# Talk:Manuel Enrique Araujo

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Nominator: PizzaKing13 (talk · contribs) 05:47, 11 August 2025 (UTC)
Reviewer: Dumelow (talk · contribs) 16:00, 16 October 2025 (UTC)

Happy to take a look at this one - Dumelow (talk) 16:00, 16 October 2025 (UTC)

I'll get to this review soon. PizzaKing13 (¡Hablame!) 🍕👑 06:33, 20 October 2025 (UTC)
I am currently in the process of moving and *should* be able to get to this by Monday. PizzaKing13 (¡Hablame!) 🍕👑 05:36, 24 October 2025 (UTC)
No worries, give me a ping whenever you're ready for me to take another look - Dumelow (talk) 08:52, 24 October 2025 (UTC)
@Dumelow: Responded 21:43, 30 October 2025 (UTC)
Thanks PizzaKing13.  I've highlighted three points below with an orange arrow for additional comment and section 6 on images needs a look.  Everything else looks good - Dumelow (talk) 09:48, 31 October 2025 (UTC)
@Dumelow: The three things have been addressed. I removed the images from section 6. PizzaKing13 (¡Hablame!) 🍕👑 19:47, 31 October 2025 (UTC)
Thanks, I will pass this for GA - Dumelow (talk) 08:29, 1 November 2025 (UTC)


### 1. Well-written
Criteria: the prose is clear, concise, and understandable to an appropriately broad audience; spelling and grammar are correct;  and it complies with the Manual of Style guidelines for lead sections, layout, words to watch, fiction, and list incorporation.

Early life
"Manuel Enrique Araujo was born on 12 October 1865 ... Araujo was baptized on 22 September 1865"
The dates here cannot be correct
Fixed
"Araujo was the youngest of eight siblings; his siblings were: Ramón, Miguel, Rosendo, Fernando, Jesús, Mercedes, and Fidelia"
Consider avoiding repetition of "siblings" her, perhaps use "children" instead of the first use.  If none of the siblings are notable consider what value there is to naming them all  in any case?
Removed all the names
"Araujo studied medicine at the University of El Salvador, where he obtained a doctorate in pharmacy."
I assume we don't know any dates for this?
No
"Araujo specialized in surgery[1] and actively practiced medicine during the 1890s and 1900s,"
Do we know if this was in El Salvador?  As the last locations mentioned were his studies in Europe
Presumably El Salvador
Vice President of El Salvador
I often trip up on WP:JOBTITLES but "president" is not capitalised in "vice president of El Salvador" in the text so probably shouldn't be capitalised in the section header?
I think it should be capitalized since the header is the title itself
"Araujo was elected to serve as under president-elect Fernando Figueroa, who himself won with 99.76 percent of the vote"
"as" is superfluous here, I think?
Did Araujo have any earlier involvement with national politics or Figueroa, he seems to suddenly have massive support to  become VP from nowhere, but perhaps this is just how it was?
All I can find is that he was mayor of San Salvador (the capital) from 1880–1889
Did you think "as" can be removed? - Dumelow (talk) 09:41, 31 October 2025 (UTC)

