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Text and/or other creative content from this version of Republicanism in the United Kingdom was copied or moved into List of advocates of republicanism in the United Kingdom on 11:48, 28 March 2019. The former page's history now serves to provide attribution for that content in the latter page, and it must not be deleted as long as the latter page exists. |
On 19 September 2022, it was proposed that this article be moved from List of advocates of republicanism in the United Kingdom to List of British republicans. The result of the discussion was moved. |
As this article was copied from a section within the Republicanism in the United Kingdom article, the list selection criteria have been inherited from there. These seem to be:
Polly Tunnel ( talk) 12:40, 28 March 2019 (UTC)
There are further names for both lists at Category:British republicans. However, these need referencing. If someone else wishes to add them, please do. -- TrottieTrue ( talk) 23:30, 8 May 2019 (UTC)
What about Oliver Cromwell among the dead ones? Seadowns ( talk) 22:58, 17 April 2021 (UTC)
Liz Truss has previously been removed from this list due to an inadequate source; however, this link is better. Despite this, I hesitate to add her name, because she did not state her support for republicanism when she was notable - she was only a political activist at the time. So adding "Liz Truss, Conservative MP and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom" would be a tad inaccurate. For this reason, I would also hesitate to add Keir Starmer, who has previously advocated republicanism (but not whilst a Labour MP, or Leader of the Labour Party). The list could easily include those who have also disavowed republicanism, because advocating a position at some point doesn't mean that the person always maintains it. So maybe we should only add people who have advocated republicanism whilst they had the relevant bio description/role next to their name? Liz Truss, therefore, wouldn't be relevant as " political activist/president of Oxford University Liberal Democrats/member of the national executive committee of Liberal Democrat Youth and Students (LDYS)". Any thoughts? TrottieTrue ( talk) 14:01, 8 September 2022 (UTC)
advocating a position at some point doesn't mean that the person always maintains it. Truss and Starmer may be provably opposed to republicanism, but the thinness of sources used means that there are likely many people listed who no longer favour a republic, and may even not have had this new preference expressed in a reliable source. The lead says:
This is a list of individuals and groups who advocate, or have advocated, republicanism in the United Kingdom. If we include Daniel Radcliffe's off-the-cuff remark to a journalist in a 2009 interview without context then Truss and Starmer would fit too. Better would be to include a short amount of context for each entry. Otherwise we have simplification possibly to the point of BLP violations. — Bilorv ( talk) 09:45, 19 September 2022 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: moved. Uncontested ( non-admin closure) Rotideypoc41352 ( talk · contribs) 02:53, 3 October 2022 (UTC)
List of advocates of republicanism in the United Kingdom → List of British republicans – A more condensed title. QueenofBithynia ( talk) 15:42, 19 September 2022 (UTC) — Relisting. ‡ Night Watch ω (talk) 21:17, 26 September 2022 (UTC)
I have no objection to that. TrottieTrue ( talk) 12:03, 20 September 2022 (UTC)