Template:Did you know nominations/Assassination of Omar Menéndez

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The result was: promoted by Lightburst (talk) 14:10, 15 June 2023 (UTC)

Assassination of Omar Menéndez

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• ... that in February 2023, Ecuadorian entrepreneur Omar Menéndez was elected mayor of his canton the day after his assassination? Source: El Comercio; CBS News; BBC News; Il Post
  • ALT1: ... that in February 2023, Ecuadorian entrepreneur Omar Menéndez was elected mayor of his canton despite having been assassinated the day before the ballots opened? Source: El Comercio; CBS News; BBC News; Il Post
  • ALT2: ... that in February 2023, Omar Menéndez was assassinated amid a wave of violence towards several candidates in the run-up to the 2023 Ecuadorian local elections? Source: France 24; BBC News; Il Post
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/2023 CONCACAF Champions League final
  • Comment: I created a draft for this blood-chilling bit of news in the first place, but it was BuySomeApples who eventually promoted it to article status, so it's only right that I credit them. I hope the sources I've provided, as well as my QPQ review, are all fine.

Moved to mainspace by BuySomeApples (talk). Nominated by Oltrepier (talk) at 13:16, 11 June 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Assassination of Omar Menéndez; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: @Oltrepier: Good article. Onegreatjoke (talk) 00:34, 13 June 2023 (UTC)