Wikipedia:Release Version Nominations/Set Nominations/20th Century post-colonial leaders

20th Century post-colonial leaders

 * Africa (excluding Middle East)
 * Nelson Mandela B, already in V0.5
 * Steve Biko Weak B, includes long lists of song refs & trivia
 * Desmond Tutu Decent B
 * Jan Smuts Nice B, close to A, just needs more refs in some sections
 * Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd good Start, architect of apartheid.
 * On hold, pending addressing of neutrality issues. John Carter (talk) 23:38, 23 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Pieter Willem Botha B, major figure of apartheid era
 * Frederik Willem de Klerk B, could be expanded a bit
 * Seretse Khama Good Start, first president of Botswana
 * Ian Smith B, led Rhodesia through the UDI period pre-Mugabe
 * Robert Mugabe Good B, quite extensive
 * Nnamdi Azikiwe Short Start - founder of modern Nigerian Nationalism and the first President
 * Sani Abacha Start - Major Nigerian dictator
 * Milton Obote Short B - founding father of independent Uganda.
 * Idi Amin GA
 * Jean-Bédel Bokassa Good Start. Key dictator in the Central African Republic
 * Mobutu Sese Seko A. He ran Zaire for 32 years.
 * Julius Nyerere B. "Father of the nation" of Tanzania.
 * Jomo Kenyatta Usable Start. Founding father of Kenya.
 * Samora Machel Good Start. First president of independent Mozambique.
 * Yoweri Museveni FA


 * Caribbean
 * Michael Manley Decent Start, lacks early life info and refs
 * Marcus Garvey B+, close to A, just needs refs to be put inline to be A, though spoilt by too many "tributes"
 * Fidel Castro B+/A, though very long
 * Che Guevara FA, already in V0.5
 * François Duvalier ("Papa Doc") Start, but important - his legacy in Haiti is still with us.
 * Asia (excluding Middle East)
 * Sukarno Good B
 * Suharto GA
 * Ferdinand Marcos Good B, lots of good content but needs some cleanup, possible POV.
 * Not a good B. While it contains a lot of good content, there are serious flaws in this article. Several highly relevant articles about Marcos' opponents appear nowhere in the text, but instead are hidden away inside a concealed navbox, badly named Template:The Marcoses, which itself is currently threatened with deletion. A link to Rolex 12, twelve of his closest and most powerful advisers, appears only under "See also" without explanation. Who knows what other links may be missing altogether. The whole article needs review by someone with a good knowledge of the subject.  Rubywine . talk  23:16, 12 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Jawaharlal Nehru Very good B
 * Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel FA, already in V0.5
 * Mahatma Gandhi FA, already in V0.5
 * Indira Gandhi Good B, Key Indian PM, already in V0.5
 * Muhammad Ali Jinnah FA, already in V0.5
 * Ayub Khan Start, much content but it needs a bit of a copyedit
 * Zulfikar Ali Bhutto B, Key Pakistani leader, father of Benazir and founder of the PPP
 * Mao Zedong Nice B, in Version 0.5
 * Deng Xiaoping B, key Chinese reformer
 * Chiang Kai-shek B, Major Chinese leader, already in Version 0.7
 * Pol Pot B, notorious leader of "the Killing Fields" of Cambodia
 * Bhumibol Adulyadej Longtime King of Thailand, FA


 * Middle East
 * Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Nice B, founder of modern Turkey
 * David Ben-Gurion, B, founder of Israel, in the Time 100
 * Golda Meir B, PM and "Iron Lady of Israeli Politics"
 * Yasser Arafat FA
 * Gamal Abdel Nasser B, led the Egyptian Revolution
 * Anwar Al Sadat B, Key Egyptian leader
 * Muammar al-Gaddafi B, has led Libya for almost 40 years
 * Hafez al-Assad Weak B, he led Syria for 30 years
 * Saddam Hussein Good B
 * Ruhollah Khomeini Leader of Iranian Revolution, in the Time 100
 * On hold pending neutrality tag. John Carter (talk) 00:14, 24 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Mohammad Reza Pahlavi B, the Shah of Iran from 1941-1979
 * T. E. Lawrence B, already in Version 0.7


 * Europe
 * Lech Wałęsa Weak B, Polish leader, in the Time 100
 * Josip Broz Tito B, VA, Communist leader of Yugoslavia who held the country together for 40 years, and stood up to Stalin.
 * Václav Havel B, led Czechoslovakia out of communism (already nominated separately)
 * Ion Iliescu The main Romanian politician after communism

I wanted to call this set "Nation builders" (a bit snappier!) but for some people like Mobutu or Papa Doc this might have been something of a misnomer! This list tries to cover all of the major figures from the post-colonial era who arose during and after the decline of imperial powers such as the Britain. I tried to limit it - e.g., I've excluded communist leaders from the former Soviet bloc because they are a set to themselves (and were perhaps imperialists like the West). Some were great leaders who are now called "father of the nation" while others simply plundered the nation for their own self aggrandisement. Either way, all were important figures in the 20th century, and we should have them in. Note: We are very short of decent articles on developing nations - our listing currently has a bias towards USA/UK/Canada etc., and this list helps to counter that. Walkerma 05:02, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
 * South America
 * Augusto Pinochet Good B, major Chilean dictator
 * Salvador Allende B, Key Chilean figure deposed by Pinochet
 * Juan Perón B, Iconic figure in Argentine politics
 * Eva Perón A, wife of Juan, already in V0.5
 * No real objections to any, although I do note some neutrality and other tags on some of them, which might be problematic, depending on how much of a challenge there is to the neutrality in each specific case. John Carter 15:15, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

Nominations For An Article At lacks NPOV
Dear Wikipedia.Could editors of wikipedia please do something about that embarrassing feel-good article about the Eastern European Dictator (Joseph Broz-the former Yugoslavia). He is portrayed as some sort of pop star and should not be in any nominations other than the article that lacks NPOV. This article is embarrassing considering he was responsible for war crimes, mass massacres, torture & mass imprisonment. One to mention is the Foibe Massacres (there are BBC documentaries). Wikipedia has an article on this so it’s just contradicting itself. You have one feel-good article about a Dictator then you have an article about the Massacres he approved and organized with the Yugoslav Partisan Army. Then there were Death squads in Southern Dalmatia (the Croatians are putting up monuments for the poor victims & their families now). Also it’s important to mention that the Croatian Government is paying compensation to his former victims. Surely a more critical historical article should be written or this present article should be removed altogether. What is next? A Stalin feel-good article? What about the respect towards the poor victims who suffered those awful events? Can the editors please look into this? Sir Floyd (talk) 02:10, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

The fact that the Croatians have re-introduced the red checkerboard flag used by the Nazi-collaborating regime, implies ... (sic) 86.149.92.235 (talk) 05:51, 29 September 2013 (UTC)