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List of parties contesting the United Kingdom general election, 2005

It just struck me that this is one of the few pages on Wikipedia that can ever be considered to be 'finished', as the only edits that can ever be made to it will be corrections if there are any errors... additions do not need to be considered.

Hence I thought that I would maybe try nominating it for featured article status at some point, but would appreciate opinions of others beforehand; both on the page itself, and whether one could consider it suitable to be featured. --Neo 15:19, 14 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know what the feeling for "List of..." pages at FA is, first off. Maybe see if there are others and if not save yourself nom'ing. Lists are lists--not that they can't also be well done! Thus, some points on the article:

Make the first sentence more generic: "The UK election, contested on x date, saw a Labour party victory with x seats etc. A total of x parties ran, with a significant number of..."
Clarify "national fourth parties." I know there are three major parties and thus can deduce the meaning but that won't be the case with others.
Unpack "the impact of minor parties should not be underestimated." Perhaps: "minor parties had a decisive effect on policy debates etc."
Finally re-structure last paragraph. "Parties are grouped based on the three sub-national components of the United Kingdom (maybe better than simply "nation"). The listings in the group proceed with..." Also, alphabetical is last but where, say, four parties have the same number of candidates they aren't necessarily in alphabetical order. Marskell 23:52, 26 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Try nominating this at WP:FLC -- Rune Welsh | ταλκ | Esperanza 10:06, 31 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Nice article. Just one thing - you say 'There are well over 500 seats in England and Wales'. Perhaps it would be better just to give the actual figure, as in 'There are x seats in England and Wales'. - TomScrace 01:49, 10 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]