Talk:Batley and Spen (UK Parliament constituency)

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I think it is extremely insensitive to already put a by-election table on when she has only just died. Shame on you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.157.106.58 (talk) 16:25, 16 June 2016 (UTC)


 * Until a writ is moved for a by-election it seems inappropriate anyway, especially given the statements by the conservatives on not standing a candidate and the lack of a timetable. I've removed both, they can be reverted as and when the above happens. After all, this is supposed to be an encyclopedic entry, not a predictive resource.82.33.144.136 (talk) 09:53, 17 June 2016 (UTC)


 * Follow up from the above (I note the removal of they by-election element was reverted) at present all the major UK parties are saying they won't contest a by-election, if it is uncontested I assume we'll follow the format from other constituencies that had uncontested elections which doesn't seem to be a by-election box but rather something on the lines of:


 * === Elections in the 1910s ===
 * General Election 1918, Rhondda
 * William Abraham returned unopposed


 * Essentially people are jumping the gun on this, it could well involve a process we haven't seen since WWII in a parliamentary election.


 * I won't remove it again, but I think there is a good argument to do so. 82.33.144.136 (talk) 15:58, 17 June 2016 (UTC)

Requested move 17 June 2016

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The result of the move request was: not moved.  Event horizon51  (talk) 21:53, 24 June 2016 (UTC)

Batley and Spen (UK Parliament constituency) → Batley and Spen – There's nothing else called Batley and Spen, so parenthesis isn't needed here. Using the argument "all the others are styled like this" is hardly convincing. Unreal7 (talk) 20:39, 17 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Oppose It is good to standardise on a single naming convention for all of these articles rather than have some with and some without a qualifier. Keith D (talk) 21:58, 17 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Oppose: per Naming conventions (UK Parliament constituencies), having WP:CONSISTENCY is an asset to these articles and redirects already exist so there is no problem with people not being able to find them. Ebonelm (talk) 22:15, 17 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Support: This is a ridiculous policy. We don't do this for Canadian electoral districts (e.g. Ottawa South). -- Earl Andrew - talk 22:22, 17 June 2016 (UTC)
 * @Earl Andrew, but we do do this for all provincial electoral districts in Canada, e.g. Ottawa South (provincial electoral district), even when they don't align. It makes it much easier to tell whether an article is about a constituency or a place when there are big lists as well. Ebonelm (talk) 00:52, 18 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Incorrect. That's just Ontario, which uses the same riding boundaries. See also Calgary-Greenway or Taillon or Inuvik Boot Lake, etc. Check out Category:Canadian provincial and territorial electoral districts. Also, consistency is a bogus reasoning when it comes to disambiguation. We don't have a disambiguation marker around every single article on Wikipedia. What makes UK constituencies so different? -- Earl Andrew - talk 19:57, 18 June 2016 (UTC)


 * Oppose: per Ebonelm's well-cited reasoning. for (talk)  06:10, 18 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Oppose per Ebonelm.  Lugnuts  Dick Laurent is dead 12:09, 18 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Oppose per Ebonelm. --Editor FIN (talk) 13:52, 21 June 2016 (UTC)


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