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Section sizes

Section size for Silvio Berlusconi (64 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	20,830	20,830
Family background and personal life	8,037	8,037
Business career	22	12,442
Milano Due	2,450	2,450
TeleMilano	776	776
Fininvest	9,194	9,194
Political career	10,180	82,556
Beginnings	4,166	4,166
1994 electoral victory	3,699	3,699
Fall of the Berlusconi I Cabinet	2,933	2,933
2001 electoral victory	2,745	2,745
Berlusconi II Cabinet	2,033	2,033
Subsequent elections	1,496	1,496
Berlusconi III Cabinet	2,916	2,916
Attempt to reform the Italian constitution	3,040	3,040
2006 general election and opposition	5,162	5,162
2008 electoral victory	12,261	12,261
The People of Freedom split	9,807	9,807
Resignation	9,218	9,218
2013 general election	2,939	2,939
Refoundation of Forza Italia and public office ban	5,956	5,956
Political comeback and election to European Parliament and Senate	4,005	4,005
Foreign policy	7,577	26,652
Relations with Russia	7,607	7,607
Relations with Israel	3,816	3,816
Relations with Belarus	1,015	1,015
Cooperation with the Western Balkans	1,021	1,021
Relations with Libya	5,616	5,616
Berlusconism	4,384	23,457
Political positions	12,574	12,574
Comparisons to other leaders	6,499	6,499
Legal problems	97	97
Controversies	2,956	88,383
Economic conflicts of interest	3,879	3,879
Media control and conflict of interest	10,893	10,893
The Economist	4,782	4,782
Legislative changes	4,884	4,884
Accusations of links to the Mafia	356	356
Remarks on Western civilisation and Islam	2,540	2,540
Right-to-die case	1,028	1,028
Anti-immigration laws	2,509	2,509
Jokes, gestures, and blunders	15,545	15,545
Friendship with Bettino Craxi	2,100	2,100
Freedom Army	2,176	2,176
Wiretaps and accusations of corruption	4,532	4,532
Divorce and allegations of sexual misconduct	15,905	17,634
Shots of Porto Rotondo	1,729	1,729
Rubygate	11,622	11,622
Panama Papers	947	947
Health	12,162	12,162
Death	8,794	8,794
Personal fortune	3,704	3,704
Electoral history	6,749	9,859
First-past-the-post elections	3,110	3,110
Works by Silvio Berlusconi	1,199	1,199
Honours and awards	5,199	5,650
Namesakes	451	451
In films	15	2,926
Documentaries	1,005	1,005
Feature films	1,906	1,906
See also	129	129
References	1,656	1,656
Further reading	4,097	4,097
External links	4,419	4,419
Total	317,049	317,049

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NPOV: "which he restricted freedom of information"

This is extremely debatable sentence, which should not be written as a fact. Before Berlusconi's entrepreneurial activity (and lobbying), Italy had only state-controlled TV (Rai 1 and Rai 2). Considering that Berlusconi made a strong contribution to private television (at first it was illegal or for technical/legal reasons almost impossible to open a private network) it is ridiculous to write that he "restricted freedom of information." 93.45.229.98 (talk) 18:55, 26 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]