Template:Did you know nominations/Halyna Kouzmenko

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 22:18, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

Halyna Kouzmenko

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... that despite being the wife of the military leader of the Free Territory against the Red Army during the Russian Civil War, Halyna Kouzmenko provided information to the secret services of the Soviet Union? Source: "Working as a librarian in the Slavic Department of the French National Library, she, according to some sources, collaborated with secret services transmitting information to the USSR." ("An unsolved mystery: the "diary of Makhno's wife" - V.N. Litvinov". libcom.org. Retrieved 2019-10-03.)

Created by ProletariatetsBefrielseOrkester (talk). Nominated at 11:45, 6 October 2019 (UTC).

@ProletariatetsBefrielseOrkester: Hey Luna! Welcome to DYK. Your article is new enough and long enough; you do not need a QPQ as you have fewer than five DYK credits. However, I do not see mention of the NKVD or the hook fact in the article, which is necessary. Additionally, two paragraphs require at least one inline citation: the one beginning "During the Second World War" and the one that starts "Halyna died in Taraz on 23 March 1978 at the age of 81." This is a great article, but these issues need to be addressed before this article is promoted to DYK. Raymie (t • c) 17:17, 6 October 2019 (UTC)

@Raymie: Thank you! I have fixed the sources, as well as adding a citation on this page. ProletariatetsBefrielseOrkester (talk) 20:16, 6 October 2019 (UTC)

@ProletariatetsBefrielseOrkester: We're almost there, but I'm not seeing the information in the source link. Can you point me to it? As a note, citations go after periods; I've made this change throughout the article, so you can see what that should look like in the future. Raymie (t • c) 20:40, 6 October 2019 (UTC)

@Raymie: I fixed it, as well as clarifying the text. ProletariatetsBefrielseOrkester (talk) 21:17, 6 October 2019 (UTC)

This is now tick-worthy! Raymie (t • c) 21:31, 6 October 2019 (UTC)

@Raymie: the hook is over 200 characters long. Yoninah (talk) 03:08, 23 October 2019 (UTC)

@Yoninah: Ouch. Let's try rephrasing it... This gets us to 192. Raymie (t • c) 03:16, 23 October 2019 (UTC)

ALT0a: ... that despite being the wife of the military leader of the Free Territory against the Red Army during the Russian Civil War, Halyna Kouzmenko provided information to the Soviet secret services?

Thanks, Raymie. But where does any of this appear in the article? the wife of the military leader of the Free Territory against the Red Army during the Russian Civil War? Yoninah (talk) 19:50, 23 October 2019 (UTC)

@Yoninah: I've added that basic context into the article; hope it helps. The source there I can't access (and is in French). Raymie (t • c) 22:55, 23 October 2019 (UTC)

@ProletariatetsBefrielseOrkester: could you confirm that the source cited verifies the fact that Makhno was military leader of the Free Territory against the Red Army during the Russian Civil War when Kouzmenko married him? Yoninah (talk) 02:04, 24 October 2019 (UTC)

@Yoninah: If you're talking about the source in French in the article, then yes. I have another source at this link, but sadly, it's in French as well. ProletariatetsBefrielseOrkester (talk) 12:27, 1 November 2019 (UTC)

OK, restoring tick for ALT0a per Raymie's review. Yoninah (talk) 22:16, 3 November 2019 (UTC)