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Focus on Wales[edit]

I would support moving the video of the Welsh Minister for Education out of the infobox, or perhaps out of the article entirely. I think it's perfect for the COVID-19 pandemic in Wales article, but I don't think we should be highlighting Mrs Williams's comments here, especially since they were said almost a month ago and could be interpreted as present circumstances. I think we should really refer to the UK generally - a video of a UK government official describing the situation would be ideal if we had access to such a thing. Andysmith248 (talk) 22:08, 6 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I have moved the video out of the infobox and into the 'Nationwide shutdown begins' section. Andysmith248 (talk) 19:45, 8 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Ah! So we can focus on England, but not on any other nation?!!! Take a look at the section on universities: only those in England are mentioned. Same with the 'Exams' section! @Andysmith248: - do your comments I think we should really refer to the UK generally also refer to these two sections which refer wholly to England? John Jones (talk) 09:53, 6 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@John Jones: Yes, I think it's wrong that Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland seem to have been forgotten about in parts. My comments in June were simply saying that undue weight was being given to Wales at the expense of the other countries of the UK in the sense that a video of the Welsh Education Minister was in the infobox. If you're saying you want all of the UK to be given equal coverage, then of course I agree, but I had no part in writing any sections of the article. Andysmith248 (talk) 12:35, 6 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. John Jones (talk) 15:44, 6 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Fork[edit]

This article should be forked into 4: it simply does not exist as an entity. There isn't a single entity for education in the UK. I will create a new article on the effect of Covid-19 on education in Wales shortly if there no valid arguments to the contrary are noted. John Jones (talk) 10:05, 6 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Go ahead, but I think more can be added to such an article than the limited Wales content on this page. Andysmith248 (talk) 21:03, 6 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]