User: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
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

 * Short term (weeks)
 * Taking a break.


 * 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.

Featured articles
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.



Good articles
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
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


 * Historical events


 * Literature


 * Music


 * Paintings


 * Sociology


 * Sporting events

Did You Know
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 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 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)
 * ... that in 1850s New Orleans, the French revolutionary Joseph Déjacque called for black slaves and the white working class to overthrow the United States in a social revolution? nom; 11 May 2024)
 * ... that although Evgeniia Subbotina failed to escape her own exile in Siberia, she successfully aided the escapes of Catherine Breshkovsky, Yelizaveta Kovalskaya and Sofya Bogomolets? (nom; 29 May 2024)
 * ... that 16th-century chroniclers thought María Pacheco, a leader of the Revolt of the Comuneros, was a witch? (nom; 8 July 2024)