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Good Articles 1-50

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  1. 2020-04-13 = Calais Jungle
  2. 2020-04-17 = We Are Here (collective)
  3. 2020-04-18 = Exodus Collective
  4. 2020-04-23 = The Level, Brighton
  5. 2020-08-15 = Alfred Gilbert
  6. 2020-10-13 = City bonds robbery
  7. 2020-10-22 = Squatting in the Netherlands
  8. 2020-11-29 = Northern Bank robbery
  9. 2021-02-03 = Vesta Tilley
  10. 2021-03-21 = Ciutat Morta
  11. 2021-03-27 = 4F case
  12. 2021-11-10 = Squatting in the Czech Republic
  13. 2021-12-17 = Squatting in the Philippines
  14. 2022-01-03 = Squatting in Ukraine
  15. 2022-01-10 = Robert Harrill
  16. 2022-01-22 = Kitty da Costa
  17. 2022-01-25 = Squatting in Thailand
  18. 2022-01-26 = Olive Morris
  19. 2022-01-28 = Lady Henrietta Berkeley
  20. 2022-02-01 = Ann Smith (activist)
  21. 2022-02-02 = Kennedy Road, Durban
  22. 2022-03-26 = Attack on Kennedy Road
  23. 2022-05-05 = Mary Clarke (letter writer)
  24. 2022-06-06 = Squatting in Hamburg
  25. 2022-06-06 = Silvio Meier
  26. 2022-06-07 = De Vloek
  27. 2022-06-11 = Securitas depot robbery
  28. 2022-06-28 = Bertha Mason (suffragist)
  29. 2022-09-22 = Kitty Lee Jenner
  30. 2022-09-26 = Killing of Jay Abatan
  31. 2022-10-22 = Rajani Pandit - collab with Alanna the Brave
  32. 2022-10-24 = Focus E15
  33. 2022-11-19 = Squatting in Kenya
  34. 2022-11-25 = Squatting in Albania
  35. 2023-05-01 = Killing of Mitch Henriquez
  36. 2023-05-01 = Squatting in Peru
  37. 2023-05-05 = Squatting in Namibia
  38. 2023-05-18 = Killing of Fausto and Iaio
  39. 2023-05-18 = Phoolan Devi
  40. 2023-06-07 = Qilombo
  41. 2023-06-28 = Bekonscot
  42. 2023-06-28 = Emily Davies
  43. 2023-08-06 = Villa Road
  44. 2023-09-05 = Hellé Nice
  45. 2023-11-02 = Squatting in Kazakhstan
  46. 2023-11-29 = Ladronka
  47. 2023-05-26 = Assault of Ermyas Mulugeta
  48. 2024-10-26 = Kevan Thakrar
  49. 2024-11-04 = Layla M.
  50. 2024-11-15 = Pat Gros

GA Reviews 1 - 50

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  1. Charm School (Roxette album)
  2. Disappearance of Rebecca Coriam
  3. Edward Garrick
  4. Pure (Godflesh album)
  5. Maria Dulębianka
  6. Martha Watts
  7. Mary Beth Edelson
  8. Murder of Alesha MacPhail
  9. Regine Olsen
  10. Seneca Village
  11. Tumbbad
  12. Blade Runner 2049
  13. Gowanus Batcave
  14. 2004 Football League First Division play-off Final
  15. Alma Vessells John
  16. Linda Finch
  17. 1985–86 Hormel strike
  18. Priscilla Jana
  19. Unity Dow
  20. Vilma Núñez
  21. Marguerite Frick-Cramer
  22. Time in Finland
  23. Maria E. Beasley
  24. Cannabis in Japan
  25. The Buddha of Suburbia (album)
  26. Grete Wiesenthal
  27. Uchchhishta
  28. Sihayo kaXongo
  29. Grand Prospect Hall
  30. Indian nationality law
  31. 1964 Zagreb flood
  32. Earthling (album)
  33. Tina Green
  34. Coup of Gitarama‎
  35. Michelle Mone, Baroness Mone
  36. Joan Mitchell
  37. 1964 Zagreb flood
  38. Eva Copa
  39. Shaylee Mansfield
  40. Hòa Hảo
  41. Eva Copa – round two
  42. Aswang (1994 film)‎
  43. Patricia Grace‎
  44. Volkswagen worker organizations
  45. Elizabeth Salguero
  46. Effective altruism
  47. Otokonoko Zuma
  48. Supreme Court of Justice (Austria)
  49. Glen Rock (boulder)
  50. Martha Yujra

