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 sinking much of my time into the project.

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, in early 2024, I began 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.

In 2025, I received prize money from Wikimedia UK for work I did on the article about Simón Radowitzky for The World Destubathon.

Goals

Short term (weeks)

Taking time off to deal with burnout.

Medium term (months)

Hoping to eventually get back to working on Buenaventura Durruti and Voltairine de Cleyre;
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.

Achievements

Featured articles

This is a 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.

Gaetano Bresci (nom)
Nestor Makhno (nom)

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.

Biographies

Historical events

Literature

Toward European Unity (nom)

Organisations

Political philosophies

Anarchism without adjectives (nom)

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

Arch of the Philaeni (nom)
Ladronka (nom)

Fictional characters

Elastigirl (nom)
Nora Helmer (nom)

Films

A Flood in Baath Country (nom)

Flags

Flag of Ivory Coast (nom)

Historical events

Literature

Music

Born Pink (nom)
Cómo Me Duele Perderte (nom)
R3.0 (concert) (nom)
Sekai wa Sore demo Kawari wa Shinai (nom)
Showgirl: Homecoming Live (nom)
Sway (Tove Styrke song) (nom)
Who the Hell Is Edgar? (nom)
Zombie (The Cranberries song) (nom)
Zorra (Nebulossa song) (nom)

Organisations

Paintings

Summer Days (Georgia O'Keeffe) (nom)

Sociology

Abortion in Liberia (nom)
Abortion in Malawi (nom)
Abortion in Seychelles (nom)
Ang Totoong Narcolist (nom)
Dictatorship (nom)
Vietnamese migrant brides in China (nom)

Sporting events

Good article candidates

This is a list of articles I have written that I think are close to meeting the good article criteria and which I might consider nominating in the future. If you think any of these are ready for a good article nomination, or would be interested in reviewing one of them, feel free to ping me on my talk page.

Biographies

Historical events

Movements

Organisations

Thought experiments

Killing baby Hitler

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's 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's 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 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)
... that after Wong Sau Ying attempted to assassinate a British colonial official, the police and press began to associate the bob cut with anarchism? (nom; 31 July 2024)
... that Sophie Kropotkin and her husband returned to France despite the risk of being arrested, as they thought that detention in a French prison would be preferable to living in England? (nom; 30 August 2024)
... that Ana Sigüenza was the first woman to be the general secretary of a national trade union center in Spain? (nom; 8 September 2024)
... that Mariano R. Vázquez oversaw the integration of anarchists into the government during the Spanish Civil War? (nom; 29 September 2024)
... that the Haitian Revolution began when Cécile Fatiman sacrificed a black pig, a ritual that was later repeated by Haitians resisting the United States occupation and the Duvalier dynasty? (nom; 17 October 2024)
... that Shadia Abu Ghazaleh was one of the first women to join the Palestinian resistance to the Israeli occupation of the West Bank? (nom; 29 November 2024)
... that members of the Trade Union Opposition Federation stormed the Copenhagen Stock Exchange? (nom; 16 December 2024)
... that Voltairine de Cleyre, despite losing her ability to move or speak due to illness, refused to accept last rites by scowling at the priest? (nom; 24 December 2024)
... that anarchism without adjectives has been described as an ecumenical or non-denominational form of anarchism? (nom; 27 December 2024)
... that six innocent people were executed for the Liceu bombing, despite Santiago Salvador confessing that he was the sole perpetrator? (nom; 20 January 2025)
... that the anarchist group Los Solidarios assassinated the leader of the Catalan pistoleros, the governor of Biscay, and the archbishop of Zaragoza? (nom; 9 February 2025)
... that the Alt Llobregat insurrection took place without any looting or killing? (nom; 19 February 2025)
... that in the essay "Toward European Unity" George Orwell presumed that one of the greatest obstacles to a federal Europe would be economic pressure by the United States? (nom; 26 March 2025)
... that The Avengers attempted to assassinate Alfonso XIII, King of Spain? (nom; 1 April 2025)
... that Alejandro Finisterre, the inventor of table football, threatened to blow up a plane with a bar of soap? (nom; 19 April 2025)
... that during the Spanish Civil War, when the government fled the coming siege of Madrid, the Rosal Column detained several government ministers and accused them of cowardice? (nom; 4 May 2025)
... that the anti-Francoist guerrilla Marcelino Massana pranked the Civil Guard captain who was trying to kill him by paying for his coffee? (nom; 10 May 2025)
... that the Spanish anarchist Agustín Remiro worked as a foreign agent for MI6? (nom; 12 May 2025)
... that Class War was held responsible for the poll tax riots? (nom; 28 June 2025)
... that Pedro Durruti was executed by firing squad, but the Spanish State officially recorded his cause of death as cardiac arrest? (nom; 7 June 2025)
... that Margarethe Hardegger established an illegal abortion clinic in her own home? (nom; 8 August 2025)
... that Simón Radowitzky was forced to pay a fare for his own deportation? (nom; 10 August 2025)
... that recent coups in Sudan, Mali, Tunisia and Niger have been described as "coupvolutions"? (nom; 20 August 2025)
... that Émilienne Morin participated in the legal defence campaign of her future partner before they had even met? (nom; 24 September 2025)
... that Christapor Mikaelian was killed by his own explosives, which were intended for the attempted assassination of Sultan Abdul Hamid II? (nom; 26 September 2025)
... that members of the Autonomous Workers' Union depicted the Euromaidan as a bourgeois revolution? (nom; 26 September 2025)
... that Zinaida Nevzorova entered into a marriage of convenience with Gleb Krzhizhanovsky to keep their activist group together, but they later developed a genuine romantic relationship? (nom; 4 October 2025)
... that the Paraguayan Regional Workers' Federation named and shamed known strikebreakers in its newspaper? (nom; 19 October 2025)
... that Mohamed Saïl refused prisoner support from International Red Aid in protest against the treatment of Soviet prisoners in the Solovki prison camp? (nom; 23 October 2025)
... that, after proclaiming it was her duty as a revolutionary never to be "tied down by a family", Lyubov Radchenko got married and had a child? (nom; 5 November 2025)
... that Rosa Dubovsky admonished male anarchists for misusing free love to justify promiscuity? (nom; 23 November 2025)
... that Nestor Makhno described the evolutionary biologist Marie Goldsmith as one of the "titans of anarchism"? (nom; 3 December 2025)
... that Agnes Inglis developed her own idiosyncratic cataloging system for the Labadie Collection? (nom; 6 December 2025)
... that, when workers of the Zenkoku Jiren went on strike at a Hitachi factory, anarchist militants firebombed the mansion of Hitachi's president, Namihei Odaira? (nom; 8 December 2025)