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A fact from this article was featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the On this day section on December 30, 2004, December 30, 2005, December 30, 2006, January 17, 2011, December 30, 2011, December 30, 2014, and December 30, 2015.

This article has been mentioned by multiple media organizations:

Lamb, Kate (August 2, 2017). "Wiki warriors: activists fighting to keep truth of brutal Marcos regime in Philippines alive". The Guardian (Guardian Media Group). Retrieved August 2, 2017.
Manglinong, Dan (April 12, 2018). "A 'fake news' list and an edit war on Mocha Uson's Wikipedia page". InterAksyon. Twitter users who posted and commented on screenshots of the revised Wikipedia entry for Uson also noticed the Wikipedia page of late dictator Ferdinand Marcos.
Krixia Subingsubing, Mariejo S. Ramos (February 25, 2021). "'Editing' Edsa: Battle rages online vs trolls, revisionists". Philippine Daily Inquirer. The Ferdinand Marcos page alone has had over 7,170 edits since 2002. It's also host to pro-Marcos revisionist accounts who "often cause a big headache and great damage to the article,"
"How Marcos Family & Supporters Are Rewriting History Online: Digital Activists Fight Misinformation". CNA Insider (Mediacorp). 12 June 2024. Confronting historical lies in cyberspace is a battle being fought on Wikipedia too... On average more than 376 edits are made on the Ferdinand Marcos Senior Wikipedia page every year.

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Section sizes

Section size for Ferdinand Marcos (84 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	39,723	39,723
Early life	5,822	5,822
Education	4,206	4,206
Julio Nalundasan assassination	4,456	4,456
World War II (1939–1945)	77	77
Post-WWII (1949–1965)	2,931	5,005
Presidential campaign	2,074	2,074
Administration and cabinet	321	321
First term (1965–1969)	3,849	14,292
Defense expansion	814	814
Vietnam War	3,024	3,024
Loans for construction projects	1,073	1,073
Jabidah exposé	4,106	4,106
1969 campaign	129	129
Balance of payments crisis	105	105
Informal diplomacy	1,192	1,192
Second term (1969–1972)	5,417	35,752
Social unrest after the balance of payments crisis	959	9,942
"Moderate" and "radical" opposition	1,279	3,253
Moderates	976	976
Radicals	998	998
Radicalization	5,730	5,730
First Quarter Storm	3,969	3,969
Constitutional Convention of 1971	5,500	5,500
CPP New People's Army	1,980	1,980
Rumored coup d'état and assassination plot	2,526	2,526
Plaza Miranda bombing	4,461	4,461
1971 suspension of habeas corpus	1,867	1,867
1972 Manila bombings	90	90
Martial law era (1972–1981)	5,233	29,108
Arrests	692	692
Bagong Lipunan (New Society)	4,584	4,584
Filipinization of Chinese schools	1,844	1,844
1973 referendum	236	236
Rolex 12 and the military	2,122	2,122
US foreign policy	4,205	4,205
Switch from Taiwan to the People's Republic of China	4,071	4,071
1978 parliamentary election	3,693	3,693
Prime minister	968	968
Proclamation 2045	1,460	1,460
Third term (1981–1986)	1,876	12,659
Armed conflict with the CPP–NPA	1,871	1,871
Recession	1,722	1,722
Aquino assassination	4,679	4,679
Impeachment attempt	1,190	1,190
Physical decline	1,321	1,321
Economic performance	1,397	1,397
Snap election, People Power Revolution, and ouster (1986)	64	10,844
1986 snap election	7,817	7,817
1986 RAM coup and People Power Revolution	2,963	2,963
Exile in Hawaii (1986–1989)	34	14,678
Fleeing to Hawaii	8,535	8,535
Plans to return and "The Marcos Tapes"	3,004	3,004
Legal cases	3,105	3,105
Personal life	3,926	3,926
Death and burial	7,438	7,438
Trials and reparations	28	9,280
Roxas v. Marcos	1,131	1,131
Sandiganbayan, Supreme Court, and international trials	1,582	1,582
Reparations	6,539	6,539
Legacy	306	69,407
Human rights abuses	9,127	28,918
Abductions	2,455	2,455
Killings	5,926	15,587
Civilian massacres	5,486	5,486
Muslim massacres	4,175	4,175
Family denial	1,749	1,749
Ill-gotten wealth	12,315	12,401
Overseas investments	86	86
Monopolies	155	155
Infrastructure and edifices	12,932	12,932
Logging and deforestation	2,891	2,891
Heavy industrialization	2,942	4,685
Nuclear Power	1,743	1,743
Educational system	2,393	2,393
Metro Manila	2,136	2,136
The US–Marcos relationship	2,590	2,590
Books	2,604	2,604
Recognition	4,435	4,435
See also	508	508
Notes	24	24
References	362	362
Further reading	688	688
External links	6,154	6,154
Total	283,166	283,166

