Talk:History of Libya under Muammar Gaddafi/Archive 4

The Article is Skewed and anti-Gaddafi
Before I begin, let me tell you that I'm not pro-Gaddafi. It's just that I want to make this article neutral.

Though this article is claims to be about the History of Libya under Muammar al-Gaddafi, I don't find much information on Libya here.

Why doesn't this article talk about:


 * Education under Gaddafi
 * Healthcare under Gaddafi
 * Housing under Gaddafi
 * Infrastructure under Gaddafi
 * Humans Rights under Gaddafi

and a lot of other things?

You can't have an article about the United States which doesn't talk about these education or its media. Why should Libya be an exception?

Moreover, not even a single line is cited in the introduction section. What's more I don't even find any citation needed tag there. This is not what Wikipedia is about, isn't it?

Sin un nomine (talk) 15:31, 20 April 2011 (UTC)


 * "Humans Rights under Gaddafi" should be an interesting one. You are welcome to research and write it.
 * You are also welcome to research "Housing under Gaddafi" or anything else that strikes your fancy, just be aware that incorporation of material in the main article will be subject to WP:DUE considerations.
 * As for the "lack" of references in the lead section, please read the guidelines at WP:LEAD. --dab (𒁳) 08:44, 13 June 2011 (UTC)


 * I did some search and found some interesting materials on Libya. I have incorporated them into the introduction section. They are backed by references so I believe they will not be deleted without specifying a reason.
 * As far as WP:DUE considerations are concerned, just because a powerful nation doesn't like Libya and its leader doesn't mean one should not write about anything but wars and terrorism.
 * WP:LEAD doesn't say a word about not using references in the lead section.
 * Sin un nomine (talk) 17:27, 24 July 2011 (UTC)

bias
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Here is a passage I removed as almost comical
 * "Gaddafi formed the essential elements of his political philosophy and his world view as a schoolboy. His education was entirely Arabic and strongly Islamic, much of it under Egyptian teachers. From this education and his desert background, Qadhafi derived his devoutness and his austere, even puritanical, code of personal conduct and morals. Essentially an Arab populist, Qadhafi held family ties to be important and upheld the beduin code of egalitarian simplicity and personal honor, distrusting sophisticated, axiomatically corrupt, urban politicians. Qadhafi's ideology, fed by Radio Cairo during his formative years, was an ideology of renascent Arab nationalism on the Egyptian model, with Nasser as hero and the Egyptian revolution as a guide."

I mean, personal honor, devoutness and  austere,  puritanical, code of personal conduct and morals? Whoever wrote this must either have been a very sarcastic soul, or perhaps used an antonym finder instead of a dictionary? Or machine translated Gaddafi's autobiography?

There is lots of similar funny material in the article still to be cleaned up. --dab (𒁳) 13:42, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

Qadhafi vs. Gaddafi
The article uses both these names, are they the same person or am I missing some sentence where it explains the switch between the two? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.205.76.110 (talk) 01:32, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

Title
This should have been known as "History of Libya under Gaddafi" as it is shorter to type in a search. -- 92.4.64.200 (talk) 16:32, 20 March 2011 (UTC)


 * There is already a redirect from History of Libya under Gaddafi so no worries. Sincerely, Veriss (talk) 03:23, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

The recent undiscussed move by User:SuperblySpiffingPerson to History of Jamahiriya Libya was misguided in so many ways, I'll just say that please try to limit your edits to topics about which you have some sort of idea, or at least kindly read the article as it stands if you must edit it but do not yet know anything about it. --dab (𒁳) 15:25, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

Cleanup on Main Libya article
Hi all. Hoping that someone familiar with the material in this article might have a go at fixing up the corresponding section in the main Libya article. Thanks all! -- Gnowor TC 22:48, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

Citation
For Reference #47: The Middle East and North Africa 2003 (2002). Eur. p. 758,

Does anyone know where i can access this online? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.88.88.174 (talk) 19:19, 14 May 2011 (UTC)

Libya under Gadaffi page akin to Spain under Franco?
Considering the similarities between the two, long dictatorships under the iron rule of one man, should there be a separate country page preceding the current Libya if Gadaffi is totally ousted and the rebels assume total contol? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.81.118.244 (talk) 16:45, 5 September 2011 (UTC)