Talk:Gay Nigger Association of America/Archive 6
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Actual racism
Fringe Views?
I removed the group's claims that they aren't really racist and homophobic. I think the chance that a reliable source would confirm that is almost nil, because, for example, this excerpt from http://linuxforniggers.us/download
If you happen to be black, you can learn how to burn a CD on Windows here, or how to burn a CD on Mac OS X here. If you instead wish to install Linux for Niggers™ on a stolen USB stick....
http://linuxforniggers.us/testimonials and the "testimonials" linked from it are worse. Several other similar examples abound on the group's web site, but can not be linked here because of the URL blacklist. —Cupco 21:52, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
- I re-inserted them, as they aren't self-published. Per Jodi Dean: 'the inclusion of the word "nigger" in group's name is only to elicit angry responses and to subvert or otherwise challenge long-standing social norms, noting that the name of the organization came from the 1992 Danish satirical blaxploitation film Gayniggers from Outer Space.' If we don't include the group's response, I don't think that the article would depict a neutral point of view. Dean is a reliable source, and she is the one who is cited, not a self-published source. Mythpage88 (talk) 22:03, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
- When a journalist says "A is X" that means they are independently asserting the fact that they have presumably verified. When they say "A says they are X" that means that they are merely reporting that the self-published claim exists. Unless you have a source where an independent reliable source asserts that they are not actually racist and homophobic, I intend to replace the revert in question. —Cupco 22:19, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
- Are you telling me that we're only going to include one side of the issue? Mythpage88 (talk) 22:22, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
- No, but not self-published claims merely conveyed by sources. Can you find excerpts from those sources where they compare the GNAA's claims to not be racist and homophobic to their output? —Cupco 22:27, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
- So you're telling me that the GNAA's views are not notable enough to include on their own article? Is response to criticism not allowed? I was under the impression that it was not only allowed, but necessary to maintain a neutral point of view. Mythpage88 (talk) 22:29, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
- Per WP:VALID: "it is important to account for all significant viewpoints on any topic". Is their own view not significant? Mythpage88 (talk) 22:32, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
- In fact, the way you're interpreting the policy would mean that there should be no response to criticism by the subject of the article in question on any article on Wikipedia. Mythpage88 (talk) 22:40, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
- No, only that the response to criticism would have to appear in reliable sources, not be self-published. Normally I wouldn't object, but the abundant examples to the contrary make it a serious issue. Instead of going back and forth here, why not ask for an outside opinion at WP:NPOVN or WP:RSN? —Cupco 23:05, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
- And it does. The fact is though that response from the subject of the article itself, under your logic, would ALWAYS be self-published and thus unreliable. This blatantly violates both precedent and policy. Mythpage88 (talk) 23:11, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
- Do you understand the distinction between what a journalist conveys by "A is X" versus "A says they are X"? What do you think it is proper to have in an article when the only sources on the topic are in the latter of those two forms, and there is abundant evidence that A is not X from both A and reliable sources about A? And furthermore when A are notable primarily for their unreliability and trolling? —Cupco 23:22, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
- Do you understand the fact that Wikipedia includes all significant views? Guess what? The subject of the article has significant views, and if we can't use third-party sources to confirm their views, then they are impossible to include. This blatantly violates our policies. Mythpage88 (talk) 23:24, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
- Do you understand the distinction between what a journalist conveys by "A is X" versus "A says they are X"? What do you think it is proper to have in an article when the only sources on the topic are in the latter of those two forms, and there is abundant evidence that A is not X from both A and reliable sources about A? And furthermore when A are notable primarily for their unreliability and trolling? —Cupco 23:22, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
- And it does. The fact is though that response from the subject of the article itself, under your logic, would ALWAYS be self-published and thus unreliable. This blatantly violates both precedent and policy. Mythpage88 (talk) 23:11, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
