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== Propose moving sub section "death and funeral: 1923-1924" up as a top level section.  ==

Currently "death and funeral: 1923-1924" is a sub section under "Lenin's government".  Does not seem logical.  His death is really not a part of his government. <i>[[user:PastafarianMonk|PastaMonk]]</i> 11:13, 25 March 2024 (UTC)
:I think the status quo is preferable; it is generally neater. [[User:Midnightblueowl|Midnightblueowl]] ([[User talk:Midnightblueowl|talk]]) 10:37, 26 March 2024 (UTC)
::{{ping|Midnightblueowl}}- A couple of months ago, I was reading a comment on Facebook that Lenin was assassinated on the orders of Stalin (this statement is seen very frequently on social media). I had a suspicion this is wrong information. I vaguely remember, he died of some illness. I came to this page to double check. I don't find this information. The average Wikipedia user does not have have the time or inclination to read the entire article, digest it, admire it's beauty etc. They need information they can look up quickly. That is what people expect from an encyclopedia. If the information cannot be found easily, it's not very neat. Agree ? <i>[[user:PastafarianMonk|PastaMonk]]</i> 09:50, 27 March 2024 (UTC)
::{{ping|Midnightblueowl}}When viewed on Wikipedia mobile phone app the section "death and funeral: 1923-1924" is easy to find. For web users (on PC or laptop) it's not easy to find. The main sections appear collapsed. So, he won't know which one to expand to find the section on "death and funeral"  <i>[[user:PastafarianMonk|PastaMonk]]</i> 11:53, 27 March 2024 (UTC)

== Proposed changes to lede ==

I propose the following changes to the lede section, which I added as of this revision ([[Special:Permalink/1224837838]]) and that were recently reverted by [[User:Midnightblueowl|Midnightblueowl]]:
#State in the first paragraph that Lenin was the "{{tq|founder and leader of the [[Bolsheviks]], which led the [[October Revolution]] that established the world's first [[socialist state]]}}". This is key information (as important as his leadership of the Soviet state), and should be included early.
#Mention the [[Russian Civil War]], the event which dominated his administration, in the first paragraph.
#Add some detail on Leninism in the first paragraph, as it constitutes his political legacy beyond his leadership: "{{tq|his developments of Marx's theories of [[Vanguardism|party]], [[Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism|imperialism]], [[The State and Revolution|the state, and revolution]] are called [[Leninism]].}}" The use of wikilinks in this is up for debate.
#Remove mentions of his wife [[Nadezhda Krupskaya]] and the location of his death ([[Gorki Leninskiye|Gorki]]), as they are not comparatively important.
#Add a mention of the [[April Theses]], which was one of the most important political documents that Lenin wrote.
#Add a mention of [[war communism]] (and its major expression in the [[Prodrazverstka|requisitioning of grain]] from the peasantry), which is as important as the [[New Economic Policy]], which is already mentioned. It needs to be mentioned to demonstrate what was "new" about the NEP.
#Expand on "{{tq|popular uprisings}}" by mentioning the two most significant by name: "{{tq|revolts such as the [[Tambov Rebellion|Tambov]] and [[Kronstadt rebellion]]s}}".
#Rephrase this info: {{!tq|"His administration defeated right and left-wing anti-Bolshevik armies in the [[Russian Civil War]] from 1917 to 1922 and oversaw the [[Polish–Soviet War]] of 1919–1921. [...] Several non-Russian nations had secured independence from Russia after 1917, but five were forcibly [[Treaty on the Creation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics|re-united into the new Soviet Union]] in 1922, while others repelled Soviet invasions.}}" as such: "{{tq|Some non-Russian nations of the former empire were [[Treaty on the Creation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics|re-united in the Soviet Union]] in 1922, while others (notably [[Polish–Soviet War|Poland]]) gained independence.}}" This should be kept simple. The Whites should not uniformly be described as "right-wing", and the "left-wing" armies such as the [[Green armies|Greens]] and [[Makhnovshchina|Makhnovites]] played a comparatively small part; the [[Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War|intervention of the Allies]] and [[Central Powers]] were more important, but shouldn't be mentioned for concision. Regarding the separatists, much more than five breakaway nations were re-united in the Soviet Union (see [[Pro-independence movements in the Russian Civil War]]).
#Expand on "{{tq|his health failing}}" by including that he "{{tq|suffered three debilitating strokes in 1922 and 1923 and died the following year}}", which is important because it hints at the power vacuum and struggle which began in 1922, and contextualizes the leadership transition to Stalin.
#Add that it was under Stalin's leadership that he became the figurehead of [[Marxism–Leninism]], and specify that it was the state ideology.
#Rephrase the summary of his legacy: "{{!tq|Lenin is viewed by his supporters as a champion of [[socialism]], communism, [[anti-imperialism]] and the [[working class]], while his critics accuse him of establishing a [[totalitarian dictatorship]] that oversaw [[Political repression in the Soviet Union|mass killings and political repression of dissidents]].}}" as such: "{{tq|Lenin is praised by his supporters for establishing [[soviet democracy]] and a "[[dictatorship of the proletariat]]" which took steps towards socialism, while critics accuse him of overseeing [[Political repression in the Soviet Union|mass killings and political repression of dissidents]] and either leading or preparing the way for a [[totalitarian dictatorship]].}}" The current text says the same thing in several ways, while the proposed adds detail on what Lenin and his supporters believed that he was establishing from his Marxist perspective. Also, as elaborated within the article, not all scholars and critics characterize Lenin's government as a totalitarian dictatorship, though almost everyone acknowledges that he laid the groundwork for Stalin's. 

