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Consistency in including pre-modern polities in infoboxes

Several country infoboxes include pre-modern polities that did not share the modern state name or ethnic identity, when those polities either originated within the modern territory or ruled from a capital located there. Examples include the Roman Empire in Italy’s infobox and the Medes in Iran’s infobox, despite the Medes neither identifying as Persian nor calling their polity “Iran". Morocco’s infobox also includes pre-colonial dynasties despite later imperial and colonial periods. Iraq’s infobox applies a narrower standard by limiting entries to the modern sovereign state, which excludes comparable cases. This omits Mesopotamian states that originated in the territory and the Abbasid Caliphate, whose imperial capital was Baghdad, even though similar criteria are used elsewhere.Thegiantofgiants (talk) 01:54, 2 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

"significant minorities"

In the lead "Most Iraqis are Muslim, while significant minorities include Christians, Mandaeans, Yazidism, Yarsanism, and Jews"

There are 3 Jews in Iraq.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/on-passover-2021-iraqs-jewish-community-dwindles-to-fewer-than-five/

See History of the Jews in Iraq

Not a very significant minority. ~2026-17387-19 (talk) 05:42, 20 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Flag?

What happened to the flag? Never seen this being flown before GucciNuzayer (talk) 14:25, 31 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

New President

Nizar Amedi is the new president of iraq ~2026-22430-02 (talk) 14:38, 11 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Please. Cite your sources. Wikipedia needs cited information from reliable sources. If this is from your own experiences, it doesn't belong here. One Reaction was here. Got a complaint? 21:21, 16 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Foreign support in rebuilding

At the end of the introduction, it was mentioned (I’ve removed it) that Iraq is rebuilding “with foreign support”. I would like to know what kind of “foreign support” (in the sense of aid) is Iraq receiving exactly to rebuild? All I’m aware of are business projects undertaken by foreign companies, not exactly “aid” in the sense meant by the previous wording in the article. Even UNAMI’s work ended last year. Donkeykong71818 (talk) 06:57, 13 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

The President's Name Representation

it should be written as "nizar amêdî" ئامێدی , not amidi which would become ئامِدِ , for a better representation, Heroko z (talk) 13:31, 19 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

ali al zebidi is the new prime minister

he just became prime minister Hamzagmod1 (talk) 18:27, 27 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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iraq has chosen ali zaidi as it's new prime minister source al arabi tv Hamzagmod1 (talk) 18:47, 27 April 2026 (UTC)https://x.com/i/status/2048830653530276340 other source Hamzagmod1 (talk) 18:47, 27 April 2026 (UTC)https://x.com/i/status/2048833385997447531 Hamzagmod1 (talk) 18:45, 27 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want made. Please detail the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Please note that the article should not be updated to state that anyone has become the new prime minister until such time as they have actually assumed the office. Day Creature (talk) 21:16, 27 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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please change iraqi prime minister from Muhammad shia al sudani to ali al zaidi ^[1] Hamzagmod1 (talk) 06:10, 28 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Not done for now: per User:Day Creature's response above DiscoursesonLivvy (talk · contribs) 08:26, 28 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

^ https://x.com/i/status/2048833385997447531

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