Talk:Lluís Companys

Council of War

What does the statement " 72 years later, the council of war that sentenced him is still in force" mean? The source is not in English and the statement as it is doesn't make much sense, is it saying that the regime that sentenced him is still in power? 123.243.215.92 (talk) 16:19, 19 September 2014 (UTC)

Birth

Was he born in 1883 or 1882? Sabbut 10:50, 8 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Death

According to Burns, Jimmy Barca: a people's passion, p. 126, Companys was "executed on October 14, 1940 after a summary trial for 'military rebellion'" rather than on October 15. Anyone have anything saying differently? Isaiahcambron 03:41, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

There is a sign near the place of his execution at Montjuic castle that starts: "At 6.20 a.m. on 15th October 1940 president Companys was taken to the castle's northern or Santa Eulalia graveyard. He bade farewell to the persons who were accompanying him, walked over to the wall, looked without flinching at the execution squad and cried out:'For Catalonia' Then the voice ordering 'aim and fire' was followed by a volley of shots." The reference on the sign is "Arias Nacional de Catalunya" (I think) but I am not certian of its correctness. UselessFactMan (talk) 18:57, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

Edits

I edited a fair chunk of this page, including removing the tags making the bottom half invisible, and wanted to make it clear here what I was doing.

First, I changed "Spanish politician" back to "Catalan politician" not because of any personal nationalist sense, but because of the fact that Companys was a Catalan politician primarily rather than a Spanish politician. He never served in the national parlaiment, but was a Barcelona councilman and the president of the Generalitat de Catalunya, suggesting he was not a national political figure, but rather a more local figure. Thus Catalan rather than Spanish seems the more appropriate descriptor for a man whose entire career took place in one location. I equate it to calling someone a Colorado politician rather than an American politician. It is suggestive neither of his nationality, nor his politics, but it is suggestive of where he plied his trade.

Second, I've changed his date of death to October 14 rather than October 15. I have provided a reference for this change. If the reference is mistaken and other references can be provided, please do so. I realize that the Spanish version of this page lists his death as October 15, but there is no reference provided to prove that.

Thirdly, I've done some small grammatical edits and additions of translations. I do not speak Catalan (but do speak Spanish), so if my translations are off, please let correct them. I also correct the format of the lead to reflect general Wikipedia practices (birthdate n-dash deathdate).

Thanks, Isaiah (talk) 15:42, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

First paragraph

As with other biographies, his position as President of Catalonia should be stated before his profession as Catalan Spanish Politician.--Civit cardona (talk) 09:27, 16 June 2009 (UTC)