- No, only that the response to criticism would have to appear in reliable sources, not be self-published. Normally I wouldn't object, but the abundant examples to the contrary make it a serious issue. Instead of going back and forth here, why not ask for an outside opinion at WP:NPOVN or WP:RSN? —Cupco 23:05, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
- No, but not self-published claims merely conveyed by sources. Can you find excerpts from those sources where they compare the GNAA's claims to not be racist and homophobic to their output? —Cupco 22:27, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
- Are you telling me that we're only going to include one side of the issue? Mythpage88 (talk) 22:22, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
- When a journalist says "A is X" that means they are independently asserting the fact that they have presumably verified. When they say "A says they are X" that means that they are merely reporting that the self-published claim exists. Unless you have a source where an independent reliable source asserts that they are not actually racist and homophobic, I intend to replace the revert in question. —Cupco 22:19, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
Did you just unironically say that the subject of the article possesses a "fringe viewpoint"? Mythpage88 (talk) 23:31, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
- What is the evidence that they do not? We are discussing their viewpoint that they are not actually racist, when there is no question that their publications -- probably the majority of them -- include deliberately inflammatory racist statements. I have answered your questions in detail, and you have avoided answering almost all of mine. I am no longer interested in participating in such a one-sided dialog. I have asked for an outside opinion at Wikipedia:Neutral point of view/Noticeboard#Gay Nigger Association of America where I see you have already replied. I would prefer to continue the discussion there in hopes that more people will participate. —Cupco 23:42, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
- Their viewpoint is a significant view, which must be included, as per countless policies and guidelines. It doesn't matter if you disagree with the view or not, it, because it belongs to the subject of the article, is significant. The "fringe theories" page specifically refers to pseudoscientific theories, not opinions and criticism. Mythpage88 (talk) 23:44, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
- Why do you think that a self-published claim contradicted by other publications, if not the vast majority of them, can be considered significant? They are entirely discredited because they are contradicted by overwhelming numbers of examples. —Cupco 23:46, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
- How is it contradicted? The group states that they use it for shock value. I have yet to see any source that "contradicts" that. Mythpage88 (talk) 23:49, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
- Per WP:NPOV views are not significant unless they appear in independent reliable sources. Are there any such sources suggesting that anyone associated with GNAA is not racist or homophobic? —Cupco 01:12, 4 September 2012 (UTC)
- Are there any sources suggesting that they all are? Mythpage88 (talk) 01:15, 4 September 2012 (UTC)
- I didn't propose including anything saying that they all are, but it would be a likely inference from their work. —Cupco 01:19, 4 September 2012 (UTC)
- That wouldn't be a reliable source now, would it? Mythpage88 (talk) 03:55, 4 September 2012 (UTC)
- I didn't propose including anything saying that they all are, but it would be a likely inference from their work. —Cupco 01:19, 4 September 2012 (UTC)
- Are there any sources suggesting that they all are? Mythpage88 (talk) 01:15, 4 September 2012 (UTC)
- Per WP:NPOV views are not significant unless they appear in independent reliable sources. Are there any such sources suggesting that anyone associated with GNAA is not racist or homophobic? —Cupco 01:12, 4 September 2012 (UTC)
- How is it contradicted? The group states that they use it for shock value. I have yet to see any source that "contradicts" that. Mythpage88 (talk) 23:49, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
- Why do you think that a self-published claim contradicted by other publications, if not the vast majority of them, can be considered significant? They are entirely discredited because they are contradicted by overwhelming numbers of examples. —Cupco 23:46, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
- Their viewpoint is a significant view, which must be included, as per countless policies and guidelines. It doesn't matter if you disagree with the view or not, it, because it belongs to the subject of the article, is significant. The "fringe theories" page specifically refers to pseudoscientific theories, not opinions and criticism. Mythpage88 (talk) 23:44, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
"Racist stereotypes" vs "Stereotypes"
