Template:Did you know nominations/Vladimir Bukovsky


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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:33, 20 May 2016 (UTC)

Vladimir Bukovsky

 * ... that for exposing political abuse of psychiatry in the Soviet Union, dissident Vladimir Bukovsky spent nine years in Soviet psychiatric prison hospitals and labor camps, before being exchanged for Chilean communist Luis Corvalán in 1976?


 * ALT1: That in 1971, Soviet dissident Vladimir Bukovsky managed to smuggle to the West over 150 pages which documented in detail Soviet political abuse of psychiatry, provoking an international campaign that led to the withdrawal of the Soviet representatives from the World Psychiatric Association in 1983?
 * ALT2:  That in 1976, Soviet dissident Vladimir Bukovsky was exchanged for Luis Corvalán, the general secretary of the Communist Party of Chile?

Improved to Good Article status by John Crowfoot (talk), Psychiatrick (talk), and Nkrita (talk). Nominated by Nkrita (talk) at 09:49, 29 April 2016 (UTC).


 * Symbol confirmed.svg Nominated within a week of GA promotion, no copyvio detected, hook is interesting and supported by reliable inline citations. I feel the first hook is most interesting. Sainsf  (talk · contribs) 10:32, 15 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Symbol question.svg Hi, I came by to promote this, but I am having trouble toting up all the years he spent incarcerated. The lead mentions 12 years, then 9, but I don't see the 9 years clearly stated or added up. Also, the first hook is pretty long; I would end it after "camps". Alternately, you could build a hook around a shorter factoid. Yoninah (talk) 22:08, 17 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Agreed, the wording was confusing. I have fixed the article lead to reflect the chronology of Bukosvky's incarcerations. The sentences he actually spent seem to add up to over 9 years (not counting at times lengthy pre-trial detentions). The specific incarceration following his exposing of psychiatric abuse lasted 5 years. I have adjusted the first hook and made it shorter; if it's still too long, the prisoner exchange probably can be removed.
 * ALT3: ... that for exposing political abuse of psychiatry in the Soviet Union, dissident Vladimir Bukovsky spent five years in labor camps, before being exchanged for Chilean communist Luis Corvalán in 1976? – Nkrita (talk) 14:16, 18 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Looks good to me, let's wait for Yoninah and then write an ALT3 and wait for another reviewer. Sainsf  (talk · contribs) 14:20, 18 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Yes, the article does look better now. What do you think about sharpening the hook?
 * ALT4: ... that for alerting human rights activists to the use of indefinite psychiatric imprisonment against opponents of the Soviet regime, Vladimir Bukovsky (pictured) was confined for five years in Soviet psychiatric prison-hospitals, labor camps, and prisons? Yoninah (talk) 14:36, 18 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Great Yoninah, you have a talent for hooky hooks :) Sainsf  (talk · contribs) 14:38, 18 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Thank you, but it's too long. Here's a shorter version:
 * ALT5: ... that for campaigning against indefinite psychiatric imprisonment for opponents of the regime, Vladimir Bukovsky (pictured) was confined for years in Soviet psychiatric prison-hospitals, labor camps, and prisons? Yoninah (talk) 14:42, 18 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Removing that "five" somehow makes it hookier, perhaps that should be it. Sainsf  (talk · contribs) 14:45, 18 May 2016 (UTC)
 * I pinged Nkrita on his talk page to get his opinion; if it's positive, then you can approve ALT5, . Yoninah (talk) 14:56, 18 May 2016 (UTC)
 * I think with ALT5 we have reached peak hookiness. Thank you! – Nkrita (talk) 15:16, 18 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg Great, good to go. Sainsf  (talk · contribs) 15:28, 18 May 2016 (UTC)