Template:Did you know nominations/Last use of capital punishment in Spain

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 09:28, 7 September 2015 (UTC)

Last use of capital punishment in Spain[edit]

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... that the last use of capital punishment in Spain provoked international demonstrations and protests against the Spanish government, including the withdrawal of ambassadors and the destruction and firebombing of Spanish embassies?

Reviewed: Ioan Alexandru Brătescu-Voinești

Created/expanded by Valenciano (talk). Self-nominated at 18:50, 16 August 2015 (UTC).

This substantial article is new enough and long enough. The hook facts have inline citations, the article is neutral and I detected no policy issues. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:01, 6 September 2015 (UTC)

Returned from queue. The hook is 228 characters long. Yoninah (talk) 23:57, 6 September 2015 (UTC)

Ok, we can just trim it, how about:
ALT1: ... that the last use of capital punishment in Spain provoked international protests against the Spanish government, including the withdrawal of ambassadors and attacks on Spanish embassies? Valenciano (talk) 00:18, 7 September 2015 (UTC)

Thank you, that's great. I changed "demonstrations" to "protests", which goes better with the second half of the hook. Restoring tick per Cwmhiraeth's review. Yoninah (talk) 09:18, 7 September 2015 (UTC)