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Fyodor Dostoevsky was a Language and literature good articles nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There may be suggestions below for improving the article. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

Article milestones Date Process Result June 27, 2012 Peer review Reviewed August 26, 2012 Good article nominee Not listed October 10, 2012 Good article nominee Not listed October 19, 2012 Good article nominee Not listed December 26, 2012 Good article nominee Not listed January 6, 2013 Peer review Reviewed January 26, 2013 Featured article candidate Not promoted March 1, 2013 Peer review Reviewed April 4, 2013 Featured article candidate Not promoted July 4, 2013 Good article nominee Not listed Facts from this article were featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on November 11, 2017, and November 11, 2021. Current status: Former good article nominee

This article has been mentioned by a media organization: "Why Wikipedia's Fans Shouldn't Gloat". The Atlantic. March 16 2012. Compare, for example, the depth of the Wikipedia entries for Fyodor Dostoevsky (5,542 words, 38 references) and South Park. (12,675 words, 215 references). It's true that the Britannica online academic edition article on Dostoevsky by Professor Gary Saul Morson of Northwestern is slightly shorter than Wikipedia's, but is different in kind. It may have fewer facts but it probes the writer more coherently and deeply. Here is the entire Wikipedia paragraph on Dostoevsky's literary legacy: 'Some, like journalist Otto Friedrich, consider Dostoyevsky to be one of Europe's major novelists, while others like Vladimir Nabokov maintain that from a point of view of enduring art and individual genius, he is a rather mediocre writer who produced wastelands of literary platitudes.' ((cite news)): Check date values in: |date= (help)

This article is substantially duplicated by a piece in an external publication. Since the external publication copied Wikipedia rather than the reverse, please do not flag this article as a copyright violation of the following source: The Brothers Karamazov, Publication date unknown, but after December 2008 ((citation)): Check date values in: |date= (help) Additional comments The "about this book" link claims the book was published in 1972, which is ludicrous since the works cited includes books published as late as 2005. And, for that matter, the text itself refers to a TV show in 2008. I didn't put a lot of time into this, but enough to show natural evolution. I seized on the phrase "despotic treatment", which is a striking one. That enters our article in 2006 as a major revision, here. We couldn't have copied from a book which mentions a 2008 tv show in 2006. But beyond that, we can see that some of the content that was merely modified is in the book as it was modified: " Dostoevsky below is quoted in describing the dilapidated barracks which, as he put in his own words, "should have been torn down years ago." becomes "Describing the dilapidated barracks which, as he put in his own words, "should have been torn down years ago", he wrote:" Sure enough, that's what the external source says. And speaking of that 2008 tv show, reference was added to our article here. The evidence strongly suggests that we had it first and they took it without attribution. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 11:53, 15 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I think that section is too clunky. I propose a more structured version: ((Collapse|1=

As it's how he would have spelt his name during his day, can the pre-reform spelling of his name, Ѳедоръ Михайловичъ Достоевскій, be included in the article? I'm not sure how to integrate it in the introduction. 2WR1 (talk) 06:02, 31 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, I just found how to format it from a different page, so I'll add it, I've taken it from the Russian Wikipedia page, if anyone has any comments about this let me know. 2WR1 (talk) 06:09, 31 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, sorry, I just found that there is a note at the very bottom of the page about this, linked with a footnote by the name. I feel like the original spelling of his name should be more prominent and displayed in the opening paragraph (see the page Crime and Punishment how this is done for the title of the book). I don't want to mess things up, if anyone has an idea of how to implement this effectively, please go ahead and do it, if you think it would be better not too, please discuss here. 2WR1 (talk) 06:14, 31 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

There is no need to add the opinions of some left-wing media personalities to the article. If you are quoting, then cite a significant source. Noraskulk (talk) 12:36, 13 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]