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List of awards and honors bestowed upon Imelda Marcos was nominated for deletion. The discussion was closed on 8 June 2016 with a consensus to merge. Its contents were merged into Imelda Marcos. The original page is now a redirect to this page. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected article, please see its history; for its talk page, see here.

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So... about the shoes

Are we just failing the article having only a single pair here and at Wikicommons? or there legitimately aren't actual photographs of an actual collection and this is just a successful urban myth / political hit job? — LlywelynII 13:24, 7 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Vice has a piece here (with photos!) Howard the Duck (talk) 17:16, 29 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

A large part of the collection is on display at the Presidential Palace in Manila. Saw it myself. Davidkt (talk) 23:18, 18 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Children

Can someone edit the information box where it lists the four children of Imelda Marcos and mentions (adopted) at the last one? It is rather odd to include this distinction there instead of in the "personal life" section where it belongs. 2001:1C01:4216:A400:44E9:CE0C:A226:AB60 (talk) 10:43, 17 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Neither Template:Infobox officeholder nor Template:Infobox person give any advice, so yes I think that could be removed. But there is no "Personal life" section, where each of the children might be named and linked? And Aimee Marcos is not mentioned anywhere outside the infobox. Martinevans123 (talk) 11:54, 17 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I meant the infobox. Could the (adopted) be removed? Just looks so odd to put it there. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:1C01:4216:A400:44E9:CE0C:A226:AB60 (talk) 12:58, 17 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I know you meant that, thanks. I'm saying there's currently nowhere else to put it. Martinevans123 (talk) 13:06, 17 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Cultural Influence

In the "Portrayals in news and art" section, adding the 1988 Big Audio Dynamite song "2000 Shoes" would be appropriate as it's entirely about Imelda. Lyrics here - https://genius.com/Big-audio-dynamite-2000-shoes-lyrics Davidkt (talk) 23:21, 18 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

A Commons file used on this page or its Wikidata item has been nominated for speedy deletion

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Imelda Romualdez Marcos 2.jpg

You can see the reason for deletion at the file description page linked above. —Community Tech bot (talk) 09:06, 7 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

A Commons file used on this page or its Wikidata item has been nominated for deletion

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Participate in the deletion discussion at the nomination page. —Community Tech bot (talk) 19:51, 7 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]