Talk:1995 São Tomé and Príncipe coup d'état

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by RoySmith talk 15:25, 29 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  • Source: Seibert, Gerhard (1 May 2006). Comrades, Clients and Cousins: Colonialism, Socialism and Democratization in São Tomé and Príncipe. Brill Publishers. pp. 257–258. ISBN 978-90-474-0843-7. Retrieved 30 March 2025. He only appeared after Sousa Pontes, locally known as 'Craque' as he had been a successful basketball player, had forced the president's wife, Helena, to phone her husband. She told him that the soldiers would blow up the residential wing, where his family had barricaded itself, if he did not show up immediately. Subsequently, Trovoada, still dressed in his pyjamas and night-gown, and with a portable phone in his hands, appeared and was detained in the barracks of the 600-man army.
5x expanded by Yue (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 33 past nominations.

Yue🌙 18:06, 2 April 2025 (UTC).[reply]

GA review

Passed. PizzaKing13 (¡Hablame!) 🍕👑 07:33, 10 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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.

This review is transcluded from Talk:1995 São Tomé and Príncipe coup d'état/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Nominator: Yue (talk · contribs) 17:26, 1 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: PizzaKing13 (talk · contribs) 07:29, 2 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]


I'll review this article. PizzaKing13 (¡Hablame!) 🍕👑 07:29, 2 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for the delay and thanks for sending me the book. I should get to this at latest by Monday. PizzaKing13 (¡Hablame!) 🍕👑 04:09, 6 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Infobox and lead

  • I'm not sure if "Coup succeeds" is accurate per se. I get that it accomplished its goal, but a new reader might see that juxtaposed with "military restores civilian rule" and go into the article assuming the military overthrew a military government if that makes sense. Maybe there is a better way to word the result like "Coup temporarily overthrows civilian government, military restores civilian rule after receiving several concessions" or something
  • No link for Fernando Sousa Pontes on another language Wikipedia?
  • "president Miguel Trovoada and prime minister Carlos Graça" should be capitalized per MOS:JOBTITLE

Background

  • link president of São Tomé and Príncipe
  • "deplorable state" sounds like an inverted/negative case of MOS:PUFFERY
  • Why were second lieutenants in charge of the coup instead of anyone more senior? I'm used to coups by junior officers with my research into 20th century El Salvador but a coup by officers of the lowest rank I find strange.

Detainment of government officials

  • link military junta
  • Is there no link for "Junta of National Salvation"

International reactions and backtracking by the military

  • Why did the coup leaders not expect any reaction from São Tomé and Príncipe's allies?

De-escalation, negotiations, and end

  • All good

Aftermath

  • No link for national police?
  • You should specify that the 2003 coup was not successful

References

  • All sources are reliable

Spot checks

  • 2 – Green tickY
  • 4 – a, Green tickY; b, Green tickY
  • 6 – Green tickY
  • 13 – Green tickY
  • 15 – Green tickY
  • 16 – a, Green tickY; b, Green tickY; c, Green tickY; d, Green tickY
  • 17 – Green tickY
  • 21 – Green tickY
  • 23 – Green tickY
  • 24 – a, Green tickY; b, Green tickY; c, Green tickY
  • 27 – Green tickY
  • 29 – Green tickY

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:

(Criteria marked are unassessed)

@Yue: Article passes spot checks. Again, thanks for the book. I left some other comments for the review. PizzaKing13 (¡Hablame!) 🍕👑 01:04, 10 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@PizzaKing13: I adjusted the article according to your review except there are no other-language Wikipedia articles or even Wikidata for the Junta of National Salvation or Fernando Sousa Pontes. Regarding the former, it is likely because the junta did not last or function beyond the events described in this article. For the latter, I thought of making the article for him at the time of my expansion of this article but realised he has no coverage in English or Portuguese aside from what I already wrote here. Let me know if there are other improvements you would like to see. Yue🌙 04:10, 10 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Yue: Everything looks good to go. Congrats on the GA! PizzaKing13 (¡Hablame!) 🍕👑 07:28, 10 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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