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Richard Spencer is not the inventor of the term "Alternative Right" or "Alt Right". |
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* Richard B. Spencer → Richard Spencer (white supremacist), '''No consensus''', 26 January 2017, {{section link|Talk:Richard B. Spencer/Archive 1|Proposed move: Richard Spencer (white supremacist)}} |
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* RM, Richard B. Spencer → Richard Spencer (white supremacist), '''No consensus''', 26 October 2017, {{section link|Talk:Richard B. Spencer/Archive 4|Requested move 26 October 2017}} |
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Even Mr Spencer does not claim to have invented the term - he claims he "co created" the term "Alternative Right" (or "Alt Right) with Paul Gottfried. In fact Paul Gottfried was using the term long before Mr Spencer, so Mr Spencer can not be truthfully described as the inventor (or even "co creator" of the term. It appears that Nazis (people who chant "the Jews will not replace us" - which I have heard them chant) can not even invent their own terminology and need a Jew (Paul Gottfried) to invent their terminology for them. What sort of bizarre self hatred has led Paul Gottfried to cooperate with these people I leave to others to judge.] (]) 19:41, 15 May 2018 (UTC) |
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* MRV, Richard B. Spencer → Richard Spencer (white supremacist), '''Endorsed''', 3 November 2017, ] |
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:You'll have to take it up with the editors for the cited sources: , the , and . --] (]) 21:03, 15 May 2018 (UTC) |
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* RM, Richard B. Spencer → Richard Spencer, '''No consensus''', 2 November 2017, {{section link|Talk:Richard B. Spencer/Archive 4|Requested move 2 November 2017}} |
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I think there should be a paragraph on how European heads of states have formally condemned him and banned him from their country. It is odd he thinks he'd meet a good reception in European, given that he uses Nazi rhetoric and various (Slavic) European ethnic groups were labeled as "Untermenschen" and exterminated by the Nazis. (See, e.g., ].) But it is surely significant given his pan-European race theory. ] (]) 23:14, 2 June 2018 (UTC) |
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== Neo-Nazi and pan-European condemnation == |
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{{u|Steeletrap}}, where are the sources for ? As far as I know no reliable source has come out and said expressly that Spencer is neo-Nazi, and the statement that "almost every European head of state, both nationalist and liberal" has condemned Spencer's pan-European message is extraordinary too and likely improper synthesis, unless we have a source that says exactly that. --] (]) 16:56, 4 June 2018 (UTC) |
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What I want to add: "Spencer's message of white nationalism and pan-European racial identity has been condemned by numerous European heads of state, both nationalist and |
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What part of this is unsourced? ] (]) 21:05, 5 June 2018 (UTC) |
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:The whole thing. I don't know what sources you're relying on for any of it. --] (]) 21:11, 5 June 2018 (UTC) |
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:I think ] from our ] might be relevant: {{tq|''"Do not combine material from multiple sources to reach or imply a conclusion not explicitly stated by any of the sources.''"}} --] (]) 21:29, 5 June 2018 (UTC) |
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:: Hey Doc! Can you explain what the BLP violation is in the last edit? DO you read Hungarian and say the source is not what I say it is? Or are you claiming the source is not RS? ] (]) 00:43, 11 June 2018 (UTC) |
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:::I don't have any opinion on the reliability of that source. But you need to stop adding content to the article that's not expressly supported by the cited sources. --] (]) 06:05, 11 June 2018 (UTC) |
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Really, ]? is it to for ? |
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*https://jezebel.com/putting-the-neo-back-in-neo-nazi-1789743928 |
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*https://www.michigandaily.com/section/administration/university-will-not-deny-spencer-request-speak-campus hard |
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*http://www.papermag.com/watch-hero-college-student-shut-down-neo-nazi-jackass-richard-spencer--2370335365.html |
