Talk:Airdrie and Shotts (UK Parliament constituency)

By-election klaxon

Paging Bondegezou, Unreal7, BrownHairedGirl, Comrade TruthTeller and any others you may want to flag down. Looks like there will be a by-election here in Airdrie and Shotts (see amongst others https://twitter.com/Ianblackford_MP/status/1372605943633022985 ) . I've created two redirects, there are not enough sources outside Twitter for me to justify a stand-alone article yet, but I think being forewarned is to be forearmed. doktorb _words^deeds

That's premature, doktorb. There will be a by-election there only if the current MP wins a Holyrood seat in May.

Creating redirects now appears to be a non-neutral prediction of the outcome of the Holyrood election. WP:NOTCRYSTAL. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 20:23, 19 March 2021 (UTC)

I didn't think of it like that, I thought it was being helpful! I accept that view BHG. I will say, mind, that I've got a Wikipedia hat on, not a political one, so my intent was never to be partisan. If you'd rather the redirects be deleted I can do that of course. My idea came only to make us ready for any potential article, I wasn't trying to break CRYSTAL. doktorb _words^deeds 20:33, 19 March 2021 (UTC)

Thanks, @doktorb. I don't doubt that this was a good faith idea to help, and I am sorry that my AGF wasn't clear. Yes, I do think it's better to delete the redirects. THey can be re-created in seconds if and when a vacancy arises. WP:G7 applies. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 22:19, 21 March 2021 (UTC)

Neil Gray has now said he's stepping down regardless,[1] as has Blackford.[2] Unreal7 (talk) 12:52, 24 March 2021 (UTC)