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Same addition all over with minimal info

We have the same info being added all over..-addotion example..we should be able to find a better way of doing this. Main problem is there are many of these democracy indices why are we just using this one?..would say there are definitely more prominent ones.

We have an example at WP:COUNTRYSECTIONS

Prose should provide clear, relevant information and links to relevant sub-articles about the country, rather than listing random stats and articles with minimal information about the country.

Y Corruption in Liberia is endemic at every level of society, making it one of the most politically corrupt nations.

N Liberia scored a 3.3 on a scale from 10 (highly clean) to 0 (highly corrupt) on the 2010 Corruption Perceptions Index.

How can we word this better ...any ideas? or should they even stay? Moxy🍁 15:29, 16 October 2025 (UTC)

As usual, the direct citing of these indices to themselves does not demonstrate due weight. Perhaps in a more specific page they can be better contextualised. CMD (talk) 15:49, 16 October 2025 (UTC)

I have been moving these to International rankings of Canada type articles. We literally have hundreds of these type indexes that people just keep adding over and over again.Moxy🍁 12:15, 23 October 2025 (UTC)

@Caramelmind(less): trying to get your attention. Moxy🍁 15:56, 16 October 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for raising this. Several credible news papers, including The Guardian, has described the International IDEA indices as being "considered the most comprehensive of its kind, covering 174 countries and measuring democratic performance from 1975". So if we're measuring prominence based on popularity then I agree that there are other indices that are more well know among the general public. However, if we're measuring prominence based on importance, then there's no question that the GSoD indices are important - particularly in academic circles and within the democracy space. Caramelmind(less) (talk) 08:19, 17 October 2025 (UTC)

Dame its hard to keep up with index spam new set added all over...with no edit sum.Moxy🍁 12:08, 23 October 2025 (UTC)

Was reviewing a couple of obscure country articles.... some of these are just filled with indexes not giving any real information. Moxy🍁 12:26, 23 October 2025 (UTC)

Talk:Czech_Republic#Requested_move_22_October_2025

It's that time of year again, if you have an opinion, please join. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 05:45, 22 October 2025 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:List of sovereign states by employment rate#Requested move 25 October 2025

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:List of sovereign states by employment rate#Requested move 25 October 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. TarnishedPath^talk 15:21, 3 November 2025 (UTC)

North Macedonia has an RfC

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Requested move at Template talk:Countries and territories of Oceania#Requested move 8 November 2025

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FAR for Madagascar

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government_type parameter

See WP:VPI#Make it mandatory to fill basic information within the government_type= of an infobox when writing about countries Kowal2701 (talk) 12:05, 3 December 2025 (UTC)

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