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::Actually, might just directly submit for GA review. [[User:Spookyaki|Spookyaki]] ([[User talk:Spookyaki|talk]]) 17:23, 13 November 2024 (UTC)
::Actually, might just directly submit for GA review. [[User:Spookyaki|Spookyaki]] ([[User talk:Spookyaki|talk]]) 17:23, 13 November 2024 (UTC)
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==Did you know nomination==
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Latest revision as of 18:05, 20 December 2024

Proposed Edits

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I notice that the existing article lacks mention of numerous organizations and movements that Kochiyama was a part of in a meaningful way – the Young Lords Party, Harlem Community for Self Defense, New York Justice for Vincent Chin Coalition, the Japanese American Redress and Reparations Movement, and the International Political Prisoner Rights Movement. The lead section mentions her anti-war stance and activism, yet the actual article does not describe her involvement in this. She was actually responsible for initiating a meeting between Malcolm X and the Hiroshima Nagasaki Peace Study Mission from Japan. I would hope to research her involvement in these organizations and her anti-war action, and create robust, well-cited edits to her article page.Vanuliarya (talk) 01:01, 17 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The current Wikipedia article of Yuri Kochiyama could benefit from more depth on the variety of activism that Kochiyama engaged in. The article mentions her involvement in multiple causes, including black separatism, the anti-war movement, reparations for Japanese-American internees, and the rights of political prisoners, yet only goes into some of these topics in the article itself. Furthermore, the two main categories of the article, “Activist life” and “Advocacy” are not substantial in length and do not cover the breadth of work done in these areas. Navenp (talk) 05:54, 28 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Happy to add if you provide me links, thanks--Jacobin 357 (talk) 19:26, 7 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The last few sections, "Later life and death" through to "Legacy", seem choppy or unpolished compared to the opening sections of the article. Perhaps adding more information and more attention to flow could help the article read more consistently. Also, some of the information under "Legacy" could benefit from dates (most of it already does except for a few) to provide a more enunciated timeline. AmberMorgan010 (talk) 22:32, 5 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki Education assignment: Feminist Philosophy

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This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 17 January 2024 and 2 May 2024. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): AmberMorgan010, Mexquititlaa (article contribs).

— Assignment last updated by Shaykip (talk) 22:13, 13 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Planned improvements

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Hello! I am planning on improving this article to hopefully bring it up to GA status as part of WikiProject Women in Green. My main goals are to expand the article and improve its sources. It seems like almost all of the academic scholarship on Kochiyama was written by Diane C. Fujino, so she'll be showing up quite a bit, but I'll also try to include other sources where relevant. I will be working in my sandbox, so there will probably be a huge edit coming through once I'm done. You can check on my progress there. I am a fairly new editor, so I apologize if I make mistakes. If there are issues with my edits, please let me know and we can discuss it here. Thank you! Spookyaki (talk) 03:19, 2 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, about to transfer it over. Obviously there will be a lot of major changes. A few quick notes:
Kochiyama's "Maoism"
The original article's lead says that Kochiyama held Maoist beliefs. I don't think this is strongly supported by the sources. She was affiliated with various Maoist organizations, some (RAM) more closely than others (RCP, Shining Path) and generally spoke in neutral to positive terms about Mao the person. However, at no point did I see her personal philosophy described as Maoist. Fujino offers the following analysis of Kochiyama's views on Marxism:

While refraining from using Marxist language, Yuri believes that many in oppressed U.S. communities support the major premises underlying socialist theory, namely, distributing resources equitably among the people, valuing human rights instead of profits, developing a planned economy so that the needs of the populace could be met, providing nonexploitative jobs, and transferring power from the capitalist class to the working class. While Malcolm X and Robert Williams seemed to adopt some generic form of socialism, it is likely that they were also critical of Marxism for privileging class over race. In following Malcolm X, Williams, and the RNA, Yuri subscribes to the school of revolutionary nationalism that emphasizes race as the primary form of oppression. By contrast, other revolutionary nationalists, particularly those promoting scientific socialism or Marxist-Leninist-Maoist thought, view class exploitation as the main source of oppression, even as they recognize the links between race and class. This theoretical contrast underlies differences in ideology and practice, and there have been major struggles within the revolutionary Blacl movement and among radicals of various backgrounds over the relative importance of class and race. (Fujino 2005, p. 189)

