Talk:President of Belarus

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July 14, 2007 Good article nominee Listed

[edit] Good article nomination on hold

This article's Good Article promotion has been put on hold. During review, some issues were discovered that can be resolved without a major re-write. This is how the article, as of July 14, 2007, compares against the six good article criteria:

1. Well written?: Yes, but some background information is needed; see below. I did some minor edits to formatting, phrasing, and wikilinking.
2. Factually accurate?: Sufficient, as most of the article is based off the constitution, except:
  • #3: The Virtual Guide to Belarus seems very political and POV itself. Since the only relevant sentence in that page is, "the new constitution was also the last one of all those passed in other former Soviet republics to introduce the office of president," can you find a different source?
  • #5: "Belarus Dictator"? The original source, MosNews, is down, and the article link gives 404.
  • #9: How about finding an English translation for this decree?
3. Broad in coverage?: I have no knowledge of the politics of Belarus, so...
  • How the did the creation of this office limit the role of the prime minister?
  • Same for the Chairman of the Supreme Soviet too.
  • Why were the 2001 and 2006 elections contested?
  • Is there any more to the definition of 'natural born citizen' besides simply being born in Belarus?
  • Oath of Office section: What is the Economic Court? There's no listing in the infobox for it. I did some searching, and now I'm confused as to what http://court.by is.
  • Why is it 'important to note' that Belarus was the last Soviet Republic to establish a presidency?
4. Neutral point of view?: Yes.
5. Article stability? Yes, as you're the only editor. ;)
6. Images?: All in order, but why is the presidental standard flag image licensed under CC instead of PD outside of Belarus?

Please address these matters soon and then leave a note here showing how they have been resolved. After 48 hours the article should be reviewed again. If these issues are not addressed within 7 days, the article may be failed without further notice. Thank you for your work so far. — Carson 04:33, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

Carson, see your talk page. User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 05:32, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Passed

Bypassing the 2-day minimum hold - all concerns addressed and no objections foreseen. Congratulations! Carson 05:45, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks! User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 05:47, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] No term limits?

If so, how is this considered a "dcitatorship"? Does the president hold executive, legislative and judicial power?

-G —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.24.150.207 (talk) 20:23, 22 May 2008 (UTC)