Talk:Reine Audu

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The result was: promoted by Launchballer (talk) 00:34, 9 July 2026 (UTC)

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Depiction of Audu at Versailles (circa 1789)

• ... that the fruit seller Reine Audu's (pictured) legendized exploits during the march on Versailles in 1789 included tackling a commander, charming the king, and riding back to Paris on a cannon? Source: "[Audu's lawyer's] speech, adding one more legend to those already enlivening the annals of the Revolution, handed down this well-nigh nameless woman to posterity as a second Joan of Arc. Chenau represented his client as a noble patriotic woman... She had had to tackle the Commander of the Versailles National Guard, Estaing himself, to advance beneath the shot and shell of his troops... So much suffering and so much courage had not been without its effect on King Louis. When ultimately Audu had reached her Monarch, she had found him all docility and compliance. Without a murmur the King had granted the poissarde's request that he would subscribe to the Declaration of the Rights of Man, and reveal the whereabouts of the Government's stores of corn and flour... [She] had dragged herself a second time to the King to persuade him to... go with them to Paris... Again Louis was complaint. He returned to Paris, and with him on her cannon had gone the lacerated Queen of the Markets." (note: "Queen of the Markets" refers to Reine Audu)
  • ALT1: ... that the fruit seller Reine Audu (pictured) was jailed after the march on Versailles in 1789 for "announcing her intention... of bringing back the Queen's head on her sword", among other charges? Source: "The Châtelet charged Renée with having announced her intention of going to Versailles and bringing back the Queen's head on her sword." (note: "Renée is Reine Audu's given name)
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Isfahan_Quran
  • Comment: Whale, Winifred Stephens (1922). Women of the French Revolution. New York: E. P. Dutton. Retrieved 24 May 2026 – via Google Books.

5x expanded by Chao Garden (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 6 past nominations.

Chao Garden (talk) 06:56, 26 May 2026 (UTC).

• General eligibility:
• New enough:
• Long enough:
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Policy compliance:

• Adequate sourcing:
• Neutral:
• Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:
• Other problems:

Hook eligibility:

• Cited:
• Interesting:
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Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: @Chao Garden: Both hooks are extremely interesting. 5x expansion started two days before the nomination and QPQ is met. I cannot find any errors or issues stopping this from becoming a DYK. Jon698 (talk) 03:51, 9 June 2026 (UTC)

• @Jon698: Sorry to ping you about this: we are thinking of including this in the Bastille day set, so I've modified this hook to include a potential image from Audu's article. Are you free to do a review of my changes? (cc @Thriley: image added above) — Chao Garden 🌱 ~ say hello 15:59, 24 June 2026 (UTC)
  • @Chao Garden: Image meets all requirements. Passed. Jon698 (talk) 16:10, 24 June 2026 (UTC)
    • adding check mark as it appears to not be present. Jishara (talk) 13:53, 29 June 2026 (UTC)

• Comment -- the caption for the image should absolutely say that the painting is modern (as in: not by an eyewitness, unlike thisun), and perhaps credit the author. Dahn (talk) 14:26, 1 July 2026 (UTC)

• How about "Modern depiction of the Women's March on Versailles" or "To Versailles, an Incident in the French Revolution by Valentine Cameron Prinsep (1838–1904)"? — Chao Garden 🌱 ~ say hello 15:05, 1 July 2026 (UTC)

• Either is fine. Thanksies! Dahn (talk) 16:31, 2 July 2026 (UTC)

@Launchballer: per discussion on the DYK Talk page about using a historic image for Bastille day, I updated the nom to include this image of Reine Audu (now included in the article, with reference showing the article intended it as a representation of her). I hope you don't mind this edit after the nom has been closed & I hope you consider this image. Thank you — Chao Garden 🌱 ~ say hello 23:20, 9 July 2026 (UTC)

References

GA review

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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This review is transcluded from Talk:Reine Audu/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Nominator: Chao Garden (talk · contribs) 22:23, 26 May 2026 (UTC)

Reviewer: Jon698 (talk · contribs) 09:50, 18 June 2026 (UTC)

I will take this one on since the last reviewer was indefinitely banned. You will have to wait some time since Talk:Ron Johnson/GA1 is for a long article. Jon698 (talk) 09:50, 18 June 2026 (UTC)

• @Chao Garden: I have two comments below (points 4 and 5) for you to do. Jon698 (talk) 06:51, 21 June 2026 (UTC)

  • This article should pass once you complete those two points. Jon698 (talk) 07:16, 21 June 2026 (UTC)

• Thank you so much for your review! I just made those two edits suggested below. — Chao Garden 🌱 ~ say hello 07:23, 21 June 2026 (UTC)