Reworded
"Both Figueroa and Araujo assumed office on 1 March 1907 as president and vice president, respectively"
I think the second part of this sentence can be omitted, you've already established their offices in this paragraph
Removed
"Araujo did not want to select his brother Rosendo as his running mate as the Legislative Assembly wanted, stating that he did not want to portray himself as establishing a political dynasty"
Reads a bit awkward.  Perhaps "The Legislative Assembly wanted Araujo to select his brother Rosendo as his running mate but Araujo refused as he did not want to portray himself as establishing a political dynasty"?
Any thoughts on this? - Dumelow (talk) 09:41, 31 October 2025 (UTC)
Missed this the first time, changed.
Can "Legislative Assembly" be linked?
Linked
"Regarding the election's conduct, historian Alastair White stated that "opponents were allowed to participate but not allowed to win""
Can we elaborate on the extent of fixing?  Was the previous election fixed also?
Every election before 1931 was rigged/fraudulent, but i added information about incumbent presidents pre-selecting their successors in 1903 and 1907 which also happened to Araujo in 1911 so its relevant.
Presidency
"Araujo was afraid that Cabrera and allied Salvadoran exiles would seek to overthrow him and he thus sought to retain high popular support within El Salvador in order to dissuade a potential for a coup d'état."
Who is Cabrera? This is the first time he is mentioned
Fixed, Manuel Estrada Cabrera
Consider removing "in order", I don't think it adds anything here
Removed
"but he also received some support from the country's idealist liberals due to his "reputation" for respecting freedoms"
a bit MOS:SCAREQUOTESy
Removed
"In commemoration of the 100 year anniversary"
I think should be "100-year..."
Fixed
"In addition to establishing the National Guard, Araujo also reformed the army's command structure by establishing a general staff with the advice of Spanish military officers"
Did the Spanish officers advise on the reforms or advise the general staff?  If the former I would word it as "In addition to establishing the National Guard, Araujo, with the advice of Spanish military officers, also reformed the army's command structure by establishing a general staff"
the former, changed to your suggestion
Consider linking "general staff" to Staff (military)
Linked
"Businessmen and diplomats from the United States were critical of Araujo's government for not adhering to the United States' "idealized dream" of democracy by its liberal approach to social improvement in El Salvador."
Are quoting someone directly here?
Reworded
"Araujo unsuccessfully sought to organize a pan-Central American military counter-interventiom"
Consider linking Central America
Linked
"French politician Auguste Jean Marc Fabre"
The French national archives describe him as minister to Central America from 1911.  I would name him as such or as "French diplomat" rather than "politician"
Changed
Assassination
"Araujo was shot once in the left shoulder and stabbed five times, one of which struck his brain."
Doesn't read right to me. I've not found an ideal solution, perhaps splitting into two sentences would work.  The best I could come up with was: "stabbed five times, with one of the wounds causing a traumatic brain injury"
Changed to your suggestion
"but not before receiving an anointing from Antonio Adolfo Pérez y Aguilar, the bishop of San Salvador"
Would Anointing of the sick be a useful link from "anointing"
Linked
"Before his death, Araujo reportedly forgave the men who attacked him"
Do we know who reported this, otherwise this may fall foul of MOS:AWW
Trabanino just says that he forgave them
If he says it happened we can remove "reportedly", I think? - Dumelow (talk) 09:41, 31 October 2025 (UTC)
Removed
"At the time, U.S. diplomats privately believed that Cabrera had ordered the assassination who feared that Araujo sought to unite Central America under his rule"
Doesn't read right to me, should it be "At the time, U.S. diplomats privately believed that Cabrera had ordered the assassination as he feared that Araujo sought to unite Central America under his rule"
Yes, fixed
"White believed that Araujo was "probably" assassinated on Alfaro's orders in an attempt to overthrow the pragmatic liberals from power"
Reads better to me as "to remove the pragmatic liberals from power" or just "to overthrow the pragmatic liberals"
Changed to the latter
Legacy
"Araujo lay in state in the National Palace and the Metropolitan Cathedral of San Salvador from 10 to 12 February 1913.[2] Araujo's funeral was held the on 12 February 1913, and a reported 15,000 people attended"
Presumably this should be "..was held there on...".  However, as you name two places that he lay on state I think it would be best to specify the location of the funeral (presumably the cathedral?).  I would consider "Araujo's funeral was held at the cathedral on 12 February 1913..."
Fixed and specified the cathedral
"Prior to Araujo's assassination, Durán resigned from the vice presidency."
Do we have a date for this?
Can't find this anywhere. Some sources say he died first (he didn't), others say he resigned after Araujo's assassinations, others say that he resigned before it. I'm going off of Ching saying that he resigned before on p. 220.
"Meléndez served as president in a provisional capacity until August 1914.[43] Araujo's assassination led to the formation of a political dynasty led by Meléndez that would rule El Salvador until 1927"
What happened in August, was he confirmed/elected as president? I initially read it that he had stood down but the second sentence makes it sound like he held continuous power.
He resigned then to be eligible to run in 1915. Added Ching p. 242
Lead
I think including "Doctor" as a prefix is contrary to MOS:PREFIX
Removed
"Doctor Manuel Enrique Araujo (12 October 1865 – 9 February 1913) was a Salvadoran politician and physician who served as President of El Salvador from 1 March 1911 until his death on 9 February 1913 to his injuries sustained in an assassination attempt five days prior."
This is quite a long sentence, I would consider splitting it into two after "physician"
Split
"...until his death on 9 February 1913 to his injuries sustained in an assassination attempt..." doesn't read right.  Consider "...until his death on 9 February 1913 from injuries sustained in an assassination attempt..."
Changed