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*http://thedailyaztec.com/81130/opinion/assault-on-white-nationalist-richard-spencer-echoes-similar-action-on-campus-almost-55-years-ago |
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*http://www.star-telegram.com/news/state/texas/article117788403.html Neo-Nazi rhetoric]? --] | ] 06:26, 11 June 2018 (UTC)--] | ] 06:26, 11 June 2018 (UTC) |
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::Then restore it with appropriate sourcing. --] (]) 06:39, 11 June 2018 (UTC) |
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::But is not appropriate sourcing. Another BLP vio. Please stop you guys, before admin attention becomes necessary. --] (]) 06:46, 11 June 2018 (UTC) |
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:::"neo-Nazi rhetoric" (in the source) -- what's the problem? ] (]) 08:09, 11 June 2018 (UTC) |
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::*The opinion piece is no good, but what's your objection to Michigan Daily? I was surprised that you removed it entirely. If you really think it's unusable as a source, you can take it to ], but I doubt you'll get anywhere. In any case, while I don't agree with your removal of that one, the easiest way to resolve a source issue is to find more sources, so I dug up a few below. --] (]) 08:13, 11 June 2018 (UTC) |
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== Spencer has changed his views == |
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Here's some more sources. Some of these are for his use of Neo-Nazi rhetoric; some of these are for the more general fact that he's described as a Neo-Nazi in reliable sources, often without qualification. Others are for individual events related to the topic that we might devote a sentence to. We could probably use these to expand into a full paragraph or two about his use of Nazi rhetoric and how he's been connected to Nazism. Anyway: |
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* {{tq|But whether Spencer agrees with Trump or not, his "Hail Trump" speech has had a major impact on the alt-right. Since video of it emerged, there's been a split of alt-righters who believe the neo-Nazi rhetoric has hurt their own cause.}}<ref>{{cite news|first1=Sara Ganim and Chris Welch,|last1=CNN|accessdate=2018-06-11|title=How white nationalists are losing faith in Trump|url=https://www.cnn.com/2017/01/16/politics/white-nationalists-trump-losing-faith/index.html|newspaper=CNN}}</ref> |
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* {{tq|Spencer, a Dallas native who coined the term “alt-right,” has drawn headlines this month for his neo-Nazi rhetoric, including when he led a “Hail Trump!” chant and spoke in German at a white nationalist conference in Washington, D.C.}} <ref>{{cite news|accessdate=2018-06-11|title=Texas A&M plans unity event for same time as white nationalist speech|url=http://www.star-telegram.com/news/state/texas/article117788403.html|newspaper=star-telegram}}</ref> |
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* {{tq| Perhaps more alarmingly, members of the alt-right community have praised Trump with messages clearly inflected with neo-Nazi rhetoric. “Hail Trump!” Richard Spencer, a prominent member of that movement, said during a recent event to celebrate the election.}}<ref>{{cite news|accessdate=2018-06-11|title=Europe’s Jews are divided on Trump|url=http://www.columbian.com/news/2016/nov/23/europes-jews-are-divided-on-trump/|newspaper=The Columbian|date=23 November 2016}}</ref> |
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* {{tq| In addition to being labeled as a white supremacist, Spencer and his followers have been tagged by various organisations as neo-Nazis and part of a rise in neo-Nazi activity since the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election.}}<ref>{{cite journal|first1=Srividya|last1=Ramasubramanian|first2=Caitlin|last2=Miles|title=White Nationalist Rhetoric, Neoliberal Multiculturalism and Colour Blind Racism: Decolonial Critique of Richard Spencer’s Campus Visit|url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13183222.2018.1463352|journal=Javnost - The Public|date=23 May 2018|issn=1318-3222|pages=1–15|doi=10.1080/13183222.2018.1463352}}</ref> |
