Grnrchst

Hello, I am Grnrchst (they/them), although as that jumble of consonants isn't easy to pronounce, you can call me Gren. I first joined Wikipedia in 2019, became a regular contributor in 2020 and since 2021 I have been working on the project on a full-time basis.

My main areas of interest are in revolutionary history and women's history. The bulk of my work in this has focused on Eastern Europe, although I am branching out to look at East Asia, Latin America, West Africa and Iberia, among other regions. Right now, I am actively involved in the Anarchism, Women in Green and Women in Red WikiProjects.

If you want to contact me about something, feel free to leave a message on my talk page. Best wishes to you dear reader, may today be happy and healthy for you. :)

COI disclosure edit

In order to support myself while contributing to Wikipedia, I have begun soliciting recurrent donations on Liberapay at this link. Any payment I receive through this platform will be voluntary donations and the amount I receive will be displayed publicly on my Liberapay profile. I will not accept any money or direction to write or contribute to specific articles or talk page discussions; I maintain complete editorial independence. Any donation is made with the understanding that it is to support me while I create educational content, not to influence what I do.

Goals edit

Short term (weeks)

Contribute to this month's Women in Red edit-a-thon(s);
Review GAN backlog about women and women's works;
Expand stub articles for WP@;
Finish peer review for Gaetano Bresci and submit for FAC;
Improve the article on Voltairine de Cleyre for this year's Core Contest.

Medium term (months)

Prepare some of my B-class articles for GAN;
Prepare other GA-rated vital articles for FAC;
Work on some other vital articles.

Long term (years)

Contribute to closing the gender gap on Wikipedia;
Contribute to bringing vital articles on anarchism to GA and FA.

Achievements edit

Featured articles edit

This is a (currently single-entry) list of articles that I have brought to Featured Article (FA) status. These articles have been thoroughly reviewed by several other editors, who have found them to be well-written, well-presented and well-researched, among other criteria. These articles are considered to be some of the best work on Wikipedia, and I certainly consider it to be some of my best work too.

Nestor Makhno (nom)

Good articles edit

This is a list of articles that I have brought to Good Article (GA) status. These articles have been reviewed by other editors, who found them to be well-written, verifiable, broad in scope, neutral, stable and well-illustrated. The articles here are ones I have invested a substantial amount of time and effort into, and are some of the articles that I am the most proud of.

Good article reviews edit

This is a list of good articles, created and expanded by other users, which I have reviewed. If you have a pending good article nomination that you think I would be interested in reviewing, feel free to ping me about it on my talk page.

Biographies

Buildings

Ladronka (nom)

Historical events

Literature

Music

Born Pink (nom)
Cómo Me Duele Perderte (nom)
R3.0 (concert) (nom)
Sekai wa Sore demo Kawari wa Shinai (nom)
Showgirl: Homecoming Live (nom)
Sway (Tove Styrke song) (nom)
Zombie (The Cranberries song) (nom)

Paintings

Summer Days (Georgia O'Keeffe) (nom)

Sociology

Dictatorship (nom)

Sporting events

Did You Know edit

This is a list of hooks that have been featured on "Did You Know?" section on the front page. It consists of many facts that I found to be interesting during my research and thought others might find interesting too.

... that during disaster events, elites will typically shift the focus away from disaster relief towards measures of command and control, a behaviour referred to as elite panic? (nom; 3 October 2021)
... that Halyna Kuzmenko promoted the Ukrainization of the Makhnovist movement, successfully increasing the use of the Ukrainian language by Russian speakers? (nom; 30 October 2022)
... that the Jewish anarchist Volin refused to flee Nazi-occupied France as he believed that a revolution would follow the liberation of France? (nom; 2 March 2023)
... that the first secular school in Catalonia was founded by the anarcha-feminist Teresa Mañé? (nom; 3 March 2023)
... that before assassinating Umberto I of Italy, Gaetano Bresci spent most of the day eating ice cream? (nom; 9 May 2023)
... that after Mollie Steimer was convicted for sedition, she refused to join a prison escape attempt as she did not want to dishonor the workers who had paid her bail? (nom; 18 June 2023)
... that Elena Mikhnenko was born in Pawiak, a prison in Warsaw where her mother had been detained for allegedly plotting an anti-Polish uprising? (nom; 15 July 2023)
... that Ida Mett was expelled from a Russian anarchist group for mourning her deceased father by lighting a Yahrzeit candle? (nom; 17 July 2023)
... that after Luigi Galleani was deported from the United States, his followers retaliated by carrying out a series of bomb attacks against government officials? (nom; 27 July 2023)
... that Swiss athlete Clara Thalmann arrived in Barcelona to compete the People's Olympiad but ended up fighting in the Spanish Civil War? (nom; 17 November 2023)
... that Margarita Ortega left her husband to fight in the Mexican Revolution? (nom; 28 November 2023)
... that little has been known of the exact whereabouts of Iranian communist leader Ashraf Dehghani since she escaped prison in 1973? (nom; 8 December 2023)
... that Louise Julien may have been an inspiration for the character of Cosette in Les Misérables? (nom; 12 January 2024)
... that the murder of Luisa Lallana sparked a general strike in Rosario, Argentina? (nom; 16 January 2024)
... that after fleeing the Spanish Civil War to Venezuela, Spanish anarchist Concha Liaño became a supporter of Hugo Chávez? (nom; 29 January 2024)
... that the national women's day of Guinea-Bissau commemorates the death of Titina Silá, who was killed on this day during the nation's war of independence? (nom; 30 January 2024)
... that Mariia Vetrova's self-immolation provoked student protests in Saint Petersburg, Moscow and Kyiv? (nom; 5 February 2024)
... that after Nadezhda Bantle was exiled to the Russian North, she oversaw the development of the hospital in Nikolskoye to become the most advanced in its region? (nom; 5 February 2024)
... that Ukrainians Nadia Smyrnytska, Maria Kalyuzhnaya and Maria Kovalevska joined other prisoners in committing suicide to protest against the abuse of imprisoned women in Kara katorga? (nom; 11 February 2024)
... that Maria Olovennikova was the only woman present at the founding conference of Narodnaya Volya? (nom; 14 February 2024)
... that Margareth Rago seeks to establish a methodology for what she calls "feminist science"? (nom; 16 February 2024)
... that Maruxa and Coralia Fandiño Ricart became famous in Galicia because their bright, colourful outfits contrasted with the social repression of Francoist Spain? (nom; 22 February 2024)
... that all three of María Esther Biscayart de Tello's children were forcibly disappeared during the Dirty War in Argentina? (nom; 23 February 2024)
... that Marie Vuillemin was acquitted in the trial of the Bonnot Gang, as the prosecution defined her according to her gender rather than her role in the gang? (nom; 25 February 2024)
... that Maria Leshern von Herzfeld helped to organise the prison escape of the Russian revolutionary Peter Kropotkin? (nom; 26 February 2024)
... that trans women in Cape Verde are colloquially referred to as tchindas, named after Tchinda Andrade, the first trans woman in the country to come out publicly? (nom; 13 March 2024)
... that Alexander Atabekian published the first anarchist periodical in the Armenian language? (nom; 4 April 2024)
... that the anarchist Rosa Laviña opened the first vegetarian restaurant in Tolosa? (nom; 6 April 2024)
... that after his movement's victory in the Cuban Revolution, television broadcasts showed Camilo Cienfuegos (pictured) freeing parrots from birdcages, declaring that the birds had "a right to liberty"? (nom; 7 April 2024)
... that the ethical dilemma of killing baby Hitler has been compared to the trolley problem? (nom; 13 April 2024)

Grnrchst

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