I support all of these changes to the text, but they can be discussed point by point. Thoughts? — [[User:Goszei|Goszei]] ([[User_talk:Goszei|talk]])  22:18, 8 June 2024 (UTC)

:This article is FA-rated, so it has already been scrutinised extensively by a wide number of editors. For this reason, we should be very cautious about alterations, because these could easily result in a decline in quality, at which its FA status would have to be removed. My concerns about the proposed changes are principally to do with length. This article is already very long; indeed, it is actually too long according to [[WP:Article size]]. Expanding it further in order to add further detail is not a good idea in that scenario. The lead needs to be kept as clean and concise as possible, and in its present, largely stable form it does that. [[User:Midnightblueowl|Midnightblueowl]] ([[User talk:Midnightblueowl|talk]]) 13:05, 3 July 2024 (UTC)
::Not all of these points add length (though most do). It's been FA since 2017 (was it) & a touch-up may be in order. It would be nice to lose "His health failing, Lenin died in Gorki,..."!  On the overall length, there are tons of sub-articles, and trimming the detail lower down should be tedious but straightforward. Maybe [[User:Goszei|Goszei]] could start there? [[User:Johnbod|Johnbod]] ([[User talk:Johnbod|talk]]) 13:29, 3 July 2024 (UTC)
::I have just implemented what I hope is a lasting compromise for the lead along the general lines of what I pointed out above. My edit reduced the size of the text, which should assuage any concerns about length and concision. — [[User:Goszei|Goszei]] ([[User_talk:Goszei|talk]])  21:43, 21 October 2024 (UTC)

== Jewish ==
Does Lenin's Jewish heritage mean he deserves to be added to Jewish-related categories?[[User:MagicatthemovieS|MagicatthemovieS]] ([[User talk:MagicatthemovieS|talk]]) 03:04, 2 July 2024 (UTC)MagicatthemovieS

