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"Far-right conspiracy theory" - How can a theory have a political agenda?
I don't see how QAnon is actually either far-right or a conspiracy theory, but I digress; if the general theory is that an individual and their supporters are being targeted, why does that make the theory itself have a political bias? It may happen to defend someone who is on the political right (Wikipedia doesn't say that Donald Trump is far-right.) but the source 7 (https://fortune.com/2018/08/01/qanon-conspiracy-trump-tampa-rally/) only uses the phrase "far right" in the title and contains no substantive evidence (let alone proof) of QAnon being far right. Source 8 (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/10/business/trump-social-media-summit.html) has NO mention of "far right", only "right wing". There is one brief mention of QAnon in this source, where it mentions how Donald Trump invited a QAnon promoter to the white house. Incorrect sources.
At the very least, 'far right' should be replaced with 'right wing' - but I think the political insertion here is neither neutral nor necessary. The sources given for 'far right' [7,8] are illegitimate.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Bernabean (talk • contribs) 12:42, January 11, 2020 (UTC)
- Bernabean, if you think those sources are illegitimate, you probably shouldn't be editing anything you've been editing, except maybe Talk:Short interest ratio. Drmies (talk) 18:05, 11 January 2020 (UTC)
- (edit conflict) Of course conspiracy theories can have a political agenda. QAnon is labeled a "far right conspiracy theory" throughout reliable sources.[1][2][3] – Muboshgu (talk) 18:05, 11 January 2020 (UTC)
- (edit conflict) Point of order: cite 7 is actually five different citations under a single link for brevity (2-6). We have multiple reliable sources identifying QAnon as a far-right movement. Simply declaring citations as "illegitimate" is not sufficient to alter this. — The Hand That Feeds You:Bite 18:17, 11 January 2020 (UTC)
What precisely is "far-right" about QAnon? If you actually read the articles cited for that attribution; 2. The SPLC does not say that QAnon is Far-Right, but rather that it is allegedly popular among the far-right, as based by their "Hate Tracker" (with a dead hyperlink). 3. The NBC Article is predominantly about how Far-Right personalities are denouncing QAnon, while claiming (without a source) that the far-right originally propped it up. 4-5. The Washington Post article makes only one reference to the Far-Right, claiming that QAnon has "animated the Far Right fringes if the Internet". Again, unsourced. The article itself is about a photograph taken with Vice President Pence. The Sun-Sentinel.com article is about this same photograph. 6. The Fortune Magazine Article is behind a paywall, and only notes QAnon as being "Far Right" in the title, with no supporting evidence - as was mentioned in the original comment.
While there are certainly a number of sources that make the claim, none of the five sources provided gives evidence to it, or even expound on why they reached that conclusion. Some of the articles, while from well known outlets, are quite clearly biased. Statements such as "QAnon, the collection of baseless conspiracy theories" and "QAnon is the stuff of parody" in the Washington Post article are hard to consider as objective information, especially without any sourcing to back up those assertions whatsoever.
My reading of the Wikipedia's rules for attribution lead me to believe that biased sources should use an in-text attribution rather than an in-line attribution. I think that as Bernabean stated, a "Right Wing" attribution is more solidly supported than "Far Right", or I could even go as far as an in-text attribution of its consideration as "Far-Right" by some parties. As things are, however, I don't see a good reason to label QAnon with such a highly charged term. Surely we should take a great degree of care in how we paint the subjects of our articles?
