Talk:Luis Corvalán

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Would not something about the Allende government and the PCC's role in it be just slightly relevant to this article? Intelligent Mr Toad (talk) 10:25, 1 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Place of birth

I think that Mr. Corvalan was born in Puerto Montt, 300 miles south of Tomé. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.180.26.147 (talk) 15:29, 13 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Did you know nomination

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by SL93 talk 01:09, 18 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Corvalán (pictured, foreground) with Erich Honecker in 1977
Corvalán (pictured, foreground) with Erich Honecker in 1977
  • ... that the anti-Pinochet dissident Luis Corvalán (pictured) had his appearance surgically altered by Soviet doctors before returning to Chile?
ALT1:... that, in 1975, the KGB planned an attack on Chile's Dawson Island to rescue the anti-Pinochet dissident Luis Corvalán (pictured)?
ALT2:... that, when KGB officers presented a plan for a Soviet invasion of Chile to rescue Luis Corvalán (pictured), Kremlin leadership looked at them as if they were crazy?
  • Source: "The Soviets also assisted top PC leaders in returning to Chile, providing Corvalán (a well-known public figure) with plastic surgery, and helping in the development of documentation and in the logistics of their return." [1]
"Shmelev’s story is also surrounded by speculation: he’s been called the USSR’s “secret plastic surgeon”, suspected of working for the country’s secret services, and his unexplained death in 1986 (from blunt force trauma to the head) was rumoured to have been connected to the plastic surgeries which Shmelev had carried out for the KGB. Several journalistic investigations have also claimed that it was Shmelev who carried out the rumoured plastic surgeries on prominent Chilean communist Luis Corvalan when the latter found refuge in USSR after being freed from the jails of Augusto Pinochet." [2]
"Corvalan lived in Moscow with his wife and daughters until 1988 when Russian secret service agents helped him get back to Chile clandestinely via Argentina, after plastic surgery and with a false name and CV. The restoration of democracy the following year allowed him to come out in the open." [3]
Source for Dawson Island: [4]
5x expanded by Chetsford (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 161 past nominations.

Chetsford (talk) 01:57, 21 March 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • Article is long enough. The hook is interesting and cited in the text but there are several citation needed tags throughout the prose that need to be addressed. Additionally, this article is too old to fall under the "new enough" criteria. It could meet the "expanded fivefold" criteria, but isn't quite there yet. The article was at 5,149 bytes at the beginning of expansion and would need to be at 25,745. It is currently at 24,735 bytes, so it's not far off; maybe an expansion on the early life section? Krisgabwoosh (talk) 06:19, 21 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]


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SilkPyjamas (talk) 16:49, 1 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

SilkPyjamas - the copyedits look great! Thanks very much! Chetsford (talk) 19:42, 1 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
You are very welcome! SilkPyjamas (talk) 19:46, 1 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

GA review

Passed. PizzaKing13 (¡Hablame!) 🍕👑 20:42, 23 August 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:Luis Corvalán/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Nominator: Chetsford (talk · contribs) 23:02, 22 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: PizzaKing13 (talk · contribs) 07:55, 13 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]


I'll review this article. PizzaKing13 (¡Hablame!) 🍕👑 07:55, 13 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)

Infobox and lead

  • Neither Lily Castillo Riquelme nor that he had more than 3 children are mentioned in the prose
 Done Chetsford (talk) 13:18, 14 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Do we know Corvalán's exact dates for when he was a Senator
 Done Chetsford (talk) 13:18, 14 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Early life and education

  • Since the section is so short both paragraphs should be combined.
 Done Chetsford (talk) 12:50, 14 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Career

 Done Chetsford (talk) 17:16, 13 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • No link for Frente Popular?
It looks like we don't currently have an article (Frente Popular is currently an unrelated Spanish group. Chetsford (talk) 17:16, 13 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • The quote The Guardian can be paraphrased instead of directly quoted
 Done Chetsford (talk) 13:19, 14 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Is note b relevant?
 Done Chetsford (talk) 06:44, 16 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Why did he support the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia?
See notes Chetsford (talk) 06:44, 16 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Leonov's entire quote can be paraphrased
 Done Chetsford (talk) 13:29, 14 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
 Done Chetsford (talk) 17:16, 13 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
 Done Chetsford (talk) 17:16, 13 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
 Done Chetsford (talk) 17:16, 13 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Personal life

 Done Chetsford (talk) 12:49, 14 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Honors and legacy

 Done Chetsford (talk) 17:17, 13 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Spot checks

  • 1 – a, the end date is verified, the start date is not; b, neither date is verified; c, Green tickY; d, Green tickY; e, Green tickY; f, Green tickY
  • 7 – a, Green tickY; b, Green tickY
  • 8 – a, Green tickY; b, quote not present
  • 10 – a, Green tickY; b, Green tickY; c, Green tickY
  • 13 – Green tickY
  • 16 – a, Green tickY; b, Green tickY
  • 17 – Green tickY
  • 18 – Green tickY
  • 22 – Green tickY
  • 24 – a, doesn't mention anything preceding it; b, Green tickY
  • 25 – a, Green tickY; b, Green tickY; c, Green tickY
  • 34 – Green tickY

Overall

  • Earwig only picks up long quotes. There aren't too many in the article so I think it's ok.
  • Sources are reliable
  • Article is neutral, broadly covers the subject, and stays on topic
  1. It is reasonably well written.
    a. (prose, spelling, and grammar):
    b. (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
  2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.
    a. (reference section):
    b. (citations to reliable sources):
    c. (OR):
    d. (copyvio and plagiarism):
  3. It is broad in its coverage.
    a. (major aspects):
    b. (focused):
  4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.
    Fair representation without bias:
  5. It is stable.
    No edit wars, etc.:
  6. It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.
    a. (images are tagged and non-free content have non-free use rationales):
    b. (appropriate use with suitable captions):
  7. Overall:
    Pass/fail:

(Criteria marked are unassessed)

@Chetsford: I left some comments for the initial review. I'll do spot checks next. I also added missing diacritic marks in the article. PizzaKing13 (¡Hablame!) 🍕👑 08:38, 13 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
PizzaKing13 - thanks very much for this review. I've done everything but two: it looks like we don't have anything to which to link Frente Popular; and I couldn't find a specific rationale for Corvalán's support for the 1968 Czechoslovakian intervention beyond his more generalized support for Soviet policies. Also, during the course of these changes, I ran across a handful of other sources and made some minor additional expansions to the following sections: Party leadership and elected office, Arrest and campaign for release. Best - Chetsford (talk) 06:47, 16 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Chetsford: Four things on the spot check. PizzaKing13 (¡Hablame!) 🍕👑 06:46, 19 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Chetsford: Status? PizzaKing13 (¡Hablame!) 🍕👑 04:26, 23 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, I may be missing it - what are the four things? Chetsford (talk) 06:26, 23 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Chetsford: It's in #Spot checks PizzaKing13 (¡Hablame!) 🍕👑 06:48, 23 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Chetsford: Checked through it and everything looks good. Congrats on the GA! PizzaKing13 (¡Hablame!) 🍕👑 20:39, 23 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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