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Flora Bowen (17 October 2022). "Wikipedia adds separate page for Truss government crisis to avoid confusion with Johnson era". The Daily Telegraph. Dozens of changes had to be made to the page to keep pace with the news cycle, with users editing multiple times a day on the fastest-moving days in July to cover the wave of resignations made by ministers in that month, Owen Paterson's lobbying, the Partygate scandal, and Mr Johnson's subsequent departure.
Ellie Abraham (19 October 2022). "There are now 2 Wikipedia pages for the '2022 UK government crisis'". Indy100. Helpfully, a Wikipedia volunteer editor named P.Wilkinson made sure users avoid confusion between the two scandals by adding a note to the top of the page titled '2022 United Kingdom government crisis'.
Matt Novak (20 October 2022). "Wikipedia Tells Users to Be More Specific When Searching '2022 UK Government Crisis'". Gizmodo. Wikipedia editors have added a new landing page that asks readers to be more specific if they're searching for the "2022 United Kingdom government crisis." And it speaks to just how poorly things went for conservative Prime Minister Liz Truss, who resigned her post Thursday.
I've noticed that, until recently, the crisis was described as ongoing. However, this has been changed to say that the crisis only lasted between 5 and 7 July. I think that this requires further discussion, as it could be reasoned that the crisis will not conclude until Johnson has officially left office. There has been some speculation that he may not do so on 5 September (as extraordinary as that sounds). Plus, it has been reported that the government is in a state of paralysis, being described as a "zombie government" (The Guardian). I would therefore recommend that the event be described as ongoing. Willwal1 (talk) 09:33, 7 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I would say the crisis has passed, but its consequences are ongoing. The situation now is very different from the situation at the beginning of July. Any critiques of the current situation might be more appropriate elsewhere, e.g. on the 2022 Conservative leadership election article or the Boris Johnson premiership article. Bondegezou (talk) 10:10, 7 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
It seems that the duration of the crisis refers to the resignations and resignation announcements. The fact that a departing government acts in a specific way is something that happens with every election event, so it cannot be labeled as a "government crisis". Nxavar (talk) 06:28, 23 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
I think the budget and crisis should be two separate articles. The budget appears to have kicked off the crisis, but the crisis is much bigger than the budget. This is Paul (talk) 18:53, 19 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support move to July 2022 United Kingdom government crisis. Simple and easy solution. July 2022 for Boris's crisis; October 2022 for Truss's. JLo-Watson (talk) 20:15, 19 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support move to July 2022 United Kingdom government crisis. I imagine it would cause confusion if people turn to Wikipedia for a summary only to find what is now old news indeed. Mia (talk) 21:15, 19 October 2022 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mia yun Ruse (talk • contribs) [reply]
Support move to July 2022 United Kingdom government crisis and create disambiguation page for 2022 United Kingdom government crisis per arguments given above. I also believe both should be named government crisis to follow the move request debated only three months about resignations v crisis. SixulaTalk21:32, 19 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support move to July 2022 United Kingdom government crisis and create disambiguation page, however I think each crisis (July, September, and October), while cascading, are distinct. So I instead propose a disambig page name of "2022 United Kingdom government crises", with a redirect from the old title ("2022 United Kingdom government crisis") to the new disambig page. --Pinchme123 (talk) 22:30, 19 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Comment someone just moved this page, so I've gone ahead and created a disambiguation page at the previous title, per WP:BOLD. I was writing very hastily so y'all please feel free to correct any mistakes I made! Carguychris (talk) 22:54, 19 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support move to July 2022 United Kingdom government crisis. The name is both effective in terms of conveying the information in a nutshell and short enough to comply with our policies. The "mass resignation" part would be unnecessary. Keivan.fTalk14:33, 20 October 2022 (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.
Titles like "July 2022 United Kingdom government crisis" are very awkwardly worded (nouns crashing into each other etc), and aren't how people/media tend to refer back to these events commonly. No-one talks about the "July 2022 United Kingdom government crisis". They would talk about something more natural like "Resignation of Boris Johnson" or similar given that's what the subject ultimately is about, particularly after its culmination. 2A00:23C4:6B13:D801:9891:A296:AD67:D93E (talk) 15:06, 21 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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