Template:Did you know nominations/Fort George, Grenada
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The result was: promoted by TarnishedPath talk 02:58, 9 November 2025 (UTC)
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Fort George, Grenada
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Site of the execution of Maurice Bishop
... that the courtyard of Fort George (pictured) was the site of the 19 October 1983 execution of Maurice Bishop, prime minister of Grenada?
- Source: "When Bishop’s confinement became broadly known, thousands of his ardent supporters marched on his home on 19 October and set him free. Bishop next led the crowd to bloodlessly seize control of Fort Rupert, the island’s military headquarters. Other Grenadian regular Army soldiers loyal to the Coard faction then were dispatched in three armored vehicles to retake the fort and recapture Bishop. Shooting started when the soldiers faced off with Bishop’s supporters at the fort’s entrance. Three soldiers and at least eight civilians were killed in the ensuing melee and panic that also injured about 100 other civilians. The surviving soldiers captured Bishop, three of his ministers, and four other loyal supporters and led them away to a walled courtyard. Shortly after, the eight were executed in cold blood by a firing squad of soldiers who (according to subsequent court testimony) declared they were acting under the orders of the Central Committee" from: Kukielski, Philip G. (1 September 2021). "Secret Mission of Urgent Fury". U.S. Naval Institute.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Abubakar Shekau
- Comment: Would be good to run on 19 October for the anniversary, if not I can offer alternative hooks for a general date
Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 948 past nominations.
Dumelow (talk) 19:06, 20 September 2025 (UTC).
- Oh, yes. I had forgotten about this one. ALTs below:
- ALT1: ... the courtyard of Fort George (pictured) was the site of the execution of Maurice Bishop, prime minister of Grenada?
- Oh, yes. I had forgotten about this one. ALTs below:
- Source: as above
Fort George
- ALT2: ... the 18th-century Fort George (pictured) in Grenada was renamed after the father of the 20th-century communist prime minister Maurice Bishop?
- Source: "During the Grenada Revolution it was renamed Fort Rupert in honour of revolutionary leader Maurice Bishop’s slain father, Rupert Bishop." from: "The renaming epidemic". The New Today. 29 June 2024. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
- — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dumelow (talk • contribs) 06:54, 19 October 2025 (UTC)
This is only a preliminary review as I am unable to get the Copyvio checker to work right now (the link in the toolbox gives a 404 error). The nomination was made on the day it was moved to mainspace, and it meets the length requirements. A QPQ has been done and it is valid (quickfails are accepted for QPQs). As October 19th has passed, the original special occasion request is moot and ALT0 has been struck. Both ALT1 and ALT2 are cited inline, but ALT1 is probably the more interesting hook her: I was able to verify it in the sources. The images are suitably licensed, but I don't think the courtyard picture works at the given resolution. I will approve ALT1 once I can get the Copyvio detector to work. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 14:33, 5 November 2025 (UTC)
The tool was fixed by Sohom and is working now, so I was able to check for close paraphrasing. I did not detect any, so we should be good to go with ALT1. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 14:59, 5 November 2025 (UTC)