GA Reviews 51 -

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  1. Wilma Scott Heide
  2. Pruitt–Igoe
  3. Ursula Sillge
  4. Atalie Unkalunt‎
  5. GI Underground Press
  6. Nampa figurine
  7. Ayesha Takia
  8. WPST-TV
  9. Helen Herron Taft
  10. Helene Lecher
  11. Abigail Fillmore
  12. Mafeje affair
  13. Marianne Bachmeier
  14. Zainab Salbi
  15. Gaetano Bresci
  16. Nandi Bushell
  17. Elena Mikhnenko
  18. Edith Schloss
  19. Penny Thomas
  20. Addie Brown
  21. 2012–2014 Salvadoran gang truce
  22. Ashiq Peri
  23. Killing of Daunte Wright
  24. Pamela Stephenson
  25. Operation Aderlass
  26. Ängelholm UFO memorial
  27. 2011 Tarlay earthquake
  28. Anna Harrison
  29. 1916–1917 northern Minnesota lumber strike
  30. Get to the Heart: The Barbara Mandrell Story
  31. Katarina Bogdanović
  32. The Cormac McCarthy Journal
  33. Thinzar Shunlei Yi

GA Possibles

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  • NEEDS WORK
  1. Carnival Against Capital – needs work
  2. King Ludwig Oak after processing previous GA suggestions
  3. Kurt Cobain after processing previous GA suggestions
  4. Jones' Hill Wood – needs update on felling
  5. Yemi Adamolekun needs work, not sure whats left when shrunk to sources..
  6. Grande Hotel Beira
  • TOOSMOL
  1. Piersonstraat riots
  2. Squatting in Iran - smol?
  • TOO PERFECT
  1. Battle of Mainzer Straße
  2. Kasa de la Muntanya - next BUT.
  • SQUATTING
  1. Kunsthaus Tacheles - needs wrok
  2. Squatting in Brazil - needs work
  3. Squatting in Nepal - yes
  4. Squatting in Venezuela - hmmm
  5. Tabakspanden - hmmm
  6. Tetterode
  • OTHER
  1. Deportation of Roma migrants from France - need rename
  2. Alfredo Cospito - needs work
  3. Carlo Pisacane - needs work
  4. The Four Aces Club - needs work, copyvio means longer job
  5. Killing of Sammy Baker - extend with recent update, then big enuff, NEXT
  • WOMEN
  1. Senedu Gebru - needs work
  2. Janet Gibson - needs a lot of work
  3. Iti Tyagi - needs work

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  • The still unsolved Northern Bank robbery took place in 2004 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Working with military precision, an armed gang took family members of workers hostage, in order to force them to hand over £26.5 million in cash. The reaction of both the UK and the Irish governments was that the IRA was behind the heist, causing a rupture in the then ongoing peace process. It's now twenty years later and nobody has ever been directly convicted for the crime. Whilst Ted Cunningham does continue to fight his money laundering conviction, the article is stable and I hope ready to be a featured article.
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Phoolan Devi (1963–2001) was an Indian dacoit (bandit) who later became a member of parliament for the Samajwadi Party. She was a woman of the Mallah subcaste who grew up in poverty in the state of Uttar Pradesh. After getting married at eleven and being sexually abused, she joined a gang of dacoits which robbed higher-caste villages and held up trains. When she became its leader, she evaded capture by the authorities making her a heroine for the Other Backward Classes. She was charged in absentia for the 1981 Behmai massacre, in which twenty Thakur men were executed, allegedly on her order. Afterwards, the calls to apprehend her were amplified. She surrendered two years later and spent eleven years in Gwalior prison awaiting trial; she was released in 1994 after her charges were set aside. She was an MP in 2001, when she was assassinated outside her home in New Delhi. Her worldwide fame had grown after the release of the controversial 1994 film Bandit Queen, which she did not approve of. (Full article...)

