Talk:Maumoon Abdul Gayoom

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Short description: President of the Maldives from 1978 to 2008

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Section size for Maumoon Abdul Gayoom (41 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	7,434	7,434
Early life	2,058	6,747
Education	2,516	2,516
Marriage and children	2,173	2,173
Early career	19	3,762
Career	1,830	2,566
Minister of Transport (1977–1978)	736	736
Imprisonments	1,177	1,177
Presidency (1978–2008)	1,328	58,848
First and second terms (1978–1988)	45	8,037
1980 assassination attempt	1,350	1,350
1988 Coup attempt	6,642	6,642
Other terms (1988–2008)	35	7,682
2004 tsunami	3,627	3,627
Malé bombing	1,506	1,506
2008 assassination attempt	2,514	2,514
Foreign policy	23	16,075
Palestine and Israel	4,199	4,199
South and East Asia	2,865	2,865
Africa and the Middle East	3,530	3,530
United States and Europe	3,819	3,819
International trips	1,639	1,639
Domestic policy	24	21,720
Health and education policy	4,519	4,519
Human rights policy	2,933	2,933
Economic policy	3,778	3,778
Environmental policies	6,020	6,020
Political reforms	4,446	4,446
2008 presidential election	4,006	4,006
Post-presidency (2008–present)	6,788	17,247
Presidential politics	2,387	2,387
Arrest and imprisonment	5,240	8,072
Reactions	2,832	2,832
Public image	532	4,760
Health	2,773	2,773
Other activities	1,455	1,455
Awards and honors	5,104	5,104
See also	165	165
References	31	31
Works cited	667	667
External links	4,981	4,981
Total	109,746	109,746

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"is a family man"

This is one of those expressions whose meaning is far from obvious. If it simply means he's married and has children, is such information even worth stating? Most people in the world do - big deal. If it means he devotes an exceptional amount of time and energy to his family, again so what? To me it sounds as if it's meant to make readers feel good about him (and so distract attention from his clearly less endearing sides), like saying he's "a good husband and father" - something no-one can, frankly, judge. It surely has no place in a Wikipedia article.188.230.240.75 (talk) 12:04, 23 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Maumoon and Nasreena divorced 3 times, third time in 2005, and they remarried each time. Add it to Marriage and children section. 27.114.165.105 (talk) 12:59, 17 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. M.Bitton (talk) 13:07, 17 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]