Talk:Witch-hunts in India

Nominate as good article?

Hello again @Schnitzella,

I guess you didn’t know about the ‘did you know’ time limit when you created this article. You might like to nominate it as a good article, perhaps together with one of your Women in Red comrades as there is often a long wait. Chidgk1 (talk) 06:33, 13 March 2023 (UTC)

Hi @Chidgk1,

Thanks for taking an interest in the article and letting me know about the good article nomination system, this was very helpful. Schnitzella (talk) 21:58, 20 March 2023 (UTC)

@Schnitzella I've nominated it for DYK! BorgQueen (talk) 18:21, 21 April 2023 (UTC)

@BorgQueen Thanks a bunch! Schnitzella (talk) 18:42, 21 April 2023 (UTC)

GA Review

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This review is transcluded from Talk:Witch-hunts in India/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Chiswick Chap (talk · contribs) 14:14, 21 April 2023 (UTC)

Comments

This article is on an interesting topic, is well-cited and generally well-written. I have very few comments to make.

• The first sentence "Witch-hunts in India are still prevalent in the twenty-first century." is somewhat forced; I suggest we forget the boldface/title match and just write "Witch-hunts are still prevalent in India in the twenty-first century."

• It is somewhat underlinked; for instance National Crime Records Bureau should be linked at first mention in the article body (it's already linked in the lead).

• A little copy-editing would be desirable, for instance to remove the word "also" from most (if not all) of the places where it's used.

• "For instance, a labelled 'witch' can have her right to own property denied, she may be forced off her land in fear of being attacked, by being banished from her village or even killed.[9]" should be split into two sentences; the second half needs a comma after "village", and the "even" should be dropped.

• "State Commission for Women and Action Aid Commission" - not clear what is intended here, is that not two things? Perhaps the first is National Commission for Women, in which case it should be renamed and linked.

• The images are correctly licensed. I guess the Indian Rebellion image is just about relevant enough to clear the "not decorative" bar, and appreciate it may be hard to illustrate village life appropriately here.

• The references are in an acceptable format, though 12, 20 and 21 need a publisher or website, and 28 should have the publisher separated from the title.

• Spot-checks are all ok.

Chiswick Chap Thank you for taking the time to review the article. Hopefully, I have addressed all of the issues raised here to your satisfaction. In response to your fourth point, I have now clarified that the "State Commission for Women" is The Uttarakhand State Commission for Women and is separate from the Action Aid Commission. Please let me know if you have any further suggestions. Schnitzella (talk) 16:59, 21 April 2023 (UTC)

• Many thanks, and congratulations on your first GA! There is no quid pro quo in the GA system, but of course if you'd like to pick something from the GAN queue to review, it'd be much appreciated. Chiswick Chap (talk) 17:56, 21 April 2023 (UTC)

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Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Bruxton (talk) 01:30, 29 April 2023 (UTC)

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• ... that witch-hunts in India are still prevalent in the twenty-first century? Source: Greed & Power Override Myth As India’s Poorest State Strives To End The Hunting Of Witches By 2023
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Galaxy 4

Improved to Good Article status by Schnitzella (talk). Nominated by BorgQueen (talk) at 18:19, 21 April 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Witch-hunts in India; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

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:

Image eligibility:

• Freely licensed:
• Used in article: - no image in this nomination
• Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: @BorgQueen: I see that the article was recognized as a GA on 21 April 2023 (see: Talk:Witch-hunts in India/GA1) and is well-sourced, written in a WP:NPOV. The same source as provided in this nomination is also used in the article. The hook is interesting and correct. Nominator BorgQueen also recently contributed to the improvement of the article before it received a GA status. Consequently, I see no flaws why this nomination could be rejected and I can only thank to BorgQueen, @Schnitzella: and other related contributors for creating quality content. -- Pofka (talk) 16:05, 23 April 2023 (UTC)

@BorgQueen: I wonder if "nowadays" is too colloquial. Maybe today? Bruxton (talk) 01:23, 29 April 2023 (UTC)

I think "twenty-first century" I will add it to the hook and if you object we can change it. Bruxton (talk) 01:29, 29 April 2023 (UTC)