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* '''Update''': The article is now [[Wikipedia:Protection policy#Pending_changes_protection|pending changes protected]]. [[User:No Great Shaker|No Great Shaker]] ([[User talk:No Great Shaker|talk]]) 08:22, 11 June 2020 (UTC)
===Restoring old version content===
Just to weigh in on the content dispute;
* The article previously contained two lists; a list of those in Cabinet and a full list of ministers. This was changed to two lists; those in Cabinet and those not in Cabinet. The full ministers list was loosely sorted by government department and was based on the Butler & Butler source (although the citation should have been clearer). I'm of the opinion that the previous version was significantly more useful, and would be in line with others in this 'series' of articles, e.g. [[Chamberlain war ministry]] and [[Churchill caretaker ministry]].
* The lists were previously in the format of office-name-term; this was also in line with others in this article series. It was changed to name-office-term, which arguably is a worse way of presenting information. This represents the difference of 'who filled which role vs what role did a person fill'. As the article is about the government and not the individuals, the former is more appropriate here. It has been pointed out that making the table sortable may be beneficial for those who desire the latter way of displaying and finding information.
* The "War Cabinet members" table has had an extra column added with notes. This mostly duplicates information above or adds new unsourced information. Though I don't object to the addition of the column, some citations should be added here.
As SallyWho (despite being a sockpuppet) and Opera hat point out, this current version doesn't represent an improvement on older versions. As a side, I would recommend looking at some of the 19th century ministry articles, most of which are very well done. [[User:Editing with Eric|Editing with Eric]] ([[User talk:Editing with Eric|talk]]) 09:43, 11 June 2020 (UTC)
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