Talk:Historical rankings of prime ministers of the United Kingdom

Colouring the table quintiles?

Similar to how it is done on the American equivalent: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_rankings_of_Presidents_of_the_United_States I tried to do it but I'm not proficient enough. Does anyone else think it is a good idea?

"31 other men"

Somewhat nit-picky, but the last sentence of the lead paragraph seems somewhat problematic, as it references the "31 other men to hold the office." This would seem to imply that the individuals that actually ranked by these surveys were all men as well - which, considering the presence of Margaret Thatcher, is not the case. I would recommend rewording "other men" to "others" "other individuals" "other prime ministers" or some such. If no one can think of a better solution, and no one objects, I'll try to think of something more neutral that still flows well myself.Ashelia (talk) 05:07, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

Simpsons

In "Homer at the Bat", Barney Gumble and Wade Boggs get into a fight over whether Pitt the Elder or Lord Palmerston was England's greatest Prime Minister... AnonMoos 03:24, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Names of Prime Ministers

I recognize that the BBC History Magazine list is taken straight from their website, but I just want to note what an absolutely insane mixture of common-usage names and full legal names this is, an inconsistency of approach regrettably common on Wikipedia-generated lists also. Kalimac (talk) 17:06, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

Requested move

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The result of the move request was: page already moved. Vegaswikian (talk) 19:46, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

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Historical rankings of British Prime Ministers → Historical rankings of Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom — For consistancy with the main article, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. 84.92.117.93 (talk) 17:06, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

• Support Consistency. Skinsmoke (talk) 01:33, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

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2010 Leeds University / Woodnewton Associates Poll

Possibly a useful addition to the article, as it is up to date covering the Brown years. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/393e32c8-9da0-11df-a37c-00144feab49a.html 82.133.118.50 (talk) 18:18, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Crimson?!

That's a very bad choice of colour for the headings on the Times table, because at a glance they look like redlinks. Actually I can't see a need for specific colours to be used at all there. 86.132.137.82 (talk) 23:30, 15 August 2010 (UTC)

Table sorting not working properly

Again, about the Times list: doing a sort on any of the rightmost 3 columns produces an order where 29 comes before 3, which comes before 30! 86.132.137.82 (talk) 23:33, 15 August 2010 (UTC)

You're ALL wrong!...I have spoken....

Is there any actual value to this article (and ones like it)? After all, there's no actual "fact" here, merely opinion. Doubtless said opinion is riddled with all manner of distorting factors based on the personal bias of the contributers to the various surveys. I propose a new article: "The Best Flavour of Fruit Pastils"...it's equally valid.... 82.5.68.95 (talk) 01:18, 9 April 2011 (UTC)