Talk:Muammar Gaddafi
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Gaddafi's date of birth cannot be reliably determined due to conflicting sources. A specific birth date should not be used without further consensus. See discussions: <A6>#Gaddafi's date of birth, <A5>#Date of birth |
His birthday
[edit]He was born in June 7th, 1942 Rhydian27474 (talk) 23:06, 3 August 2023 (UTC)
- Do you have a reliable and credible source? (CC) Tbhotch™ 18:23, 6 August 2023 (UTC)
- @Tbhotch Google said his birthday was June 7th so it was June 7th 1942 Rhydian27474 (talk) 02:02, 7 August 2023 (UTC)
- Where in Google did you read that? Google is just a search engine. Ca talk to me! 08:46, 14 December 2023 (UTC)
- @Tbhotch Google said his birthday was June 7th so it was June 7th 1942 Rhydian27474 (talk) 02:02, 7 August 2023 (UTC)
Vylkeer Hi, I was also wondering why the birth date was missing and I also found sources claiming June 7th to be the date. I don't know if these can be considered reliable:
1. https://www.biography.com/political-figures/muammar-al-qaddafi
2. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/oct/20/muammar-gaddafi-timeline
Also, when typing his name on Google, the wiki infobox on the right shows that as birth date, even though it doesn't in the wiki article.
- That date has been introduced into Wikipedia in 2008 ([1]) and there is no earlier source. Mewulwe (talk) 07:02, 9 May 2024 (UTC)
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In the opening paragraphs it should say that he is a dictator, not just a politician. Very misleading. 2603:7000:5142:C174:DCA4:E114:534A:14D4 (talk) 11:53, 22 February 2024 (UTC)
- Not done: per WP:NPOV. Skitash (talk) 13:31, 23 February 2024 (UTC)
- Why do Hitler and Mussolini’s pages list them as dictators? Saddam’s doesn’t mention that he was a dictator either, only Europeans can be dictators according to fair minded wiki editors. 67.85.20.214 (talk) 21:20, 25 June 2024 (UTC)
Birth Date
[edit]There are many sources that tell Gaddafi was born on 7 June 1942 example: The Guardian, The Colonel and I: My Life with Gaddafi, Gaddafi Up-Close, What Is Ailing Africa? — Practical Philosophy in Reinventing, The Most Infamous Rulers in World History, GOD’S HITMEN, Resting Places, Qaddafi's Green Book:, Milestone Documents in World History: 1942-2000 Muammar Qaddafi, BBC News, Libya News on Facebook, Biography, Africa News, CNN, Independent, Voice of America
Also Libya's newses and other sources says he was born on 7 June 1942. MAL MALDIVE (talk) 09:13, 14 June 2024 (UTC)
- See birth date section above. Mewulwe (talk) 09:26, 14 June 2024 (UTC)
Same link text twice for different pages
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In the list for wars in his index, it states first civil war twice, yet they link to different pages 161.29.250.168 (talk) 14:26, 4 July 2024 (UTC)
- Not done: I think you're mistaken. The first link is to First Liberian Civil War and the second is to Libyan civil war (2011) '''[[User:CanonNi]]''' (talk • contribs) 14:33, 4 July 2024 (UTC)
- Yep, was just high. 103.240.52.25 (talk) 06:12, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
Too much sensitive content
[edit]Why is the assassination section of this page contanis so much disturbing content, can't we just shorten it to some less sensitive content? This is inappropriate. BuddyHeigh (talk) 10:44, 21 July 2024 (UTC)
- I don't see anything particuarly graphic there, maybe read through WP:CENSORED and then come back with specifically what passages you're objecting to? -- D'n'B-t -- 10:50, 21 July 2024 (UTC)
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Add the Arabic and IPA spellings of Gaddafi's name. UltraCobson (talk) 00:30, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
- Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Charliehdb (talk) 12:26, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
Semi-protected edit request on 20 September 2024
[edit]In the section on Pan-Africanism, there is the following sentence (just prior to reference number 380):
"However, Gaddafi had gave weapons and money to the Houthis to attack Saudi Arabia..."
"Gave" should be changed to "given" for grammatical reasons. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.91.212.218 (talk) 17:22, 20 September 2024 (UTC)
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