Suggested lede edit

Please would someone change: He was elected president of the Philippines in 1965 and presided over an economy that grew during the beginning of his 20-year rule[31] but would end in the loss of livelihood, extreme poverty for almost half the Philippine population,[32][33] and a crushing debt crisis.

to: "He was elected president of the Philippines in 1965 and presided over an economy that grew during the beginning of his 20-year rule[31] but would end in the loss of livelihood and extreme poverty for almost half the Philippine population,[32][33] together with a crushing debt crisis." ? 84.9.131.171 (talk) 17:23, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Please would someone change: He was elected president of the Philippines in 1965 and presided over an economy that grew during the beginning of his 20-year rule[31] but would end in the loss of livelihood, extreme poverty for almost half the Philippine population,[32][33] and a crushing debt crisis.

to: "He was elected president of the Philippines in 1965 and presided over an economy that grew during the beginning of his 20-year rule[31] but would end in the loss of livelihood and extreme poverty for almost half the Philippine population,[32][33] together with a crushing debt crisis." ? 84.9.131.171 (talk) 17:26, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done. —seav (talk) 19:25, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Seav Don't forget to change the "|ans=no" parameter to "|ans=yes" when you complete an edit request. Shadow311 (talk) 21:22, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, @Seav ! 84.9.131.171 (talk) 19:54, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Mass murderer category

Would a mass murderer category be appropriate for him? 2600:100C:A218:9A7B:BC5E:E0AD:C8F9:553 (talk) 20:07, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think Marcos himself carried out the murders, so no. Maybe state-sponsored killings or something else? Howard the Duck (talk) 05:13, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The thing is: other dictators such as Bashar al Assad, Saddam Hussein, etc have mass murderer as a category. 2600:100C:A218:9A7B:70FE:16E:CEBB:85ED (talk) 06:42, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Interestingly, Adolf Hitler does not have a mass murderer category but Benito Mussolini does. Ganmatthew (talk • contribs) 13:12, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Has Hitler ever been accused of mass murder? Dimadick (talk) 13:42, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I mean, it's an analogy considering Marcos is associated with widespread human rights violations, but probably not mass murder unless you count extrajudicial killings. Hitler would more likely be considered a mass murderer for the Holocaust alone. Ganmatthew (talk • contribs) 14:31, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Marcos and other similar dictators may have caused an unquantifiable number of killings, but I'd suppose it's not mass murder but something else. Howard the Duck (talk) 10:27, 17 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ex-President Marcos Sr.'s Dictatorship of 20 years Impacts: Estimated human rights abuses and stolen national wealth.

Ex-President Marcos Sr.'s Dictatorship of 20 years

Impacts: Estimated human rights abuses and stolen national wealth. 122.52.31.74 (talk) 06:43, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Torturer category

Would the torturer category be appropriate here? 2600:100C:A21D:971A:3DFA:A9B2:FCD8:A60 (talk) 06:00, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Unless it was documented that it was Marcos himself who did the torturing, then no. Howard the Duck (talk) 22:48, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There are plenty of sources that state his regime was responsible for torturing. Why do other dictators have the mass murderer category as well? 2600:100C:A20D:BB75:D500:DBA6:3203:9CF9 (talk) 23:13, 28 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Marcos Legacy

Can you please right down all Marcos Projects and all of its cost so we can check everything how much did he really stole from the government. For 25 years in power he only spent 400B pesos. So i wondered where did he gets the funding and the resources. 2604:3D09:8885:D900:1032:B365:9111:8E4E (talk) 15:07, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]