This seem to contradict or at least complicate the idea that Kochiyama was a Maoist, so I have elected to not discuss it in the article.
Kochiyama's "Islamic beliefs"
Also mentioned in the lead. This one is more strongly supported. Kochiyama did convert to Islam in 1971, but she deconverted in 1975 (which was not mentioned in the original article). While it seems like she had great respect for Islam, I don't know that it's accurate to her say that her civil rights activism was influenced by her "Islamic beliefs." Their importance was overstated in the original article, which I have tried to correct.
Shining Path
I debated on whether or not to call Shining Path a terrorist organization. That is what they are called in Oxford Bibliographies, and they are designated as a terrorist organization by the European Union, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom, and Peru. Subjectively, I think that their activities certainly resemble terrorism. However, they are not explicitly listed as a terrorist organization on their Wikipedia page. It seems probably relevant to mention if they are a terrorist organization, but it's also obviously a loaded term. I don't know. Guidance on this would be appreciated.
Media Appearances Section
This section was insufficiently cited and didn't really seem to be particularly necessary for the article, so I removed it.It was just a relatively short list of movies that Kochiyama had appeared in. A lot of them are now mentioned in the "Legacy" section with stronger citations.
Further reading and external links
I made some adjustments to the "further reading" and "external links' sections, collapsing them into a single section and changing out some of the links for more relevant ones.
AllMusic Citation
I recognize that AllMusic is considered to be a "no consensus" source (WP:ALLMUSIC), and that there are varying views on its reliability, though it is considered a "generally reliable source" by WikiProject Albums. My primary reason for using it was to confirm that the song "Yuri Kochiyama" was on the album Cinemetropolis. The song is discussed elsewhere, but the only semi-reliable source the that said the album it was on (and the year it was released, so I could fit it chronologically) was AllMusic. I can personally confirm that the song does appear on the Spotify release of the album. If the source is problematic, let me know. I will probably just end up removing the entire section about the Blue Scholars if so, unless there are any other suggestions.
Overreliance on Fujino?
Again, almost all of the scholarly material on Kochiyama was written by Diane C. Fujino in one way or another. I tried to vary it up as much as I could, but as it stands, would the reliance on Fujino be a problem for a Good Article Review? Would appreciate people's thoughts.
I think I will pass this off to a peer review before GAR, so expect that soon. Thanks everyone! Spookyaki (talk) 21:05, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Actually, might just directly submit for GA review. Spookyaki (talk) 17:23, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

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Nominator: Spookyaki (talk · contribs) 17:25, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: Borsoka (talk · contribs) 15:10, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

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    A. The prose is clear and concise, and the spelling and grammar are correct:
    B. It complies with the manual of style guidelines for lead sections, layout, words to watch, fiction, and list incorporation:
  2. Is it verifiable with no original research, as shown by a source spot-check?
    A. It contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with the layout style guideline:
    B. Reliable sources are cited inline. All content that could reasonably be challenged, except for plot summaries and that which summarizes cited content elsewhere in the article, must be cited no later than the end of the paragraph (or line if the content is not in prose):
    C. It contains no original research:
    D. It contains no copyright violations nor plagiarism:
  3. Is it broad in its coverage?
    A. It addresses the main aspects of the topic:
    B. It stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (see summary style):
  4. Is it neutral?
    It represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each:
  5. Is it stable?
    It does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute:
  6. Is it illustrated, if possible, by images?
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  7. Overall:
    Pass or Fail:


