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Personally I think seperating these assassinations of leaders by countries would be beneficial for readers so they would have a better time reading it along with not being overwhelmed with tons of information. If they want to see a leader, they have to find it by their death. Of course, it has to be chronological, but it can still be presented by country. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79lives ( talk • contribs) 17:49, 28 March 2024 (UTC)
Statics hasn't been updated to include 2020s, I think the representation of the data is poor too (shouldn't be two charts, they dont produce any insight.)
Thus article has had the
tag since August 2017, but I'm inclined to think it should be removed. In every case there's a link to the appropriate WP article where full references are given. Is it really necessary to cite the sources all over again? I think not.
Unless, of course, a specific entry is explicitly challenged citation needed; but this hasn't happened yet. Ttocserp ( talk) 12:55, 12 September 2018 (UTC)
I have reduced this article because it was clearly intended to be a list of all killed leaders in history. But that would make the list incredibly huge and it would probably never be complete. Also the statistics at the end of the article cover only the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries. 'Doomer1557' ( talk) 20:10, 5 September 2020 (UTC)
This is a dynamic list and like many other dynamic lists it may never be completed. Please do not make a massive edit and then state it in the talk page as if you own this page. Khronicle I ( talk) 14:46, 8 September 2020 (UTC)
I'm not too sure if it's supposed to be like that, but it seems like when sorting by date it uses the actual *day*, so trying to see the list from most recent to old doesn't work? Ultramarine-Blue ( talk) 03:04, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
Why is Benazir Bhutto on the list? She wasn't prime minister at the time? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.155.25.156 ( talk) 15:14, 19 January 2021 (UTC)
Shouldn't Ghadafi be on the list?
The basic tenet of an assassination is a "surprise attack". Half of the persons added were not assassinated but were killed in wars/battles/engagements and proper executions after capture. Please understand that these are not assassinations and shouldn't be listed here. I have tried to remove some but there are just too many of them, if someone can further clean this up it would be great. Gotitbro ( talk) 01:03, 8 July 2021 (UTC)
I can't seem to find the executed king on this list. ‑‑ Neveselbert ( talk · contribs · email) 04:37, 9 July 2021 (UTC)
Charles I was King of England, Scotland & Ireland, right up to his execution. GoodDay ( talk) 02:24, 10 July 2021 (UTC)
I'd say it's WP:COMMONSENSE – readers would expect to find figures such as Charles I on this list. He was a head of state whose side lost a civil war and was subsequently executed by the other side. By all means remove the sentence "this list considers only the incumbent head of state or government" if it's causing a controversy that's standing in the way of making the list as useful as it should be. Even if the sentence is retained, it seems a bit of a technicality/narrow perspective to exclude such an obvious case – Charles I is historically famous for being an executed head of state. Jr8825 • Talk 11:37, 12 July 2021 (UTC)
Shouldn't he be there too? From what article says, it looks like he was killed during the coup of his satraps, not some time after his removal.
This list considers only incumbent leaders, but could it be extended to former leaders as well? Since those assassinations commonly happen for political reasons as well, thus linked to their former career. PhotographyEdits ( talk) 11:43, 8 July 2022 (UTC)
Please add both the names, they were not in power but I can see others who were not in power in the list such as an Italian pm. .@Photnart. ( talk) 01:53, 9 July 2022 (UTC)
Should the list be expanded to add former leaders? .@Photnart. ( talk) 01:54, 9 July 2022 (UTC)
Franz Ferdinand was assassinated by a Serbian in Sarajevo and Tsar Nicholas 2 was assassinated by Bolsheviks in Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg Alraph nicholen25 ( talk) 11:07, 2 September 2022 (UTC)
Benito Mussolini is not on the list. 223.204.221.182 ( talk) 01:09, 29 October 2022 (UTC)
Quite a lot of Diadochi seem to be missing between Philip II and Seleucus. Most of them were murdered and many were in control of a state. I'm thinking of Lysimachus, King of Thrace etc., who was killed by Seleucus, Peithon, Regent of Macedon, who was killed by Antigonus, Perdiccas, who was murdered by his officers etc. 2A02:A213:A942:3300:DD5F:F6A6:1899:5D12 ( talk) 11:58, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
