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 working on the project on a full-time basis.
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, I have begun 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.
Goals
Short term (weeks)
Contribute to this month's Women in Red edit-a-thon(s);
This is a (currently single-entry) 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.
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.
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.
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 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 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 Mariia Vetrova'sself-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 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
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 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(pictured) freeing parrots from birdcages, declaring that the birds had "a right to liberty"? (
nom; 7 April 2024)