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Phoolan Devi (1963–2001) was an Indian dacoit (bandit) who later became a politician. She was a woman of the Mallah subcaste who grew up in poverty in the state of Uttar Pradesh. After being married off at the age of eleven and being sexually abused by various people, she joined a gang of dacoits which robbed higher-caste villages and held up trains. When she became its leader, she punished her rapists and evaded capture by the authorities, making her a heroine for the Other Backward Classes. She was charged in absentia for the 1981 Behmai massacre, in which twenty Thakur men were executed, allegedly on her order. Afterwards, the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh resigned, and calls to apprehend her were amplified. She surrendered two years later and spent eleven years in Gwalior prison awaiting trial; she was released in 1994 after her charges were set aside. She was then elected as a member of parliament for the Samajwadi Party in 1996. She was the incumbent in 2001, when she was assassinated outside her home in New Delhi. Her worldwide fame had grown after the release of the controversial 1994 film Bandit Queen, which she did not approve of. (Full article...)

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Phoolan Devi (1963–2001) was an Indian dacoit (bandit) who later became a politician. She was a woman of the Mallah subcaste who grew up in poverty in the state of Uttar Pradesh, where her parents lost a land dispute. After being married off at the age of eleven and being sexually abused by various people, she joined a gang of dacoits which robbed higher-caste villages and held up trains and vehicles. When she became its leader, she punished her rapists and evaded capture by the authorities, making her a heroine for the Other Backward Classes. She was charged in absentia for the 1981 Behmai massacre, in which twenty Thakur men were executed, allegedly on her order. Afterwards, the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh resigned, and calls to apprehend her were amplified. She surrendered two years later and spent eleven years in Gwalior prison awaiting trial; she was released in 1994 after her charges were set aside. She was then elected as a member of parliament for the Samajwadi Party in 1996. She lost her seat in 1998 and regained it the following year. She was the incumbent in 2001, when she was assassinated outside her home in New Delhi. Her worldwide fame had grown after the release of the controversial 1994 film Bandit Queen, which she did not approve of. (Full article...)

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Phoolan Devi (1963–2001), popularly known as the Bandit Queen, was an Indian dacoit (bandit) who later became a politician. She was a woman of the Mallah subcaste who grew up in poverty in the state of Uttar Pradesh, where her parents lost a land dispute. After being married off at the age of eleven and being sexually abused by various people, she joined a gang of dacoits which robbed higher-caste villages and held up trains and vehicles. When she became its leader, she punished her rapists and evaded capture by the authorities, making her a heroine for the Other Backward Classes. She was charged in absentia for the 1981 Behmai massacre, in which twenty Thakur men were executed, allegedly on her command. After this event, the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh resigned, and calls to apprehend her were amplified. She surrendered two years later and spent eleven years in Gwalior prison awaiting trial.

Phoolan Devi was released in 1994 after her charges were set aside; she was subsequently elected as a member of parliament for the Samajwadi Party in 1996. She lost her seat in 1998 and regained it the following year. She was the incumbent in 2001, when she was assassinated outside her home in Delhi. Her worldwide fame had grown after the release of the controversial 1994 film Bandit Queen, which she did not approve of. There are varying accounts of her life because she told differing versions to suit her changing circumstances. (Full article...)

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Phoolan Devi (1963–2001), popularly known as the Bandit Queen, was an Indian dacoit (bandit) who later became a politician. She was a woman of the Mallah subcaste who grew up in poverty in the state of Uttar Pradesh, where her parents lost a land dispute. After being married off at the age of eleven and being sexually abused by various people, she joined a gang of dacoits. It robbed higher-caste villages and held up trains and vehicles. When she became its leader, she punished her rapists and evaded capture by the authorities, which made her a heroine for the Other Backward Classes. She was charged in absentia for the 1981 Behmai massacre, in which twenty Thakur men were executed, allegedly on her command. After this event, the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh resigned, and calls to apprehend her were amplified. She surrendered two years later and spent eleven years in Gwalior prison awaiting trial.

Phoolan Devi was released in 1994 after her charges were set aside; she was subsequently elected as a member of parliament for the Samajwadi Party in 1996. She lost her seat in 1998 and regained it the following year. She was the incumbent in 2001, when she was assassinated outside her home in Delhi. Her worldwide fame had grown after the release of the controversial 1994 film Bandit Queen, which she did not approve of. There are varying accounts of her life because she told differing versions to suit her changing circumstances. (Full article...)

