Talk:/pol/

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The second paragraph in section "the media" has little to do with that header and largely relies on a single source which does not meet Wikipedia's standards of reliability. I suggest that it ought to be either removed or reworked in its entirety. Cruxador (talk) 00:47, 24 November 2017 (UTC)

Necessary?

Is this article really necessary? I mean not even /b/ has its own article. Shouldn't /pol/ and information about it just remain on the 4chan article like other boards? TheAstuteObserver (talk) 13:46, 16 January 2018 (UTC)

Yes it is

/pol/ and the community have been involved in multiple events of historical importance, including the 2016 US presidential race, the HWNDU project, and various other goings-on. I object to /pol/ being classed as a 'low-importance internet subculture'. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Prawnpringles (talk • contribs) 20:59, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

Pepe the frog is not a /pol/ exclusive meme

Pepe the frog is a meme across all of 4chan and is commonly used on /b/ and /r9k/ among others. Pepe is also popular outside of 4chan, with celebrities like Katy Perry sharing variants of the meme. Calling Pepe a "/pol/ associated meme" is disingenuous. --AwaweWiki (talk) 10:28, 11 November 2018 (UTC)

/pol/ does not stand for "politically incorrect"

/pol/ stands for "political" or "politics". It's a containment board for all (but mostly fringe) political discussion as to keep other boards free from politics. It was not intended to only house racial nationalism. --AwaweWiki (talk) 10:40, 11 November 2018 (UTC)

This is contradicted by reliable sources, including "How did Russian and Iranian trolls' disinformation toward Canadian issues diverge and converge?" from Digital War (a Palgrave Macmillan academic journal), which explicitly defines /pol/ as "4chan's Politically Incorrect board". — Newslinger talk 01:28, 21 March 2021 (UTC)

Semi protect

Can somebody semi protect this article? It keeps getting vandalized. 68.0.189.224 (talk) 02:16, 6 October 2019 (UTC)

/pol/ as a political and deceptive organisation

Hello,

I think it can be assumed that this group will attempt to influence and alter the wikipedia description about them to manipulate the perception of the public

What is being done to review this article and other 4chan related subjects and ensure they are not allowed to do this ? 142.183.34.175 (talk) 04:32, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

• Marking this as under discretionary sanctions since they've been involved in political discussion in recent years. Kirbanzo ^{(userpage - talk - contribs)} 21:01, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

8chan?

Many of the 2019 sources are about 8chan due to the Christchurch shooting, El Paso shooting, and Halle shooting (connection to 8chan somewhat more nebulous, shooter mentioned one of 8chan's employees in his manifesto). However, this article doesn't mention it at all. Should it? Psiĥedelisto (talk • contribs) ^{please always ping!} 05:16, 19 October 2020 (UTC)

Super straight

Super straight shouldn't be in here. It didn't start on /pol/ or on 4chan at all - and making the only mention of the Superstraight phenomenon be a part of this article, and not its own, puts forth the unfounded lie that it did start on /pol/ as implicit fact.

Wikipedia should stand against misinformation, and should separate out the superstraight stuff from this article into its own. --50.250.235.169 (talk) 21:04, 12 March 2021 (UTC)

This article is clear about the origins of "super straight". As for a standalone article, I think some folks are working on it, though I have my doubts around whether it's sufficiently notable for one. GorillaWarfare (talk) 00:10, 13 March 2021 (UTC)

The simple fact that the only mention of it on Wikipedia resides on the /pol/ article makes the implication clear that it is a /pol/ operation, when that is simply a lie. Wikipedia should not be hosting misinformation. If it were going to be not a standalone, it would belong on TikTok, not on /pol/. --2601:647:5700:3400:5029:80B5:74B9:839B (talk) 05:13, 13 March 2021 (UTC)

It's just the transgender online culture war. Activists sneak into positions of power, so that places like "twoxchromosomes" on Reddit is controlled by, and full of, people with only one x chromosome, and "actual lesbians" is full of actual lesbians with actual penises. Trying to redefine reality so that indulging your fetish with the unconsenting public, is seen as heroic and brave, and not just pervy. They're entitled, confused, transvestites. Not that there's anything wrong with being a transvestite. Half the mods on anything modded now, are teens or adults with nothing better to do, abusing Internet power, because they think that if they stamp out reasonable discussion and criticism of the phenomenon, everyone will just agree with them, by default. If you call someone a "Nazi" often enough, eventually they'll start to feel comfortable with it.

The claim that Supersexuality is creating division among the GLBTBBQWTF is "citation needed". Super is a result of division created by the behaviour of the recent crop of transgender people. Unlike the gay ones who apparently invented homosexuality back at Stonewall, the modern, heterosexual, "transbians" are notably different in their attraction to women, where before trangender women were almost exclusively attracted to men. They didn't harrass lesbians for sex, defund rape shelters, and make up nonsense about "genital fetishism" either. Compared to that lot, some 18 year old kid who can see the Emperor is naked, seems like the much more sensible choice. You can't force lunacy on people. Except in Canada of course.

Luv from a Super Bi. 84.70.145.70 (talk) 22:34, 4 April 2021 (UTC)