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in the "Early Life" section the text says: Mussolini was sent to a boarding school in Faenza run by Salesian monks. However Salesians are not monks, but 'religiouses'.
Suggested change: Mussolini was sent to a boarding school in Faenza run by Salesians.SiGe91 (talk) 19:32, 15 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I looked through the Talk archives and didn't see discussion about the misleading images in the newsreel about his execution. The final portion of the footage shows a man seated, back to firing squad, and bullet impact to his head. Next image shows one person hanging by feet against a wall. Compared with the article's execution description and photo of the group in the piazzale, it is clear that the firing squad and hanging scenes in the newsreel are not of Mussolini. If the newsreel is to be kept in the article, the caption should explain that the images I've cited are not of Mussolini, but other persons presumably for dramatic effect. Knowledgeable and careful readers will likely arrive at this conclusion, but I believe the encyclopedia should explicitly explain the situation and not present the newsreel (itself guilty of inaccurate presentation) as if it actually documents Mussolini's execution and hanging. DonFB (talk) 08:43, 6 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Absent objection, I will shortly revise caption to add: "Execution images depict persons other than Mussolini." DonFB (talk) 07:04, 9 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
level-4 vital article is rated B-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale.
Done: [1]. JacktheBrown (talk) 04:17, 15 November 2024 (UTC)