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Phoolan Devi (1963–2001), popularly known as the Bandit Queen, was an Indian dacoit (bandit) who later became a politician. She was a woman of the Mallah subcaste who grew up in poverty in the state of Uttar Pradesh, where her parents lost a land dispute. After being married off at the age of eleven and being sexually abused by various people, she joined a gang of dacoits. It robbed higher-caste villages and held up trains and vehicles. When she punished her rapists and evaded capture by the authorities, she became a heroine to the Other Backward Classes. She was charged in absentia for the 1981 Behmai massacre, in which twenty Thakur men were executed, allegedly on her command. After this event, the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh resigned, and calls to apprehend her were amplified. She surrendered two years later and spent eleven years in Gwalior prison awaiting trial.

Phoolan Devi was released in 1994 after her charges were set aside; she was subsequently elected as a member of parliament for the Samajwadi Party in 1996. She lost her seat in 1998 and then regained it the following year. She was the incumbent in 2001, when she was assassinated outside her home in Delhi. Her worldwide fame had grown after the release of the controversial 1994 film Bandit Queen, which told her life story in a way she did not approve of. There are varying accounts of her life because she told differing versions to suit her changing circumstances. (Full article...)

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Phoolan Devi (10 August 1963 – 25 July 2001), popularly known as the Bandit Queen, was an Indian dacoit (bandit) who became a politician, serving as a member of parliament until her assassination. She was a woman of the Mallah subcaste who grew up in poverty in the state of Uttar Pradesh, where her parents lost a land dispute. After being married off at the age of eleven and being sexually abused by various people, she joined a gang of dacoits. Her gang robbed higher-caste villages and held up trains and vehicles. When she punished her rapists and evaded capture by the authorities, she became a heroine to the Other Backward Classes. She was charged in absentia for the 1981 Behmai massacre, in which twenty Thakur men were executed, allegedly on her command. After this event, the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh resigned, and calls to apprehend her were amplified. She surrendered two years later and spent eleven years in Gwalior prison awaiting trial.

Phoolan Devi was released in 1994 after her charges were set aside; she subsequently became a politician and was elected as a member of parliament for the Samajwadi Party in 1996. She lost her seat in 1998 and then regained it the following year. She was the incumbent in 2001, when she was assassinated outside her home. She was still fighting against the reinstituted criminal charges, having lost a 1996 appeal to the Supreme Court to have the charges dropped. Phoolan Devi's worldwide fame grew after the release of the controversial 1994 film Bandit Queen, which told her life story in a way she did not approve of. There are varying accounts of her life because she told differing versions to suit her changing circumstances. (Full article...)

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Phoolan Devi (10 August 1963 – 25 July 2001), popularly known as the Bandit Queen, was an Indian dacoit (bandit) who became a politician, serving as a member of parliament until her assassination. She was a woman of the Mallah subcaste who grew up in poverty in a village in the state of Uttar Pradesh, where her family was on the losing side of a land dispute which caused them many problems. After being married off at the age of eleven and being sexually abused by various people, she joined a gang of dacoits. Her gang robbed higher-caste villages and held up trains and vehicles. When she punished her rapists and evaded capture by the authorities, she became a heroine to the Other Backward Classes who saw her as a Robin Hood figure. Phoolan Devi was charged in absentia for the 1981 Behmai massacre, in which twenty Thakur men were executed, allegedly on her command. After this event, the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh resigned, and calls to apprehend her were amplified. She surrendered two years later in a carefully negotiated settlement and spent eleven years in Gwalior prison, awaiting trial.

Phoolan Devi was released in 1994 after her charges were set aside; she subsequently became a politician and was elected as a member of parliament for the Samajwadi Party in 1996. She lost her seat in 1998 and then regained it the following year; she was the incumbent at the time of her death in 2001. She was assassinated outside her house by Sher Singh Rana, who was convicted for the murder in 2014. At the time of her death, she was still fighting against the reinstituted criminal charges, having lost a 1996 appeal to the Supreme Court to have the charges dropped. Phoolan Devi's worldwide fame grew after the release of the controversial 1994 film Bandit Queen, which told her life story in a way she did not approve of. Her life has also inspired several biographies and her dictated autobiography was entitled I, Phoolan Devi. There are varying accounts of her life because she told differing versions to suit her changing circumstances.


