A news item involving 2022 Turkmenistan presidential election was featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the In the news section on 16 March 2022.

This article is rated C-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale. It is of interest to the following WikiProjects:

Elections and Referendums This article is within the scope of WikiProject Elections and Referendums, an ongoing effort to improve the quality of, expand upon and create new articles relating to elections, electoral reform and other aspects of democratic decision-making. For more information, visit our project page.Elections and ReferendumsWikipedia:WikiProject Elections and ReferendumsTemplate:WikiProject Elections and ReferendumsElections and Referendums articles Turkmenistan High‑importance This article is within the scope of WikiProject Turkmenistan, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Turkmenistan on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.TurkmenistanWikipedia:WikiProject TurkmenistanTemplate:WikiProject TurkmenistanTurkmenistan articles High This article has been rated as High-importance on the importance scale.

Daily pageviews of this article A graph should have been displayed here but graphs are temporarily disabled. Until they are enabled again, visit the interactive graph at pageviews.wmcloud.org

Why does the lead fail to inform readers that the election was not free and fair, and that it's part of an authoritarian transition? Is it not misleading and a disservice to readers to make them think that this was a genuine democratic election when every single RS that reports on the election highlights that it took place in an authoritarian context? Snooganssnoogans ( talk) 13:03, 15 March 2022 (UTC) reply

Agree, the lead violates WP:NPOV by not actually reporting what sources say about the election. And the reactions section also only lists positive reactions, whereas I'm sure there are many sources that call this election out as the sham it is. Joseph 2302 ( talk) 16:17, 15 March 2022 (UTC) reply

Sources calling this election a sham: [1], [2], [3]. Joseph 2302 ( talk) 16:21, 15 March 2022 (UTC) reply

Rather than complaining about it here, and going to the trouble of tagging the article, why not just edit the intro yourselves? Number 5 7 21:21, 15 March 2022 (UTC) reply

The following Wikimedia Commons file used on this page or its Wikidata item has been nominated for deletion:

• Serdar Berdimuhamedow Inauguration (cropped 2).jpg

Participate in the deletion discussion at the nomination page. — Community Tech bot ( talk) 07:36, 4 May 2022 (UTC) reply