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Article length exceeds guidelines

This is certainly an interesting article, but is > 12,000 words. The Misplaced Pages:Article size states:

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That said, it does go on to say...

Readable prose size What to do
> 15,000 words > 100 kB Almost certainly should be divided or trimmed.
> 9,000 words > 60 kB Probably should be divided or trimmed, although the scope of a topic can sometimes justify the added reading material.
> 8,000 words > 50 kB May need to be divided or trimmed; likelihood goes up with size.
  1. Each kB can be equated to 1,000 characters

I am completely unfamiliar with this topic, so I am not the person to edit this and create new articles, but I'm sure one of you knowledgeable editors is perfect for the challenge.

MagnoliaSouth talk) 08:10, 26 November 2023 (UTC)


Adding new polling data

I recently added information regarding polling in the Section "Public opinion since the Brexit referendum", (https://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=Brexit&oldid=1166454093) which was removed. I believe up to date polling numbers are an important addition to this article, especially considering that the poll in question had a differently worded question than the older poll.

I would be happy for some feedback so I can come up with a revised edit.

Thanks in advance ~~~ WinkingWikiWiking (talk) 19:38, 21 July 2023 (UTC)

@WinkingWikiWiking, I removed it per WP:UNDUE as I think it needs mainstream reliable sources reporting it to give it due weight. -- DeFacto (talk). 19:45, 21 July 2023 (UTC)
Thank your for your quick response. I added the aggregate poll on purpose because it is more representative than individual polls and the last survey cited was also an aggregate of six polls from the same source six months prior.
I could also add this poll instead (https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-poll-referendum-rejoin-eu-b2250813.html). It is included in the initial aggregate polling I cited, but was specifically cited by the Independent(^), the Express (https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1716280/poll-second-brexit-referendum-spt), Politico (https://www.politico.eu/article/britain-brexit-fail-new-poll-nigel-farage/ ) and the Economist (https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2023/07/19/brexit-was-wrong-say-57-of-british-voters).
~~~ WinkingWikiWiking (talk) 20:03, 21 July 2023 (UTC)
WinkingWikiWiking, the Express is deprecated, not a reliable source. The Economist is solid and could satisfy DeFacto's request for "mainstream reliable sources reporting it". --𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 20:15, 21 July 2023 (UTC)
I don't agree that it is undue of itself, it is factual and there is no reason to question the reliability of the source. It is not obvious what "mainstream reporting" could do other than attach an OpEd.
What is more of a concern is that the whole section Brexit#Public opinion since the Brexit referendum is a muddle of two different ideas (a) was the UK right or wrong to leave? and (b) should the UK rejoin?: they need to be separated. (The three graphs in the first section dealt logically with the separate concepts but have not been updated since 2020. Two of those graphs should really have closed in June 2016. with just the right/wrong going forward.)
So perhaps the way forward is to contact the author of the original graphs to ask the right/wrong graph be updated and an additional graph created for rejoin.
Does that help? --𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 20:13, 21 July 2023 (UTC)
Yep, fair comment. -- DeFacto (talk). 20:24, 21 July 2023 (UTC)
Yes, thank you that was very helpful. Especially your point regarding the confusion between the different sets of questions.
I would suggest, that we add the polling sourced by mainstream media (citing the Economist, not the Express), if that's alright by @DeFacto and we can also bring in this graph here (https://commons.wikimedia.org/File:Opinion_polling_on_the_whether_the_United_Kingdom_should_rejoin_the_European_Union.svg), which gives a really great overview of up to date polls on the question how people would vote in a potential second referendum, so we get rid of some of the mess, you pointed out @John Maynard Friedman. I think that would be a decent start to overhauling this section of the article.
How does that sound to everyone? WinkingWikiWiking (talk) 23:03, 21 July 2023 (UTC)
It is very important to distinguish between opinions on whether the decision was right or wrong (on the one hand) versus whether the UK should rejoin (on the other). So we really need to have both graphs. --𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 10:13, 25 July 2023 (UTC)
I have added the graph on the rejoin question for now. Unfortunately I don't have the technical know how to create a similar graph for the other question. But I could gather the polling data for that and create a table similar to the one used here. I am not sure where we exactly this table should go though. The Brexit article seems long enough already, and this one is specifically about the rejoin question, so it would not be ideal either...
~~~~ WinkingWikiWiking (talk) 10:27, 25 July 2023 (UTC)

retained EU law vs assimilated EU law

What is the difference between retained EU law and assimilated EU law? 77.193.104.36 (talk) 18:10, 23 November 2023 (UTC)

I would assume Assimilated implies that the rules were changed, rather than left unchanged. Slatersteven (talk) 18:11, 23 November 2023 (UTC)
Indeed, explanation is given by the British "Explanatory memorandum to Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023":
Assimilated law

will be domestic law, which was previously REUL, but without the application of the EU law interpretive features applied to REUL by the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (“EUWA”), namely supremacy, general principles of EU law and rights retained under section 4 of EUWA

— Explanatory memorandum to Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023
Does this mean that the British Retained EU Law keep kind of "supremacy" with application of the EU law interpretive features?
We do not interpret the law, we are to a court. Slatersteven (talk) 11:07, 24 November 2023 (UTC)
How would you explain to a non-native what that means? 77.193.104.36 (talk) 20:24, 24 November 2023 (UTC)
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