  • Phoolan Devi (1963 – 2001), also known as the Bandit Queen, had a rather unique life. She went from a very poor rural life in Uttar Pradesh to being a notorious dacoit (bandit). Her fame grew amongst the lower castes in India whilst she was on the run since she was seen as a Robin Hood figure; she was also involved (to at least some degree) in the Behmai massacre. She negotiated her surrender to the authorities and spent eleven years in prison. Her charges were dropped so she could become an MP in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of India's Parliament, then she was shot to death whilst incumbent. It's quite a story, made more colourful by her tendency to change how she recounted the events of her life to suit different situations. The film Bandit Queen made her globally famous although she herself objected to her depiction and at first wanted it banned in India. This article was improved by a helpful review at GA (by Larataguera) and useful comments at PR from (Alanna the Brave, SusunW and BennyOnTheLoose). A note on naming conventions - after several discussions it was decided to refer to her consistently as Phoolan Devi. All constructive comments welcome!
  • Phoolan Devi, also known as the Bandit Queen, was an Indian woman who went from a poor rural upbringing to being a notorious dacoit (bandit). Her fame for wealth redistribution spread amongst the lower castes whilst she was on the run; she was involved (to at least some degree) in the Behmai massacre, then she surrendered to the authorities and spent years in prison. Her charges were dropped so she could become an MP in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of India's Parliament, then she was shot to death whilst incumbent. It's quite a story, made more colourful by her tendency to change how she told her lifestory to suit different situations. The film Bandit Queen made her globally famous as a Robin Hood-like figure, although she herself objected to her representation and at first wanted it banned in India. The article benefited from a helpful review at GA by XXX and many useful comments at PR from YYY. A note on naming - after several discussions it was decided to refer to her consistently as Phoolan Devi. All constructive comments welcome!
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The 2006 Securitas depot robbery in Tonbridge, Kent, was the UK's largest ever cash heist. Seven criminals stole almost £53 million in used and unused Bank of England sterling banknotes. After months of preparation, the gang abducted the manager and his family, then tricked their way inside the building and tied up fourteen workers at gunpoint. Kent Police recovered over £19 million; by 2007, 36 people had been arrested in relation to the crime. At trial in London, five people were convicted and received long sentences, including the inside man, Emir Hysenaj. Lee Murray, the alleged mastermind of the heist, had fled to Morocco with his friend and accomplice Paul Allen. He successfully fought extradition to the UK and was eventually imprisoned for the robbery there instead. Allen was extradited and after a second trial in 2008 was jailed. A decade later, £32 million had not been recovered, and several suspects were still on the run. (Full article...)

  • During the COVID lockdown, I pursued an interest in the history of heists which resulted in a featured list amongst other things. A loose end was always the page for the Securitas depot robbery since I wanted to improve this account of one of the world's largest cash robberies: of the almost £53 million stolen banknotes, around £32 million has never been recovered. The history of the gang which did the heist is unique, taking in crashed sports cars, mixed martial arts and various locations in Kent, UK. I took it to Good article in June 2022 and I then put it to peer review where unfortunately it did not receive comments. This is my second FA nomination (after Olive Morris) and I hope the discussion will be as fruitful as first time round. Thanks for all constructive comments.
  • Current header (at GA stage):

The Securitas depot robbery was a large heist in Tonbridge, Kent, England. It began with a kidnapping on the evening of 21 February 2006 and ended in the early hours of 22 February, when the criminals left the depot with almost £53 million. It was the UK's largest cash robbery and the gang left behind another £154 million only because they did not have the means to transport it.

After planning the heist for some time, doing surveillance and putting an inside man to work at the depot, the gang abducted the manager and his family. That night, they tricked their way inside the depot and tied up fourteen workers, threatening them with weapons. The gang stole £52,996,760 in used and unused Bank of England sterling banknotes. Most of the getaway vehicles were found in the following week, one containing £1.3 million in stolen notes. In raids by Kent Police, £9 million was recovered in Welling and £8 million in Southborough; by 2007, 36 people had been arrested in relation to the crime.

At trial at the Old Bailey in London, five people were convicted and received long sentences, including the inside man, Emir Hysenaj. During the trial, a woman who had made prosthetic disguises for the gang decided to turn Queen's evidence in return for the charges against her being dropped. Lee Murray, the alleged mastermind of the heist, fled to Morocco with his friend and accomplice Paul Allen. He successfully fought extradition to the UK and was eventually imprisoned for the robbery there instead. Allen was extradited and jailed in the UK; upon his release he was shot and injured in 2019. As of 2016, £32 million had not been recovered and several suspects were still on the run.

