Talk:Autonomous Workers' Union
 | Autonomous Workers' Union is currently a World history good article nominee. Nominated by Grnrchst (talk) at 18:12, 27 August 2025 (UTC) An editor has indicated a willingness to review the article in accordance with the good article criteria and will decide whether or not to list it as a good article. Comments are welcome from any editor who has not nominated or contributed significantly to this article. This review will be closed by the first reviewer. To add comments to this review, click discuss review and edit the page.
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Nominator: Grnrchst (talk · contribs) 18:12, 27 August 2025 (UTC)
Reviewer: Gommeh (talk · contribs) 17:31, 1 September 2025 (UTC)
I'll review this article. I'll start by comparing the article to the criteria for an immediate failure:
- I don't see any copyvios. (check)
- There are no cleanup banners needed or present in the article.
- I see no history of edit warring.
- The article has never been nominated for GA before, so criteria #5 doesn't apply.
The lead section appears to be well-written and complies with the MOS.
I'm a little concerned about the use of Bjork: the source you cited appears to cite the AWU's website, which would be a WP:PRIMARY concern if not used correctly. However, I believe this is less of a concern because the party was dissolved, and definitely a minor issue if anything.
- I think the parts I'm using it for would be fine under WP:ABOUTSELF. In any case, it was difficult not to cite this, as it would have left large contextual gaps without it. --Grnrchst (talk) 18:20, 1 September 2025 (UTC)
You appear to be giving a large amount of WP:WEIGHT to Ischchenko. I believe that although he is reliable as a researcher of the Freie Universität Berlin, it would perhaps be better to indicate this more openly in the article, e.g. "Researcher Volodymyr Ishchenko stated that...".
- Are there any specific sections that you think would benefit from in-text attribution? Happy to provide it where it's necessary. --Grnrchst (talk) 18:18, 1 September 2025 (UTC)
I was unable to see many other sources listed except for a journal article on post-Maidan Europe; perhaps there's a way to use it to get more context and put it into the article for readers who are uninformed?
- I don't see anything in this source about the Autonomous Workers' Union, so I'm not sure how to incorporate it exactly. Is there anything specific about the Maidan and afterwards that I could flesh out more? --Grnrchst (talk) 18:25, 1 September 2025 (UTC)
There are no images at all in the article besides the group's logo. WP:GACR6 applies here, but a quick search would probably turn up at least a few usable images. Gommeh 📖/🎮 17:31, 1 September 2025 (UTC)
- The images on the group's website are under copyright, so I don't think I can use any of those. I could provide some context images from Commons, like of the Kharkiv Maidan, but these would only be tangentially-related to the main subject. --Grnrchst (talk) 18:18, 1 September 2025 (UTC)
Article-specific questions
editWhat did the AWU mean when it described anti-Maidan activists as "colorados" and "vatniks" specifically?
- Essentially those pejorative terms are used to refer to people perceived as supportive of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. "Colorado" refers to the Ribbon of Saint George and "vatnik" was derived from a cartoon which satirised Russian nationalism. I thought linking to these would be enough for clarity, but I'm happy to add a bit of in-text clarification if necessary. --Grnrchst (talk) 18:23, 1 September 2025 (UTC)
Can you please provide more detail on why the relationship with anti-Maidan organization Borotba was good? Anything specific about them that can tell us more about their relationship that isn't already in the article? (Having said this though, I am satisfied with your coverage of the souring of relations between them, just would like something more on what the relationship was like when it was still good.)
- Judging by the source, it seems to imply it was just a case of left-wing activists from both organisations having fraternised before the Maidan broke them apart. It doesn't go into much more depth than that. --Grnrchst (talk) 18:27, 1 September 2025 (UTC)