Talk:Syrian caretaker government

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Syrian caretaker government was nominated as a Social sciences and society good article, but it did not meet the good article criteria at the time (May 27, 2025, reviewed version). There are suggestions on the review page for improving the article. If you can improve it, please do; it may then be renominated.

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Why do some some ministers have the names of two ministries next to them? I could not find sources saying that there's a minister that's holding two ministries at the same time. Why are they written like that here?

- RamiPat (talk) 11:02, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You can remove them 𐩣𐩫𐩧𐩨 Abo Yemen (𓃵) 11:45, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Marxsafe:

you reverted the edits, can I know based on what sources did you keep those ministries under those ministers?

- RamiPat (talk) 16:24, 28 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I think we should add in the member part of the page, a template with old members that had offices in the Syrian Transitional Government, what do you all think about that? 77.183.98.84 (talk) 19:42, 21 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I added a To column. There's no point trying to make separate tables. We can use rowspan when ministers can replaced, possibly also with colspan to make it easier to see the separate ministers, as in Council of Ministers of Abiy Ahmed#Members, for example. Edit and look without saving to see the source text. See also Help:Table.

I'm not aware of any ministers who have been replaced, so currently there's no more than one minister-period per ministry. Boud (talk) 22:08, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Since the HTS was abolished on 29 January 2025, does that mean that all members of the cabinet are now considered independent?

- RamiPat (talk) 20:59, 29 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see any justification in removing the [[...|HTS]] intrawiki links. The table is for an encyclopedia, which covers periods of time; it's not a news bulletin, that aims to describe "now". We could put in a citation using a WP:REFGROUP type reference group that states, with a source, that HTS was formally dissolved on 29 Jan 2025. If any of them join a new political party/military group, per WP:RS, then we add the new party group, and add the extra references in the references column. If some of them end up having complicated affiliation histories (e.g. HTS, then ABC, then DEF, then GHI), I think that this table is not the place to give details - just listing them [[...|HTS]], [[ABC]], [[DEF]], [[GHI]] and adding the references should be enough. The changes should be described in prose if relevant to the Cabinet evolution as a whole, and/or in the individual's Wikipedia entry, where anyone interested in his/her military/political affiliation history would tend to expect to find those details. Boud (talk) 17:09, 30 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

AFAIK the HTS as a political org is still there and only the armed wing got dissolved 𐩣𐩫𐩧𐩨 Abo Yemen (𓃵) 17:31, 30 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Only the militant group has been dissolved not the political coalition Waleed (talk) 22:39, 31 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Freedoxm 𐩣𐩫𐩧𐩨 Abo Yemen (𓃵) 06:48, 13 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The positions of "Director of the General Intelligence Service" and "Director of the General Directorate of Customs" are included in the "Members" section.. should they be included? I mean is that section listing the cabinet or the heads of the main government bodies? RamiPat (talk) 14:21, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The table doesn't say anything about listing the members of the cabinet only 𐩣𐩫𐩧𐩨 Abo Yemen (𓃵) 14:24, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Got it, thank you for the clarification RamiPat (talk) 21:22, 28 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Is written as 8 December 2024, but isn't it supposed to be 10 December 2024? According to the sources in the article itself. RamiPat (talk) 21:23, 28 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There is now a new transnational government with a Wikipedia page called ‘second’. Jobfr (talk) 23:35, 29 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Abo Yemen and RamiPat: You should split like Interim government of Muhammad Yunus and Yunus ministry or Provisional Government of the French Republic. Panam2014 (talk) 00:04, 30 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@HurricaneEdgar: what do you think? Panam2014 (talk) 15:00, 1 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Any opinion @Freedoxm: ? Panam2014 (talk) 00:00, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Nope. But thanks for pinging. 🗽Freedoxm🗽(talk · contribs) 00:36, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This review is transcluded from Talk:Syrian caretaker government/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Nominator: HurricaneEdgar (talk · contribs) 00:18, 6 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: Thebiguglyalien (talk · contribs) 22:17, 1 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'll look over this article. I was following the events as they unfolded but not very closely, so this should be an interesting read. If you're interested, there's currently a good article review drive going on that's specifically geared toward working with people who are reviewing for the first time. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 🛸 22:17, 1 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

HurricaneEdgar I've read the article and made some notes below. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 🛸 00:19, 2 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

General:

• The images of Ahmed al-Sharaa and Mazloum Abdi are currently nominated for deletion at Commons, and it's unclear whether they're public domain.
• Any individuals or groups should be introduced the first time they're mentioned if they aren't already.
• There are several major policy issues that seem to be missing. The role of Islam (outside of specific areas like education), women's rights, access to utilities, and public health come to mind.
• I'd rather avoid the word "regime" anywhere in the article per WP:LABEL.

