Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates/1969 Curaçao uprising/archive1

TFA blurb review[edit]

The 1969 Curaçao uprising (May 30 – June 1) was a series of riots on the Caribbean island of Curaçao, then part of the Netherlands Antilles, a semi-independent country in the Kingdom of the Netherlands. A protest rally during a strike by oil workers turned violent, leading to widespread looting and destruction in the center of Curaçao's capital, Willemstad, as well as two deaths and hundreds of arrests. The protesters achieved their demands for higher wages and the government's resignation. The uprising's leaders gained seats in parliamentary elections in September. A commission investigating the riots put the blame on economic issues, racial tensions, and police and government misconduct. The uprising prompted the Dutch government to undertake new efforts to fully decolonize the remnants of its colonial empire. Nearby Suriname became independent in 1975, but leaders of the Antilles resisted independence out of fear of economic repercussions. (Full article...)

Just a suggested blurb ... thoughts and edits are welcome. - Dank (push to talk) 22:45, 16 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

User:Dank: Just a suggestion on how this could be shortened. If it's too short, another sentence on the uprising's effects could be added.--Carabinieri (talk) 00:04, 17 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, that's 654 characters. The minimum is 925. - Dank (push to talk) 00:16, 17 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I've added a little more. What do you think?--Carabinieri (talk) 01:02, 17 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Looks good, but when this gets to the Main Page, it will be easier to defend (if a defense is needed) if we stay closer to the text in the article lead, so I borrowed some of that text. How about now? - Dank (push to talk) 01:21, 17 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Looks good to me.--Carabinieri (talk) 01:30, 17 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]