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As at/as of
[edit]I see that under someone has written do not change "as at" to "as of". Is "as of" not correct, considering that the present is a time that has already passed, and so "of" reflects this. Ellwat (talk) 15:56, 9 November 2023 (UTC)
- I agree from a grammar POV. However, I believe this point was discussed during the Featured Article nomination process and "at" agreed on – possibly by non-British/Irish contributors Billsmith60 (talk) 12:29, 14 November 2023 (UTC)
- As a native BrE speaker, I find "as of" more natural but don't see a particular problem with "as at". Strictly, I think "as of Monday" means "this became true on Monday and remains so thereafter", whereas "as at Monday" means "this was true on Monday, but perhaps is no longer so". Generally speaking, we try to follow whatever is the most common and clearest usage, but there's some mileage in deferring to those who have put the work into polishing up an article when deciding matters of taste. UndercoverClassicist T·C 14:38, 14 November 2023 (UTC)
- I agree! Billsmith60 (talk) 11:00, 16 November 2023 (UTC)
- As a native BrE speaker, I find "as of" more natural but don't see a particular problem with "as at". Strictly, I think "as of Monday" means "this became true on Monday and remains so thereafter", whereas "as at Monday" means "this was true on Monday, but perhaps is no longer so". Generally speaking, we try to follow whatever is the most common and clearest usage, but there's some mileage in deferring to those who have put the work into polishing up an article when deciding matters of taste. UndercoverClassicist T·C 14:38, 14 November 2023 (UTC)
- 'As of' is correct. 'as at 2024' is horrendous and non-standard.
- Also, someone has put a quote in using US English spelling, despite this being a page about a UK politician. 2.101.101.104 (talk) 06:26, 16 April 2024 (UTC)
- IP, ”As at” is good, formal British English. “As of” is an American interloper, although more favoured in common and lowly use nowadays.If you could identify the quote it would help, but you should note that if it was originally in AmEng, that is the version we should display. - SchroCat (talk) 04:26, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
- 'As of' to mean 'at the present time' is AmE. In BrE it means, more or less, 'from': 'As of next week, this supermarket will be open until 10 p.m. on Thursdays.' 'As at' means it's true now (at the time of writing) but isn't guaranteed to remain true: 'As at 5 July 2024, Rishi Sunak is the leader of the Conservative Party.' Both expressions are probably best avoided in an international encyclopedia. Snugglepuss (talk) 12:17, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
- Given recent edits and indeed political changes, I think this long-running point is now moot -- the "offending" phrase has gone. UndercoverClassicist T·C 13:26, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
Requested Edit
[edit]Can someone add the sentence: "Truss is the third female UK prime minister, after Margaret Thatcher and Theresa May."? Preferably somewhere in the lede/introductory paragraph. I believe it is a relevant fact and justifiable addition to the article. Thank you.66.91.36.8 (talk) 02:42, 11 July 2024 (UTC)
- This article has gone through Featured Article review and that point is immaterial for its lead Billsmith60 (talk) 10:01, 12 July 2024 (UTC)
Bathrobes
[edit]Nothing about bathrobes? 116.255.43.81 (talk) 20:45, 11 July 2024 (UTC)
- Nope. She was billed 120 quid to replace some cloth from Chevening. Not a massive deal. Tim O'Doherty (talk) 21:06, 11 July 2024 (UTC)
Mark Field
[edit]Can a new section be added on Mark Field? 88.97.108.45 (talk) 12:27, 13 July 2024 (UTC)
- It's there: see § Employment and candidatures, paragraph 4. Tim O'Doherty (talk) 13:27, 13 July 2024 (UTC)
Incorrect link for "The Independent"
[edit]An article from the Independent is mentioned. However when you click on "The Independent", it takes you to the incorrect wikipedia page for the newspaper/website. Jmacri36 (talk) 21:59, 13 July 2024 (UTC)
- Fixed, thanks. Tim O'Doherty (talk) 22:31, 13 July 2024 (UTC)
Source work name
[edit]Hi @Tim O'Doherty, can you explain the reasoning behind this edit please. Although their printed paper newspaper was called The Independent, their web work is simply called Independent. The cites in this article are all of their web work, none are of their print work (which is no longer even published), so why do we use the name of the print work, even though it is not cited? -- DeFacto (talk). 23:15, 13 July 2024 (UTC)
- It is nonstandard. It's also internally inconsistent: we have The Daily Telegraph (universally used for quality PM articles) rather than The Telegraph, which is its online brand. This has been through FAC, which examines source formatting. I've done GANs where I've been asked to format the names of works differently: this is a tier above that. Tim O'Doherty (talk) 23:39, 13 July 2024 (UTC)
- I agree that we need consistency, but in my view we should be consistently correct, and not sometimes consistent in name, regardless of correctness. As far as I can see, all of the news media publications being cited in this article are web works, so surely we should use the names used by the publishers of those web works, and not the name of one of their sister publications, or the name of one of their historical predecessors - that would be consistency. Using anything other than the publication's actual published name is just plain misrepresenting the name of the work. That would apply to all the news media web works, including the defunct The Independent's descendent web work, the "Independent", and the The Daily Telegraph's "The Telegraph", yes.
