Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/United Kingdom Parliament of 2010


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was withdrawn by nominator with no arguments for deletion. Therefore WP:SK ground 1 is satisfied and the discussion may be speedily closed. Discussions about a merge belong on the talk page, not at AfD, since it's pretty obvious this won't end up as a redlink. NAC— S Marshall  Talk / Cont  19:20, 12 May 2010 (UTC)'''

United Kingdom Parliament of 2010

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As the UK Parliament has origins in the 13th century, to describe the session starting on 25 May as the 55th is ludicrous. The Parliament as a whole is not elected, only the House of Commons. The whole premise of this article is based on an ignorant attempt to replicate articles such as 111th United States Congress. The numbering is based on some fallatious self reference to Wikipedia so i belive that this guff deserves no place in Wikipedia. –– Jezhotwells (talk) 13:55, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Withdrawn: as the article was renamed whilst I was posting this AfD. –– Jezhotwells (talk) 16:29, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Question: Doesn't the renaming of the article (from "55th United Kingdom Parliament" to "United Kingdom Parliament of 2010") resolve this issue? Newyorkbrad (talk) 14:04, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 14:35, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 14:36, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Merge - for the time being. We've got List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 2010, United Kingdom general election, 2010 and Premiership of David Cameron. Currently, other than who has been elected to it, and when it is due to meet, there's nothing else to say that would not be covered in one of those articles. Once the Parliament is in session, there may be stuff about its officers, speakers, programme and politics that might be separate from the article on the Con/LD administration. If that happens we can demerge it.--Scott Mac 14:39, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
 * There certainly should not be an article entitled "55th Parliament of the United Kingdom" - the UK has never referred to its parliament by such numbers - and they beg the question of when we date the first Parliament? 1707 (GB), 1801 (UK-GB+I), 1927 (UK - GB=NI)??--Scott Mac 14:43, 12 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Merge/Redirect per Scott Mac. Can always be restored if something significant happens, which is a possibility. I know we don't number our parliaments as they do in some other countries, but I think it's generally considered that the Parliament of the United Kingdom began in 1801 with the creation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and that any numbering would begin fro then. I have either read or been told this by someone in the last few days, it could be wrong though. TheRetroGuy (talk) 15:15, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
 * The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland was created in 1927 not 1801.--Scott Mac 15:27, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes, of course, I actually mean the Unitd Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (it's been a long day). This is a bit of OR here, but if you count the number of elections held since 1801 we have just had number 55. But if we do keep or restore this in the future, 2010 Parliament sounds better as that is probably what it would be referred to. TheRetroGuy (talk) 15:30, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep or merge The nomination is an argument for renaming (which has already happened) or text editing, not deletion. The possible merger is an editorial decision which can be worked out on the relevant talk pages. Pax:Vobiscum (talk) 15:36, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Merge into United Kingdom general election, 2010 and/or List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 2010. There's not much text here anyway, and while it's useful, I'm sure that the bits which aren't already in these existing articles could easily be worked into them.  I think that the fact that redirects such as 55th parliament of the UK → List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 2010 already exist further supports the argument that this shouldn't be its own article.  --Tim Parenti (talk) 16:44, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.