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The article may be improved by following the WikiProject Biography 11 easy steps to producing at least a B article. -- Yamara 00:02, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Autobiography

Left a note at User_talk:Claudiawebbe about Misplaced Pages's Autobio guidelines. -- Yamara 00:02, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

University?

The link cited doesn't actually say she studied these subjects at university. "She studied mathematics, statistics and later social science at university." 86.151.168.139 (talk) 07:03, 19 December 2019 (UTC)

Yes it does, in the third paragraph. Bellowhead678 (talk) 09:12, 19 December 2019 (UTC)

Details of university qualifications are here: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/claudia-webbe-5b5a6a8 86.151.168.139 (talk) 14:13, 19 December 2019 (UTC)

Please don't use LinkedIn - anyone can claim anything. - Sitush (talk) 14:25, 27 September 2021 (UTC)

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Please edit or correct this entry - Webbe apologised after an investigation by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards found she had broken the code by failing to declare payments late

It is incorrect to say that she failed to declare payments that is not what the commissioner ruled the findings of which are a matter for public record

The citation should be taken from parliament not a false newspaper report

In February 2021, Webbe apologised after an investigation by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards found that she had broken the Code of Conduct for MPs by failing to declare payments she received for her work as a councillor in Islington.

As minimum this should be changed to

In February 2021, Webbe apologised after an investigation by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards found that she had broken the Code of Conduct for MPs by failing to declare payments late she received for her work as a councillor in Islington. 80.195.222.71 (talk) 21:24, 10 March 2021 (UTC)

All set. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 21:29, 10 March 2021 (UTC)

References

1. Martin, Dan (15 February 2021). "Leicester East MP Claudia Webbe breached code of conduct over Islington councillor payments". Leicestershire Live. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
2. Martin, Dan (15 February 2021). "Leicester East MP Claudia Webbe breached code of conduct over Islington councillor payments". Leicestershire Live. Retrieved 9 March 2021.

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Reason for correction

Webbe apologised after an investigation by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards found she had broken the code by failing to declare payments late

In other words the word late is missing

It is incorrect to say that she failed to declare payments that is not what the commissioner ruled the findings of which are a matter for public record

The citation should be taken from parliament not a false newspaper report. The Parliamentary Commissioner findings are a matter of public record and published on the Commissioner website in parliament

This is what it currently says

In February 2021, Webbe apologised after an investigation by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards found that she had broken the Code of Conduct for MPs by failing to declare payments she received for her work as a councillor in Islington.

As minimum this should be changed to

In February 2021, Webbe apologised after an investigation by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards found that she had broken the Code of Conduct for MPs by failing to declare payments late she received for her work as a councillor in Islington. 80.195.222.71 (talk) 21:30, 10 March 2021 (UTC)

I just did this. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 21:32, 10 March 2021 (UTC)

References

1. Martin, Dan (15 February 2021). "Leicester East MP Claudia Webbe breached code of conduct over Islington councillor payments". Leicestershire Live. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
2. Martin, Dan (15 February 2021). "Leicester East MP Claudia Webbe breached code of conduct over Islington councillor payments". Leicestershire Live. Retrieved 9 March 2021.

The sentence was ambiguous - was the registration late or the payments? I have fixed it. - Sitush (talk) 18:22, 27 September 2021 (UTC)

COI

The IP who edited this article about 4 hours ago seems to be yet another contributor with a conflict of interest & no understanding of our policies and guidelines. It geolocates to Islington, fwiw.

I have left a note on their talk page and provided explanations in my reverting edit summaries. - Sitush (talk) 05:24, 28 September 2021 (UTC)

One of the authors comments is "Stop this - this is being done from the Parliamentary Estate, where the details of Members of Parliament must be accurate You cannot for example say that Ms Webbe's parents are African if that is not true and that Ms Webbe has never ever described them as such. Her Maiden speech makes clear they are Caribbean. Stop this now". The claim about being on the Parliamentary estate, given the IP is not true but if it is true sounds very much to be COI.--Kitchen Knife (talk) 17:33, 28 September 2021 (UTC)

Indeed. There is a bit of to-ing & fro-ing on their talk page. - Sitush (talk) 17:40, 28 September 2021 (UTC)

Kitchen Knife, obvious COI is obvious but I can do no more due to 3RR. Would be helpful if someone else can step in until the message gets through. WP:VNT, WP:RS etc have been raised but still they think they can remove a validly sourced statement. Nearly as bad is that they misunderstood that statement to mean that Webbe was/is a member of Momentum, which is not what was said. - Sitush (talk) 18:04, 28 September 2021 (UTC)

Suspended from the party?

