Talk:Jerónimo Saavedra

Name?

Forgive my ignorance, but is this man's name "Jerónimo Saavedra" or "Jerónimo Saavedra Acevedo" or "Jerónimo Saavedra-Acevedo"? -- SatyrTN (talk | contribs) 20:33, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

Spaniards as most of the Spanish speaking peoples have to surnames, the first one, known as paternal or first surname, is usually the father's first surname, The second one, the maternal surname or second, is usually the mother's paternal surname. Therefore you can say Jerónimo Saavedra or Jerónimo Saavedra Acevedo. The use of the Second surname in public is more usual when someone's first surname is very common, as in the Spanish PM José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero who is commonly spoken off as Zapatero. For more info see: Spanish naming customs Zape82 22:35, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Bruxton talk 22:24, 3 December 2023 (UTC)

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Jerónimo Saavedra in 2004

• ... that Jerónimo Saavedra (pictured) was the first openly gay politician to achieve several high public offices in Spain? Source: https://www.publico.es/politica/muere-historico-socialista-jeronimo-saavedra-exministro-y-primer-presidente-canarias.html
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  • Comment: Spanish politician and academic. First President of the Canary Islands after the establishment of the autonomous communities system and pioneer LGTBI politician. I expanded the article, although copyedit may be necessary.

5x expanded by Alsoriano97 (talk). Self-nominated at 00:15, 23 November 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Jerónimo Saavedra; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

•  Reviewing... I'll do this one.  Lefcentreright  Discuss  12:46, 24 November 2023 (UTC)

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

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Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: None required.

Overall: The article has been nominated to appear in the In the news section. The article's prose has been expanded five times and there are no copyvio concerns. The hook is interesting and cited to a Spanish-language source. QPQ isn't necessary. Everything checks out. RIP.  Lefcentreright  Discuss  13:16, 24 November 2023 (UTC)

@Lefcentreright and Alsoriano97: I am unable to confirm that he was a first clearly stated and cited in our article. I see the bold claim in the lead but not the body. Our article says: After coming out, Saavedra joined Miquel Iceta as one of the first openly gay politicians in the history of Spain to hold certain high public offices Bruxton (talk) 15:57, 30 November 2023 (UTC)

@Bruxton: Thank you for your observation. It is more a failure in the explanation. Iceta was the first politician to openly declare his sexual condition but he did not hold high public office until 2021. Saavedra, on the other hand, although he came out few years later, was the first to hold important political positions (since the 80s) like regional president, senator and minister. I have to fix this. _-_Alsor (talk) 16:19, 30 November 2023 (UTC)