Comments

    • I do not find.
  • Malcolm invited Kochiyama to meet with him at his office to discuss his stance on integration, but was unable to do so initially due to his conflict with Nation of Islam (NOI) leader Elijah Muhammad. I do not understand.
    • I made some adjustments: She initiated a conversation with him, expressing admiration for his work but criticizing his "harsh stance on integration". Malcolm invited Kochiyama to meet with him at his office to discuss his stance on integration further, but was unable to do so initially due to fears for his personal safety arising from his public conflict with Nation of Islam (NOI) leader Elijah Muhammad. Do you need me to go into detail about the Elijah Muhammad stuff? In an earlier draft of the article, I wrote up a bit of explanation, but it ended up being extremely complicated and not really relevant to the article, so I thought a link would be sufficient. Spookyaki (talk) 04:34, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • I would link Racism against African Americans to "the racism".
    • Done.
  • ...present for Malcolm's assassination... For?
  • She attended the rally with her son Billy, who was sixteen at the time. Is this necessary?
  • ...whose tents... Tents?
  • Link imam.
  • She hid her conversion from most of her family with the exception of her daughter Aichi. Do we know why?
    • Quoted in Heartbeat of a Struggle, she says that "I didn’t think they’d be interested, and I have to say, I was a little afraid to bring it up because I didn’t think they’d understand. Besides, everyone in our house was so busy, we didn’t talk about things in detail. They thought I was seeing political activists in prison as I had done for years, but I never told them about my becoming a Muslim. I think Aichi was the only one I told—she was curious." I changed the sentence to Worrying about how her family would react, she hid her conversion from her husband and children, only discussing it with her daughter Aichi. Does that seem alright? Spookyaki (talk) 04:34, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • She also deconverted from Islam in 1975. Do we know why?
    • Not really sure, to be honest. Fujino says "Following Billy’s death, Yuri reduced her activities to devote more time to her family. But even as she ended her Muslim practice in 1975, she found herself caught in the urgency of other issues." If I had to guess, it was probably related to Billy's death and her withdrawal from activism, but that's just personal speculation. Spookyaki (talk) 04:34, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Link soup kitchen.
  • ...Aichi's common-law husband, Alkamal Duncan, died of sickle cell anemia and... Is this necessary? If yes, rephrase the whole sentence because now it implies a connection between Duncan's death and Kochiyama's loss of her position.
  • However, after being given "reading materials" by RCP member Phil Farnham to "become ‘educated’ on the real situation in Peru", she "came to completely support the revolution [there]". Name the source of the quote in the text. Borsoka (talk) 03:33, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    • Changed to However, according to Kochiyama, after being given "reading materials" by RCP member Phil Farnham to "become ‘educated’ on the real situation in Peru", she "came to completely support the revolution [there]". Spookyaki (talk) 04:34, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Image review

I found all images properly licenced and relevant. Borsoka (talk) 03:37, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Source review