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* {{tq|After a single minute, he referred to the media as the “lügenpresse,” a Nazi-era term meaning “lying press.”}} ... {{tq|“For us, as Europeans, it is only normal again when we are great again!” he shouted. “Hail Trump! Hail our people! Hail victory!” He raised his glass and, in video caught on camera by the Atlantic, the heart of the alt-right stood and cheered — and a number of them offered their leader the Nazi salute.}}<ref>{{cite news|first1=John Woodrow|last1=Cox|accessdate=2018-06-11|title=‘Let’s party like it’s 1933’: Inside the alt-right world of Richard Spencer|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/lets-party-like-its-1933-inside-the-disturbing-alt-right-world-of-richard-spencer/2016/11/22/cf81dc74-aff7-11e6-840f-e3ebab6bcdd3_story.html|newspaper=Washington Post|date=22 November 2016|issn=0190-8286|via=www.washingtonpost.com}}</ref> |
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* {{tq|But after dinner, when most journalists had already departed, Spencer rose and delivered a speech to his followers dripping with anti-Semitism, and leaving no doubt as to what he actually seeks. He referred to the mainstream media as “Lügenpresse,” a term he said he was borrowing from “the original German”; the Nazis used the word to attack their critics in the press.}}<ref>{{cite news|first1=Daniel Lombroso, Yoni|last1=Appelbaum|accessdate=2018-06-11|title='Hail Trump!': White Nationalists Salute the President-Elect|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/11/richard-spencer-speech-npi/508379/|newspaper=The Atlantic|date=21 November 2016}}</ref> |
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* {{tq|...from false information that she pressured the mother of an Alt-Right leader, Richard Spencer, to sell her property in Whitefish, Montana after Spencer gained notoriety for a Nazi-style gathering in Washington D.C.}}<ref>{{cite web|first1=Stanford Law|last1=School|accessdate=2018-06-11|title=Targeting White Supremacy in the Workplace|url=https://law.stanford.edu/publications/targeting-white-supremacy-workplace/|website=Stanford Law School}}</ref> |
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* {{tq|That level would be its white supremacy, as evidenced by Spencer’s Nazi salute and chant of “Hail Trump” at the so-called National Policy Institute conference in November 2016.}}<ref>{{cite journal|first1=Nicholas|last1=Mirzoeff|title=Empty the museum, decolonize the curriculum, open theory|url=https://nyuscholars.nyu.edu/en/publications/empty-the-museum-decolonize-the-curriculum-open-theory|journal=Nordic Journal of Aesthetics|issn=2000-1452|pages=6–22|volume=25|issue=53}}</ref> |
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* {{tq|When a protestor punched neo-Nazi Richard Spencer at Donald Trump's inauguration on January 20, 2017, antifascists praised the action on the very bodily performative terms that Butler affirms in ''Notes''.}}<ref>{{cite journal|first1=Sarah|last1=Hansen|title=Bodies on the Line: The Performativity of Protest|url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/686240|journal=GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies|date=16 February 2018|issn=1527-9375|pages=156–158|volume=24|issue=1}}</ref> |
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* {{tq|If you live in this small, ski resort town where neo-Nazi Richard Spencer — the alt-right darling who has been called “a kind of professional racist in khakis” — has put down roots, you fight back.}}<ref>{{cite news|accessdate=2018-06-11|title=Whitefish Jews fight neo-Nazis with faith, peace and interfaith allies|url=https://www.chron.com/sports/outdoors/article/Whitefish-Jews-fight-neo-Nazis-with-faith-peace-12909801.php|newspaper=Houston Chronicle}}</ref> |
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* {{tq|The report also noted that SAFE frequently denied charges of anti-Semitism, citing their condemnation of neo-Nazi Richard Spencer.}}<ref>{{cite news|first1=Aaron|last1=Bandler|accessdate=2018-06-11|title=Signs of Anti-Semitism In University of Michigan Divestment Resolution|url=http://jewishjournal.com/news/nation/234857/signs-anti-semitism-university-michigan-divestment-resolution/|newspaper=Jewish Journal|date=6 June 2018}}</ref> |
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* {{tq|Spencer has led the alt-right movement and runs the website AlternativeRight.com. During a National Policy Institute conference, he denounced Jews and quoted from Nazi propaganda. He also led a rally in Washington, D.C., after Trump’s election, where he guided members of the rally in a Nazi salute in which they loudly declared “hail Trump.”}}<ref>{{cite news|accessdate=2018-06-11|title=Senator Ben Sasse rips into ‘Pajama-Boy-Nazi’ Richard Spencer on Twitter|url=http://www.newsweek.com/senator-ben-sasse-rips-pajama-boy-nazi-richard-spencer-twitter-674092|newspaper=Newsweek|date=28 September 2017}}</ref> |
