Talk:Sophie Kropotkin

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 20:01, 20 August 2024 (UTC)

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• ... that despite the risk of being arrested in France, Sophie Kropotkin and her husband returned to the country, as they thought detention in a French prison would be preferable to living in England?

• Source: Woodcock, George; Avakumović, Ivan (1990). Peter Kropotkin: From Prince to Rebel. Montreal: Black Rose Books. p. 188. ISBN 0-921689-60-8. OCLC 21156316.

• ALT1: ... that Sophie Kropotkin left her family home in protest against the poor working conditions at her father's gold mine? Source: Woodcock, George; Avakumović, Ivan (1990). Peter Kropotkin: From Prince to Rebel. Montreal: Black Rose Books. p. 171. ISBN 0-921689-60-8. OCLC 21156316.
• ALT2: ... that after her husband's imprisonment, Sophie Kropotkin's campaign for his release popularised anti-Tsarist sentiment in western Europe?Source: Green, Lara (2022). "The Transnational Life and Death of Peter Kropotkin, 1881-1921: Terrorism, the Anarchist Body, and the Russian Revolution". Anarchist Studies. 30 (1): 94–98. doi:10.3898/AS.30.1.04. ISSN 2633-8270.
• ALT3: ... that while sick with typhoid, Sophie Kropotkin recovered by spending time in her garden?Source: Woodcock, George; Avakumović, Ivan (1990). Peter Kropotkin: From Prince to Rebel. Montreal: Black Rose Books. pp. 206–207. ISBN 0-921689-60-8. OCLC 21156316.
• ALT4: ... that the Ukrainian anarchist Sophie Kropotkin supported the Allies of World War I and denounced opponents of the war for cowardice?Source: Woodcock, George; Avakumović, Ivan (1990). Peter Kropotkin: From Prince to Rebel. Montreal: Black Rose Books. p. 383. ISBN 0-921689-60-8. OCLC 21156316.
• ALT5: ... that Sophie Kropotkin spent the last years of her life curating a museum about her late husband?Source: Green, Lara (2022). "The Transnational Life and Death of Peter Kropotkin, 1881-1921: Terrorism, the Anarchist Body, and the Russian Revolution". Anarchist Studies. 30 (1): 104–105. doi:10.3898/AS.30.1.04. ISSN 2633-8270.
• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Nam Su-hyeon

Improved to Good Article status by Grnrchst (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 38 past nominations.

Grnrchst (talk) 10:40, 5 August 2024 (UTC).

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QPQ: Done.

Overall: As a Brit, I think the first suggestion is more "hooky" than the ALTs. Should the cite in article be moved to the end of the relevant sentence, according to DYK rules? Mike Turnbull (talk) 14:56, 5 August 2024 (UTC)

I've used a colon to place the cite into the sentence. Mike Turnbull (talk) 10:46, 6 August 2024 (UTC)

Needs more context

The article needs at least a couple of sentences describing Peter Kropotkin's ideology and activism. As it stands, readers unfamiliar with his work are going to be left confused by the lack of context explaining the persecution they faced. --Paul_012 (talk) 10:20, 30 August 2024 (UTC)

Introduced Peter Kropotkin as an anarchist communist theorist. I hesitate to add too much detail about him, as this is a biography about Sophie, not her husband. --Grnrchst (talk) 10:44, 30 August 2024 (UTC)

Funny grammar ambiguity

Right now a sentence in the article reads: "On 21 December 1882, hours after he died, Peter Kropotkin was arrested by the French police; he requested that he be allowed to remain with Sophie until after her brother's funeral, but they denied his request and took him to be tried and sentenced in Lyon." I believe the first he is referring to Sophie's Brother, and will fix it now based on this assumption, but the image of the french police arresting a dead man made me laugh... Willmskinner (talk) 14:57, 30 August 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for catching this! --Grnrchst (talk) 15:00, 30 August 2024 (UTC)