Template:Did you know nominations/Ashraf Dehghani

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 16:30, 1 December 2023 (UTC)

Ashraf Dehghani

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... that while describing being tortured with snakes by the SAVAK, which believed women to be "weak and cowardly", the Iranian feminist Ashraf Dehghani recalled that she didn't visibly react? Source: Moghissi 1996, p. 117
- ALT1: ... that Ashraf Dehghani was expelled from the Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas, after she continued to advocate for guerrilla warfare against the Islamic government of Ruhollah Khomeini? Source: Zabir 2011, pp. 108–109
- ALT2: ... that little has been known of the exact whereabouts of Iranian communist leader Ashraf Dehghani since she escaped prison in 1973? Source: Sedghi 2007, p. 186
- ALT3: ... that while being tortured in prison by the SAVAK, Iranian communist Ashraf Dehghani concluded that the Imperial State of Iran was inherently weak, as it couldn't even suppress dissent through torture? Source: Sedghi 2007, pp. 184–185
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Catherine Wedd

Improved to Good Article status by Grnrchst (talk). Self-nominated at 15:05, 26 October 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Ashraf Dehghani; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

Grnrchst can you help me understand why this article meets the DYK criteria? It is not a new article and it doesn't look 5x expanded recently. It seems the major expansion happened on Sep 20, 2023[1]? VR _talk 06:32, 7 November 2023 (UTC)

Vice regent It was promoted good article status on 25 October, I nominated it on 26 October. One of the possible "new" criteria is that it was "promoted to good article status in the seven days preceding a nomination." --Grnrchst (talk) 08:53, 7 November 2023 (UTC)

OK, thanks, I had not seen that. Let me continue with my review.VR _talk 14:21, 7 November 2023 (UTC)

When was the latest source that said she's living in Germany? If the last source was more than 10 years ago then its date of publication should be mentioned "As of 2007, Deghani was believed to be..." VR _talk 13:46, 9 November 2023 (UTC)

Changed to say "as of 2007". I'll have to look for others to see if there's any later speculation. --Grnrchst (talk) 14:30, 9 November 2023 (UTC)

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall:

VR _talk 04:11, 10 November 2023 (UTC)

Does the source say in its own voice that Dehghani was tortured with snakes, or does it attribute it to Dehghani herself? If so, should we also attribute it to Dehghani too? From what I saw, it was attributed to Deghani herself.VR _talk 04:11, 10 November 2023 (UTC)

@Vice regent: It was Dehghani describing her experience yes. I've rewritten ALT0 slightly in an attempt to attribute it better, how's this? --Grnrchst (talk) 08:44, 10 November 2023 (UTC)

The word "claim" is not recommended (see WP:WTA). You can replace it with "recalled", "stated", "wrote" etc.VR _talk 17:46, 10 November 2023 (UTC)

@Vice regent: Replaced with "recalled". --Grnrchst (talk) 17:48, 10 November 2023 (UTC)

Looks good and earwig shows copyvio is unlikely.VR _talk 18:05, 10 November 2023 (UTC)

for the main hook. Didn't verify the other ones.VR _talk 18:05, 10 November 2023 (UTC)