  • Reliable sources (mainly newspapers, but also encyclopedia articles and books) are cited.
  • Is Ishii (2022) a reliable source?
  • References 1 and 6 are verified.
  • Would you quote texts (here on the review page) verifying references 14, 27, 42, 53, 56, and 93? Borsoka (talk) 05:35, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Regarding Ishii, I think so. I was using WP:NEWSORG as guidance there: "Otherwise reliable news sources—for example, the website of a major news organization—that publish in a blog-style format for some or all of their content may be as reliable as if published in standard news article format." You could argue that he maybe verges on WP:PRIMARY, since he seems to run the committee now.
  • [14] The Jerome War Relocation Center closed on June 30, 1944... — "Date Closed: June 30, 1944" (Niiya)
  • What about this part of the sentence: "...and Yuri's family returned to San Pedro in 1945"? I do not find its verification in the cited source.
  • Covered by [15], a sentence down. "When the war ended in 1945, Yuri’s family decided to return to their home in San Pedro, California. By then, Jerome had already closed and the remaining internees, including her mother, had been transferred to the camp in Rohwer. So Yuri went there to accompany her family back to California." (Fujino, p. 76)
  • [27] ...a political advocacy organization created by Malcolm to further the civil rights movement... — "That same month of March 1964, Malcolm began planning a second group, the Organization of Afro-American Unity (OAAU) which would allow him and his followers to engage in activism and enter the civil rights arena in ways that the NOI, frustratingly, had not allowed." (Payne & Payne, p. 666-667)
  • [42] Then on the weekend... — "Then on the weekend, at least every other weekend, we’d visit the political prisoners. Everybody went according to if they had the money because it costs money to go to a prison. So each person went when they could. I mean everybody has their whole life and things they have to do at home. But I’ll tell you, we were busy during this time. Every week, more brothers and sisters would be arrested. We were working on scores of cases at the same time—trying to keep up with visiting, writing, attending court hearings. If I could show you all the leaflets we made, you’d get an idea of how expansive the work was." (Fujino, p. 204)
Subsequently, after the arrest of the members of RAM, she organized a fundraising event on their behalf so that they could meet their $200,000 bond. — "Yuri wrote a lengthy article on the organizing campaign for the Queens 17 in the North Star that year. The group Friends of the 17, which included Yuri, was busy publicizing the event through articles and appeal letters in numerous Movement publications, raising funds to pay for the $200,000 bail bond." (Fujino, p. 200)
She also corresponded with imprisoned members of the Black Panther Party (BPP); acted as a point of contact for many political prisoners affiliated with the RNA; and advocated on behalf of the Harlem Six, Martin Sostre... and various other imprisoned political activists. — "To respond to the arrests of many of their comrades, Yuri and others in New York, including newly released Panther 21 defendants, formed the National Committee to Defend Political Prisoners (NCDPP). Yuri was regarded as one of its most consistent members. 'Yuri, out of all of us, was in touch with prisoners and supporters the most,' observed NCDPP member Nyisha Shakur. 'People would call her relentlessly, just all the time... She was seemingly writing and visiting most of the political prisoners and really staying on top of it.' 'Yuri diligently wrote, sent information, made sure we were kept up-to-date about different issues,' recounted Ahmed Obafemi about his prison time in the mid-1970s. 'Yuri communicated with everybody. She was... the central figure,' he concluded.
Through the NCDPP, and with many of its members before its establishment, Yuri defended numerous political prisoner cases in the late 1960s and early 1970s. She worked on the RNA 11, Harlem 6, Harlem 5, Tombs 7, Rap Brown 4, Carlos Feliciano, Martin Sostre, New Haven 3, Puerto Rican independentistas, and numerous Black Panther Party and Black Liberation Army cases." (Fujino, p. 203)
Further discussion of Kochiyama's role as a point of contact for the RNA is in [46], and discussion of her advocacy for Mutulu Shakur in in [45].
  • [53] ...Lolita Lebrón, a Puerto Rican nationalist who had been arrested in 1954 after shooting at a group of United States Representatives alongside Rafael Cancel Miranda, Andres Figueroa Cordero, and Irvin Flores... — "The second notable attack occurred on March 1, 1954, when four members of the Nationalist Party shot at members of the U.S. House of Representatives. The attack was led by Lolita Lebron, who shouted, 'Viva Puerto Rico Libre' before she and her associates Rafael Cancel Miranda, Andres Figueroa Cordero, and Irving Flores Rodriguez opened fire on the assembled congressmen." (Caban, p. 500)
  • What about this part of the sentence: "As part of her work with political prisoners, Kochiyama met Lolita Lebrón..."?
  • Actually misread the source here, but it was supposed to be covered by [54], at the end of the blockquote. It seems like they corresponded but did not actually meet:

    Lolita Lebron, for example, had lost a son and a daughter under suspicious circumstances while in prison. Knowing this, Yuri gained solace and strength from these words from Lebron in prison: "Receive my profoundest condolescence. Your son liveth in the infinite love and glorious happiness of our Creator. ... I understand and participate in your pain. I have a son in Heaven. He died on account of the struggle. Imperialism killed him. He was a little boy who said when he becomes a grown man, he would build a house for his mother. He built it: It is a house upon the Rock. I embrace you in these difficult days—courageous as you are and beautiful!” Yuri herself observed: “I don’t know what I would’ve done if I didn’t have the Movement. I feel the Movement kept me going and I’m grateful for that. (Fujino, p. 224)

