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Paraphrase Concerns

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  1. The first paragraph of the life section is almost directly paraphrased from the first reference (just omited some of the flowery prose)
  2. I would imagine then 2nd paragraph is probably a close paraphrase of the pages from the book and will investigate to be sure.

Hasteur (talk) 15:06, 6 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I think the wording has been revised enough now to remove any concerns of copyright infringement. Kaldari (talk) 22:45, 25 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

New BBC article

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http://www.bbc.com/news/stories-44210012 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 135.23.189.82 (talk) 19:06, 27 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

New book March 2019

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New book about the life of Kitty Marion, by historian Fern Riddell, coming from Quercus publishing on March 5, 2019. ISBN: 9781635061291 Death in Ten Minutes — Preceding unsigned comment added by 167.102.138.245 (talk) 17:53, 15 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Plan on upgrading to Good Article class

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FYI, I'm planning on working on the article, and bring the quality up to WP:GA class. I've got the two recent books about her:

  • Marion, Kitty (2019). Gardner, Viv; Atkinson, Diane (eds.). Kitty Marion: Actor and activist. Women, Theatre and Performance. Manchester University Press. ISBN 9781526138064. Retrieved April 8, 2025. Autobiography. With introduction and epilog by the editors.

And I'll be using them. Let me know if you have any questions or concerns. Noleander (talk) 19:21, 9 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

GA review

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Nominator: Noleander (talk · contribs) 13:38, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: Star Manatee (talk · contribs) 13:41, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Just to disclose I am a new reviewer.

Lead

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  • Unlink London, United Kingdom, United States and New York per MOS:OL.
Done. Noleander (talk) 16:21, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Instances of possibly poetic language:
    • "that pervaded the business"
    • "endured"
    • "embraced the birth control movement"
    • "her ebullient personality"
All four done. Noleander (talk) 16:21, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
      • Ebullient is also an obscure word, as is contravention, so if try to replace those two.
Done. Noleander (talk) 16:21, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Really a nitpick, but "When World War I started” isn’t the most encyclopedic wording? I’d go with "On the outbreak of World War I"
Done. Noleander (talk) 16:24, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • "under the leadership of Margaret Sanger." Since a movement doesn’t have a leader (I’d even hesitate to call Vladmir Lenin leader of the Russian Communist movement) I’m assuming Sanger was a personal leader for Marion. However, unless Sanger being a leader is extremely important information, I’d remove the ambiguity by dropping her first mention at all and put her full name and link into the following sentence.
Done. Noleander (talk) 16:24, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • "She relied on her ebullient personality and loud voice to engage passers-by. She was arrested many times for distributing birth control information in contravention of anti-obscenity laws." I’d merge these two sentences.
Done. Noleander (talk) 16:28, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Does her being a teacher warrant a lead mention, or is it a minor element of her biography? (I saw it in the Infobox.)
Her teaching work was fairly minor & short-lived, so should not be in lead. In InfoBox only for the sake of being comprehensive. Noleander (talk) 16:28, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I don’t believe this job is mentioned in the body; could you add a source to it? 🔮🛷 Vote Kane 🛷🔮 (talk) 12:54, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The teaching job is mentioned in the body text within the Kitty_Marion#Later_life_and_death section: After departure from the ABCL, she found work at the Speech Improvement Project of the Works Progress Administration, where she helped children learn English.[70[74] Noleander (talk) 14:43, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Any one would probably work, but the photo there now is sort of iconic, and is already cropped, and is utilized by lots of sources that discuss her. So, I suggest leaving it, unless there is a compelling reason to change. Noleander (talk) 16:28, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Infobox spells United as Untied.
Done. Noleander (talk) 16:28, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Early life

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  • In [b], "sometimes spelled" could be "occasionally spelled as." I’d also ideally place [b] after the word Schafer itself to avoid confusion.
Done. Noleander (talk) 16:30, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • "when Katherina was two, leaving Katherina with her father" Repetition of Katherina.
Done. Noleander (talk) 16:30, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • "her step-mother also died of tuberculosis" Since you’ve already introduced tuberculosis, I’d write that she also died from the illness (or whatever descriptive is best for tuberculosis).
Done. Noleander (talk) 16:34, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • "she liked to sing and recite" She enjoyed singing and reciting is more encyclopedic.
Done. Noleander (talk) 16:34, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • "and she dreamt of performing on stage" Unless this is describing her having literal dreams at night about doing so (in which case there is something to be cleared up here) this is poetic language.
Done. used "envisioned". Noleander (talk) 16:34, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • "her German uncle helped her escape her father's violence by sending her to live with her aunt in England" I think it would be better phrased that her German uncle sent her there in order to help her escape her father's violence. This also helps establish that she’s going to be in England and that this is not a one off backstory event.
Done. Noleander (talk) 16:34, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Acting career

