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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Fedjmike (talk | contribs) at 22:30, 21 March 2024 (→‎Restored summary of Anfal campaign to lede: Mention second source). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Former featured article candidateSaddam Hussein is a former featured article candidate. Please view the links under Article milestones below to see why the nomination was archived. For older candidates, please check the archive.
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June 2, 2004Featured article candidateNot promoted
May 9, 2006Peer reviewReviewed
On this day...Facts from this article were featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on July 16, 2004, July 16, 2005, July 16, 2006, July 16, 2007, and July 16, 2008.
Current status: Former featured article candidate

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Ad Nauseam, not Nasuem

"...which stages the story ad nasuem..." is incorrect; the term is "ad nauseam." If the word is misspelled in the passage being quoted, there should be a [sic] after "nasuem." ~~Mpaniello~~

citations needed

"Hussein's rule was a repressive dictatorship[12] notorious for it's human rights abuses." You cite that he was a dictator but not that he was notorious for human rights abuses. While it may seem obvious (sic) to westerners it needs a solid citation. -thanks

Sections

How does Iran–Iraq War, Gulf War and all come under Foreign Policy section. Ok leave it, how did Anfal campaign came under this section. If this will continue, then we have to create an another page titled Foreign policy of Saddam Hussein, which will larger in length than Foreign policy of Iraq. Better is two design the article in this way

Kharbaan Ghaltaan (talk) 15:39, 17 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 16 March 2024 Copyedit (minor) Suggestion

Positions of power in the country were mostly filled with Sunni Arabs, a minority that made up --only a fifth of the population.

Replace this with "about". The word "only" connotes that 20% of a population is "small" in a sentence that already comes off as an attempt to sway the reader's opinion. Justintimefordinner (talk) 08:52, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done Bazza 7 (talk) 09:54, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Edit request

Please replace the signature file of the English Wikipedia 'Saddam Hussein' document with 'Signature of Saddam Hussein.svg'. Zegras (talk) 10:09, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done Skitash (talk) 10:46, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Restored summary of Anfal campaign to lede

I restored the following sentence on the Anfal campaign which had been removed a month ago by @Mteiritay in this revision: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saddam_Hussein&diff=prev&oldid=1209898155.

> At the end of the war he carried out brutal Anfal campaign against Kurds, recognized by HRW as an act of genocide.

It was removed for lacking a source, but none of the lede in this article is sourced inline, it all summarises the article itself. The sources in question are these: https://www.hrw.org/en/reports/2006/08/14/genocide-iraq-anfal-campaign-against-kurds and https://www.hrw.org/reports/1993/iraqanfal/. Fedjmike (talk) 22:25, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]