Talk:2022 City of Edinburgh Council election/GA2

GA Review

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

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

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)

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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)

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)

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)

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)

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

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