### 2. Verifiable with no original research
Criteria: it contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with the layout style guideline; reliable sources are cited inline. All content that could reasonably be challenged, except for plot summaries and that which summarizes cited content elsewhere in the article, must be cited no later than the end of the paragraph (or line if the content is not in prose); it contains no original research; and it contains no copyright violations or plagiarism.

Article is fully cited inline with the following exceptions:
That Alfaro was a former vice president is stated only in the lead and is uncited
Added to the body
That Eduardo was his predecessor as vice president is stated only in the infobox and uncited
Added to the body
the link for Bernal Ramírez & Quijano de Batres 2009 is broken (for me at least)
Fixed
Likewise the link for Diario Oficial 1911,
Fixed
And this one for Strephen H. Grant
Fixed
Thanks.  I have verified the following from it:
"his father was Basque and his mother was Portuguese."
"and actively practiced medicine during the 1890s and 1900s, performing surgeries on prostate glands and eye tumors."
"On 9 February 1913, the Legislative Assembly declared 30 days of mourning. Araujo lay in state in the National Palace and the Metropolitan Cathedral of San Salvador from 10 to 12 February 1913"
Can you confirm what makes stephenhgrant.com a reliable source?
Stephen H. Grant was a Foreign Service Officer, diplomat, and historian who "published three books of social history using vintage picture postcards, highlighting life in Indonesia, Guinea, and El Salvador"
Everything else looks to be OK for the information cited.
Spotchecks carried out on the only English language source I can access:
"...and the rural patrols — paramilitary groups of peasants who were retired conscripts" checks out to Ladutke 2015, p. 19
"Araujo's government used both the National Guard and the rural patrols to repress peasants who criticized the government, acquire intelligence on the affairs of rural El Salvador, and defend the interest of powerful landowners who supported the government politically and economically" the first part is supported by  Ladutke 2015, pp. 19-20 and happy to presume the second is supported by Luna 1969, p. 44.
I didn't pick up any overly close paraphrasing from Ladutke and Earwig flags up no issues


### 3. Broad in its coverage
Criteria: it addresses the main aspects of the topic; and it stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (see summary style).

Some coverage of what he did in his nine years as mayor would be nice, but perhaps the sources don't exist?


### 4. Neutral
Criteria: it represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each.

No obvious issues


### 5. Stable
Criteria: it does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute.

No disputes seen in page history or on talk page


### 6. Illustrated
Criteria: media are tagged with their copyright statuses, and valid non-free use rationales are provided for non-free content; and media are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions.

The file description and sourcing for File:Durante la ceremonia para la investidura Presidencial del Dr. Manuel Enrique Araujo en el Palacio Nacional, 1911.jpg doesn't appear adequate to to confirm it was published in the US before 1930 as per its licencing tag.  It would also appear to have been created in El Salvador and so should have a country-specific tag for the source country.
Likewise File:Retrato oficial de Manuel Enrique Araujo.jpg maintains it is a "scan from the original work" but doesn't state what this is and if it was published in the US before 1930.  Again if the source country is not the US then it should have a second tag for that country.
Everything else looks OK