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Malati Dasi
This peer review discussion has been closed. I've listed this article for peer review because it's rated as High importance under Women's History, and I hope that some expert editors out here will help improve it enough for a GA nomination. Thanks and regards, Cinosaur (talk) 02:47, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

Finetooth comments: This looks pretty good and is interesting. I'm wondering if it would be useful to add, here and there, more background information about the organization. The movement in the U.S. began in the mid-60s, I gather. How big did it get? How many Hare Krishna followers were there by 1970 in the U.S.? How many are there in 2011? Did the membership rise to a peak, then fall, or has it been constantly rising? Are there bases all over the country, or is the one in West Virginia unusual? Should the organization's main beliefs and goals be mentioned somewhere in the article? I know that following the links to other articles would probably answer these questions, but to be comprehensive (in case you are thinking of eventually taking this to FAC), the article itself should probably include at least some of the background in summary form. Here are a few other suggestions:

Lead
 * "The same year she and her husband Shyamasundar Das... " - Suggestion: "In that same year" rather than "The same year".

Early years
 * Can her parents' names be added? Did she have any siblings? What did she study at Reed? Was she an English major, a physics major, something else?

Hare Krishna temple in San Francisco
 * The blockquote may be too long. Even with attribution, such long quotes may violate copyright law. I'm not sure there is an exact quantitative cut-off, but I get uncomfortable with anything longer than 100 words. This one appears to be about 200. I would consider paraphrasing most of this and perhaps using a much shorter quotation for the rest.


 * Malati recalled, "We chanted and got arrested in front of the Apple Studio. We ultimately got their attention by making and sending in apple pies to the studio." - This needs an inline citation right after the end quote.


 * ... apple holding a “Hare Krishna” flag - Here and elsewhere, straight quotation marks are preferred to the curly kind.

Governing Body Commissioner
 * "Malati became a vocal suffragette within ISKCON, which led to her "fiercely debated but historic appointment" to the GBC in 1998. [1][10][9]" - The citations should be arranged in ascending order.


 * "Her and Sudharma's presence on the GBC raised the issue of women in the organization for serious discussion at the GBC's annual meeting... " - A bit awkward. Suggestion: "The presence of Malati and Sudharma on the GBC led to serious discussion of women's role in the organization. At the annual meeting in Mayapur (West Bengal, India) in 2000, SOMEBODY called for...". I think you need to make clear if the somebody was Malati or someone else.


 * "in the form of printed articles and women conventions" - Maybe "women's conventions"?


 * "as well as in her base" - Should "base" be explained? How is the base acquired or assigned?

Images
 * The caption for File:George Harrison Chanting Hare Krishna.jpg includes the abbreviation UP. It should be spelled out as Uttar Pradesh to keep readers from mistaking it for United Press International.

Other
 * No dead URLs in the citations. No dabs. This is good.


 * Perhaps it would be good to add her original name in the "alternative names" line of the persondata form. Also, a "short description" might be useful too, something like "spiritual leader".

I hope these suggestions prove helpful. If so, please consider commenting on any other article at WP:PR. I don't usually watch the PR archives or make follow-up comments. If my suggestions are unclear, please ping me on my talk page. Finetooth (talk) 23:29, 13 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Please make sure that the existing text includes no copyright violations, plagiarism, or close paraphrasing. For more information on this please see Wikipedia_Signpost/2009-04-13/Dispatches. (This is a general warning given in view of previous problems that have risen over copyvios.)