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Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{Edit semi-protected}} template. This is not meant to be a complete list (which would include over 100 countries and be unreadable), it is just a few notable examples. Its unclear what the addition of Syria would clarify. Jamedeus (talk) 20:09, 24 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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There is 27 out states in America that that still have death penalty which is over half of the country so to say that most states have abolished it is not factually correct 81.108.217.142 (talk) 02:42, 12 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The sentence says "the Americas" (as in North and South America), not "America" (as in the United States of America), and so means "states" as in sovereign states (countries), not states as in divisions within a country. I've changed "states" in that sentence to "countries" to make sure there is no confusion. Tollens (talk) 02:59, 12 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It seems incomprehensible to me why the USA (as one of the biggest and most important country in the world) ist not mentioned in the exemplary listing of retentionist countries but much smaller countries like Singapore or Taiwan are. Any rationale for that?
It gets added and then removed then added back and then removed again...... it's an embarrassment and some can't handle it. Will ask for some other opinions on best way to handle it. Moxy🍁 22:35, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I agree. The US should definitely be there. Before non-retentionist countries agree to extradite someone to the US for what the US regards as a capital offense, they typically require a guarantee that the prosecutor will not seek the death penalty. Note that the US is an outlier among the wealthy countries. NightHeron (talk) 00:46, 24 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
If we have consensus, then we have consensus. The only thing I would note is that the US and Japan are listed as retentionist countries in the first sentence in the paragraph, so one could argue it's duplicative/implied. Alyo(chat·edits)13:56, 24 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Since the list comes right after mentioning that 60% of the world's population lives in retentionist countries, the list should include more of the large-population countries (including the US and Japan) and perhaps fewer of the smaller-population countries such as Singapore, Saudi Arabia, and Taiwan (these each have <40 million population). NightHeron (talk) 14:24, 24 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Noting my caveat about the first sentence, I agree and certainly would add in the US. It might be worth keeping some of the smaller countries who have had particularly noteworthy public debates about their death penalty use (e.g., Singapore[1] and Saudi). Alyo(chat·edits)15:34, 24 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Yes. I'd suggest beginning with the largest by population size, in order (maybe no need to make that explicit, even though WP:BLUE would apply): China, India, United States, Indonesia, Pakistan, Nigeria ... NebY (talk) 16:21, 24 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The map on Contemporary Use highlights the different countries with varying colours between green and red, which is not a Colourblind friendly colourscheme. I propose that someone could change it to a better colour scheme :-) Jolanda.mueller (talk) 09:58, 13 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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