  • Current header (at FA nom):

The Securitas depot robbery was a heist in Tonbridge, Kent, England, which was the UK's largest cash robbery. It began with a kidnapping on the evening of 21 February 2006 and ended in the early hours of 22 February, when seven criminals left the depot with almost £53 million. The gang had left behind another £154 million only because they did not have the means to transport it.

After doing surveillance and putting an inside man to work at the depot, the gang abducted the manager and his family. The same night, they tricked their way inside the depot and tied up fourteen workers at gunpoint. The gang stole a total of £52,996,760 in used and unused Bank of England sterling banknotes. Most of the getaway vehicles were found in the following week, one containing £1.3 million in stolen notes. In raids by Kent Police, £9 million was recovered in Welling and £8 million in Southborough; by 2007, 36 people had been arrested in relation to the crime.

At trial at the Old Bailey in London in 2007, five people were convicted and received long sentences, including the inside man, Emir Hysenaj. A woman who had made prosthetic disguises for the gang decided to turn Queen's evidence in return for the charges against her being dropped. Lee Murray, the alleged mastermind of the heist, fled to Morocco with his friend and accomplice Paul Allen. He successfully fought extradition to the UK and was eventually imprisoned for the robbery there instead. Allen was extradited and after a second trial in 2008 was jailed in the UK; upon his release he was shot and injured in 2019. A decade later, £32 million had not been recovered and several suspects were still on the run.

  • Current header (FA pass, 1628 characters):

The Securitas depot robbery was a 2006 heist in Tonbridge, Kent, which was the UK's largest cash robbery. It began with a kidnapping on the evening of 21 February and ended in the early hours of 22 February, when seven criminals left the depot with almost £53 million. The gang left behind another £154 million because they did not have the means to transport it.

After doing surveillance and putting an inside man to work at the depot, the gang abducted the manager and his family. The same night, they tricked their way inside the depot and tied up fourteen workers at gunpoint. The gang stole £52,996,760 in used and unused Bank of England sterling banknotes. Most of the getaway vehicles were found in the following week, one containing £1.3 million in stolen notes. In raids by Kent Police, £9 million was recovered in Welling and £8 million in Southborough; by 2007, 36 people had been arrested in relation to the crime.

At trial at the Old Bailey in London in 2007, five people were convicted and received long sentences, including the inside man, Emir Hysenaj. A woman who had made prosthetic disguises for the gang gave evidence in return for the charges against her being dropped. Lee Murray, the alleged mastermind of the heist, fled to Morocco with his friend and accomplice Paul Allen. He successfully fought extradition to the UK and was eventually imprisoned for the robbery there instead. Allen was extradited and after a second trial in 2008 was jailed in the UK; upon his release he was shot and injured in 2019. A decade later, £32 million had not been recovered, and several suspects were still on the run.

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  • Olive Morris was a Black activist in the 1970s and no doubt would be better known had she not died young, at the age of just 27. She grew up in South London and became a squatter activist. She was involved in anti-racist groups such as the British Black Panther Movement, Brixton Black Women's Group and the Race Today Collective. When she studied in Manchester she was quick to become involved in local activism there, helping to found Black Women's Co-operative which later became the Abasindi Women’s Co-operative. On her return to London, her activism continued before being cut tragically short. Her legacy has recently been invigorated by the Remembering Olive Collective. With the help of other contributors I've managed to improve the page through a GA process and a peer review; I think the article is now in a state ready for the front page. This is my first submission to FAC so all constructive criticism is welcome and I hope to reply to any actionable points as promptly as possible. Morris' 70th birthday would be 26 June 2022, so that is a working deadline for this article to become featured.
  • Olive Morris was a Black activist in the 1970s and no doubt would be better known had she not died young. She grew up in South London and became a squatter activist, involved in Black liberation groups such as the British Black Panther Movement, Brixton Black Women's Group and the Race Today Collective. When she studied in Manchester she was quick to become involved in local activism there, and upon returning to London her activism continued before being cut tragically short at the age of 27. Her legacy has recently been invigorated by the Remembering Olive Collective and with the help of other contributors I've managed to improve the page through a Good article review and a peer review. Special thanks go to Amitchell125 and SusunW. I think the article is now in a state ready for the front page, so all constructive criticism is welcome and I hope to reply to any actionable points as promptly as possible. This is my first submission to FAC.
  • Olive Morris (26 June 1952 – 12 July 1979) was a Jamaican-born and British-based community activist. She participated in the feminist, Black nationalist, and squatters' rights campaigns of the 1970s. She joined the British Black Panthers, squatted buildings on Railton Road in Brixton, South London, and became a key organizer in the Black Women's Movement in the United Kingdom. Morris co-founded the Brixton Black Women's Group and the Organization of Women of African and Asian Descent in London; when she studied at the Victoria University of Manchester, she was involved in the Manchester Black Women's Co-operative and also travelled to China with the Society for Anglo-Chinese Understanding. After graduating, Morris returned to Brixton, working at the Community Law Centre. She then received a diagnosis of non-Hodgkin lymphoma and died at the age of 27. Her life and work have been commemorated both by official organizations and by the activist group Remembering Olive Collective.
  • promoted April 18
  • preferential dates – 26 June (birth) or 12 July (death)

