COMMONALITY does exhort us to use more international wording. If we were discussing a French event, we would certainly give a translation. If translation struggled to capture important specifics, we would note that. Does it really matter that much? Bondegezou (talk) 14:38, 14 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2nd NI debate[edit]

Some details at http://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2015/apr/30/election-2015-live-question-time-party-leaders-the-sun-makes-up-minds#block-554203a7e4b01d8d2fbf38d2 Bondegezou (talk) 22:21, 30 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]