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* {{tq|Sen. Ben Sasse ... ripped into Richard Spencer, calling the alt-right leader a "clown" and a "brown-shirt-pajama-boy Nazi" and implying he and other neo-Nazis lived in their parents' basements.}} ... {{tq|Spencer, who gained notoriety last November for leading a group of roughly 200 people in a Nazi salute at one of his speeches in Washington, D.C., shortly after President Donald Trump was elected.}}<ref>{{cite news|accessdate=2018-06-11|title=Neo-Nazi Richard Spencer 'banned from 26 European countries'|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/richard-spencer-ban-european-countries-alt-right-white-supremacist-neo-nazi-eu-a8071971.html|newspaper=The Independent}}</ref> |
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* {{tq|Richard Spencer is president of the National Policy Institute, a white supremacist think-tank promoting ideals of white nationalism and white identity. He famously coined the term “Alt-Right” in 2008, and a video of him shouting Nazi-inspired rhetoric while addressing more than 200 attendees at a National Policy Institute conference in Washington D.C. went viral in November of 2016.}}<ref>{{cite news|first1=Lara|last1=Moehlman|accessdate=2018-06-11|title=Richard Spencer won't come to U-M this semester|url=http://michiganradio.org/post/richard-spencer-wont-come-u-m-semester}}</ref> |
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He says - rather convincingly in my view - that he is no longer a white nationalist and no longer associates with neo-Nazis, alt -right, etc. While of course we should not remove his scurrilous past of Nazi rhetoric, etc, I think per WP:BLP we should clarify in the opening paragraph that he has changed his views, or at least claims to have, rather than simply presenting him as a "neo-nazi, antisemitic conspiracy theorist, and white nationalist." ] (]) 03:54, 22 August 2024 (UTC) |
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I can understand the desire to be cautious with a ], but I think the previous sources were already decent enough that immediate removal was going too far; and in any case, the coverage of Spencer's ''lügenpresse'' remark and "Hail Trump!" as Neo-Nazi rhetoric was so overwhelming that I'm befuddled that anyone interested in the topic could have missed them. Spencer's widespread coverage as a neo-Nazi is uncontroversial and is probably the most well-known thing about him at this point (if anything, the only thing that could be considered controversial is the 'neo-' part, which some sources omit.) EDIT: Honestly, looking over the weight of those sources, I think it's worth an entire section under "views" (we can note his own dissent there, of course, if we have good sources for it, but when you have multiple academic sources, a wide range of news sources over an extended period of time, and a sitting US Senator calling someone a neo-Nazi, with several of these sources referring to those Neo-Nazi incidents as what made him famous, it probably deserves a section.) --] (]) 08:13, 11 June 2018 (UTC) |
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:So? (see ]). ] (]) 12:40, 22 August 2024 (UTC) |
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== What is the source for "anti-semitic conspiracy theorist?"== |
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:: The neo-Nazi stuff is why he keeps getting kicked out of European countries: not just liberal ones like Germany but nationalistic, ethno-centric ones like Poland that suffered and were deemed racially inferior under Nazi occupation. Dr. F, since you're outnumbered 3-1 it's probably best to accept the changes or bring this to a BLP board. Pretending the sources aren't reliable or don't say what we say they do isn't a productive approach. ] (]) 13:45, 11 June 2018 (UTC) |
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*It seems accurate to say that he's been criticized for using Neo-Nazi rhetoric and has been called a Nazi. I think it's worth noting that organizations like the of the white supremacist movement - that's not to say that his ideas are all that different ideologically, but he is notable in part because he limits the overt Nazism. ]'s suggestion of a subsection might be a good place to mention this. [[User:Nblund |<span style="background-color: |
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I cannot find any source for this. ] (]) 03:54, 22 August 2024 (UTC) |
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* I have absolutely zero problem with including the content, '''provided it's reliably sourced and the sourcing is made clear in the article.''' Currently, this is classic ]. We don't get to take a whole lot of similar sources and add them all up together to say something that's not said expressly by any single one of them. I will continue to remove this content since it's a flagrant BLP vio. --] (]) 19:17, 11 June 2018 (UTC) |
