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Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 5 July 2024
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Please add to his legal career section the following:
Starmer represented Croatia at the genocide hearings at the International Court of Justice in The Hague in 2014, arguing that Serbia wanted to seize a third of Croatian territory during the 1990s war and eradicate the Croatian population. /Ivanovic, Josip (7 March 2014). "Serbia 'Tried to Eradicate Croatian Population'". Balkan Transitional Justice.
SoupePrimordiale (talk) 11:19, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
Not done: The page's protection level has changed since this request was placed. You should now be able to edit the page yourself. If you still seem to be unable to, please reopen the request with further details. Left guide (talk) 08:53, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
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Can you guys format the following text to look more formal, grammatically correct, and easy and quick to read?
"Sir Keir Rodney Starmer KCB, KC (/ˈkɪər/ ⓘ; born 2 September 1962) is a British politician and is the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and has served as Leader of the Labour Party since 2020."
I suggest we change it to this:
Sir Keir Rodney Starmer KCB, KC (/ˈkɪər/ ⓘ; born 2 September 1962) is a British politician who is currently serving as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 2024 and as Leader of the Labour Party since 2020.
Thank you. Sratcao42 (talk) 12:04, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
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Hello,i would like to update the photo of kier starmer as i believe it needs to be updated to a more recent date, this is why to day i am requesting a edit request.
Thank you. buran 1314. BURAN 1314 (talk) 15:26, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
- It is now changed to the official portrait of 2024. MAL MALDIVE (talk) 15:55, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
- The lead needs adjusting; at the moment, it repeats itself. Suggest something along the lines of:
Also, per MOS:LEADCITE, why are there so many refs in the lead, when all this is cited in the article body? Perhaps ref. the description of 'landslide'—since it's potentially a WP:WTW—but the remainder should either be in the article itself and therefore not need citing here or removed from the lead in its entirety (the stuff about union supporters, 2023 articles etc). 2.28.124.91 (talk) 16:02, 5 July 2024 (UTC)In July 2024, Starmer led Labour to a landslide victory in the 2024 general election, ending fourteen years of Conservative government. He succeeded Rishi Sunak as prime minister on 5 July 2024.
Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 5 July 2024 (5)
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The current image is nominated for deletion so I request to update the image to File:KeirStarmerOfficialPortrait.jpeg Parabelleum (talk) 19:14, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
A toolmaker?
editWas his father really a toolmaker? I know it says so and there's a citation. But how are we really to know for sure that his father made tools for a living? 184.148.141.44 (talk) 02:39, 6 July 2024 (UTC)
- So true I have never seen him mention it ever PimmA08 (talk) 22:59, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
- I mean, we can't really know anything for that matter. Bremps... 16:37, 8 July 2024 (UTC)
- https://skwawkbox.org/2022/09/01/starmer-claims-he-knew-poverty-as-child-his-dad-owned-a-factory/ 2A00:23C5:EDB1:1:52:7C1B:64E4:8B63 (talk) 12:44, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 8 July 2024
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Please change "since 2024" to "following elections in 2024". As previously observed, "since 2024" implies that 2024 was in the past whereas it is not. Bret Sterling (talk) 17:24, 8 July 2024 (UTC)
Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 9 July 2024
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Add a link to “Rishi Sunak” to the page https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rishi_Sunak under the “Prime Ministers” section under the heading “Leader of the Opposition” 2A00:23EE:1158:771A:40BF:CB98:3C49:F5F5 (talk) 01:50, 9 July 2024 (UTC)
Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 12 July 2024
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In the section under Jeremy Corbyns leadership, the text mentions Keir Starmers time as Secretary for Brexit, there is an error as ‘Appointed’ is spelt ‘Appinted’. TaiJarrett (talk) 21:03, 12 July 2024 (UTC)
Semi-protected edit request on 24 July 2024
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Add Skills England under domestic policy. Also, remove the random photo of Rishi Sunak under the 2024 election. 2A0A:EF40:EFE:5801:C84D:303:AECF:A0AA (talk) 15:00, 24 July 2024 (UTC)
Already done. 🛧Midori No Sora♪🛪 ( ☁＝☁＝✈) 06:25, 26 July 2024 (UTC)
Controversial tag amid riots
editShould we include the controversial tag to this talk page amid the ongoing riots and the criticism over his response to it, or not? ThingsCanOnlyGetWetter (talk) 21:08, 5 August 2024 (UTC)
- No facts about the article subject are in dispute in reliable sources. He is not controversial. We don't add templates to national leaders when events occur in the country - that's not the purpose of maintenance templates. Cambial — foliar❧ 22:26, 5 August 2024 (UTC)
- Just to clarify - I fully agree with you. Just wanted to see what the consensus was with templates for national leaders when events occur. Thank you for explaining this! --ThingsCanOnlyGetWetter (talk) 00:45, 6 August 2024 (UTC)
Religious background
editMay you please add that he came from an Anglican family background. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/31/the-guardian-view-on-labour-doing-god-faith-communities-can-play-a-part-in-national-renewal 164.119.5.58 (talk) 14:45, 9 August 2024 (UTC)
- The article actually says that Starmer says he is "loosely" from an Anglican background, but is not religious. That is both too imprecise and insignificant for inclusion. The Anglican Church is after all the established church in England and Wales. It's slightly more significant than saying he grew up speaking English. TFD (talk) 15:12, 11 August 2024 (UTC)
- Ahem, "Unlike the Church of England, the Church in Wales is not an established church. Disestablishment took place in 1920 under the Welsh Church Act 1914." (from Church in Wales). Ham II (talk) 20:16, 13 August 2024 (UTC)
Incorrect tense.
editin the first paragraph it says served which is past tense. As he is currently serving as prime minister it should read that he is serving or he serves. Can this be updated? 62.4.58.233 (talk) 07:36, 10 August 2024 (UTC)
- That's called the "present perfect continuous" tense, and it's correct.
- "We use the present perfect continuous for a single activity that began at a point in the past and is still continuing"
- See this short video:
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/tenses_with_georgie/ep-240216
- Jean-de-Nivelle (talk) 08:30, 10 August 2024 (UTC)
60 out of the last 100 edits are by one user
editOne anonymous user ought not to control the article about the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on Wikipedia61.68.79.145 (talk) 14:59, 11 August 2024 (UTC)