- Additionally, all stereotypes of african americans are racist. It's simply redundant. Mythpage88 (talk) 22:06, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
- The word "racism" has almost entirely negative connotations but, for example, the stereotype that blacks are above average in many sports is generally positive. —Cupco 22:19, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
- The phrase "racist stereotype" is redundant. The fact that they're stereotypes should be enough. And I think that the stereotype that they eat fried chicken or that they enjoy watermelons isn't negative either. In fact, all of the images (except for maybe the one with the guns, but that's also a grey area IMO) displayed don't seem to be negative at all. Mythpage88 (talk) 22:30, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
- No, there are stereotypes that have nothing to do with racism, and positive racial stereotypes too. —Cupco 23:06, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
- And few, if any, of the stereotypes depicted are negative, which means that racist would carry inappropriate connotations, as per your earlier post. Mythpage88 (talk) 23:12, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
- You're referring only to some set of screen shots and not the excerpt and linked "testimonials" cited at the beginning of #Actual racism above? —Cupco 23:22, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
- The sentence refers to the images. Tell me where in the sentence "The site provides a download link for an ISO image which, when booted, presents users with a slideshow of images related to African-American stereotypes." it mentions the testimonials. (Hint: at no point in the article are the testimonials mentioned in the slightest.) Mythpage88 (talk) 23:25, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
- You're referring only to some set of screen shots and not the excerpt and linked "testimonials" cited at the beginning of #Actual racism above? —Cupco 23:22, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
- And few, if any, of the stereotypes depicted are negative, which means that racist would carry inappropriate connotations, as per your earlier post. Mythpage88 (talk) 23:12, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
- No, there are stereotypes that have nothing to do with racism, and positive racial stereotypes too. —Cupco 23:06, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
- The phrase "racist stereotype" is redundant. The fact that they're stereotypes should be enough. And I think that the stereotype that they eat fried chicken or that they enjoy watermelons isn't negative either. In fact, all of the images (except for maybe the one with the guns, but that's also a grey area IMO) displayed don't seem to be negative at all. Mythpage88 (talk) 22:30, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
- The word "racism" has almost entirely negative connotations but, for example, the stereotype that blacks are above average in many sports is generally positive. —Cupco 22:19, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
Cupco, the only thing I can say is... [1] Diego Grez (talk) 12:29, 4 September 2012 (UTC)
- Yeah, I'm thinking you might be right. I should have bowed out when [2] was only claimed to be racist for the guns. —Cupco 20:06, 4 September 2012 (UTC)
- I said that they weren't negative stereotypes, just stereotypes. (Unless you can explain to me how the stereotype that african americans enjoy watermelon and chicken is negative?) Mythpage88 (talk) 04:14, 5 September 2012 (UTC)
- [3] —Cupco 04:19, 5 September 2012 (UTC)
- Looks like it was a rhetorical question :p Maractus (talk) 03:18, 6 September 2012 (UTC)
- [3] —Cupco 04:19, 5 September 2012 (UTC)
- I said that they weren't negative stereotypes, just stereotypes. (Unless you can explain to me how the stereotype that african americans enjoy watermelon and chicken is negative?) Mythpage88 (talk) 04:14, 5 September 2012 (UTC)
Puffery
I question the noteworthyness of crapflooding, shock sites, fake leaks with shock images, and causing their name to appear on Obama's website. They are all sourced, but per WP:UNDUE shouldn't they have multiple sources to be considered noteworthy? I think that's particularly important given that members are apparently intent on getting as much as possible into the press and thereby into this article. —Cupco 21:46, 6 September 2012 (UTC)
- I think the article should be nuked. It continues to be a troll point for the GNAA itself, and there are only few mentions in "depth" (and not even that...depth) of the organisation. Diego Grez (talk) 22:20, 6 September 2012 (UTC)
- Apparently it has been up for deletion over twenty times, and the times when it was deleted, the deletion was overturned at DRV, sometimes years later. It's probably better to have a strictly conforming article as opposed to a missing article which keeps coming back as a sockpuppet-puffed zombie. User:LiteralKa/GNAA makes a convincing case that it might be better to hold your friends close and your enemies closer, and this is a surreal example of what seems to happen when it is deleted and repeatedly restored.
