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There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front#Requested move 3 March 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 13:51, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20240303135100","author":"Vanderwaalforces","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Vanderwaalforces-20240303135100-Requested_move_at_Talk:Farabundo_Mart\u00ed_National_Liberation_Front#Requested_move","replies":[]}}-->

Starting this July, we will see a new contest on the scene - the Developing Countries WikiContest (WP:DCWC)! Think of it as a WikiCup but only for articles and media on developing countries.

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Best wishes, Wilhelm Tell DCCXLVI (^{talk to me!}/_{my edits}) 10:50, 19 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20240519105000","author":"Wilhelm Tell DCCXLVI","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Wilhelm_Tell_DCCXLVI-20240519105000-Developing_Countries_WikiContest","replies":[]}}-->

I aim to edit references to land-reform in El Salvador under the Military Junta and subsequent "civilian" governments because there seems to be many incorrect statements. There seems to be repeated claims the reform failed as in the Revolutionary Junta's Wikipedia page or that decapitalisation occurred as in the El Salvadoran Civil War's Wikipedia page however both claims are incorrect. For the former, Phase I which involved land owned by one person over 500 hectares in size was almost completely successful and reports in the '80s and more recently corroborate this (I recommend you read the article: "Agrarian Reform in El Salvador" (1983) By David Browning and Cooperative Property Rights and Development: Evidence from Land Reform in El Salvador (2018) By Eduardo Montero.). Montero suggests that it was 80% successful which is a big deal, it means the new government and subsequent "civilian" governments were able to get military concessions. However Phase II which initially was dealing with land over 100 hectares but subsequently 245 hectares was a total failure that was delayed and finally abandoned in 1984 I think. Phase III was mostly a failure but not completely, land was re-distributed to poor peasants that was sometimes good but most of the time it was poor-quality soil and way too small (1.5 hectares instead of the proposed 7 hectares.) but more than 60,000 people did receive provisional titles (For this other than the previous relevant source I mentioned: "Agrarian Reform in El Salvador An Evaluation" (1985) By Martin Diskin.) and evicted tenants were being restored to their land by the military. Browning suggests that between 15% and 20% of El Salvadoran land was requisitioned by the revolutionary and subsequent "civilian" governments. On decapitalisation, Montero in a presentation entitled: Eduardo Montero: Evidence from Land Reform in El Salvador says that the reform happened so quickly that decapitalisation was not possible and his paper does rely on a Spanish paper entitled: LA REFORMA AGRARIA DE 1980 EN EL SALVADOR: LUCHA POLÍTICA, DISEÑO Y EJECUCIÓN (2012) By ROLANDO ANTONIO VELIS POLÍO.

There are more articles and books I would recommend though: Thirty Years of Transformation in the Agrarian Structure of El Salvador, 1961–1991 (1995) By Mitchell A. Seligson, Agricultural Labour and Agrarian Reform in El Salvador: Social Benefit or Economic Burden? (1998) By Samuel Anthony McReynolds, EL SALVADOR S AGRARIAN REFORM: AN INTRODUCTION (1983) By John Drinan Strasma, The Limits of Economic Reform in El Salvador (1997) By Wim Pelupessy and Economic Maladjustment in Central America (1993) By Wim Pelupessy and John Weeks. John Not Real Name (talk) 08:59, 18 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20240718085900","author":"John Not Real Name","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-John_Not_Real_Name-20240718085900-El_Salvador's_Land_Reform_under_the_Military_Junta_in_1979-1992.","replies":[]}}-->

Would anyone be interested in joining a sub project of WP:Anthropology on oral tradition? WP's coverage of this is quite poor atm imo Kowal2701 (talk) 17:47, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20240726174700","author":"Kowal2701","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Kowal2701-20240726174700-Wikiproject","replies":[]}}-->

Hello WikiProject El Salvador:

WikiProject Women in Green is holding a month-long Good Article Edit-a-thon event in October 2024!

Running from October 1 to 31, 2024, WikiProject Women in Green (WiG) is hosting a Good Article (GA) edit-a-thon event with the theme Around the World in 31 Days! All experience levels welcome. Never worked on a GA project before? We'll teach you how to get started. Or maybe you're an old hand at GAs – we'd love to have you involved! Participants are invited to work on nominating and/or reviewing GA submissions related to women and women's works (e.g., books, films) during the event period. We hope to collectively cover article subjects from at least 31 countries (or broader international articles) by month's end. GA resources and one-on-one support will be provided by experienced GA editors, and participants will have the opportunity to earn a special WiG barnstar for their efforts.

We hope to see you there!

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