I will leave it alone for a few days, in order to allow for a reply. After that, I may edit it to say "Right Wing" instead. Here are a few sources, some more recent than those in the original attribution. 1. https://www.businessinsider.com/what-is-qanon-right-wing-conspiracy-theory-surfaces-at-trump-rally-2018-8?op=1 2. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jul/30/qanon-4chan-rightwing-conspiracy-theory-explained-trump 3. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/what-is-qanon-the-conspiracy-theory-group-showing-up-to-trump-rallies 4. https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-45040614
24.75.118.172 (talk) 04:24, 1 April 2020 (UTC) Theophrastus
- SPLC uses both far-right and alt-right. Alt-right is a segment of the far-right. NBC says the far-right are those that helped the theory gain prominence. WaPo says Q are conspiracy theories that have animated the far-right. The Sun Sentinel says QAnon is a far-right conspiracy theory. These are reliable secondary sources stating that Q is a set of theories supported by the far-right. They don’t need to detail their sources or provide evidence or expound on why they reached conclusions, as you suggest. And they are not biased, as you claim. O3000 (talk) 11:09, 1 April 2020 (UTC)
The facts vs myths
Probably I should just keep quiet, but this is a pet peeve of mine. First, I don't support QAnon or know anything much about it at all. I don't think for a moment that it's true, nor should we suggest that it is. But surely the "facts" that a wikipedia page should be reporting is that reliable sources SAY that X is a conspiracy theory, that they report that Y is baseless, unhinged, whatever - mot that "X is a conspiracy theory". Personal opinions aside, why is it Wikipedias job to make judgement calls and decide that something that many people beleive IS false? You could do the same to any religion; none are supported by evidence. You should report what the sources say, not give judgment on whether the sources are correct and which side is right. I'm not saying it should be given undue weight or whatever. You needn't include "the other side" from unreliable sources, for example. I just think it's not wikipedias place to chose the facts, merely to tell people what OTHER, reliable sources SAY is fact. By telling them "this is what the sources say". They can judge for themselves. This is basically what we do already, but when you write it as "X IS Y" people read it differently from "according to A, evidence shows X is Y" I've brought this up on other pages as well, don't know if has ever made the slightest difference. It feels to me like saying "Christianity is a myth and conspiracy theory, a baseless and evidence-free delusion", or something like that. Maybe that is what Wikipedia says. I don't know. You can certainly find plenty of sources that will say so, but why is it Wikipedia's job to make that call? The FACT is that many people say it's bunk, and that many people beleive it regardless. Anything more is either just putting their words onto Wikipedia as Truth or putting your own personal opinion, no matter how convinced you may be. This is not the same as pretending it's valid, it's just a matter of changing "it IS a conspiracy" to "an alleged conspiracy". Or whatever. Because as far as I'm concerned that's as far as wikipedia should go, on anything of this nature. That is all.
Idumea47b (talk) 21:11, 7 February 2020 (UTC)
- Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, so the goal with this article is to present a summary of the topic. We do this by summarizing reliable sources. Pretty much everything any article says as a statement of fact should be supported by a reliable source (or at least supportable by sources, per WP:V). So if we said something like "QAnon is reported to be a conspiracy theory by reliable sources" instead of "QAnon is a conspiracy theory" we would be giving this conspiracy theory special treatment. Both versions are correct, but the longer one is using distancing language to imply that it's just an opinion (see WP:WEASEL). Even if it is an opinion, it's the only opinion Wikipedia has reliable sources for, so why bother casting doubt on it?
- Another way to look at it is that this would be a subtle form of false balance. We are not trying to present "both sides" as being equivalent. We summarize what reliable sources say, and that's about all we do. The unreliable sources, the ones which say it isn't a conspiracy theory, do not get a seat at the table, because that's what "unreliable" means on Wikipedia.
- The overwhelming majority of sources obviously don't say that "Christianity is a delusion", so this is a false comparison. QAnon is a fringe theory. Christianity is a mainstream belief. Grayfell (talk) 21:40, 7 February 2020 (UTC)
No French please!
It is most annoying when a writer is trying to make a point and they use a FRENCH word while trying to communicate in English. Please, please, please keep your French to yourself and let us know what you are TRYING to say. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.128.67.206 (talk) 21:39, 9 February 2020 (UTC)
- Which French word? Please be specific. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 21:45, 9 February 2020 (UTC)
- My guess would be coup d'état. Perhaps we should use coup… no wait, that is still from the French. Maybe it was some other English term borrowed from French or via another language. Here is another List of English words of French origin. StrayBolt (talk) 23:06, 9 February 2020 (UTC)
- "Speak in French when you can’t think of the English for a thing." -- Lewis Carroll. O3000 (talk) 17:34, 10 February 2020 (UTC)
- I do not know what "je ne sais quoi" means. Jonathunder (talk) 15:44, 9 March 2020 (UTC)
- "Speak in French when you can’t think of the English for a thing." -- Lewis Carroll. O3000 (talk) 17:34, 10 February 2020 (UTC)
- My guess would be coup d'état. Perhaps we should use coup… no wait, that is still from the French. Maybe it was some other English term borrowed from French or via another language. Here is another List of English words of French origin. StrayBolt (talk) 23:06, 9 February 2020 (UTC)
Remove February 11th, 2020 Trump comment
Can we remove Trump's quote from the "Identity of Q" section? He was referring to the Anonymous New York Times author from 2018/
https://www.mediaite.com/trump/my-peter-trump-trade-advisor-peter-navarro-is-reportedly-hunting-anonymous/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.193.48.211 (talk) 16:55, 17 February 2020 (UTC)
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Can we remove the line at the bottom of the 'Identity of Q' section? Trump was being asked about who the Anonymous New York Times author was, not about QAnon. https://twitter.com/johnrobertsFox/status/1227666863678803968
Speaking with reporters in the Oval Office on February 11, 2020, President Trump was asked if he knew who "anonymous" is. He replied, "I don’t want to say, but you’d be surprised."[55] BearFish56 (talk) 17:15, 17 February 2020 (UTC)
- Done You're source is poor. But so is the source in that entry, and I can't find a good source. O3000 (talk) 17:39, 17 February 2020 (UTC)
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"Q has falsely accused numerous liberal Hollywood actors, Democratic politicians, and high-ranking officials of engaging in an international child sex trafficking ring, "
Claims missing citation.
