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Chechen Revolution was nominated as a History good article, but it did not meet the good article criteria at the time (December 25, 2025, reviewed version). There are suggestions on the review page for improving the article. If you can improve it, please do; it may then be renominated.

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GA review

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The article fails GAN. Spintendo 02:45, 25 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

This review is transcluded from Talk:Chechen Revolution/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Nominator: ~2025-34098-09 (talk · contribs) 18:22, 16 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: Spintendo (talk · contribs) 18:31, 17 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

The article was nominated by a temporary account which has not surfaced since the day of the nomination. The authorship of the article places this temporary account at number 2, however, the changes that they made were cosmetic only. Repetitive sources which were listed several times within the prose were consolidated into a Works cited section. This makes up the bulk weight of the changes which the temporary account made, weight which placed them for authorship at number 2. Spintendo 18:31, 17 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There are numerous issues which prevent the article from attaining GA status. A preliminary assortment of those issues are listed below. In order to spur nominator involvement, the article's GAN will be placed on hold for 7 days. Spintendo 01:15, 19 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The article fails GAN at this time. It is hoped that future nominations are made using an editor's own screenname, which would enable the nominator to be more easily notified, and stay appraised of, the article's route through the GAN process. Regards, Spintendo 02:45, 25 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

GA table

Rate	Attribute	Review Comment
1. Well-written:
	1a. the prose is clear, concise, and understandable to an appropriately broad audience; spelling and grammar are correct.	The prose is confusing and contains numerous (minor) errors of grammar:^[a] On 27 November, the Supreme Soviet passed the declaration of sovereignty, which was thus one of the last ones in the "parade of sovereignties". While most of the Russia's federal units ultimately declared about [sic] their sovereignty within the Russian SFSR, thus [sic] supporting Yeltsin rather than Gorbachev, Chechnya-Ingushetia and Tatarstan did not do so. Chechen declaration of sovereignty did not have reference [sic] that Chechnya was declaring sovereignty within Russian SFSR or USSR, as was the norm with the other republics, and it established the conditions under which the republic would sign Gorbachev's New Union Treaty. Yeltsin also promised greater recognition to autonomies within the sovereign Russia, but Zavgayev refused to hold the Russian referendum to create the Russian presidency in March 1991, obeying Gorbachev's instructions. This led to Yeltsin's circle criticizing Zavgayev. Instead, Chechnya took part in [sic] Soviet referendum to preserve the USSR. Khasbulatov issued statement [sic] that if the National Congress attempted "usurpation of power", the elections would be deemed invalid. Neither did Zavgayev in Moscow [sic] take a clear position. The tone of certain phrases is also unencyclopedic While Zavgayev grew defiant to central authorities, he still did not want Chechnya to secede from Moscow.
	1b. it complies with the Manual of Style guidelines for lead sections, layout, words to watch, fiction, and list incorporation.
2. Verifiable with no original research, as shown by a source spot-check:
	2a. it contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with the layout style guideline.
	2b. reliable sources are cited inline. All content that could reasonably be challenged, except for plot summaries and that which summarizes cited content elsewhere in the article, must be cited no later than the end of the paragraph (or line if the content is not in prose).
	2c. it contains no original research.
	2d. it contains no copyright violations or plagiarism.	Example of WP:CLOSEPARAPHRASE: Text from the article: Gorbachev tried to present himself as a defender of "Soviet multiculturalism" against Yeltsin's Russian nationalism. The Russian ASSR (Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic) leaders feared that the revitalized strength of the Russian SFSR threatened to relegate their place in the Russian and Soviet hierarchy [sic]. Also, the ASSR leaders, which were propelled through corruption and clan hierarchy, feared Yeltsin's brand of populism, which could sweep away the corrupt Party networks painted by nationalist populist democrat Yeltsin as "atavistic remnants of communism". Text from the source reference: The ASSRs' would provide a geographic base of support within the Russian Federation; more importantly, they would give Gorbachev a new Raison d'etre as defender of Soviet 'Multi-culturalism' against the threat of Yeltsin's Russian nationalism. The ASSRs' nomenklatura found Gorbachev a useful ally. For the most part, they were parochial Soviet hacks who feared change and survived on a mix of clan hierarchy, corruption and semi-feudalism .... Yeltsin worried the ASSR leaderships for two reasons. First, the new strength of the Russian Federation Supreme Soviet threatened to relegate their modest place in the Russian and Soviet hierarchy still further beneath a flood of Russian nationalism. Second, Yeltin's brand of Russian populism could sweep away the Party networks which oiled the ASSRs' political wheels. Yeltsin and his supporters painted the conservative ASSR leadership as atavistic remnants of communism.
3. Broad in its coverage:
	3a. it addresses the main aspects of the topic.	By being non-neutral in some specific areas of text, the article does not appropriately cover the main issues of the topic. (See 4 below.)
	3b. it stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (see summary style).	The article's neutrality issues force it into giving biased, unnecessary details. (See 4 below.)
	4. Neutral: it represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each.	The article describes Yeltsin's actions differently from the description of Chechen actions: Use of WP:SCAREQUOTES when describing Yeltsin: Yeltsin presented himself as a "democratic" and "anticommunist" leader. And not using scare quotes when describing the actions of Yandarbiyev: In early morning, a large demonstration began in Grozny led by Dudayev. The Chechen National Congress and the Vainakh Democratic Party led by Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev set up operation head-quarters in the former building of the gorkom (city committee of the Communist Party) to lead a resistance against GKChP. Presents third-party claims from certain people about other people as facts: General Aslambek Aslakhanov claimed that there was a deal between the deputy of the chairman of Russian KGB Viktor Ivanenko and Dudayev to hand over building [sic] to him in a deal to destroy the secret documents there. Instead of better-delineating information coming from those claims as being in that person's words Suggested example: General Aslambek Aslakhanov claimed that there was a deal between the deputy of the chairman of Russian KGB Viktor Ivanenko and Dudayev to "hand over the building to him", which, according to Aslakhanov, was "a deal to destroy the secret documents there".
	5. Stable: it does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute.
6. Illustrated, if possible, by media such as images, video, or audio:
	6a. media are tagged with their copyright statuses, and valid non-free use rationales are provided for non-free content.
	6b. media are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions.
	7. Overall assessment.

Notes

^ Most significantly these are omissions of the word the, a minor error which can occur in native Russian speakers of even the most fluent forms of English.

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

[1] Most significantly these are omissions of the word the, a minor error which can occur in native Russian speakers of even the most fluent forms of English.

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