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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:
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A claim of "Linguistic Genocide" by Genocide Watch would obviously get no coverage anywhere on Wikipedia. Abu Salim prison massacre is disputed with no independent investigation ever confirming anything. You are citing "the documents, found by Human Rights Watch workers, have not been seen by the BBC or independently verified." They also need no mention on the article. Zalaraz (talk) 02:51, 5 December 2025 (UTC)Reply
Human Rights Watch is considered a perennial source on Wikipedia. It could at least be attributed, correct? Also, why did you get rid of the page on the massacre? It was a fairly large event regarding the deaths of 1000 people. Amnesty International met with Gaddafi in 2004, (page 54) and he admitted the killings happened, but claimed both sides had done an equal amount of killing. You could've at least began some sort of arbitration on whether or not it was warranted. JPHC2003 (talk) 05:55, 5 December 2025 (UTC)Reply
I don't think it is needed at all, not even with attribution because if we present it neutrally then it would look unnecessary. Your Amnesty International source presents a very different view from Gaddafi, which has nothing in similar compared to the alleged massacre. Zalaraz (talk) 11:18, 5 December 2025 (UTC)Reply
Could warrant a place but this article needs to be split into sub-article. You could throw it in before it starts being split though (no opinion on the proposal, you could try to form consensus though). Sahib-e-Qiran, He Who is Otherwise Known as EasternShah 06:38, 10 February 2026 (UTC)Reply
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It has been a while since this article was reviewed, so I took a look and noticed that the article was quite long, with over 15,000 words. I think lots of this information can be spun out into new or existing articles, and information here can be summarised more effectively. @100cellsman: you asked for this article to be reviewed: do you have any additional concerns? Should this article go to WP:GAR? Z1720 (talk) 03:23, 19 March 2026 (UTC)Reply
I was only a passing reader who noticed the unadressed tag. I had nothing else in mind and the GAR request tag can be removed any time if there aren't any more issues. 웃OO23:05, 24 March 2026 (UTC)Reply
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When this article passed its GAN in 2013, it was over 11,000 words. Now, it is almost 16,000, almost double the recommended size at WP:AS and WP:TOOBIG that an article would be considered for WP:SPINOUT. I think this article needs an overhaul and unnecessary detail moved out of the article to fulfil WP:GA? 3b. Z1720 (talk) 15:42, 4 April 2026 (UTC)Reply
@Zalaraz: Not at the moment, but if the size concerns are resolved I will take a thorough look to check for content concerns (such as missing information or confusing prose). Z1720 (talk) 04:24, 5 April 2026 (UTC)Reply
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Change “ Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son who was considered to be Gaddafi's main heir, was shot dead in February 2026.” to “ Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son who was considered to be Gaddafi's main heir, was assassinated in February 2026.”
[1]~2026-41836-05 (talk) 00:33, 29 July 2026 (UTC)Reply
level-4 vital article is rated GA-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale.
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Done win8x (talk) 02:42, 29 July 2026 (UTC)