# Talk:Fidel Castro

As stated at the top of the page, this article is over 19,000 words and the largest good article that Wikipedia has. This makes it hard for the mildy-interested reader to navigate the page and read the most important information about Castro's life. WP:TOOBIG states that articles over 15,000 words "almost certainly should be divided or trimmed" and Wikipedia has many articles on large topics that are able to have a lower article size, such as Earth, Philosophy, and George Washington. 
Some places that I think can be cut:

"Lifestyle": Most of this information is unencyclopedic and too detailed.
"Personality": Same as Lifestyle
"Consolidating leadership: 1959" and "Bay of Pigs Invasion and "Socialist Cuba": 1961–1962": for a short time period, this has a lot of information. Can some of this information go to the articles mentioned in "Main article" and "See also"?
Skimming through the article, I think there are lots of places with redundancy and excess words that could be cut for succinctness.
If this article's prose size was reduced, it would be a lot closer to becoming a featured article, and I think it would be popular if it was today's featured article. What are editor thoughts on reducing the article's word count? Z1720 (talk) 13:25, 23 June 2025 (UTC)

I have started by removing the "Personality" section and renaming it "Religious beliefs": Personality sections are usually removed from Wikipedia articles as unencyclopedic and, since this article is already too big, I think this is a good place to start. Z1720 (talk) 18:06, 1 July 2025 (UTC)
A slow response, but I think your trims went a bit too far. There was definitely a lot of overdetail packed into "Personal and public life", but some of the more meaningful assessments from real historians were taken out, as were relevant details about his personal life and public image. I may go through and restore some portion of the content soon. —Ganesha811 (talk) 04:46, 9 November 2025 (UTC)
@Ganesha811: I would recommend spinning out information about his public image and personal life rather than adding it back in. With how  many secondary sources there are about Castro, this article might have to be an introductory, parent article to his biography and only include the most important information. Z1720 (talk) 19:41, 9 November 2025 (UTC)

Would like to suggest that he is a Dictator 68.105.60.69 (talk) 01:51, 3 September 2025 (UTC)

 Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{Edit semi-protected}} template.  veko. (user | talk | contribs) 01:58, 3 September 2025 (UTC)

Would like to suggest that he is a Dictator 68.105.60.69 (talk) 10:13, 3 September 2025 (UTC)

 Not done: See the response to your previous edit request above. Day Creature (talk) 12:31, 3 September 2025 (UTC)

May the family tree be updated? Castro's sister Agustina died in 2017 but is listed on the tree as still alive. ~2025-34147-73 (talk) 19:43, 16 November 2025 (UTC)