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  • "performing on the pantomime stage" Was she performing on a singular stage known as the pantomime stage, or was she performing in pantomimes?
Done. Noleander (talk) 16:37, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • "she found a natural home" Poetic language.
Done. chg to "... she began a long career in theater ..." Noleander (talk) 16:37, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • "workers were often exploited. Women were expected to perform sexual favors" since sexual exploitation is a type of exploitation, I presume it wouldn’t be a WP:SYNTH to just connect these two sentences with a semicolon?
Done. Noleander (talk) 16:43, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • "she was an independent, working woman" Not sure how to feel about this. Objectively true, but also kind of poetic?
Changed to eliminate that phrase, now ".... the age 17, she earned her own living." Noleander (talk) 16:43, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • "first in provincial comedy and pantomime shows" Might be worth a reword since you’ve already established her as starting in pantomimes.
Changed to ".. for 24 years in a wide variety of stage productions." Noleander (talk) 16:43, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Suffrage movement in UK

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  • "which fought for the right of women to vote." Poetic language; "fought for" should almost certainly be on WP:WORDSTOWATCH if it isn’t already and "the right" implies this is a right they have already obtained and not one which they (rightfully) wish to gain.
Chngd to ", which advocated for legislation that would give women the right to vote." Noleander (talk) 16:49, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Is [h] relevant aside from the fact that it’s a really cool motto?
It's relevant in that it shed's light the movement's evolution from lobbying to violence. Motto maybe not appropriate for body of article, but footnotes are good for interesting, minor tidbits that are not essential to the article, yet help the readers get a fuller picture. Noleander (talk)
  • "violent riot invovlving" typo.
Done. Noleander (talk) 16:49, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • "After the riot, Marion" Since you said Marion last sentence "she" might be better?
Done. Noleander (talk) 16:52, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • "Marion embraced" Embraced is poetic language.
Changed to "endorsed". "Adopted" may also work. Noleander (talk) 16:52, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • "evolved into" Well, not exactly anywhere near NPOV, but "evolved" looks poetic compared to "became". Just a nitpick really.
Changed to "turned into ..." Noleander (talk) 16:52, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Is [j] relevant as a footnote aside from being how she justified it? It could be in the main text if you quote out small bits.
I'm reluctant to put material from primary sources (here, KM autoboigraphy) into the body text, except in unusual situations, because that runs afoul of SYNTH/OR issues. The footnote you are asking about is a quote that gives great insight into her motivations & character, but I could not find a 2ndary source (biographer) that restated it well; so as a compromise, I included the primary source quote as a footnote. I think there may be 2 or 3 footnotes that include quotes from her. I can remove the footnote if you think it would improve the article. (Note that the article does have one or two quotes of hers in the body, e.g. "To my utter amazement and disappointment ...". ) Noleander (talk) 16:58, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • "She later threw bricks through windows of post offices" Wording makes it seem like this is one incident of throwing bricks through post offices; personally I’d use "started throwing" or something like that.
Done. " In later episodes, she threw bricks through windows of post offices..." Noleander (talk) 17:00, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Bombing, arson, and hunger strikes

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  • Aside on the safety of bombs is very interesting, but is it relevant to her biography?
KM's major biographer, Riddell, makes a big deal of it, so I included it. I think Riddell was posing the question: whether or not Marion was recklessly endangering innocents or not? ... but she did not draw conclusions. I put some of the safety info into a footnote so it was not over-represented in the body. Noleander (talk) 18:28, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • "One of the first arson attacks perpetrated by Marion occurred in April 1913, attacking the home of MP Arthur du Cros." Seems awkward to just skip on. Does the source give us anything more on the incident, or can we at least transition better?
I expanded it to One of the first arson attacks perpetrated by Marion occurred in April 1913, attacking the home of Arthur du Cros, a Member of Parliament who had consistently voted against the enfranchisement of women. Noleander (talk) 18:31, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • "Four days later," Can we clarify that this incident four days later is the most significant attack in question and that they haven’t done two attacks four days apart?
Changed to "Four days after Davison's death, Marion and Giveen responded by burning-down the Hurst Park Race grandstand." Noleander (talk) 18:33, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • "and while in prison she was subjected to force feeding." Since you elaborate on this, I’d just drop this part of the sentence.
Done. Noleander (talk) 18:42, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • "WSPU leaders…" Why the random lone sentence splitting up two connected paragraphs about the force feeding? Ideally place it afterwards or drop it if it isn’t relevant.
The first 3 paragraphs of that section are chronological story of the 1912-1914 arson/bombings. The 3rd paragr "WSPU Leaders..." is the final (circa 1914) part of that sequence. The following paragraph "While in prison, many suffragettes ..." then shifts to address forced feeding, of KM and other suffragettes, which happened continuously throughout the entire 1912-1914 period. That said, if you think it is too confusing, I can try to make it more rational. Maybe put the forced feeding into a subsection? Noleander (talk) 18:42, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I think with the earlier mention of forced feeding dropped this sentence fits in just fine now. 🔮🛷 Vote Kane 🛷🔮 (talk) 12:57, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • "hunger strokes" is a hunger stroke a real medical thing she endured or is this a typo?
Done Noleander (talk) 18:42, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • "she was only more motivated from her experiences" Seems somewhat poetic. Maybe say the experience motivated her more, dropping the only?
Chgd to She remembered it to be "hellish torture," but the experience increased her motivation. Noleander (talk) 18:45, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • [I]: "act Marion" comma.
Done Noleander (talk) 18:42, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