- Are there any other trolling organizations which focus on Wikipedia? —Cupco 02:22, 7 September 2012 (UTC)
- Do you mean any other trolling organizations other than Wikipedia itself? Most of wikipedia is just troll crap articles in the first place. The entire concept of 'it takes a village' is why wikipedia a cesspool in the first place. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 104.175.117.222 (talk) 07:34, 27 July 2016 (UTC)
Ethnicity
The group's reason for existence is to try to mislead people, as they admit. They have several pictures of professional looking black people on their site and in their publications. Why should we not explain that they do not appear to have any black members? —Cupco 09:38, 7 September 2012 (UTC)
- And can you discern from these photographs as to how gay they may be, coz they sure look pretty straight to me! (ludicrous enough yet?) - Alison ❤ 10:08, 7 September 2012 (UTC)
- People with white skin are not of African descent per WP:CK (Well-known historical fact, Plain sight observations, and Obvious national associations.) Why would you want to prevent the article from pointing out that the group is not black? —Cupco 10:19, 7 September 2012 (UTC)
- unless there is a source that plainly states "Blah blah so and so is of this ethnicity," we are not to look at a photograph and create a fact stating that they are. That would be violating policy. riffic (talk) 18:34, 7 September 2012 (UTC)
- Did you seriously just suggest that there are no white people in Africa? Ever heard of South Africa? Yes, there are White Africans.2605:A000:1103:F0:654D:E7FF:574C:E9FB (talk) 03:33, 18 November 2018 (UTC)
- People with white skin are not of African descent per WP:CK (Well-known historical fact, Plain sight observations, and Obvious national associations.) Why would you want to prevent the article from pointing out that the group is not black? —Cupco 10:19, 7 September 2012 (UTC)
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German Article
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Please add {{Failed verification|{{subst:DATE}}}} after the following text in the Origins, known members and name section.
former Debian Project Leader Sam Hocevar,[1]
While @Maractus removed a picture of Sam Hocevar (pictured) with Special:Diff/516240269 in October 2012, this also removed the only "reference" possibly linking GNAA and him relevant. Sam Hocevar's name (also @Sam Hocevar) is never mentioned in the Rede Globo source referenced; a Wayback Machine capture from June 17, 2017 also confirms this.
Additionally, the picture may or may be wanted to be added back to the article in that section. NB: User:Maractus is indef-banned for LTA. 84.250.17.211 (talk) 00:51, 19 December 2018 (UTC)
- Alternatively, please use
{{Unreliable source?|{{subst:DATE}}}}if more appropriate. 84.250.17.211 (talk) 00:58, 19 December 2018 (UTC)- Alternatively (again),
{{Synthesis inline|{{subst:DATE}}}}. NB: I was unable to find a more reliable source. 84.250.17.211 (talk) 01:05, 19 December 2018 (UTC)
- Alternatively (again),
References
- ^ Rohr, Altieres (June 11, 2010). "Saiba como ocorreu falha que expôs e-mails de 114 mil usuários do iPad" [Know how failure exposing 114 thousand iPad user email addresses happened]. Rede Globo (in Portuguese). Retrieved September 13, 2010.