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  1. List of heists in the United Kingdom

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  1. Knap Hill
  2. The Grand Budapest Hotel
  3. FC Bayern Munich 1–2 Norwich City F.C. (1993)
  4. Death of James Ashley
  5. Whitehawk Camp
  6. Death of Mark Saunders
  7. Pronunciation of GIF
  8. 1993–94 Gillingham F.C. season
  9. Time in Finland
  10. John Minsterworth
  11. 1985–86 Gillingham F.C. season
  12. Combe Hill, East Sussex
  13. Corry Tendeloo
  14. Tessa Sanderson
  15. Barkhale Camp
  16. Danzig Street shooting
  17. R2K: The Concert
  18. Ælfwynn, wife of Æthelstan Half-King
  19. Staurakios
  20. 1973–74 Gillingham F.C. season
  21. Venus in fiction
  22. Ole Miss riot of 1962
  23. Hove War Memorial
  24. David Kelly (weapons expert)
  25. Angela Lansbury
  26. Geiger–Marsden experiment
  27. Battle of Zama
  28. Weesperplein metro station
  29. Angel Aquino
  30. Josette Simon
  31. Annie Dove Denmark
  32. Polar bear
  33. Shostakovich_v._Twentieth_Century-Fox_Film_Corp.
  34. Hypericum sechmenii
  35. Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Mount Berlin/archive1
  36. Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Arab–Khazar wars/archive1
  37. Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Nestor Makhno/archive1
  38. Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/12th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam/archive1‎
  39. Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Education/archive1
  40. Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Hö'elün/archive1
  41. Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Nestory Irankunda/archive1
  42. Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Maria Trubnikova/archive1
  43. Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Cherry-throated tanager/archive1
  44. Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/1860s replacement of the British copper coinage/archive1
  45. Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Khalji Revolution/archive1
  46. Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Knives Out/archive1

GA review stuff

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Extended content
  • Scorpia (journalist) < smol, taken by another reviewer
  • Ashiq Peri < GA
  • 2012–2014 Salvadoran gang truce < GAF
  • Killing of Daunte Wright < GAH
  • Pamela Stephenson < GA
  • Shaparak Khorsandi < reviewed by someone else
  • Amou Haji < failed by someone else
  • African Queens (TV series) - reviewed by someone else, failed, edit war going on
  • Operation Aderlass < GA
  • 2023 Djerba shooting - created very recently
  • Elena Landázuri < SusunW
  • 1973 New York City hostage incident - lots wrong
  • Lucretia Garfield < Alien
  • Hailey Van Lith < sports
  • 2011 Tarlay earthquake < failed
  • Orangeburg massacre - taken by someone else
  • Bucha massacre < mess
  • Ängelholm UFO memorial < GA
  • Phoenician sanctuary of Kharayeb < new and at DYK, so nope
  • 2022 Angus Council election < nope
  • 1916–1917 northern Minnesota lumber strike < GAH
  • Anna Harrison < QF
  • Get to the Heart: The Barbara Mandrell Story < GA
  • Enrichetta Chiaraviglio-Giolitti - another reviewer
  • Eureka Rebellion < taken by another reviewer
  • Thinzar Shunlei Yi < reviewed
  • The Cormac McCarthy Journal < reviewed
  • Rodwell–Hoskins mechanism
  • Fyappiy
  • Martha Poma - maybe
  • Elle Leonard

Peer review

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