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Gaddafi's date of birth cannot be reliably determined due to conflicting sources. A specific birth date should not be used without further consensus. See discussions:
<A6>#Gaddafi's date of birth, <A5>#Date of birth
wdym? All we have is his birth year. Depending on whether he already had his birthday in the year he died, he could've been either 68 or 69. Not to mention he could've been born in the year after what we list as the circa birth year. Aaron Liu (talk) 23:29, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Why is the 7th of June not a reliable birth date? Plenty of other biography/encyclopaedic sites use that date, can it not be backed up? Petrosm7 (talk) 17:17, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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In the personal life section talking about the Amazonian Guard, in the same paragraph it includes an error as it contains two hads; " the French journalist Annick Cojean published a book alleging that Gaddafi *had had* sexual relations with women " Lungerism (talk) 15:52, 23 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Not done: "Had had" is perfectly correct there; it is simply the past perfect of "to have." Day Creature (talk) 16:30, 23 May 2025 (UTC)
Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. LizardJr8 (talk) 18:17, 31 May 2025 (UTC)
Done Thepharoah17 (talk) 19:13, 23 June 2025 (UTC)