:No. Lenin had distant Jewish ancestry, but no "Jewish heritage" unless you consider this to be an undefinable quality acquired by birth. He had absolutely no Jewish upbringing, and didn't even know that one of his ancestors was a convert. This "Jew-tagging" of unrelated articles serves no encyclopaedic purpose; we should reserve these categories for those individuals where their Jewish background is/was relevant to their life and work. This does not apply in Lenin's case. <span style="font-family: Papyrus">[[User:RolandR|RolandR]] ([[User talk:RolandR|talk]])</span> 09:40, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
:The issue of Lenin's supposed 'Jewishness' also feeds into bigoted ideas of Judeo-Bolshevism, fuelling antisemitism and tainting rational assessments of Lenin, as well as his role in the revolution and the state it producted. [[Special:Contributions/2A0A:EF40:35B:101:2D23:12FF:BC27:6B65|2A0A:EF40:35B:101:2D23:12FF:BC27:6B65]] ([[User talk:2A0A:EF40:35B:101:2D23:12FF:BC27:6B65|talk]]) 13:27, 13 October 2024 (UTC)
::Yeah, do not include.--[[User:Jack Upland|Jack Upland]] ([[User talk:Jack Upland|talk]]) 00:08, 14 October 2024 (UTC)

== Lead ==

The lead says: {{tq|Several non-Russian nations had secured independence from Russia after 1917, but five were forcibly re-united into the new Soviet Union in 1922, while others repelled Soviet invasions}}. 

The five nations mentioned are presumably Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, and Ukraine, as mentioned in the body under {{sectionlink|Vladimir Lenin|Civil War and the Polish–Soviet War: 1918–1920}}, although there were only four republics (including Russia) that signed the [[Treaty on the Creation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics]]. There were also many more 'nations' and other state formations that were created (that later became part of the USSR), so I am not sure why only these states are mentioned in particular.

For example, the [[Belarusian Democratic Republic]] (BDR) is linked when referring to the 1921 treaty with Poland and as having "secured independence", which was created under German occupation, although it lost control after German troops left those territories and Soviet power was established with the [[Socialist Soviet Republic of Belarus]] in December 1918, so why is the BDR linked here instead? This gives the false impression that there were not various factions fighting for control and only one legitimate entity in each of those territories, in this case the BDR for Belarus (which pushes the POV that this was purely nations fighting for their independence versus Russian Bolsheviks). [[User:Mellk|Mellk]] ([[User talk:Mellk|talk]]) 03:13, 25 July 2024 (UTC)

== Semi-protected edit request on 1 August 2024 ==

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Should we place an [[WP:NBSP]] for {{code|Soviet&nbsp;Union}} on infobox? [[Special:Contributions/49.150.12.163|49.150.12.163]] ([[User talk:49.150.12.163|talk]]) 10:36, 1 August 2024 (UTC)

[[File:Red information icon with gradient background.svg|20px|link=|alt=]] '''Not done:'''<!-- Template:ESp --> I don't think it's necessary. [[User:PianoDan|PianoDan]] ([[User talk:PianoDan|talk]]) 17:06, 8 August 2024 (UTC)
*Note that I've rangeblocked the OP for block evasion.-- [[User:Ponyo|<span style="color: Navy;">'''Ponyo'''</span>]]<sup>[[User talk:Ponyo|<span style="color: Navy;">''bons mots''</span>]]</sup> 16:20, 11 August 2024 (UTC)

== Semi-protected edit request on 23 September 2024 ==

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Should we remove "Russian SFSR", as per [[Talk:Joseph Stalin#Linking subdivisions]]? [[Special:Contributions/175.100.92.40|175.100.92.40]] ([[User talk:175.100.92.40|talk]]) 09:20, 23 September 2024 (UTC)
:[[File:Red information icon with gradient background.svg|20px|link=|alt=]] '''Not done for now:''' please establish a [[Wikipedia:Consensus|consensus]] for this alteration '''[[Wikipedia:Edit requests|before]]''' using the {{Tlx|Edit semi-protected}} template.<!-- Template:ESp --> <span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:#fff;border:2px dashed#69c73e">[[User:Cowboygilbert|<span style="color:#3f6b39">'''Cowboygilbert'''</span>]] - [[User talk:Cowboygilbert|<span style="color:#d12667"> (talk) ♥</span>]]</span> 01:44, 27 September 2024 (UTC)