We say in the lead that Webbe is suspended from the Labour Party but her website is clearly still branded as a Labour Party website. Is this down to some subtle difference between a suspension from the party and a suspension of the Whip? I find Labour rules particularly arcane (Richard Burgon said much the same on Politics Live today!) but it is probably important that we get it right here. - Sitush (talk) 19:18, 28 September 2021 (UTC)

Thinking about it, is this not a similar situation to Corbyn, who was readmitted to the party after suspension but whom Keir Starmer has refused to recognise as a parliamentary party member (ie no Whip?). If so, though, it is weird because Corbyn's website at present is not Labour branded. -Sitush (talk) 19:43, 28 September 2021 (UTC)

The commonly used term "suspended from the Labour Party" actually means suspended from being able to represent the Labour Party, not your membership suspended (though there are restrictions). For an MP functionally it is fairly similar to suspension of the Whip. eg a "suspended" member can still vote in some internal elections, though not attend/speak at meetings. Check out pages 34-35 or the rule book if you want to verify this. By and large the MSM misreports exactly what it means. It is debatable if her website should still use Labour Party branding (as she shouldn't be representing it), but as her website is hosted by a Labour Party web server, I guess the party is not fussed about stopping it. It is different to Corbyn's situation as he is not suspended, so can attend and speak at meetings like the current conference. Rwendland (talk) 19:52, 28 September 2021 (UTC)

... For WP purposes, her parliament website says she is an "Independent" reflecting whip not applied, but as per above she is still a (limited) member of the party. I think what we currently have, party=Labour but with the footnote, is fine. Pedantically "Whip suspended" in note should be "Suspended from representing the party", but I don't think this is a big deal. Rwendland (talk) 20:02, 28 September 2021 (UTC)

Excellent, thanks. Should the lead be clarified? We say suspended from the party there but suspended from the Whip in the section about the legal issue. - Sitush (talk) 20:15, 28 September 2021 (UTC)

Comment moved

Why are individuals allowed to add things which are part of an ongoing criminal case and not true — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.195.222.71 (talk) 18:10, 2 October 2021 (UTC)

If details of a trial can be printed in a UK News Papers then they are eligible to be printed here. The Trial is to determine what is true and what is not the allegations are reported as allegations. The only people who know if the allegations are true are the people involved, so are you admitting to being Claudia Webbe?--Kitchen Knife (talk) 21:57, 2 October 2021 (UTC)

Yes, but we must also be aware of WP:NOTNEWS and, iirc, WP:BLPCRIME. Just saying for the benefit of the anon, who seems to be related to Webbe: it isn't all one-way traffic/we do have some tighter restrictions than the newspapers etc, whether or not they apply in this case (sic). - Sitush (talk) 07:46, 3 October 2021 (UTC)

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The word “affair” is not used once in the source

In September 2021, it was reported that the alleged harassment was directed at a woman whom Webbe believed was having an affair with her partner, and included a threat to send explicit photographs of the alleged victim to her children. 82.16.13.60 (talk) 12:23, 7 October 2021 (UTC)

 Not done: It's a perfectly acceptable paraphrase of An MP has been accused of threatening to use acid against a woman she believed to be in a relationship with her partner, a court has heard. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 12:31, 7 October 2021 (UTC)

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There is no mention of the word “affair” in any of the source articles. At best if we are using Newspapers as source rather than the actual court reporter then it should say “ a women believed to be in a relationship with her husband” 2A00:23A8:D46:2500:F4EE:2A94:5020:7DBF (talk) 20:47, 8 October 2021 (UTC)

 Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{edit semi-protected}} template. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 20:57, 8 October 2021 (UTC)

Please note that the anonymous comments and article edits over recent weeks relate to COI and SPA accounts, almost all geolocating to Webbe's constituency or London base. Whoever it is remains clueless regarding how Misplaced Pages works and, indeed, fairly useless at comprehending the English language, all this despite numerous explanations. In this particular instance, I refer them to WP:CLOSEPARAPHRASE and a decent dictionary of their choosing. - Sitush (talk) 06:32, 9 October 2021 (UTC)

Back in Court

Scheduled for something in Westminster mags tomorrow, though double-booked with Stephen Yaxley-Lennon AKA Tommy Robinson! https://www.courtserve.net/courtlists/viewcourtlist2014.php?courtlist=mgwestm_P211013.00.htm&type=maglists --Kitchen Knife (talk) 11:47, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

Why mention this? We don't need a running commentary on the talk page & the media will report it indue course. - Sitush (talk) 20:23, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

It's a heads up to check the press tomorrow.--Kitchen Knife (talk) 21:51, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

There was no need. She is an MP and it was bound to make headlined because of that. We have to be careful not to inflame things because it is clear from goings-on involving COI/SPA contributors here that Webbe and/or her supporters think we have it in for her when in fact we are/should be just reflecting what has happened. For similar reasons, I have omitted the district judge's speculation that a custodial sentence might result - just wait until a decision is made (and, yes, that will inevitably the headlines, too). - Sitush (talk) 17:34, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