Adjusted for accuracy.
In 1979, President Jimmy Carter commuted the sentences of Lebrón, Flores, and Cancel and posthumously granted clemency to Figueroa, who had died of cancer in 1978. — "In 1979, President Jimmy Carter commuted the sentences of Lolita Lebron, Irving Flores, and Rafael Cancel Miranda after they had served twenty-five years in prison. Andres Figueroa Cordero was granted clemency posthumously. He had died of cancer in March 1978 after having been released from prison because of his terminal illness." (Caban, p. 500)
  • [56] Yuri also founded the Day of Remembrance Committee in New York to commemorate the day President Franklin D. Roosevelt authorized Executive Order 9066. — "...Yuri also stood up for her own, fighting for Japanese American redress and reparations by co-founding Concerned Japanese Americans and the New York Day of Remembrance Committee." (Ishii)
  • Not fully verified: she is a co-founder, according to the cited text, and the cited source does not refer to Executive Order 9066.
  • Yeah, not sure what I was thinking there. I think I will just delete that sentence.
  • [93] In 1993, Rea Tajiri and Pat Saunders produced a documentary about her life entitled Yuri Kochiyama: Passion for Justice. She also featured in the documentaries My America...or Honk if You Love Buddha, directed by Renee Tajima-Peña... and When Mountains Take Wing, directed by C.A. Griffith and H.L.T. Quan. Several biographies were also written about her, including 1998's Yuri: The Life and Times of Yuri Kochiyama by Japanese journalist Mayumi Nakazawa and 2005's Heartbeat of Struggle: The Revolutionary Life of Yuri Kochiyama by Diane C. Fujino. — "Her life is featured in the Japanese-language book 'Yuri: The Life and Times of Yuri Kochiyama' (1998) by Mayumi Nakazawa; her memoirs, 'Passing It On' (2004), edited by Marjorie Lee, Akemi Kochiyama-Sardinha and Audee Kochiyama-Holman; her biography, 'Heartbeat of Struggle: The Revolutionary Life of Yuri Kochiyama' (2005); and two documentaries, 'Yuri Kochiyama: Passion for Justice' (1993) by Pat Saunders and Rea Tajiri and 'Mountains that Take Wing: Angela Davis and Yuri Kochiyama — A Conversation on Life, Struggles and Liberation' (2009) by C.A. Griffith and H.L.T. Quan. She and her husband also appeared in Renee Tajima-Pena’s 1997 documentary 'My America … or Honk If You Love Buddha.'" (Rafu Shimpo)
All Power to the People is mentioned in [92].
Spookyaki (talk) 06:42, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Spookyaki: When do you think you can address the pending issues? Borsoka (talk) 02:41, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, sorry. I didn't see that you had responded. Probably today or tomorrow. Spookyaki (talk) 03:22, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Done. Spookyaki (talk) 03:45, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

My all concerns were addressed so I pass the article. I always love reading nicely written articles about minor actors in world history. Thank you for completing it. Borsoka (talk) 03:40, 18 December 2024 (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 SL93 talk 22:04, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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ALT0: ... that Japanese-American activist Yuri Kochiyama converted to Islam in 1971?

  • Source: "Malcolm X’s influence on Yuri extended beyond the political, and from 1971 to 1975, she practiced Sunni Islam." (Fujjino 2005, p. 209)
  • Reviewed:
  • Comment: First DYK, sorry if the formatting is wrong! I tried to follow the guidelines as best I could.
Improved to Good Article status by Spookyaki (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Spookyaki (talk) 18:05, 20 December 2024 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
QPQ: None required.

Overall:

Article is new enough (promoted to GA on 18 December), long enough, sourced, neutral, and free of copyright violations. QPQ not required. The hook is cited and interesting. I'm not sure about the wording of the hook. "Sunni Islam" seems overly specific, its like specifying someone converted to Protestant Christianity rather than just Christianity. Additionally, I don't think "conversion" is a long process, so she didn't convert from 1971 to 1975; She converted in 1971, and practiced the religion until 1975. (I might be wrong in this definition of "conversion" and if so, please let me know) Just these couple of minor pedantic issues and it would be good to go. :) AmateurHi$torian (talk) 21:49, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
No, you're right, the original use of "converted" was a bit imprecise. How does it look now? Spookyaki (talk) 22:50, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The new hook is good to go. If the part about her deconversion is also to be included, it could be worded as - ALT1:"... that Japanese-American activist Yuri Kochiyama practiced Islam between 1971 and 1975?" and ALT2:"...that Japanese-American activist Yuri Kochiyama converted to Islam in 1971, and practiced it until 1975?". -AmateurHi$torian (talk) 03:43, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I think Alt0 or Alt2 are good. Maybe Alt2 if I had to pick. Thanks! Spookyaki (talk) 06:42, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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