Talk:Menéndez's revolution

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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. You can locate your hook here. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Crisco 1492 (talk) 21:25, 15 February 2026 (UTC)

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Created by PizzaKing13 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 30 past nominations.

PizzaKing13 (¡Hablame!) 🍕👑 03:49, 11 January 2026 (UTC).

    General: Article is new enough and long enough
    Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
    Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
    QPQ: Done.
    Overall: Created on 10 January. (Meets criteria). Length is okay too. Sourcing is neat and stylised in a clean way. Nearly no gaps at all. Hook is cited? Yes. Neutral and plagiarism- copyviolation-free? Yes. QPQ is done. As for interesting, I do find it interesting, so it's a tick/yes. However, I'm dubious as to the hook's wording. But as I'm not an English native, I leave that for DYK admins. Good to go. Great work CoryGlee 18:01, 13 January 2026 (UTC)

    Did You Know Error on Front Page

    The Did You Know link on the front page links Francisco Melendez's name to the baseball player Francisco Meléndez. — Preceding unsigned comment added by InhumaneRiver (talk • contribs) 13:56, 19 February 2026 (UTC)

     Done already fixed. Main page errors are reported to WP:ERRORS instead. Tbhotch™ (CC BY-SA 4.0) 17:44, 19 February 2026 (UTC)

    GA review

    The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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    Nominator: PizzaKing13 (talk · contribs) 03:05, 11 January 2026 (UTC)

    Reviewer: ThaddeusOrlando55 (talk · contribs) 08:29, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

    Me... yet again. Since I reviewed the article on this revolution's leader, I might as well cross this one off as well. — ThaddeusOrlando55 (talk) 08:30, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

    Images

    Four images. Photos of Fernando Figueroa, Francisco Menéndez, and Rafael Zaldívar, as well as a newspaper article about Zaldívar's resignation.

    • Photos of Menéndez and Zaldívar check out, as does the Diario Oficial article.
    • The photo of Figueroa raised one question. It has the PD-US-no notice licensing, which says that it was published between 1931 to 1977. As Figueroa died in 1919, I imagine that it would have been published before 1931, and the Library of Congress website doesn't give a date.

    Sources

    Fourteen sources in total. Eleven books, one thesis, and two newspaper articles. The thesis is by an accredited historian of El Salvador, so its inclusion is not a problem.

    • The link to the work by Galdames Armas doesn't seem to be working. Aside from that, all sources and the relevant pages are accessible by me.

    Prose, grammar, etc.

    Lead

    • I don't want to overlink
    • Linked

    Background

    • Linked
    • "Menéndez returned to Guatemala after he rejected the 1883 constitution that allowed Zaldívar to seek re-election." The use of the phrasing "the 1883 constitution" strikes me as a bit odd. It almost sounds as if it's something that has been previously mentioned. I think that you should rephrase it to something like, "Also in 1883, Menéndez returned to Guatemala after rejecting a new constitution that allowed Zaldívar to seek re-election." Or, if exactly when he fled is unknown (the wording in the original is unclear when that happened), "Menéndez returned to Guatemala after rejecting a new constitution promulgated/issued/implemented in 1883 that allowed Zaldívar to seek re-election."
    • "1883 constitution" sounds normal to me, but i reworded it PizzaKing13 (¡Hablame!) 🍕👑 18:46, 24 February 2026 (UTC)

    Revolution

    • "The city captured by Rivas' 6,000-strong indigenous army." If I understood what that sentence is trying to say, the word "was" is missing.
    • Fixed
    • "Zaldívar, seeing the severity of the revolution against him, resigned from the presidency on 14 May and fled El Salvador for Europe." It is known more specifically to which country? If not, it's fine, you may disregard this.
    • I can only find "Europe"
    • "Figueroa also became the commander-in-chief of the Salvadoran Army." This position is different from the presidency?
    • For a while, yes
    • "During the revolution, Figueroa established a society to support wounded soldiers and suspended the construction of new schools and courts." Are those things necessary to mention on this page?
    • They're related to the revolution so I think it should be mentioned
    • "According to a message sent to Figueroa by Miranda, the battle resulted in "many" deaths including Pérez's nephew." I think that you should include a comma after "deaths".
    • Added
    • "On 20 May, Honduran president Luis Bográn offered to mediate a peace between Menéndez and Figueroa." Is "mediate a peace" grammatically correct? "Mediate a peace" sounds a bit odd to me, but English is an odd language so it might be correct.
    • Reworded
    • "Manuel Sol and Nicolás Tigerino, delegates from Figueroa's government, met Menéndez on 25 May and asked to hold peace negotiations." Not a big deal if not, but is it known where they met? I assume he was still in Santa Ana.
    • Source doesn't say, but probably
    • "Government forces abandoned Ahuachapán on 14 June, and the city was captured by Colonel Juan Leiva in support of the revolutionaries." This sentence does not have a citation.
    • Fixed
    • "Figueroa, believing that the revolution had become unsustainable, resigned from the presidency on 18 June and fled El Salvador fearing for his life." Is "unsustainable" the right word here? That sounds like what a revolutionary would feel when they're losing, not the government losing against revolutionaries.

    Aftermath

    • Reworded
    • Out of curiosity, is it known what happened to Zaldívar? His page says that he died in France, presumably without ever returning to El Salvador, but that's only in the infobox and not sourced. If you can find a source, you may want to mention what happened to him in this article.

    Overall

    GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)

    1. It is reasonably well written.
      a. (prose, spelling, and grammar):
      b. (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
    2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.
      a. (reference section):
      b. (citations to reliable sources):
      c. (OR):
      d. (copyvio and plagiarism):
    3. It is broad in its coverage.
      a. (major aspects):
      b. (focused):
    4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.
      Fair representation without bias:
    5. It is stable.
      No edit wars, etc.:
    6. It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.
      a. (images are tagged and non-free content have non-free use rationales):
      b. (appropriate use with suitable captions):
    7. Overall:
      Pass/fail:

    @PizzaKing13: This was a very interesting read. A very exciting setup with an underwhelming payoff given that Menéndez did basically none of what he set out to do lol. As the article meets the criteria, I shall pass it. Congratulations. A pleasure to work with you, as always. — ThaddeusOrlando55 (talk) 01:32, 28 February 2026 (UTC)

    @ThaddeusOrlando55: Thanks for the review as always! PizzaKing13 (¡Hablame!) 🍕👑 02:31, 28 February 2026 (UTC)
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