# Talk:Pussy Riot

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)

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

I am concerned that this article no longer meets the good article criteria. Some of my concerns are listed below:

There is uncited text throughout the article.
At over 10,000 words, WP:TOOBIG recommends that information be spun out. Is there information that can be summarised more effectively and moved to other articles?
There is an orange "update needed" banner on top of the "Imprisonment" section that needs to be addressed.
"Amnesty International concert and membership controversy" Has a very large block quote that I do not think is necessary. Can this be summarised and removed?
Lenta is used as a citation, which according to WP:RS/P is on the Wikipedia spam blacklist. These sources should be replaced.
There are sources listed in "Further reading" that are not used as inline citations. Can these be used in the article, or should they be removed?
Is anyone willing to address these concerns, or should this be sent to WP:GAR? Z1720 (talk) 20:23, 15 September 2024 (UTC)

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

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

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)

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)

Apologies, please read "in 2008" 2A02:2F04:B205:BD00:6D6E:4D04:24E7:1909 (talk) 07:25, 26 April 2025 (UTC)
 Done. In fact there were 3 cases of Ailyokhina.  --Altenmann >talk 07:47, 26 April 2025 (UTC)

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)