World War I

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  • "deport her to Germany" Germany already said in the sentence; is there a less repetitive alternative?
Changed to .... the UK government would almost certainly deport her to her homeland. Or could just terminate the sentence at "deport her." Noleander (talk) 18:54, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I’m not sure if, being an immigrant who lived in Britain, we can call Germany her homeland in Wikivoice. Maybe just terminate at "deport her". 🔮🛷 Vote Kane 🛷🔮 (talk) 12:58, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Done. Changed to ... government would almost certainly deport her. Noleander (talk) 14:38, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • "Her application was denied" Maybe "However, it"? "Ultimately, it"? Sounds better, idk.
Went with "However". The process was pretty rapid, IIRC, so "ulitmately" is probably not ideal. Noleander (talk) 18:54, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • "she embarked on the" Embarked is poetic, I feel.
Changed to ... she boarded the steamship Cymric in October 1915 Noleander (talk) 18:54, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Birth control movement in U.S.

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  • In both this one and the UK one above, it’s ideal to use a "the", and to be consistent on whether to use dots (unless I’m missing a rule where the U.S. always has dots and the UK never does).
Changed U.S. -> US; use "the US" & "the UK" where appropriate. Noleander (talk) 00:23, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • I don’t think you need to bold her name (or use the full version) in the caption.
Done. Noleander (talk) 00:23, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • "despondent and struggling" despondent is an obscure word with poetic potential.
Changed to simply "struggling". Noleander (talk) 00:26, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • "U.S. talent agents were aware of her reputation for controversy in the UK." Dots should probably be consistent in the text, too.
U.S. -> US thru entire article. Noleander (talk) 00:26, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • "Birth Contgrol" typo.
Done. Noleander (talk) 00:26, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • "Marion's work" Her work implies a creation or a work of art; "activities" is more accurate.
Done. Noleander (talk) 00:33, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • "The ABCL offered her" Might be worth saying that she got the job, too.
Reworded to "She accepted a job offer from the ABCL..."
  • "was familiar New York figure" Is this unanimously agreed or an opinion?
Changed to ".... familiar figure in several New York neighborhoods". Several sources remark on it, and use similar wording. My impression is that she sold newspapers are various corners for 13 years, and in those neighborhoods she was well-known. That plus, the fact that major NY newspapers mentioned her in brief articles on her during her lifetime, & the obituary.
  • "1918 she" comma.
Done. Noleander (talk) 00:47, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • "Vice. In jail" Could be worth a semicolon, with the next semicolon turned into a full stop.
Done. Noleander (talk) 00:47, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Is there a potential copyvio from a lot of extensive quoting of her autobiography?
In my opinion, the quotes are okay under the fair use doctrine. But if you see a specific quote that seems excessive, I can trim it or remove it. The WP rule is WP:COPYQUOTE which says: "The copied material should not be a substantial portion of the work being quoted and a long quotation should not be used where a shorter quotation would express the same information. What constitutes a substantial portion depends on many factors, such as the length of the original work, and the importance and relevance of the quoted text to that work. In one extreme case, Harper & Row v. Nation Enterprises, the quotation of 400 words from a 500-page book were ruled to be infringement. The Court reasoned that publishing those 400 words before the book was available for sale significantly damaged the value of the entire book because the 400 words contained highly controversial breaking news. For this reason, Wikipedia should not publish quotations from books that have not yet been published.[7] Editors are advised to exercise good judgment and to remain mindful that while brief excerpts are permitted by policy, extensive quotations are forbidden. The quotation must be useful and aid understanding of the subject; irrelevant quotations should be removed."
The quotes in this article give important insight to KM, and are trimmed to the bare minimum. Lot of FA-qualtiy biographical articles in WP have quotes from the subject of the article. That said, if there is a quote that seems excessive to you, let me know. Noleander (talk) 00:47, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Later life and death