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** Explain, ''specifically'', what part you feel is ] - pull out specific words you feel are unsupported and point to them. Right now it's impossible to say what you object to because you're blindly reverting any edits. My reading of the situation is that the only part you actually have a serious objection to (ie. the text that is setting you off, so to speak) is the words "on numerous occasions" - every other bit you reverted seems to me to be nearly a word-for-word paraphrase of one source or another. So if you don't provide a specific indication of what parts you object to I'm going to wait a day or so to give you a chance to elaborate, then restore a version with those two words removed or substituted as I outlined below. --] (]) 21:27, 11 June 2018 (UTC) |
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== Edit warring == |
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It would be good if wording could be worked out '''here''' instead of repeatedly making changes to the article to see what sticks. --] <sup>]</sup> 14:28, 11 June 2018 (UTC) |
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:I'm going to keep adhering to BLP by removing content until someone comes up with language that actually reflects what the ''cited'' reliable sources say, or until I'm directed otherwise by an uninvolved admin (e.g. Neil). --] (]) 19:21, 11 June 2018 (UTC) |
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::What is this, some sort of test, with DrFleischman as the inscrutable judge whose wisdom must be divined? Interesting way to respond to a polite request re edit-warring... ] (]) 19:37, 11 June 2018 (UTC) |
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:::It's called following our core policies. Just because a few editors breeze right by ], ], and ] doesn't mean anyone gets a free pass from BLP. --] (]) 19:41, 11 June 2018 (UTC) |
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::::So I'm now forming the view that your editing on this page is becoming disruptive. You keep reverting because you're not satisfied, and you're not engaging substantively in the discussion above to figure out a version that (in your view) conforms to the sources. This is of course edit-warring -- slow, but nonetheless edit-warring. This is a perspective I'll be happy to see considered at AE if necessary. ] (]) 19:44, 11 June 2018 (UTC) |
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:::::Well part of the reason I wrote "or until I'm directed otherwise by an uninvolved admin (e.g. Neil)" was to invite {{u|NeilN}} to tell me if I'm going to far. Personally I see this as a pretty straightforward application of BLP. I don't think my position is unclear. None of the participants in the discussion need to be educated that if a source doesn't say something then we can't either. And to be honest, it's more difficult to engage constructive discussion when you're being called a "clown," accused of "spinning" for Spencer, being told "bullshit" when you're just enforcing core policies, and being threatened with sanctions. Then we have folks violating 1RR to add content using opinion sources in student newspapers. I mean really. --] (]) 20:06, 11 June 2018 (UTC) |
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:::::I meant to ping {{u|NeilN}} in that last comment. Do you think my enforcement of BLP has gone too far and I'm being disruptive? --] (]) 20:07, 11 June 2018 (UTC) |
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:::::Also Nomo, you might want to review this page's edit history before you generalize about my editing here. --] (]) 20:11, 11 June 2018 (UTC) |
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*FWIW Calton was just blocked for edit warring in this dispute. --] (]) 20:10, 11 June 2018 (UTC) |
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::Fleischman, you have to be more specific about your objections (and, therefore, your reverts). ] is not a blank check to revert every single edit because you found one part you object to. You restored the Daily Beast to a BLP article - do you feel that ''that'' is a valid application of BLP? Do you feel that it was a BLP violation for me to replace the Daily Beast with a better source? More generally, let's go over each part individually and you can tell me what your objections are (I'll restore any part that you don't explain a specific objection to in a day or so.) In each case, I want you to say, specifically, what you feel that the text you reverted implied or stated that the sources did not back up, or what you found so objectionable about the sources that you felt they were unusable in a ]. |
