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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk16:24, 11 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

  • ... that American mine owner Charles Butters risked execution by firing squad to protect his mines during the 1926-27 Nicaraguan Civil War? "he faced the firing squad in 1927, while attempting to protect his holdings in Nicaragua" from: "Charles Butters.; Mining and Metallurgical Engineer Was 79". New York Times. 28 November 1933. p. 21. Retrieved 2 October 2020.

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 14:55, 2 October 2020 (UTC).[reply]

  • General eligibility:

Policy compliance:

Hook eligibility:

  • Cited: Yes
  • Interesting: Yes
  • Other problems: Yes
Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
QPQ: Done.
Overall: Recently mainspaced, no major errors in the article, and really interesting hooks. In my opinion the first hook is the best, followed by the third, and then the second. Jon698 (talk) 18:37, 3 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]