Talk:2022 City of Edinburgh Council election

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Review: July 6, 2024. (Reviewed version).

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Article contents

All the information to improve the data included in the article is available for reference from City of Edinburgh Council in the summary (PDF) published at https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/downloads/file/31190/state-of-the-council-2022-summary-report — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aristote33 (talk • contribs) 22:44, 28 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Leith Walk Data Wrong

The data in the table for Leith Walk is wrong, as it looks like the number of 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc preferences that each candidate got, whereas it should show their cumulative votes for each round of STV. (NB: you can't calculate who wins an STV election from the preference table). -- 82.4.24.235 (talk) 15:02, 7 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

Passed. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 17:15, 6 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

This review is transcluded from Talk:2022 City of Edinburgh Council election/GA2. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Nominator: Stevie fae Scotland (talk · contribs) 20:19, 18 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: Sammi Brie (talk · contribs) 22:06, 4 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)
It is reasonably well written. a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists): It is factually accurate and verifiable, as shown by a source spot-check. a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism): It is broad in its coverage. a (major aspects): b (focused): It follows the neutral point of view policy. Fair representation without bias: It is stable. No edit wars, etc.: It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate. a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Overall: Pass/Fail:
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Everything looks very good here. Just some copy changes, a lot of which are suggestions on my part. Ping me when done. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 22:25, 4 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know? If you fancy doing so, I always have plenty of GA nominees to review. Just look for the all-uppercase titles in the Television section. Reviews always appreciated.

Copy changes

Lead

Labour, the Liberal Democrats and the Greens all made gains at the expense of the Conservatives who fell from the second-largest party to the smallest representative group on the council. A comma after Conservatives would be immensely helpful for reading.
The Liberal Democrats doubled their number of councillors as they were returned as the third-largest party with 12 seats while the Greens gained two seats to hold 10. Same here after "councillors" and "12 seats"

I know that it tends to be that British English relies on fewer commas, but sometimes they are immensely useful for breaking up long stretches with little punctuation.

Background

Since the previous election, several changes in the composition of the council occurred. Most were changes to the political affiliation of councillors X including SNP councillors Lewis Ritchie, Gavin Barrie, Claire Bridgman and Derek Howie and Conservative councillor Ashley Graczyk X who resigned from their respective parties and became independents. Dashes at the points marked with a bolded X would aid reading.
Green councillor Gavin Corbett resigned from the council after being made a special adviser to the Scottish Government but as his resignation was less than six months prior to the election, a by-election was not called to replace him. Comma after "Government"
five year previous typo

Aftermath

SNP councillor for Corstorphine/Murrayfield, Frank Ross, resigned This is my least favorite type of appositive. If I remove "Frank Ross", I'm left to ask "who's the councillor?". Try this. Frank Ross, an SNP councillor for Corstorphine/Murrayfield, resigned

Sourcing and spot checks

I selected 15, 18, 19, 34, 40, 41. These are all numerical reports, and they all look correct. Y

The "as his resignation was less than six months prior to the election, a by-election was not called to replace him" statement is not in the source[1]. The comparisons with previous years are also not sourced. CMD (talk) 22:59, 4 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The solution to this, Stevie fae Scotland, is probably additional references for the last election figures and rules on by-election timing. These should either already exist in the relevant article or some other obvious source. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 03:11, 6 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Images

The only image is the map that is CC-BY-SA 4.0.

Hi Sammi Brie, thanks for the review. I've got a busy few days coming up so it might not be until Wednesday or Thursday before I get a chance to go through everything. Just wanted to let you know in case it does take a wee bit longer. Thanks Stevie fae Scotland (talk) 08:15, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Sammi Brie, I think that's everything. Couldn't find a secondary source for the six-month rule so it has be the legislation itself. Not sure what comparisons aren't sourced though. The article only mentions one previous election and every comparison I can see (candidates, seats changing hands etc) are all sourced. Stevie fae Scotland (talk) 09:41, 6 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm taking a look and think we are good to go. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 17:15, 6 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.