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::*{{tq|Spencer is widely described as a ]}} Also, alternatively, {{tq|Spencer has been described as a ] by numerous sources}} (the formulation I used.) I think the sources unambiguously support the fact that he has been described as a neo-Nazi by a broad range of sources rather than just by the media. See eg. {{tq|In addition to being labeled as a white supremacist, Spencer and his followers have been tagged by various organisations as neo-Nazis and part of a rise in neo-Nazi activity since the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election.}} (from a source I added, which you inexplicably removed as a ] violation.) |
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::*{{tq|and has publicly engaged in Nazi rhetoric on numerous occasions.}} Again, we've got a lot of sources using the term "neo-Nazi rhetoric" and "Nazi rhetoric". Is your objection to the "numerous occasions" specifically? Would it be addressed if we reworded it to eg. {{tq|and has attracted attention for his use of Nazi rhetoric}} or the like? The sources above pretty unambiguously support that. |
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::* You removed cites to Ramasubramanian and Michigan Daily, and restored a cite to the Daily Beast. Explain why you prefer that source (and your objection to Michigan Daily; you've implicitly objected to it above, but still haven't explained why.) |
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::* You reverted {{tq|Spencer was one of the featured speakers at the ] in ], which drew national attention after an alt-right supporter drove his car into a group of counter-protesters, killing one}}, removing several sources in the process. Explain your objections to that wording and to those sources. |
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::* You reverted {{tq|Since then, many of Spencer's subsequent speaking engagements have been denied or canceled}}. Again, you also removed several sources. Explain your objections to that wording and sources. |
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::* You removed {{tq|Spencer has been banned from entering most countries in Europe, including countries whose governments are described as nationalist or ethno-nationalist. In 2014 he was banned from Hungary and mocked by the Hungarian press for his call to supplant a distinct Hungarian racial identity with a Pan-European white identity.}} I suspect that this one is the crux of your disagreement (and that many of the above were just caught up in your blanket revert), but the source seems to back it up. Would you accept as an additional source? |
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::BLP is important, but all of these (except ''maybe'' the two words "numerous occasions") are widely-accepted, uncontroversial statements that were well-backed by the existing sources and which it is trivial to find better sources if you look. None of this remotely justifies the sweeping, blind, poorly-considered reverts you applied here. I mean, you restored the ''Daily Beast'' as a source for a statement of fact, while claiming you were acting to uphold ]. Please stop, slow down, voice ''specific'' objections and stop just blindly reverting every edit you disagree with on the grounds that you feel there's a ] problem with one line. --] (]) 21:20, 11 June 2018 (UTC) |
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::: Dr. F., if you can provide specific objections to specific claims, rather than vaguely citing "BLP," (which is meaningless when it is unspecific), I will talk this out with you before reverting. ] (]) 21:48, 11 June 2018 (UTC) |
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::::The burden is on the editor seeking to include information to establish that it's supported by the cited reliable sources, not the other way around. As I already said, you don't get to throw a whole bunch of sources together and say that they collectively, kind-of-sort-of say something so we can say it too. It doesn't matter how reliable or "good" the sources are. Case-by-case in the following thread. --] (]) 22:45, 11 June 2018 (UTC) |
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I know it is only possible under very rare circumstances to use tweet citations to demonstrate the views of an individual due to Misplaced Pages policy on self-published sources (a policy that I´m not sure I entirely agree with, nevertheless it is still policy), anyways, the point being in relation to Russia/Ukraine that the tweet that demonstrated Spencer´s newfound support for NATO and Ukraine was taken off the section on his geopolitical views, which is fine in one regard that it complies with Misplaced Pages policy but it should be strongly emphasized that Spencer is no longer a supporter of Russia as anyone would believe from simply reading the article, so we should find a source to change this. ] (]) 08:04, 7 October 2024 (UTC) |
