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Article milestones Date Process Result December 27, 2012 Good article nominee Listed April 7, 2025 Good article reassessment Kept
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Is it really that important to describe the security guards as Cossacks? I'm not sure what their identity has a people has to do with the crack down. CaptainEek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 19:40, 10 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

It is used quite prominently in the sources cited.[1][2] Aircorn (talk) 17:52, 11 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Speaking about identity, you were probably thinking "Cossacks" as a people. In fact, they were self-styled Cossack militia in unforms and stuff, so yes, their "identity" was quite notorious. I fixed the article to clarify. --Altenmann >talk 19:42, 14 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The lead is supposed to be a summary. MOS:LEAD Jontel (talk) 09:12, 13 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It is recommended that leads be of one, two, three or four paragraphs which summarise the most important content of the article.--Johnsoniensis (talk) 16:49, 13 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I trimmed it to a reasonable state. --Altenmann >talk 19:43, 14 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Well, it looks like everyone was busy or didnt care, but the article still required a good deal of beating. For staters, I trimmed the lede from huge retelling of the article, so that now it looks like a lede. --Altenmann >talk 19:21, 14 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

On the Membership section, please correct misspellings in the first sentence of the third paragraph from "Samutsevich joined Voina 1n 2008, at the same time with Ailyokhina." and in the second sentence in the fifth paragraph from "Ailyokhinasai created her own show, Pussy Riot: Riot Days, which recounts her life as a Russian activist, and tours various fringe festivals." to "Alyokhina"2A02:2F04:B205:BD00:6D6E:4D04:24E7:1909 (talk) 07:22, 26 April 2025 (UTC) 2A02:2F04:B205:BD00:6D6E:4D04:24E7:1909 (talk) 07:22, 26 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Apologies, please read "in 2008" 2A02:2F04:B205:BD00:6D6E:4D04:24E7:1909 (talk) 07:25, 26 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Done. In fact there were 3 cases of Ailyokhina. --Altenmann >talk 07:47, 26 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Which should be used in this article? The lead currently says the group was Founded in the fall of 2011 (American English; British would be "autumn") but also talks about Moscow's Cathedral of Christ the Saviour (British English; American would be "Savior"). No strong preference either way, just so long as we are consistent. (I'm aware many other varieties exist, but simplifying for the sake of this talk page). GnocchiFan (talk) 20:52, 3 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Chiswick Chap I think the mention in the lead that Russia has designated the Pussy Riot group as an extremist is an important component, given that the group itself was organized in Russia. AlexeyKhrulev (talk) 11:48, 15 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I don't. Everyone knows they are Russian, and that they have been treated harshly, so this is a detail for the text, not the lead. All the best, Chiswick Chap (talk) 13:42, 15 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Being designated as an extremist organization is qualitatively different from general repression or harsh treatment, as it constitutes a formal legal classification with concrete consequences such as criminal liability for association, censorship, and bans and, given that Pussy Riot originated in Russia and is closely associated with political protest against the Russian state, this official designation is directly relevant to understanding what legal status the group represents today. AlexeyKhrulev (talk) 15:36, 15 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Well, someone has re-added it to the lead without discussing it here, despite the ongoing discussion and ignoring all policy, so let's forget about it. Chiswick Chap (talk) 15:56, 15 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]