Semi-protected edit request on 24 April 2019
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President: Raymond Ewbank 2605:E000:3006:FE00:992D:21A2:3AF4:B663 (talk) 08:03, 24 April 2019 (UTC)
Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. NiciVampireHeart 12:45, 24 April 2019 (UTC)
sources
do we have updated links for these sources? some of them are dead links — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.209.195.219 (talk) 05:05, 20 July 2019 (UTC)
Vc querendo traduzir este artigo fique a vontade. att 2804:14C:5BB3:A319:1169:F721:FE78:59B4 (talk) 17:25, 4 October 2020 (UTC)
Semi-protected edit request on 2 May 2021
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Please censor the word “Nigger” it is highly inappropriate, and if it doesn’t change I will request Wikipedia remove all instances of the word “nigger” from the website. 98.150.115.244 (talk) 22:23, 2 May 2021 (UTC)
- Not done: Wikipedia is WP:NOTCENSORED. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 22:40, 2 May 2021 (UTC)
Semi-protected edit request on 21 July 2022
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129.126.36.103 (talk) 04:13, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
- Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. P.I. Ellsworth , ed. put'r there 05:23, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
Terrorism Research & Analysis Consortium
i removed the claim by "Terrorism Research & Analysis Consortium" that the GNAA is a cyberterrorist group. there is no other body that makes this claim, and Terrorism Research & Analysis Consortium is not known to be a reliable source for such a claim. therefore i removed the claim because it puts undue weight on a questionable source. .usarnamechoice (talk) 07:35, 8 August 2022 (UTC)
- it is disappointing that Praxidicae reverted my edit without responding here. also, this org apparently had an article on wikipedia, but it was deleted here: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Terrorism Research & Analysis Consortium. .usarnamechoice (talk) 20:56, 8 August 2022 (UTC)
- I reverted your bold edit to get consensus, which you've not gained nor have you made any such argument that explains why it's not a reliable source. PRAXIDICAE🌈 20:57, 8 August 2022 (UTC)
- from the site's TOU page:
WE MAKE NO WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE SITE’S CONTENT
(sic). serious claims require serious evidence, and the claim of cyberterrorism seems unsupported by any reliable sources. .usarnamechoice (talk) 23:17, 8 August 2022 (UTC)- Great, go to WP:RSN and get consensus then because it's currently used quite a lot to source these claims and there's no evidence otherwise that it's unacceptable. PRAXIDICAE🌈 23:27, 8 August 2022 (UTC)
it's currently used quite a lot to source these claims
a quick look at the external link search reveals zero results: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:LinkSearch?target=trackingterrorism.org Praxidicae (talk · contribs): would you please be so kind as to show me which pages use this as a source?there's no evidence otherwise that it's unacceptable.
well, i looked through Talk:Bodu_Bala_Sena#Terrorist_organization, and it seems that wp:terrorist says such claims arebest avoided unless widely used by reliable sources to describe the subject
. TRAC is the only site that makes this claim, so this claim is not 'widely repeated by reliable sources'. furthermore, TRAC appears to be a scraper site of wikipedia itself, and is not usable as a reliable source, per a search of wikipedia namespace. .usarnamechoice (talk) 00:01, 9 August 2022 (UTC)- it appears that Praxidicae (talk · contribs) does not intend to respond, so i will remove the material again per per policy and per the MOS guidelines. if the material is restored, hopefully the rationale can be better described here. .usarnamechoice (talk) 01:53, 9 August 2022 (UTC)
- No, I'm waiting on a book to download to read the actual sources I found. PRAXIDICAE🌈 01:58, 9 August 2022 (UTC)
- Also do not continue pinging me. I have a watchlist for a reason. PRAXIDICAE🌈 01:59, 9 August 2022 (UTC)
- Great, go to WP:RSN and get consensus then because it's currently used quite a lot to source these claims and there's no evidence otherwise that it's unacceptable. PRAXIDICAE🌈 23:27, 8 August 2022 (UTC)
the discussion at RSN indicates this source is improper for the allegation of terrorism, therefore i will remove it now because it is an allegation of criminal activity which is inappropriate for wikipedia. .usarnamechoice (talk) 22:32, 19 August 2022 (UTC)
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A Further Exploration section with links ex. https://www.reddit.com/r/gnaarevived/ 2607:FEA8:D00:A400:E0C1:72C5:42F0:43B4 (talk) 01:02, 27 September 2022 (UTC)