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== Specific BLP violations == |
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:I think tweet citations '''can''' demonstrate views of an individual. To quote from ]: |
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Re-consolidating as this has split into two separate threads about the same thing. This seems really quite simple to me. My concerns are about verifiability: if we're going to say something, it has to be expressly supported by the cited reliable sources. The burden is on the editor(s) seeking to include information to establish its verifiability, especially for BLP content. So. We're talking about three pieces of information here... --] (]) 22:40, 11 June 2018 (UTC) |
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:¨Self-published and questionable sources may be used as sources of information '''about themselves''' ...¨ . |
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:] (]) 13:42, 7 October 2024 (UTC) |
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::However it also may not be true, so what did the edit say? ] (]) 13:47, 7 October 2024 (UTC) |
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:::Not sure what you mean by 'what did the edit say'; please clarify? |
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:::Do you mean if Spencer is lying about his own views? If he is verifiably the account holder, his earnestness in proclaiming this is not something we should litigate |
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:::] (]) 13:50, 7 October 2024 (UTC) |
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::::He may well be, people do it all the time (In fact he has been accused (has he not) of not being honest about his politics?), what I meant is what I said, what did (or will) the edit say? ] (]) 14:02, 7 October 2024 (UTC) |
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::And "The material is neither unduly self-serving nor an exceptional claim;". ] (]) 13:48, 7 October 2024 (UTC) |
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:::Shall I restore the tweets then? ] (]) 07:33, 8 October 2024 (UTC) |
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::::No, as it is "unduly self-serving", it is his claim to distance himself from criticism. ] (]) 10:38, 8 October 2024 (UTC) |
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== Semi-protected edit request on 13 November 2024 == |
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=== Nazi rhetoric === |
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Which reliable sources say that Spencer has been ''widely'' described (not just described) as a neo-Nazi and that he has publicly engaged in Nazi rhetoric on numerous occasions? Provide the sources, and I will withdraw my opposition. --] (]) 22:40, 11 June 2018 (UTC) |
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:: I think that's an excessively legalistic legalistic understanding of SYNTH; almost every article has this kind of SYNTH, in terms of summarizing the effect of various sources in a compact sentence. Nevertheless, even under your definition of SYN, I take it you'd be willing to re-add "Spencer has been described by academic sources and in the mainstream media as a Nazi or neo-Nazi," since that is directly supported by the various RS you keep removing. ] (]) 22:48, 11 June 2018 (UTC) |
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:: That he has engaged in Nazi rhetoric on multiple occasions is directly supported by RS. ] (]) 23:00, 11 June 2018 (UTC) |
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:::As a threshold question I don't understand the benefit of explaining how widely he's been described as a neo-Nazi or has having engaged in neo-Nazi rhetoric. The reliable sources say he has engaged in neo-Nazi rhetoric, right? So why not just say he has engaged in neo-Nazi rhetoric? --] (]) 23:18, 11 June 2018 (UTC) |
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{{Edit semi-protected|Richard B. Spencer|answered=yes}} |
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=== Unite the Right rally === |
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It must also be included that after endorsing joe biden, he also endorsed Kamala Harris. |
