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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 21:37, 29 March 2016 (UTC)

Avra Theodoropoulou

 * ... that Greek Conservatoire piano instructor Avra Theodoropoulou was a founder of the suffrage organization League for Woman’s Rights?


 * Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Engy Ghozlan
 * Comment: expanded for WikiProject Women in Red's art+feminism editathon

Created by Aciram, 5x expanded by SusunW (talk). Self-nominated at 17:21, 24 March 2016 (UTC).


 * Symbol question.svg Interesting life, well sourced, thank you! Greek sources accepted AGF. How about the image? I suggest to just say:
 * ALT1: ... that Greek Conservatoire piano instructor Avra Theodoropoulou was a founder of a suffrage organization?
 * because the name is a translation anyway (she foundedsomething Greek) and doesn't add, no? You are welcome to mention her play-writing, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:58, 27 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the review I am not sure how to add an image after the fact, but does this work? Ooh, looks like it does. Yay! Founding a suffrage organization may not be that unusual without its name, so maybe we say instead that she was president 3? That's quite unusual, Syndesmos gia ta Dikaiomata tis Gynaikas was local, Πανελλαδικής Ομοσπονδίας Γυναικών was a national umbrella organization, and Mikri Entent Gynaikon was regional. (185 char)


 * ALT2: ... that Greek Conservatoire piano instructor and playwright Avra Theodoropoulou (pictured) served as president of three different suffrage organizations—one local, one national, and one regional? SusunW (talk) 15:41, 27 March 2016 (UTC)
 * (With more time to look at it:) I would try to have less nationality, no detracting link to a minor thing, avoid the let-down from national to regional:
 * ALT3: ... that the conservatoire piano instructor and playwright Avra Theodoropoulou (pictured) served as president of three different Greek suffrage organizations, including a national one? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:57, 27 March 2016 (UTC)
 * The national one was the least important and she was with it only a short time. She was president of the Athens one for nearly 40 years and the Little Entente for 3. The Little Entente of Women is really interesting as it is a play on words for the political alliance, but there is no article about it and I want the focus to remain on her. Maybe we just go back to something more straightforward:
 * ALT4 ... that the conservatoire piano instructor and playwright Avra Theodoropoulou (pictured) co-founded a Greek suffrage organization and then served as its president for 38 years? SusunW (talk) 19:20, 27 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Like the idea but how do you arrive at the 38 years? Counting the war years? - Perhaps "conservatory"? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:33, 27 March 2016 (UTC)
 * DYK wears me out. It gets down to so much hair splitting over what people think is interesting. Translation is messy. Politics are messy. Women's rights are messy. Too complicated to explain in 200 words. Her notability comes from her international involvement with women's organizations. Much easier to just go with:
 * ALT5 ... that the conservatory piano instructor Avra Theodoropoulou (pictured) wrote a play which was performed in 1912 by Marika Kotopouli? SusunW (talk) 23:36, 27 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I thought I better split a hair here, than someone else when in prep (plus telling me I should have split it.) ALT5 is fine, but misses all women's rights envolvement. Would prefer
 * ALT6 ... that the conservatoire piano instructor and playwright Avra Theodoropoulou (pictured) co-founded a Greek suffrage organization and then served as its president for decades?
 * Symbol voting keep.svg --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:56, 28 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks . Do what you need to do. I am just exhausted and will be glad when this mad push is over. I need a break but there are 4 days left. Then I am taking time to not worry about interesting to anyone but me. ;) SusunW (talk) 07:35, 28 March 2016 (UTC)