Talk:National Democratic Party (El Salvador)

date of foundation

Someone changed the foundation date in the article to 1913. However, this party was actually founded between 1918 and 1919. Erik Ching's book Authoritarian El Salvador provides a detailed explanation of the party's origins: "This split within the military would prove to be an enduring legacy of the 1919 election. It was in the midst of the heated electoral campaign that Quinonez founded both the PND and the Liga Roja." (p.181) Whoever thinks it was founded in 1913 is probably mistaking it for the Club Melendista, which was founded in 1913. However, Club Melendista was founded by Carlos Melendez and it wasn't an actual political party like the PND was.Ames86 (talk) 18:50, 22 April 2021 (UTC)

GA review

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This review is transcluded from Talk:National Democratic Party (El Salvador)/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Nominator: PizzaKing13 (talk · contribs) 04:16, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

Reviewer: ThaddeusOrlando55 (talk · contribs) 00:57, 14 February 2026 (UTC)

Hello, once again. You're probably very sick of me by now, aren't you? I can access the main source of this article, unlike most other editors, so I think I'm qualified. After this I'll leave you alone lol. I shall begin my review shortly. — ThaddeusOrlando55 (talk) 00:57, 14 February 2026 (UTC)

Images

Two images, a photo of Quiñónez and one of Meléndez. The licensing for both is good.

Sources

Three sources: Two books and a thesis by a historian. All are reputable. All sources or cited pages are accessible by me.

Grammar, prose, etc.

Lead

"The party held power from 1918 to 1927 in the Meléndez–Quiñónez dynasty era of Salvadoran politics, during which, the PND ruled as country's sole political party." I think you can get rid of the comma after "which".

• Removed

History

• "Both Quiñónez and Palomo sought to have allies win in the 1918 municipal elections so that they can monopolize polling stations for next months' presidential election..." "Can" should be "could".

• Fixed

• "The PND was founded during Quiñónez presidential campaign for the 1919 election." That should be "Quiñónez's presidential campaign".

• Fixed

• "When Salvadoran Laborist Party leader Arturo Araujo announced his candidacy to challenge Jorge Meléndez, he and Quiñónez ordered Supreme Court president Pío Romero Bosque to also run so that they can humiliate Araujo." "Can humiliate" should be "could humiliate".

• Fixed

• "... after which, he dissolved the Red League for unclear reasons." I think that the comma is sunnecessary.

• Removed

• You describe Alberto Gómez Zárate as the "war minister", while Tomás García Palomo is described as the "finance minister" and Miguel Tomás Molina as Meléndez's "minister of government". I won't make any change mandatory, and you may disregard this if you wish, but I think it would be better to standardize one way of writing it. Either "minister of finance, minister of government, minister of war", or "finance minister, government/governance minister, war minister".

• Changed Molina to interior minister since that what minister of government is

Structure

No problems here.

Ideology

This section, as it currently stands, is fine, if a little short. Per the article on the Red League (which I reviewed), that organization promoted vaguely socialist ideology, though it was described as more broadly populist. As that organization was closely linked to the PND, that might merit inclusion.

Added the Red League's ideology

Electoral history

This section is broadly good. (That 1919 election is one of the first times I've seen a party run more than one candidate. As if the thing wasn't rigged enough already lol.) One minor question. I checked the article on the 1927 election, and that has the number of votes, sourced to what is presumably a newspaper called "La Vanguardia". I presume that this is a Salvadoran newspaper, but that's kind of a generic name for a paper. The corresponding Spanish article doesn't cite a source but gives the same number. Any way you're able to track down a source for those numbers?

@ThaddeusOrlando55: I tried looking for that La Vanguardia source when i worked on Romero's page to no avail, so I can't verify that number. Neither Ching nor Krennerich mention vote totals for that election and I can't find any mention of the election on Diario Oficial editions. So idk. Thanks for reviewing several of my GANs! PizzaKing13 (¡Hablame!) 🍕👑 03:41, 15 February 2026 (UTC)

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: I'm passing the article. Hopefully this helps with that good topic plan of yours. Congratulations. ThaddeusOrlando55 (talk) 08:53, 16 February 2026 (UTC)

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