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Military career of Hugo Chávez

Withdrawn FAC. Peer review 1 (no comments). Peer review 2 (no comments). This article's contents were part of an article that was nominated two months ago (late November) for FAC. I later withdrew this, stating that I'd not renominate it. But of late I've been reading comments such as this. Thus, given how much effort I put into this in the past, I've tidied this back up, reformatted its referencing system, and copyedited it. Saravask 21:19, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

• Two obvious technical issues: (1) the references are double-numbered (probably due to the way MediaWiki numbering in a table works) and (2) the "Coup attempt of 1992" section isn't really a section in its own right—the link to the next article should either be removed (and left in the topic template) or worked into the text in a more suitable fashion. —Kirill Lokshin 04:53, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. Hopefully took care of both now ([1]; [2]). Saravask 05:21, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

• Support. All things appear to be in order. Seems a bit short but my new monitor has higher resolution, so it could just be my problem. RyanGerbil10 05:41, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
• Support. Could probably use some more Wikilinks... it seems so barren as it is right now. Gflores ^Talk 07:26, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
• Question: What did he do to earn so many promotions and decorations in his early career, especially as he was sympathizing with the enemy? Also, (Chávez 2005b) link to the mp3 does not seem to work (for me at least).--maclean25 08:19, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

• The books refer to Chavez's strong on-the-job discipline and feigned loyalty — this may be all there is to it. Also, it is possible that number of awards Chavez earned is average, or even sub-par (i.e., perhaps his awards are not exactly the Venezuelan equivalents of the Purple Heart or the Bharat Ratna). About the mp3 link: yes, I checked it now — it is broken now (last time I checked/used it was several months ago). But there is a link to it on the right-hand sidebar on the Democracy Now! homepage (scroll down and look under "Hugo Chavez Special"; it's labeled "Online Special: Chavez NYC Speech"). I made fixes to the ref accordingly ([3]).

• Further comments: the article states "by 1988 per capita income fell to a third of its previous levels." however the reference says "real wages". I noticed that this figure in the reference was itself referenced to a piece by Noam Chomsky, might I suggest this alternative reference (which suggests 1989 would be more accurate). I don't see how (Schuyler 2001, p. 10) is related to the "Such measures involved the..." sentence in "Reaction to the Caracazo". Nor, (Schuyler 2001, p. 11) for the "This continuing poverty among the poor... sentence. In the "We'd like to here more about it" quote in "Final preparations" does Gott really spell "here" or is it "hear"? --maclean25 01:31, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
  • I did some fixes to address most of your points ([4]). However, I'm not sure about a few of them:
    • " ... don't see how (Schuyler 2001, p. 10) is related to the "Such measures involved the..." sentence ... ". From (Schuyler 2001, p. 10): "Pressured by the International Monetary Fund and advised by neoliberal gurus ... Venezuela transformed its development strategy from state-led industrialization to neoliberalism: open markets, free trade, exports, privatization and limited government spending and involvement in the economy." My summarization of this (in whole) was "Such measures involved the removal of state-managed development and industrialization, the implementation of market liberalization measures, enactment of export subsidies and incentives, extensive privatization of state-owned holdings, curtailed social spending, the release of longstanding price controls on many goods, as well as liberalization of capital and liquidity flows into and out of Venezuela." Most of this hews closely to what Schuyler says (indicated by the second inline citation); those portions that do not were taken from (Gott 2005, pp. 51-52) (as indicated by the first of the two inline citations).
    • "Nor, (Schuyler 2001, p. 11) for the "This continuing poverty among the poor... sentence." This statement was referenced to (Chomsky 1998, p. 33). It was never referenced to (Schuyler 2001, p. 11).
  • Thanks. — Saravask 03:18, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

• Thank you for addressing my points and pointing out where I was mistaken. Everything looks in order, so I support this as a FA. --maclean25 04:52, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

• Support Happy to support more excellent work by Saravask. 172 | Talk 11:12, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
• Support Well done. Forever young 13:17, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
• Support, well done! :) - Mailer Diablo 18:01, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
• Support Rama's Arrow 06:01, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
• Support, looks very excellent Tuf-Kat 15:32, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
• Comment, it needs categories? I added Template:Uncat... maybe it belongs in Category:Hugo Chávez... but, I figured I'd leave that up to you... but it needs something. gren グレン ^? 08:47, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

I created Category:Hugo Chávez (a model of Category:Saffron); I think I put all those articles in it now. Thanks. Saravask 16:23, 30 January 2006 (UTC)