- You say using just "Independent" in cites for the name of works that are called just "Independent" is "nonstandard" - where is the standard that you are applying documented? Does it have a look-up table giving the names that are acceptable for each of the news web media works that are likely to be used?
- Talking of consistency, I notice that the web work known as "The Telegraph" is referred to as both "the Telegraph", "The Daily Telegraph" in the prose, and "The Daily Telegraph" or "The Sunday Telegraph" in citations. We also have cites of web works called "The Sunday Times" cited as both "The Times" and as "The Sunday Times".
- And looking at one of the other PM article you linked in above, in the ADH one, we see in cites the work name correctly given as "The Manchester Guardian" in a cite of the printed newspaper when that was its name, and correctly given as "The Guardian" in cites of the same newspaper after its name change. Is that inconsistent and nonstandard too?
- But anyway, what I am trying to understand, is why we should use incorrect, even if historically related, names for web works in this article? -- DeFacto (talk). 10:50, 14 July 2024 (UTC)
- @Tim O'Doherty, a penny for your thoughts on this. -- DeFacto (talk). 14:55, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Re paragraph 3: the prose isn't relevant. I've looked through those references and can't find a single example. Can you point one out? Re paragraph 4: if we're treating the Douglas-Home article's Manchester Guardian as the standard to follow on this article, then the Independent sources here before going web-only in 2016 should, by that logic, be the full The Independent. We have two such sources from 2014: should we change those? It certainly branded itself as "The Independent" online then. Tim O'Doherty (talk) 15:48, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- @Tim O'Doherty, Re para 3, the references citing the web work called "The Telegraph":
- 1 using the name "The Sunday Telegraph" - {{cite news |last=Diver |first=Tony |date=3 October 2021 |title=Transgender people should not have right to self-identify without medical checks, Liz Truss says |work=[[The Sunday Telegraph]] |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/10/03/transgender-people-should-not-have-right-self-identify-without/ |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |access-date=24 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220730152838/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/10/03/transgender-people-should-not-have-right-self-identify-without/ |archive-date=30 July 2022}}
- 1 of 14 using the name "The Daily Telegraph" - {{Cite news |last=Yorke |first=Harry |date=29 August 2020 |title=Liz Truss to set out ambition for a 'gold standard' trade deal with Australia |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/08/29/liz-truss-set-ambition-gold-standard-trade-deal-australia/ |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |access-date=24 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200829204911/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/08/29/liz-truss-set-ambition-gold-standard-trade-deal-australia/ |archive-date=29 August 2020}}
- Re para 4, you make a good point. I was looking at the current online versions of them - and they are both branded just "Independent". I think we should stick with what they were called when they were first published. And suppress the current versions, leaving just the contemporaneous archive version in the cite perhaps - as who knows what else might have changed?
- Thanks for taking the time to respond. -- DeFacto (talk). 16:53, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- @Tim O'Doherty, Re para 3, the references citing the web work called "The Telegraph":
- Re paragraph 3: the prose isn't relevant. I've looked through those references and can't find a single example. Can you point one out? Re paragraph 4: if we're treating the Douglas-Home article's Manchester Guardian as the standard to follow on this article, then the Independent sources here before going web-only in 2016 should, by that logic, be the full The Independent. We have two such sources from 2014: should we change those? It certainly branded itself as "The Independent" online then. Tim O'Doherty (talk) 15:48, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- @Tim O'Doherty, a penny for your thoughts on this. -- DeFacto (talk). 14:55, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- I think it's worth noting that they self describe as 'The Independent' - see for example their privacy policy (last updated July 2024) at https://www.independent.co.uk/service/privacy-policy-a6184181.html
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- Or their cookie policy (also last updated July 2024) at https://www.independent.co.uk/service/cookie-policy-a6184186.html
- If you wish to browse The Independent for free, you can choose to consent to the use of cookies and similar technologies which we will use to serve relevant personalised advertising and to improve our service (including the use of analytics). Please see our Privacy Policy for more information about this.