Socialist Campaign Group

Can Webbe still be a member of the Socialist Campaign Group, as our article currently says, when she is not a Labour MP but rather sitting as an independent? Wondering if the info needs to be amended in some way (using {{as of}}, change of tense, and/or something else). - Sitush (talk) 19:00, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

Yes, she can still be a member of the Socialist Campaign Group without being an MP. Jeremy Corbyn is still a member despite not being able to sit as a Labour MP at the present time. Alssa1 (talk) 14:49, 23 October 2021 (UTC)

Its full title is "Socialist Campaign Group of Labour MPs" so if your not a Labour MP you cannot be part of it.--Kitchen Knife (talk) 15:10, 23 October 2021 (UTC)

You're going to need a reliable source that shows that's the rule regarding membership of the organisation. Alssa1 (talk) 18:46, 23 October 2021 (UTC)

Given that is the full title, from the official website and is the only guidance on membership, it is you that needs a reliable source to say that non-Labour MPs can be members.--Kitchen Knife (talk) 19:43, 23 October 2021 (UTC)

If your interpretation was accurate, Jeremy Corbyn wouldn't be a member because he was suspended from the party, and remains sitting as an independent MP. Furthermore Dennis Skinner couldn't be a member under your grounds either, yet he is President of the grouping. You are making a positive claim; you are saying that there are rules and the rules are X, you need to have a reliable source that explicitly states X. Drawing conclusions without explicit justification from a source, borders on WP:SYNTH; among other things... Alssa1 (talk) 21:51, 23 October 2021 (UTC)

I can find no reliable membership of officer list that backs up your claims of who is currently in the group. The only reference I can find is Misplaced Pages itself which seem to be making claims without citation.--Kitchen Knife (talk) 11:15, 24 October 2021 (UTC)

The source being cited to produce the membership list on the Socialist Campaign Group is their twitter listing. Without a conclusive list from another source, I don't see an issue with continuing to use this as a source. On that listing both Jeremy Corbyn and Claudia Webbe continue to be listed as members of the group despite your claims that the grouping is only limited to currently sitting Labour MPs. Alssa1 (talk) 22:49, 24 October 2021 (UTC)

That doesn't claim to be a list of the membership and even if it was it isn't valid and its not my claim it s the name of the group. So until some valid list is produced we should remove those who dont comply with the criteria set out in the groups' name.--Kitchen Knife (talk) 23:33, 24 October 2021 (UTC)

The source being cited to produce the membership list on the Socialist Campaign Group... I didn't say the group was using that Twitter link as a membership list, I was saying that that twitter list is what has been decided by the community to be used on Socialist Campaign Group Wiki article to create the membership list. I don't take issue with the methodology because 1.) There is encyclopedic value in producing a list of people affiliated with the group. 2.) There is no alternative source available (thus far) to produce the list and therefore I see no issue in using it. I don't agree with your assertion that we must use the "criteria set out in the groups' name" because that would mean that we have to remove Jeremy Corbyn from the listing too (as I said already, he is not a Labour MP currently). Alssa1 (talk) 18:06, 25 October 2021 (UTC)

Doesn't come up to Misplaced Pages standards. So the claims should go. NO if's no buts.--Kitchen Knife (talk) 18:42, 25 October 2021 (UTC)

That's not how Misplaced Pages works. The "NO if's no buts" attitude is not conducive to building a consensus. Alssa1 (talk) 18:52, 25 October 2021 (UTC)

Furthermore here are some more references that says she is a member of the Socialist Campaign Group: 1, 2, 3. There is no source that says she has been expelled from the group, nor have you provided any sources that say that membership of the Socialist Campaign Group requires someone to be a sitting Labour MP. Alssa1 (talk) 19:01, 25 October 2021 (UTC)

I know very well how Misplaced Pages works and self-made claims are reported as self-claimed. You have provided no evidence other than her claim, nor have you provided any evidence that contradicts the name provided full name as given on their website as the organisation. Misplaced Pages works by only repeating statements of fact in reliable sources.--Kitchen Knife (talk) 20:02, 25 October 2021 (UTC)

I've listed three sources that say she's a member of the Socialist Campaign Group and I've added the twitter feed used by wiki editors to develop a list of members on the Wiki page. You're asserting (with no evidence) that only currently sitting Labour MPs are members of the organisation; please provide a source that explicitly states that rule. Alssa1 (talk) 21:07, 25 October 2021 (UTC)

You have added no valid evidence and given the self-declared rightwing nature of your politics. It seems highly likely that this is your motivation for including these unsupported claims on this page.--Kitchen Knife (talk) 21:24, 25 October 2021 (UTC)

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