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Which reliable sources say that the Unite the Right rally drew national attention after an alt-right supporter drove his car into a group of counter-protesters, killing one? I'm pretty sure this on is factually inaccurate; the rally drew plenty of national attention (front page news) ''before'' it turned violent. Also, this content appears to be non-neutral as it appears to be trying to tag Spencer for things he wasn't directly involved in. The connection should between Spencer and the killing should be made by reliable sources before it's made by us. Provide the sources, and I will withdraw my opposition. --] (]) 22:40, 11 June 2018 (UTC) |
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: Where is your source for the claim that "the rally drew plenty of national attention before it turned violent"? Your use of double standards like this (requiring hard evidence for the attention drawn by the murder, but going off of OR for the more favorable claim that the rally was highly notable before the murder) is why some have questioned your motives. Also, Spencer is currently being sued for alleging instigating the murder--I have no idea whether this is true or not, but your opinion on his lack of involvement in the murder is pure speculation that again some will see as indicative of a bias. |
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: How about we drop the claim about when the rally drew attention and instead say something like "Spencer has promoted his ideas through public speaking engagements, but many of his events have been delayed, rejected or prohibited since the Unite the Right Rally, in which a supporter of the alt right drove a car through a crowd of counter-protestors, killing one." I'm sure you'd agree everything there is cited. ] (]) 22:57, 11 June 2018 (UTC) |
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https://nypost.com/2024/11/02/us-news/prominent-white-supremacist-richard-spencer-endorses-kamala-harris/ ] (]) 01:38, 13 November 2024 (UTC) |
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:] '''Not done''': it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a ] and provide a ] if appropriate.<!-- Template:ESp --> ] (]) 01:45, 13 November 2024 (UTC) |
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Which reliable sources say that Spencer was banned from European countries whose governments are described as nationalist or ethno-nationalist? Also, which reliable sources say that Spencer was mocked by the Hungarian press for his call to supplant a distinct Hungarian racial identity with a Pan-European white identity? Provide the sources, and I will withdraw my opposition. --] (]) 22:40, 11 June 2018 (UTC) |
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: This particular claim is supported by the Hungarian RS I added. See http://nol.hu/belfold/ez-politikai-uldoztetes-1490215. This was one of the most respected newspapers in Hungary for decades, before it was closed for compelling economic reasons. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/N%C3%A9pszabads%C3%A1g. . It's certainly a reliable source. |
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: I read Hungarian and can assure you that it contains the claims to which it is cited. Part of the reason I think Spencer is a bit of a joke--to disclose my bias--is because he doesn't understand that in many European countries, incl. Hungary, race is not defined on the 'white-black-yellow' American construct. ] (]) 22:51, 11 June 2018 (UTC) |
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He says - rather convincingly in my view - that he is no longer a white nationalist and no longer associates with neo-Nazis, alt -right, etc. While of course we should not remove his scurrilous past of Nazi rhetoric, etc, I think per WP:BLP we should clarify in the opening paragraph that he has changed his views, or at least claims to have, rather than simply presenting him as a "neo-nazi, antisemitic conspiracy theorist, and white nationalist." NeverEnoughStan (talk) 03:54, 22 August 2024 (UTC)
I know it is only possible under very rare circumstances to use tweet citations to demonstrate the views of an individual due to Misplaced Pages policy on self-published sources (a policy that I´m not sure I entirely agree with, nevertheless it is still policy), anyways, the point being in relation to Russia/Ukraine that the tweet that demonstrated Spencer´s newfound support for NATO and Ukraine was taken off the section on his geopolitical views, which is fine in one regard that it complies with Misplaced Pages policy but it should be strongly emphasized that Spencer is no longer a supporter of Russia as anyone would believe from simply reading the article, so we should find a source to change this. StrongALPHA (talk) 08:04, 7 October 2024 (UTC)
It must also be included that after endorsing joe biden, he also endorsed Kamala Harris.
Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Shadow311 (talk) 01:45, 13 November 2024 (UTC)