Talk:Libya

Clean up needed

The section where Districts are listed in order of population has a map of Libya after every single district nearly doubling the length of the whole Libyan article with redundant maps. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.67.4.155 (talk) 19:02, 29 November 2012 (UTC)

Head of State

Ok people, serious stuff. Why do we have head of GNC as head of state. Interim Constitution does not specify who is the head of state and this is just going from my memory, but I am pretty sure that NTC passed law that appointed head of NTC as head of state who names the government. This does not longer applies for GNC. EllsworthSK (talk) 21:57, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

40 years, not 34

Libya was ruled by Gaddafi for approximately 40 years, not 34. The sentence is misleading and insinuates that the people were ruled by him for only 34 years, when in fact they had to endure a whole 40. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shafeioswa (talk • contribs) 01:57, 13 October 2012 (UTC)

It was probably a typo. One I do not see now so I guess that was taken care of. EllsworthSK (talk) 01:30, 31 October 2012 (UTC)

Actually its closer to 42 years since Gaddafi seized power in 1969 of September and wasn't toppled until October of 2011. Even though the Jamahiriya state existed for 34 years, Gaddafi effectively ruled for 42. Someone needs to change the heading to reflect that. I would do it myself but the article is locked. 70.74.250.32 (talk) 22:33, 23 December 2012 (UTC)

That is questionable since Gaddafi rule over Libya in 2011 was limited (half of the country under rule of rebels which expanded to 100 percent). So his rule during previous 41 years was not the same or similar to that of 42nd year. EllsworthSK (talk) 00:40, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

Education

Libya's education is the highest in the entire continent of Africa. --108.92.162.111 (talk) 20:07, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

State of Libya?

Is any offcial confirmation of this new formal name? I've found in web only press information about this, nothing official. For formal (official) name of country we need something more than press relations. Aotearoa (talk) 15:04, 22 January 2013 (UTC)

Hm, I found it on Libya.tv which is state-controlled but GNC website is messy, they do not release all laws they pass and its all in Arabic so its pain to find it. Since you speak arabic maybe you could look at the GNC site and try to find something like that dating from 8th January? Thanks. EllsworthSK (talk) 22:30, 27 January 2013 (UTC)

Sorry, I thought you were another user. Since I don´t see many Arabic users I´ll just try to lurk around and see what I find. EllsworthSK (talk) 22:44, 27 January 2013 (UTC)

This entire article is predicated on falsehoods

This article begins by reiterating the lie propagandized by western media that Libya was a simple dictatorship ruled by one man. The truth is that Libya (prior to NATO occupation) was governed by a radical direct democracy system comprised of a number of vibrant public institutions with no direct equivalent in western republics. Muammar Gaddafi held no official position within the Libyan government and his recommendations were widely publicized but were often rejected by the democratic bodies that considered them. This article should be corrected to reflect reality and not just western invade-and-conquer propaganda.

199.188.193.145 (talk) 11:07, 30 January 2013 (UTC)