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A news item involving Serdar Berdimuhamedow was featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the In the news section on 22 March 2022.

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Wikipedia is not a promotional platform for the authoritarian regime in Turkmenistan

Why does this article not cover the authoritarian nature of his father's regime when every single reliable source covers Serdar Berdimuhamedow in that context? Snooganssnoogans (talk) 15:46, 1 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

"authoritarian regime of his father," Tell me where that appears in those 3 sources.

I'm confused by your comment. Are you asking whether (i) the sources include that sentence fragment verbatim or whether (ii) the sources characterize Serdar Berdimuhamedow as Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow's son and describe his father's regime as authoritarian? All RS coverage of Serdar Berdimuhamedow does the latter. As for the former, content on Wikipedia should not verbatim mirror that of sources, as that would be copyright violations. Snooganssnoogans (talk) 17:08, 1 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I second Snooganssnoogans's question. There are plenty of publications clearly showing that these "elections" (just a name in this case) were not free and this so-called "political dynasty" is an actual dictatorship and nepotism disguised as "elections". I propose to start with accumulating reliable sources on the issue and make the page more balanced and encyclopedic. For now it looks like promotional platform for a dictator. There is an urgent need for Criticism of the election process in Turkmenistan on this page and nepotism when a father openly and with no shame gives the country to his son like it is his to give. --2601:1C0:CB01:2660:859D:89F5:E845:FB7 (talk) 00:24, 16 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

What everyone can notice right away that this page is probably a translation from Russian/Turkmen pages and has mostly Russian/Turkmen sources. The lack of the independent media from the west and around the world is the main factor for this unneutral page. I will bring some more sources in English and other European languages here, so other editors can use them to balance the article.--2601:1C0:CB01:2660:859D:89F5:E845:FB7 (talk) 00:33, 16 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Privatisation etcetera

Apparently he’s spoken in support of privatisation, why isn’t this mentioned?

Also, I think I read about him building a police barracks so can we check neutral sources for that.

Also is Azer News reliable, they mention him planning to reduce dependence on foreign countries for food. AverroesII (talk) 23:00, 5 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Flag in picture

Don’t you think it would be more fitting that a picture of him with the Turkmen flag behind him is used rather than the Russian flag? Thomas Norren (talk) 02:10, 30 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Other Government Positions

In the lede paragraph, it states, "Berdimuhamedow had previously served in several other positions within the government of his father, Gurbanguly." Why are these positions not listed in the info box? I assume Governor of Ahal and Member of the Assembly of Turkmenistan alone do not constitute "several other positions within the government of his father." Where are the rest? Wikipedia articles are pretty consistent about listing the subject's previously held government positions and offices. Why is this one any different? Someone please fix this. Thank you.66.91.36.8 (talk) 01:53, 12 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]