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  • "its long-sought" Unnecessary poetic language.
Done. Removed it entirely, now reads: "... finally achieved its goal..." Noleander (talk) 00:50, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • "was able to meet" Was she able to, or did she do it?
Done. Changed to " She met with many of her former ..." Noleander (talk) 00:50, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • "After departure" I wonder if this could be merged into another paragraph.
Done - merged that short paragr into prior paragraph. Noleander (talk) 00:56, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Does [t] have a citation?
I removed that footnote. "Sanger Nursing Home had no relation to Margaret Sanger" is a true statement, and I read it in a source about a month ago, but I cannot locate the source now. Oddly, another (minor) source says that the Sanger nursing home is named after Margaret Sanger, which is false. Noleander (talk) 00:56, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • "She was remembered by her friends for her boisterous personality, her good humor, and her abundant red hair." According to who?
Removed that. A couple biographers/historians wrote things similar to that, but the sources are scattered, so safer to just remove. Noleander (talk) 00:59, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Autobiography and historiography

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  • Autobiography is misspelled in the title.
Done. Noleander (talk) 01:01, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Is there a reason [u] restates the years?
Done. Removed years from footnote; kept in body text. Noleander (talk) 01:01, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • [v]: "publishers may have faced a glut of material." Who is speculating this?
Changed to "A large number of suffragettes wrote memoirs after WWI." One source talks about the huge # of memoirs written suffragettes; 2 sources talk about KM unable to find a publisher. 99.9% sure they are connected, but I cannot find a source that directly says so. Noleander (talk) 01:09, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sources & Images

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  •  On hold until points are answered.
@Star Manatee: Thanks for identifying the issues above. I have started addressing them. May take a day or two. I'll ping you when I am finished. Noleander (talk) 17:02, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Star Manatee: I completed addressing all of the suggestions above. The majority I implemented as suggested; some I tweaked the suggestion a bit. For a few, I did not change the article, and in those few situations, I posted an explanation above. If you think any of the responses are inadequate, let me know and I'll find a satisfactory resolution. Noleander (talk) 01:29, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I’ve replied to everything I feel I can. Everything I haven’t replied to is fine. I think once you’ve responded to that it’ll be a pass. 🔮🛷 Vote Kane 🛷🔮 (talk) 13:00, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Star Manatee: I acted upon the recent three comments you made during your latest pass: (1) Teaching job: identify text & cites in body text; (2) paragraphs in Bomb/Arson section; and (3) drop "homeland" in "deport" sentence. Only one of the three ("homeland") involved a change to the article. Detailed responses above in this page.
Thanks for taking the time to do the GA review. You have a sharp eye for detail, and caught many issues I was blind to! Noleander (talk) 14:48, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
 Passed 🔮🛷 Vote Kane 🛷🔮 (talk) 15:02, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know nomination

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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 Cielquiparle talk 19:38, 25 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Kitty Marion
Kitty Marion

Note on the image: I'm not certain how to set the size/width to conform to DYK requirements.

Improved to Good Article status by Noleander (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Noleander (talk) 18:18, 21 April 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • Article is a recent GA. Referencing is adequate. QPQ is provided but not completed, but it is not needed anyway. Copyvio has a fairly high score from a somewhat long quote, but it's good enough. I cannot access the specific sources used inline on the article, but a spot check on other sources online verifies. Hook interesting, so good to go. Juxlos (talk) 08:14, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
RoySmith (talk) 23:28, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@RoySmith: Agree the headshot photo is better. I changed it above. If I'm not permitted to do that, or if the size needs to be adjusted, go ahead. Noleander (talk) 00:10, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]


Peer review

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Kitty Marion

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Article (edit | visual edit | history) · Article talk (edit | history) · Watch • Watch peer review

I've listed this article for peer review because I'm planning on nominating it for Featured article status, and would like a second pair of eyes to check the prose and the Manual of Style compliance.

Thanks, Noleander (talk) 14:54, 23 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Comments from Grumpylawnchair

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Noleander, overall its a very-well written article, but here's some issues I noticed whilst reading.
Early years

  • Marion is variously called Katharina or Marion, which is inconsistent - also wasn't her surname Schäfer at the time?
  • her German uncle is it really important to specify that her uncle was German given that she was too?

Acting career

  • Music halls were a more cosmopolitan, diverse, and liberal environment compared to the rest of Victorian England How so?

Birth control movement in US

  • Articles in the US often referred to as an "English militant." "her" should probably be in between "to" and "as"
  • First two paragraphs can likely be combined

That's all I got for now. Great job, and I hope it reaches FA status. Grumpylawnchair (talk) 19:10, 24 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Borsoka

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  • ... which may have contributed to her growing awareness of social issues. Attribute this PoV to a scholar.
  • ...perform sexual favors in exchange for work opportunities... A link to casting couch?

Excellent and interesting article. I also think it is very close to FA. Borsoka (talk) 08:24, 27 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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