According to Rafic Hariri's page, he was no longer PM when he was killed. Should he be removed from this list? Nogoodbooks ( talk) 00:44, 23 December 2022 (UTC)
Hi. The table seems to be unwieldy and long (375 rows). I propose splitting it up by continents, per WP:WIKITABLE#Size. "For very long tables, manageability and maintenance of the page may be better served by breaking information up into several smaller tables instead of one extremely long one." Cheers! -- Thinker78 (talk) 23:46, 2 June 2023 (UTC) Edited Thinker78 (talk) 23:56, 2 June 2023 (UTC)|
The table needs a clarification as to whether the "Country" column is supposed to represent the country where the person ruled, or the country where they were killed. In most cases those are the same, but there is an inconsistency in the table. Charles I of England was executed in 1649 in London, but the Country column for him says "England, Scotland, Ireland" which represents the three countries where he ruled, not the one country where he was killed. Meanwhile, Cyprien Ntaryamira was the president of Burundi, but the Country column for him says "Rwanda" which represents the country where he was killed, not where he ruled. What should the column represent? -- Metropolitan90 (talk) 13:38, 6 June 2023 (UTC)
Yes, I know that Houthi government is not recognized internationally, but he was de-facto head of state of Yemen holding sway over Sanaa and other densely populated Yemeni areas. Can al-Sammad be included in the list? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gorgedweller ( talk • contribs) 09:12, 17 November 2023 (UTC)
So the bar chart shows that three heads of state/government were assassinated during 2000s, while there are four persons listed in this section of the list above. I guess the chart should be corrected. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gorgedweller ( talk • contribs) 09:14, 17 November 2023 (UTC)
What abut them? -- 95.24.65.39 ( talk) 06:39, 29 February 2024 (UTC)
Field Marshal and President of Paraguay during the Paraguayan War, he was killed in action in Cerro Cora, 1 march 1870, moment when the war ended.
He was the legítimate Chief of State when he died. The country (Paraguay) was under a military occupation until 1876-1879. Some puppet governments were established in those days, but everyone acknowledged López as the President until he died.
I think he should be added with a [Note] explaining that it is a controversial case on its own, a very famous one though. 2803:7D80:A40D:88ED:D910:EFEF:DC4A:2C1C ( talk) 16:44, 7 March 2024 (UTC)
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Personally I think seperating these assassinations of leaders by countries would be beneficial for readers so they would have a better time reading it along with not being overwhelmed with tons of information. If they want to see a leader, they have to find it by their death. Of course, it has to be chronological, but it can still be presented by country. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79lives ( talk • contribs) 17:49, 28 March 2024 (UTC)
Statics hasn't been updated to include 2020s, I think the representation of the data is poor too (shouldn't be two charts, they dont produce any insight.)
Thus article has had the
tag since August 2017, but I'm inclined to think it should be removed. In every case there's a link to the appropriate WP article where full references are given. Is it really necessary to cite the sources all over again? I think not.
Unless, of course, a specific entry is explicitly challenged citation needed; but this hasn't happened yet. Ttocserp ( talk) 12:55, 12 September 2018 (UTC)
I have reduced this article because it was clearly intended to be a list of all killed leaders in history. But that would make the list incredibly huge and it would probably never be complete. Also the statistics at the end of the article cover only the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries. 'Doomer1557' ( talk) 20:10, 5 September 2020 (UTC)
This is a dynamic list and like many other dynamic lists it may never be completed. Please do not make a massive edit and then state it in the talk page as if you own this page. Khronicle I ( talk) 14:46, 8 September 2020 (UTC)
I'm not too sure if it's supposed to be like that, but it seems like when sorting by date it uses the actual *day*, so trying to see the list from most recent to old doesn't work? Ultramarine-Blue ( talk) 03:04, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
Why is Benazir Bhutto on the list? She wasn't prime minister at the time? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.155.25.156 ( talk) 15:14, 19 January 2021 (UTC)
Shouldn't Ghadafi be on the list?
