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Examples section edit

Latest comment: 2 months ago8 comments6 people in discussion

Should we really have these lists of “examples” of authoritarian regimes? It seems pretty hacked together from sources that don’t often directly call one regime authoritarian. A similar List of dictators was deleted for what appear to be similar WP:NPOV issues. — HTGS (talk) 23:45, 4 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

@LaundryPizza03, Mccapra, Czello, Salix alba, Norden1990, Alex Bakharev, Spy-cicle, Finnusertop, TompaDompa, Nkon21, TheDreamBoat, Firefly, Bwmdjeff, and Goldsztajn: I don’t have a lot of mental energy spare to take part here, so hoping editors who participated at that delete discussion will be more able to consider whether this section is analogous. — HTGS (talk) 23:56, 4 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hi, can you remind me what I commented on previously @HTGS: (please ping) Spy-cicle💥 ^Talk? 21:18, 5 February 2024 (UTC)Reply
Sorry, @Spy-cicle, you (and all others listed there) participated in the AFD discussion for List of dictators — HTGS (talk) 22:50, 5 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

Support removal per WP:NOR, WP:NPOV. See also the list at Right-wing dictatorship, which is similarly full of poorly sourced opinion. - Rotary Engine ^talk 02:30, 5 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

Oppose Removed "flawed democracy" by The Economist Democracy Index to reduce WP:NPOV. Suggest to more follow the different Democracy indices. HudecEmil (talk) 08:51, 5 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

Support Too subjective to call, even if we use a reliable index. –LaundryPizza03 (d c̄) 19:02, 5 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

Support section removal, a list is a very poor idea. However, removing this list of examples does not mean all examples, as others may be more appropriately and contextually included in wider prose. CMD (talk) 21:21, 5 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

"Gender and authoritarianism" listed at Redirects for discussion edit

Latest comment: 19 days ago1 comment1 person in discussion

The redirect Gender and authoritarianism has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 April 11 § Gender and authoritarianism until a consensus is reached. Utopes _{(talk / cont)} 05:44, 11 April 2024 (UTC)Reply

Add Mali to authoritarian countries list edit

Latest comment: 18 days ago1 comment1 person in discussion

[1][2] — 168.16.191.222 (talk) 13:27, 11 April 2024 (UTC)Reply

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