Prose

• 1. This is a technicality edit that I did. I changed "Queen Marie Antoinette" to "Queen consort Marie Antoinette" as queen and queen consort are two very different roles. Edit here
• 2. I removed two wikilinks to Louis XVI that were in the article after he was already wikilinked to Edit here
• 3. The article originally said that "Audu was the only person arrested by the Grand Châtelet", but the Grand Châtelet is a fortress. I changed it to better match the source by changing it to "Audu was the only person arrested by the La Châtelet Law Court". Edit here

• Thank you for fixing that — Chao Garden 🌱 ~ say hello 07:23, 21 June 2026 (UTC)

• 4. "The Swiss Guards at the palace fired at the crowds" -> Wikilink Swiss Guards

•  Done — Chao Garden 🌱 ~ say hello 07:23, 21 June 2026 (UTC)

• 5. "She also petitioned the Jacobins for employment and was assigned to guard a flour storehouse." -> Wikilink Jacobins and remove the wikilink in "However, after 1792, the Jacobins"

•  Done — Chao Garden 🌱 ~ say hello 07:23, 21 June 2026 (UTC)

Images

• There are three images in the article, one in the infobox and two in the body
  • 1. Marat ou Les héros de la Révolution Assaut de la Grille des Invalides (cropped).jpg depicts Reine Audu at the gates of Les Invalides. The sourcing is from the Bibliothèque nationale de France and this image is well into the public domain as it was made in the 19th century. I added "1883 depiction" to the infobox caption.
  • 2. Marche des femmes sur Versailles 5 et 6 oct 1789.jpg is a painting of the Women's March on Versailles. It is appropriately placed into the March on Versailles section. This painting was created around 1895 so it is well into the public domain.
  • 3. Marat ou Les héros de la Révolution Assaut de la Grille des Invalides.jpg is the full image where image 1 comes from. Ditto.

References

• There are 32 total references in the article so I will be doing a review of 5, which accounts for 15.63% of the total.
  • 1. Page 46 of Women of the French Revolution by Winifred Stephens Whale [Reference 3] is used to source Audu's political activity starting in 1789, what might have been her name, her being a fruit seller and market woman, her being elected Queen of the Markets, her collaboration with Stanislas-Marie Maillard, her shouting in the streets demanding that Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette answer for the lack of bread, and her being the only person arrested for her involvement in the march of Versailles. Paragraphs two and three source this information.
  • 2. Page 46 of Dictionnaire des personnages de la Révolution by Roger Caratini [Reference 7] is used to source Audu being a fruit seller and market woman and that the Dictionnaire des personnages de la Révolution describe her as fighting like a man and possibly killing several Swiss soldiers. Her entry on the pages covers all of this.
  • 3. Page 157 of The Great French Revolution, 1789-1793 by Peter Kropotkin [Reference 14] is used to source Louis XIV being forced to rule from the Tuileries Palace and the end of the Versailles rule. This information is found in paragraphs one and two on the page.
  • 4. Page 111 of The Women of Paris and Their French Revolution by Dominique Godineau [Reference 23] (which I accessed via JSTOR) is used to source Audu, Theroigne de Mericourt, and Claire Lacombe being the only three women known to participate in the insurrection of 10 August 1792, Audu being shot in the thigh, and Audu being given the civic crown by the fédérés for her actions. All of this except for them being the only women known to participate is sourced. The source instead states that they are the only women awarded a civic crown by the fédérés for their actions. I changed the text to reflect that.

• Thank you for fixing that! — Chao Garden 🌱 ~ say hello 07:23, 21 June 2026 (UTC)

• • 5. Page 276 of The Great French Revolution, 1789-1793 by Peter Kropotkin [Reference 22] is used to source news of the killings by Swiss Guards spreading and Parisians converging on the palace. Paragraphs one and two source this information.
• Kropotkin might be a bit too political of source for some editors, but he is not used to source anything that cannot be found in other sources. If you nominate this for FA and that issue is brought up by other editors then it should be easy to fix.

• That's a really good point. I do plan to eventually try for FA status so I'll keep this feedback in mind. — Chao Garden 🌱 ~ say hello 07:23, 21 June 2026 (UTC)

Review

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose, spelling, grammar, and understandability): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):

   All of my prose comments were either done by me or by the nominator.

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable, as shown by a source spot-check.

   a (reference section): b (inline citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism):

   The text is properly sourced by the references. I made a comment to alert the nominator about a possible concern other editors might have if they ever nominate it for FA.

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

   Article covers what little is known about Audu and her role in the French Revolution. A bit about later media depictions of her is included at the end.

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

   No neutrality issues present.

5. It is stable.

   No edit wars, etc.:

   No edit wars or recent significant edits from users who are not the nominator or reviewer.

6. It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.

   a (images are tagged and non-free content have non-free use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):

   All of the images are public domain and placed appropriately.

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

   No major issues preventing me from upgrading this to GA status.

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.