The basic tenet of an assassination is a "surprise attack". Half of the persons added were not assassinated but were killed in wars/battles/engagements and proper executions after capture. Please understand that these are not assassinations and shouldn't be listed here. I have tried to remove some but there are just too many of them, if someone can further clean this up it would be great. Gotitbro ( talk) 01:03, 8 July 2021 (UTC)
I can't seem to find the executed king on this list. ‑‑ Neveselbert ( talk · contribs · email) 04:37, 9 July 2021 (UTC)
Charles I was King of England, Scotland & Ireland, right up to his execution. GoodDay ( talk) 02:24, 10 July 2021 (UTC)
I'd say it's WP:COMMONSENSE – readers would expect to find figures such as Charles I on this list. He was a head of state whose side lost a civil war and was subsequently executed by the other side. By all means remove the sentence "this list considers only the incumbent head of state or government" if it's causing a controversy that's standing in the way of making the list as useful as it should be. Even if the sentence is retained, it seems a bit of a technicality/narrow perspective to exclude such an obvious case – Charles I is historically famous for being an executed head of state. Jr8825 • Talk 11:37, 12 July 2021 (UTC)
Shouldn't he be there too? From what article says, it looks like he was killed during the coup of his satraps, not some time after his removal.
This list considers only incumbent leaders, but could it be extended to former leaders as well? Since those assassinations commonly happen for political reasons as well, thus linked to their former career. PhotographyEdits ( talk) 11:43, 8 July 2022 (UTC)
Please add both the names, they were not in power but I can see others who were not in power in the list such as an Italian pm. .@Photnart. ( talk) 01:53, 9 July 2022 (UTC)
Should the list be expanded to add former leaders? .@Photnart. ( talk) 01:54, 9 July 2022 (UTC)
Franz Ferdinand was assassinated by a Serbian in Sarajevo and Tsar Nicholas 2 was assassinated by Bolsheviks in Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg Alraph nicholen25 ( talk) 11:07, 2 September 2022 (UTC)
Benito Mussolini is not on the list. 223.204.221.182 ( talk) 01:09, 29 October 2022 (UTC)
Quite a lot of Diadochi seem to be missing between Philip II and Seleucus. Most of them were murdered and many were in control of a state. I'm thinking of Lysimachus, King of Thrace etc., who was killed by Seleucus, Peithon, Regent of Macedon, who was killed by Antigonus, Perdiccas, who was murdered by his officers etc. 2A02:A213:A942:3300:DD5F:F6A6:1899:5D12 ( talk) 11:58, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
According to Rafic Hariri's page, he was no longer PM when he was killed. Should he be removed from this list? Nogoodbooks ( talk) 00:44, 23 December 2022 (UTC)
Hi. The table seems to be unwieldy and long (375 rows). I propose splitting it up by continents, per WP:WIKITABLE#Size. "For very long tables, manageability and maintenance of the page may be better served by breaking information up into several smaller tables instead of one extremely long one." Cheers! -- Thinker78 (talk) 23:46, 2 June 2023 (UTC) Edited Thinker78 (talk) 23:56, 2 June 2023 (UTC)|
The table needs a clarification as to whether the "Country" column is supposed to represent the country where the person ruled, or the country where they were killed. In most cases those are the same, but there is an inconsistency in the table. Charles I of England was executed in 1649 in London, but the Country column for him says "England, Scotland, Ireland" which represents the three countries where he ruled, not the one country where he was killed. Meanwhile, Cyprien Ntaryamira was the president of Burundi, but the Country column for him says "Rwanda" which represents the country where he was killed, not where he ruled. What should the column represent? -- Metropolitan90 (talk) 13:38, 6 June 2023 (UTC)
Yes, I know that Houthi government is not recognized internationally, but he was de-facto head of state of Yemen holding sway over Sanaa and other densely populated Yemeni areas. Can al-Sammad be included in the list? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gorgedweller ( talk • contribs) 09:12, 17 November 2023 (UTC)
So the bar chart shows that three heads of state/government were assassinated during 2000s, while there are four persons listed in this section of the list above. I guess the chart should be corrected. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gorgedweller ( talk • contribs) 09:14, 17 November 2023 (UTC)
What abut them? -- 95.24.65.39 ( talk) 06:39, 29 February 2024 (UTC)
Field Marshal and President of Paraguay during the Paraguayan War, he was killed in action in Cerro Cora, 1 march 1870, moment when the war ended.
He was the legítimate Chief of State when he died. The country (Paraguay) was under a military occupation until 1876-1879. Some puppet governments were established in those days, but everyone acknowledged López as the President until he died.
I think he should be added with a [Note] explaining that it is a controversial case on its own, a very famous one though. 2803:7D80:A40D:88ED:D910:EFEF:DC4A:2C1C ( talk) 16:44, 7 March 2024 (UTC)