# Talk:2020 Michigan graduate students' strike

I have a COI with this strike so I'm following WP:DISCLOSE and suggesting edits on the talk page; choosing not to use {{request edit}} right now because of the backlog and just talk to watchers instead. Of course all the usual disclaimers about how my COI tints my view of the page and this is only a suggestion. I think this diff by JJonahJackalope was a clear WP:NPOV improvement and might also be an MOS:LEAD improvement, but I think the core claim that these two strikes are connected is now left out of the article, so I thought it might be helpful to provide the lacking citations for (at least similar) claims. I don't know that it's correct to say that the GEO strike "inspired" the RA strike on the basis of what has been printed in WP:RS, but every outlet that has published about the story portrays them as closely connected.
The following citation says residence hall staff were "following the footsteps of graduate students" in their strike:

<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.michigandaily.com/section/campus-life/resident-advisers-announce-strike |title=University of Michigan undergraduates support grad student strike, say school favors profit over health |first=Steve |last=Marowski |date=September 9, 2020 |work=MLive |access-date=September 10, 2020}}</ref>
This article says that the residence advisors strike is "happening alongside a strike by U-M graduate student instructors and graduate student staff assistants":

<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.clickondetroit.com/all-about-ann-arbor/2020/09/10/university-of-michigan-residence-hall-staff-strike-demand-increase-in-coronavirus-protections/ |title=University of Michigan residence hall staff strike, demand increase in coronavirus protections |first=Sarah |last=Parlette |date=September 10, 2020 |work=CLick on Detroit |access-date=September 10, 2020}}</ref>
And the MLive and Michigan Daily citations already cited in the body of the article say that the RA strike was (respectively) "just hours after" and "one day after" the graduate employees' strike.
After the last reversion the article lacks language that draws an explicit connection between these two closely related strikes, but I personally think (once again acknowledging my COI) that the balance of WP:RS clearly shows that even though the information happened to not be cited before, it is true and could be added very quickly. Thanks! - Astrophobe (talk) 22:44, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

I should also say that was a courtesy ping to the editor who wrote the diff -- not meaning to demand or expect a response, just pinging on principle that you shouldn't talk about someone's edits without letting them know. - Astrophobe (talk) 22:50, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
Thanks for your input here, I've added information to the course of the strike section regarding additional strike activities by non-graduate student employees and have updated the lead section as well.--JJonahJackalope (talk) 05:17, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
Thanks very much, and thank you for all of your work on this page! - Astrophobe (talk) 16:21, 11 September 2020 (UTC)

This review is transcluded from Talk:2020 Michigan graduate students strike/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.
Reviewer: HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk · contribs) 22:15, 20 February 2021 (UTC)

JJonahJackalope, I'll review this later. HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 22:15, 20 February 2021 (UTC)
HickoryOughtShirt?4, not sure if you were finished with the review or not, but went ahead and addressed the issues you had listed below. Thanks for starting the review process, and if there's anything else, let me know. -JJonahJackalope (talk) 20:14, 26 February 2021 (UTC)
JJonahJackalope, I'll do one more run through but this was a pretty well written article. It should pass no problems. HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 01:01, 27 February 2021 (UTC)


### Review
Wikilink (WL) COVID-19 pandemic in body
Done, wikilinked in first sentence of the body.
Campus should be WL at and defunding the police on campus or the campus's reopening policies not around the university campus.
Done, wikilinked campus at "defunding the police on campus".
Labor Day and Labor Day Weekend WL to the same article
Haha, I keep having to stop myself from adding a U in labour day
Removed wikilink for Labor Day Weekend, uncapitalized the w in weekend.
The conference included several members of the university community discuss their concerns with the university's COVID-19 response. This doesn't make grammatical sense, it should be discussing.
Fixed, changed "discuss" to "discussing"