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A fact from Withdrawal of United States troops from Iraq (2020–2021) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 12 May 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the American-led coalition has partially withdrawn troops from Iraq because of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2020/May. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq (2020).

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The result was: promoted by 97198 (talk) 09:30, 7 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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... that after the Iraqi parliament voted to withdraw U.S. troops, U.S. President Donald Trump simply refused to do so?
- ALT1:... that the American-led coalition has partially withdrawn troops from Iraq because of the coronavirus pandemic?

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Created by Nice4What (talk). Self-nominated at 14:29, 6 April 2020 (UTC).[reply]

Just waiting for the QPQ, but besides that everything looks perfect. Right length, right age, and the citations look good. Great job! --Guerillero | Parlez Moi 13:40, 7 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Guerillero: QPQ done, and thanks for letting me know I did a great job! I appreciate that. Nice4What (talk · contribs) – (Don't forget to share a Thanks ♥) 14:03, 7 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

--Guerillero | Parlez Moi 14:06, 7 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 14 April 2020

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The result of the move request was: Consensus against moving at this time b uidhe 03:40, 27 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq (2020) → Partial withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq (2020) – Titles gives the impression that all (or almost all) troops either have been withdrawn, or that there is an agreed plan to do so this year. This is not the case. Yes, the Iraqi parliament voted to kick them out, but the vote was non-binding on the government, and in February, the Iraqi government invited the coalition to stay. See this. So this article only covers the partial withdrawal that have already happened. ― Hebsen (talk) 19:42, 14 April 2020 (UTC) —Relisting. b uidhe 19:46, 21 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Support – I Agree with the move. It's not a total withdrawal, more of a gradual drawdown and pre-planned shifting of US military posture in-country, due to, according to the Coalition itself, changing situations regarding the ongoing fight against ISIL and the coronavirus pandemic, while denying the Persian Gulf crisis or Iran has anything to do with the developments. In my opinion, not only does the current title overplays the notability of the current situation, the article is also kind of shoehorning Iran's role in this and overvaluing the non-binding Parliament vote. RopeTricks (talk) 03:15, 15 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose – A partial withdrawal is still a withdrawal. This article is also about Iraq's vote to expel foreign troops. The title has "(2020)" in it but would change to "(2020–present)" so long as the withdrawal continues. Nice4What (talk · contribs) – (Don't forget to share a Thanks ♥) 00:43, 16 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose – Per reasons given by Nice4What. Mr.User200 (talk) 02:11, 21 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose – Per Nice4What and WP:CONCISE. -- Netoholic @ 04:45, 22 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per Nice4What and Netoholic. BD2412 T 04:41, 24 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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