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While Johnson's hospitalisation is obviously notable for this article, does it really need mentions of the sympathies from other politicians? Even if they are Labour, it's not really saying anything that they feel sorry for a man in intensive care. It would be far more notable if a political rival said something callous, and thankfully that hasn't happened. [[User:Wallachia Wallonia|Wallachia Wallonia]] ([[User talk:Wallachia Wallonia|talk]]) 22:11, 6 April 2020 (UTC) |
While Johnson's hospitalisation is obviously notable for this article, does it really need mentions of the sympathies from other politicians? Even if they are Labour, it's not really saying anything that they feel sorry for a man in intensive care. It would be far more notable if a political rival said something callous, and thankfully that hasn't happened. [[User:Wallachia Wallonia|Wallachia Wallonia]] ([[User talk:Wallachia Wallonia|talk]]) 22:11, 6 April 2020 (UTC) |
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:I think it is worth mentioning a few notable politians like [[Iain Duncan Smith]], [[Keir Starmer]] and [[Sadiq Khan]], more so if they are not Conservative. Of course, we do not want a long list of people saying 'I hope he gets better', etc. Regards [[User:Spy-cicle|<span style='color: #ceff00;background-color: #1e1e1e;'><b> Spy-cicle💥 </b></span>]] [[User talk:Spy-cicle#top|<sup><span style='color: #ceff00;background-color: #1e1e1e;'><b>''Talk''?</b></span></sup>]] 23:44, 6 April 2020 (UTC) |
:I think it is worth mentioning a few notable politians like [[Iain Duncan Smith]], [[Keir Starmer]] and [[Sadiq Khan]], more so if they are not Conservative. Of course, we do not want a long list of people saying 'I hope he gets better', etc. Regards [[User:Spy-cicle|<span style='color: #ceff00;background-color: #1e1e1e;'><b> Spy-cicle💥 </b></span>]] [[User talk:Spy-cicle#top|<sup><span style='color: #ceff00;background-color: #1e1e1e;'><b>''Talk''?</b></span></sup>]] 23:44, 6 April 2020 (UTC) |
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::Concur with Spy Circle a selected few will do, certainly no need for a long list of people all basically saying the same thing. –[[User:Davey2010|<span style="color:blue;">'''Davey'''</span><span style="color:orange;">'''2010'''</span>]]<sup>[[User talk:Davey2010|<span style="color:navy;">'''Talk'''</span>]]</sup> 01:03, 7 April 2020 (UTC) |
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Semi-protected edit request on 25 March 2020
In the section "Second term: 2012–2016": 'Johnson also added that he wanted Trump to "to come and see the whole of London' 81.103.37.86 (talk) 09:56, 25 March 2020 (UTC)
- Partly done. You're right, but the quote wasn't given correctly, so I've updated it anyway. –Deacon Vorbis (carbon • videos) 13:40, 25 March 2020 (UTC)
ref. https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/27/uk/uk-boris-johnson-coronavirus-gbr-intl/index.html Why it is not covered in the article??? He announced it himself. Without references the article's length is 33 pages. I would say there is a plenty of room to include this serious, important and breaking news in the main article. What do you think about it? 87.97.87.149 (talk) 14:23, 27 March 2020 (UTC)
@EddieHugh: in your recent edit you removed everything about the coronavirus pandemic from the lead. Would it not be better to keep the first sentence. The fact he tested positive may be WP:RECENTISM, but the pandemic itself is historically significant and in my view should be in the intro. Andysmith248 (talk) 21:39, 27 March 2020 (UTC)
- I think that the part
The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic emerged as a serious crisis within the first few months of Johnson gaining the 2019 majority
or some variant of it should remain. Andysmith248 (talk) 21:45, 27 March 2020 (UTC)- There's no rush. Wikipedia is here to stay. It's an encyclopedia, not a newspaper: at the moment, no one knows how significant recent events will be for Johnson (this, specifically, is what matters for this article). We can wait and find out how important it becomes for him, then summarise what happened in the lead. EddieHugh (talk) 22:40, 27 March 2020 (UTC)
- Currently only worth putting in the main body of the article unless it becomes very significant to his overall premiership. Regards Spy-cicle💥 Talk? 23:33, 28 March 2020 (UTC)
- I'd say it's worth a mention, if briefly, at the bottom of the third paragraph. Something along the lines of "Johnson led the UK through its exit from the European Union and then the Coronovirus outbreak." Midnightblueowl (talk) 11:04, 30 March 2020 (UTC)
He got COVID-19 by being reckless
Shortly before he announced he had the virus he said "he shook hands with everybody".https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2020/mar/27/i-shook-hands-with-everybody-says-boris-johnson-weeks-before-coronavirus-diagnosis-video (Fran Bosh (talk) 13:51, 31 March 2020 (UTC))
- Not shortly, it was weeks earlier. EddieHugh (talk) 18:44, 31 March 2020 (UTC)
- Do you have a reliable source which states that he contracted COVID-19 as a result of shaking hands? Otherwise, saying he got it for being "reckless" would be WP:OR. Regards Spy-cicle💥 Talk? 22:34, 1 April 2020 (UTC)
- 'I shook hands with everybody,' says Boris Johnson weeks before coronavirus diagnosis – [video] --217.234.65.245 (talk) 22:22, 5 April 2020 (UTC)
"falsifying a quotation"
The article says Mr Johnson was "dismissed for falsifying a quotation". This makes it sound as if it was a literary quotation which was at stake (e.g. suggesting that Shakespeare wrote "Where art thou Romeo?" instead of "Wherefore art thou Romeo?") – though that's admittedly a dreadful thing to do, one would have thought it excessively punitive to treat it as a sackable offence. If he deliberately misreported what someone had said, or distorted what they said so as to misrepresent them or present them in an unfavourable light, that would be quite a different matter. This should be clarified. Deipnosophista (talk) 09:32, 6 April 2020 (UTC)
- " This makes it sound as if it was a literary quotation that was at stake" - no, the meaning of quotation in a journalistic context is quite well established. 2A01:CB0C:CD:D800:A4BA:5E0E:4DAB:8453 (talk) 10:23, 6 April 2020 (UTC)
Boris Johnson moved to intensive care
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-52192604 I think this should be added under section 5.7 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.75.83.135 (talk) 19:27, 6 April 2020 (UTC)
- Done. El_C 19:31, 6 April 2020 (UTC)
Reactions to hospitalisation
While Johnson's hospitalisation is obviously notable for this article, does it really need mentions of the sympathies from other politicians? Even if they are Labour, it's not really saying anything that they feel sorry for a man in intensive care. It would be far more notable if a political rival said something callous, and thankfully that hasn't happened. Wallachia Wallonia (talk) 22:11, 6 April 2020 (UTC)
- I think it is worth mentioning a few notable politians like Iain Duncan Smith, Keir Starmer and Sadiq Khan, more so if they are not Conservative. Of course, we do not want a long list of people saying 'I hope he gets better', etc. Regards Spy-cicle💥 Talk? 23:44, 6 April 2020 (UTC)