- Ieya (talk) 23:17, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
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Change Lord Chancellor to Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain as Shabana Mahmood has it and all LCs should have it. 86.147.210.198 (talk) 20:40, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
- Not done – no need, and example cited does not use this term Billsmith60 (talk) 09:49, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
- It's worth noting that Lord High Chancellor is a former title of the office now known as Lord Chancellor so not in current use. In fact, the Lord Chancellor article begins:
The Lord Chancellor, formally titled Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain...
. This is Paul (talk) 10:28, 20 July 2024 (UTC)- I think you're confusing "former" and "formal"! Please note, though, that this IP user is the banned editor "Earl of Sutton Coldfield", AKA "Mr Hall of England". Jean-de-Nivelle (talk) 10:32, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
- Ah yes...so I am. It's not a term in common use though. This is Paul (talk) 10:41, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
- I think you're confusing "former" and "formal"! Please note, though, that this IP user is the banned editor "Earl of Sutton Coldfield", AKA "Mr Hall of England". Jean-de-Nivelle (talk) 10:32, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
- It's worth noting that Lord High Chancellor is a former title of the office now known as Lord Chancellor so not in current use. In fact, the Lord Chancellor article begins:
Not done: Blocked editors may not have edit requests in the queue to be considered per the spirit of WP:EVADE. If another editor happens to see these discussions, and happens to agree, they may make the edit at their own discretion. —Sirdog (talk) 00:25, 29 July 2024 (UTC)
'No longer notable'
[edit]I think a discussion is required about removing the bit about Truss attending the Republican Party convention and meeting the new VP nominee. Truss will always be a notable person – like any recent PM, for example – and her article won't suddenly end in July 2024. Regards Billsmith60 (talk) 09:34, 22 July 2024 (UTC)
- I think there's definitely (going to be?) a thread about how Truss has tried to pivot towards various right-wing political and media groups in the US post her premiership, but whether we've got enough to write it yet I don't know. I'd need convincing that "conservative person attends conservative event" is inherently notable, unless (for example) she was specifically invited, or her presence was commented on -- something like 50,000 people came to Milwaukee for the convention. UndercoverClassicist T·C 09:40, 22 July 2024 (UTC)
- I suppose my point is as much about her attendance being referenced via a wonderful article in the Independent about British political rejects. Had she met Trump there, like Johnson did (with a photo), that would surely have been notable? Billsmith60 (talk) 10:56, 22 July 2024 (UTC)
- Personally, I'm not sure I'm convinced for either of them, especially if the "meeting" is just a handshake and a photo-op: that's pretty WP:ROUTINE business for two high-profile politicians, and political figures routinely travel to events with each other and seek out photographs with each other. If he sat down with her to talk about policy for half an hour, that would be a different story. Similarly, if it were part of a bigger narrative about Truss courting figures like Trump, it would work, but it would also seem a bit orphaned on its own. Others may take a different view, of course. UndercoverClassicist T·C 11:02, 22 July 2024 (UTC)
- I suppose my point is as much about her attendance being referenced via a wonderful article in the Independent about British political rejects. Had she met Trump there, like Johnson did (with a photo), that would surely have been notable? Billsmith60 (talk) 10:56, 22 July 2024 (UTC)
Semi-protected edit request on 27 July 2024
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I have an up to date infopage for Liz Truss.
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Deputy | Thérèse Coffey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Boris Johnson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Preceded by | Boris Johnson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In office 6 May 2010 – 30 May 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Christopher Fraser | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Terry Jermy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Mary Elizabeth Truss 26 July 1975 Oxford, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Political party | Conservative (since 1996) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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86.147.210.198 (talk) 16:59, 27 July 2024 (UTC)
- For information, the above is block evasion by "Earl of Sutton Coldfield"/"Mr Hall of England". Jean-de-Nivelle (talk) 17:10, 27 July 2024 (UTC)
Not done: Blocked editors may not have edit requests in the queue to be considered per the spirit of WP:EVADE. If another editor happens to see these discussions, and happens to agree, they may make the edit at their own discretion. —Sirdog (talk) 00:25, 29 July 2024 (UTC)
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