Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates/Nadezhda Stasova/archive1

TFA blurb

Nadezhda Stasova (1822–1895) was an educator and one of the earliest leaders of the Russian women's movement. She was born into a noble and wealthy family; Tsar Alexander I of Russia was her godfather, and she received extensive private tutoring as a child. After experiencing family tragedy and personal disappointment as a young woman, she dedicated herself to women's education and economic empowerment. Along with Anna Filosofova and Maria Trubnikova, she founded and led several organizations designed to promote women's cultural and economic independence, including a publishing cooperative. They successfully pushed government officials to allow higher education for women, although continual opposition sometimes limited or even reversed their successes. Stasova eventually became the lead organizer of the Bestuzhev Courses for women in 1878, but a decade later was forced to resign under political pressure. (Full article...)

I know that Gog has pencilled this in for the TFA August schedule. Edits and comments are welcome. - Dank (push to talk) 23:13, 24 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Has he? That's kind of him - it hasn't even been promoted yet! I don't know if the coordinators would assess that it has consensus as of today, I've only had 2 in-depth reviewers + an image review. —Ganesha811 (talk) 00:58, 25 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Well, he generally has a good feel for these things, and he put it on the working list at WT:Today's featured article/August 2024. - Dank (push to talk) 01:06, 25 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I am taking a guess that it will be promoted in a timely manner. If not, I shall swap it out. In terms of attracting reviewers can I pass on some of my boilerplate advice.

Reviewers are more happy to review articles from people whose name they see on other reviews (although I should say there is definitely no quid pro quo system on FAC). Reviewers are a scarce resource at FAC, unfortunately, and the more you put into the process, the more you are likely to get out. Personally, when browsing the list for an article to review, I am more likely to select one by an editor whom I recognise as a frequent reviewer. Critically reviewing other people's work may also have a beneficial impact on your own writing and your understanding of the FAC process.

Sometimes placing a polite neutrally phrased request on the talk pages of a few of the more frequent reviewers helps. Or on the talk pages of relevant Wikiprojects. Or of editors you know are interested in the topic of the nomination. Or who have contributed at PR, or assessed at GAN, or edited the article.

Gog the Mild (talk) 19:48, 27 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Gog. At some point soon I do hope to get into reviewing - FA is new to me, but I've done plenty of GAN reviewing, so it's just a question of acclimating myself to different standards and a group review rather than an individual one. In this case, I may drop a couple of notes on talk pages in the next couple days and see if we can get it over the finish line. —Ganesha811 (talk) 19:57, 27 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]