Lead and infobox:

• The lead covers a lot of background information but doesn't cover policies.
• Mohammed al-Bashir shouldn't be called a "former" prime minister in the infobox caption because he was the incumbent during the government and when this image was taken.

Background:

• as pro-government forces collapsed and while pro-government troops fell apart seems repetitive and slightly dramatic.

Formation:

• met with representatives of the previous government – See WP:EASTEREGG. This government should be named and explained in the Background section, because it's confusing to introduce it here.
• While there's a [better source needed] tag (which I switched to non-primary needed), this use of a primary source is good enough for now. No change needed at this time.
• A lot of weight is given to women in government, and it seems like a bunch of disparate statements pulled from random sources without any coverage of its significance. Are there any sources saying that women in government was such a critical issue during the caretaker government's formation?
• Related to the previous point, three paragraphs are given to Arnaout's comments. Unless this resulted in a massive shift in the government as a whole, this is almost certainly a WP:MINORASPECT that doesn't warrant much coverage in the article.

Economic reforms:

• Business leaders interviewed by Reuters – This needs to be qualified. It could mean large international trade organizations, or it could mean two guys who own businesses.
• met with protests from people – Which people, and was this the popular opinion?

Administrative reforms:

• already implemented in Idlib – City or governorate?
• which are to be increased to SSG government minimum wages – When, and according to whom?
• The transitional government includes numerous senior officials – Is present-tense correct here?

Constitutional changes and political transition:

• How was power divided between the president and the prime minister?
• Were there any political bodies acting as a temporary legislature or judiciary while they prepared more permanent institutions?
• Was the 2025 Interim Constitution of Syria the same thing as al-Sharaa's promised "constitutional declaration"?
• I imagine the constitution is a very important aspect of the caretaker government. Is there a reason why it's only given one sentence? I'd expect at least a paragraph summarizing its main article, if not a whole section.

Foreign affairs:

• If we don't know anything about Syria and the Abraham Accords, are the accords worth mentioning?

Defense:

• The second paragraph of this section (On 29 December 2024, Ahmed al-Sharaa announced...) is confusing.

Media:

• One-sentence sections should be avoided per MOS:PARA, though I don't see how it can be avoided here. Maybe the sentence could be moved to "Administrative reforms"?

Justice:

• Several Syrian groups have called for al-Waisi to resign – Which ones?

Education:

• It says that the education minister denied the changes, but it otherwise treats them as fact. Are there any sources that comment on al-Qadri's denial?

Dissolution:

• The government replaced the Syrian caretaker government, which was formed following the fall of the Assad regime. – What's the purpose of this sentence? We already know about the caretaker government, we just read a whole article about it!

Members:

• Why is there a heading for "Mohammad al-Bashir cabinet" if that's the only cabinet?
• Instead of a "left office" column that only says one thing, I suggest adding a sentence saying that all members served on the cabinet until the caretaker government ended on 29 March 2025.

References:

• Daily Sabah is generally unreliable. If the other source supports this whole statement, then Daily Sabah can just be removed.
• I'm not sure if Hawar News Agency is a reliable source if it's affiliated with active groups in the conflict. It's currently used three times in the article.
• Big News Network is repeating information from WP:XINHUA, which is probably not reliable for this topic.

Spot checks:

• Alkousaa (2025) "Syria's Islamist rulers overhaul economy..." – Good.
• Azhari (2024) "Syria's new rulers back shift..." – Good.
• Gebeily & Azhari (2024) "Assad gets asylum in Russia..." – This does not support "sectarian" or "totalitarian". Labels should only be applied if they are verified by their citation.
• Michaelson (2024) "Bashar al-Assad reported to have fled Syria..." – Good.
• Reuters (2024) "Syria's Assad appoints a new cabinet" – Unless I'm missing something, this doesn't support anything it's supposed to. If this happens elsewhere in the article then it can't be a GA, so I suggest looking closely to make sure there are no major issues.

I'm adding these notes for posterity in case there's further interest in improving the article later, but they are not relevant to the good article criteria and are not part of the review:

• The article suffers from WP:PROSELINE. Ideally it should summarize the events rather than list them. At the very least, present them in paragraph form and try not to start every sentence the same way.
• Since the article has been moved to "caretaker government", it might be appropriate to swap out instances of "transitional government" with "caretaker government", especially since it might be confused with the transitional government that was formed in March.
• "Constitutional changes and political transition" covers the political process and formation of the government more than policy issues. I'd consider moving it under "Formation" or giving it its own section (especially if info on the constitution is expanded).
• There are several quotes throughout the article that could be paraphrased.
• In the references, there are a few publishers that are not written in English.

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