Making claims at the first-half of a complex sentence doesn't absolve the need for citation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed Mildsaucewiki (talk) 01:07, 26 February 2020 (UTC)
- This appears to be well sourced in the body. O3000 (talk) 01:12, 26 February 2020 (UTC)
Please, clarify!
It says:
Harassment of Jim Acosta
At a Trump rally in Tampa, Florida on July 31, 2018, Trump supporters exhibited hostile behavior toward CNN chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta. Exponents of QAnon-related theories were at the rally.[106]
First, you don't know that everyone who attended the rally was a Trump supporter. Some people could have been simple attendees.
Second, it should be "some", unless you're saying that every Trump supporter there exhibited hostile behavior.
Third -- and, most egregiously -- without any warrant, you connect the crowd's "hostile [according to whose judgment?] behavior" towards C. N. N.'s Acosta with "[e]xponents" of "QAnon-related [?] theories" who were also there. How do you classify, "QAnon-related"? How do you know QAnon-related theorists were there? Also, where is your evidence that such people also exhibited hostile behavior towards Acosta?
All of these points need, I think, clarification. If you can prove or source them -- fine. Otherwise, they look to me like bias.Mwidunn (talk) 05:10, 4 March 2020 (UTC)mwidunn
- Your objections are addressed by the citation itself. — The Hand That Feeds You:Bite 20:21, 4 March 2020 (UTC)
Another Wikipedia article beginning with "X is a far right etc...."
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EDIT - After responding to the replies my initial post received, it appears Wikipedia has deleted the entire conversation. Luckily, I saved it to a txt file because I suspected something like this would happen, so I'm posting the entire conversation here. This has to be about the 10th Wikipedia article I've looked at in the past few weeks beginning with "X is a far right etc..." This is a serious problem that apparently no one at Wikipedia seems concerned about. Left and Far-Left activists, media outlets and organizations are engaging the tactic of labeling anything and everything they disagree with 'Far-Right' and 'Alt-Right.' They have been doing this for the last few years. In case you need it spelling out for you, Wikipedia: LEFT AND FAR-LEFT WEBSITES THAT ENGAGE IN THIS TACTIC ARE NOT 'RELIABLE SOURCES' AND CERTAINLY NOT EVIDENCE OF YOUR ASSERTIONS THAT SOMETHING IS FAR-RIGHT. This has to be the most reckless form of it considering that the 'QANON HUB' site specifically states on its homepage that Q-anon is not partisan, is for everyone both Left and Right, Republican and Democrat, Liberal or Conservative who love America. So it would seem that it is Wikipedia's view that loving America is a Far-Right viewpoint. It's amazing that it's come to this. Can someone at Wikipedia give me an example of something that is moderately Right? Something that is Center-Right or moderately Right Wing? Because it seems that literally every article on things that even slightly Right of Center (and even Left of Center) are declared 'Far-Right' in the opening sentence. It literally makes no sense for this many 'Far-Right' people and organizations to exist because if they did Far-Right would be a mainstream view.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Des22z (talk • contribs)
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Protected article states that "numerous" Hollywood and Democrat party figures have been "falsely accused" of various vile actions. No matter how wild the allegations, one would have to have proof that the accused did not take part in the alleged acts in order to dismiss out of hand the accusations. That there is no evidence that someone did something does not prove they did not do it. "Accused without credible evidence" would be an accurate and logically defensible statement for the writer of the Qanon article to make. The standards for logical non-fiction article writing are not the same as the standards for criminal prosecution. MurMiles (talk) 14:31, 7 March 2020 (UTC)
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Isaac Kappy
Seems there should be a mention in the article about QAnon-supporting actor Isaac Kappy, who repeatedly harassed Seth Green and accused him and other individuals of pedophilia before committing suicide, with his death itself becoming the subject of conspiracy theories. See [6]. 2600:1014:B025:7EFA:CCBC:F540:6B77:138F (talk) 16:34, 10 March 2020 (UTC)
Fascist
The policies QAnon believers embrace (mass arrests, martial law, internment camps, summary executions in some cases) would clearly amount to fascism if actually carried out. In addition they tend to embrace fascism-adjacent foreign leaders such as Vladimir Putin. Here is an example of a source linking the movement to fascism. 2600:1014:B01D:B988:25AE:B858:95D7:5AC5 (talk) 12:26, 12 March 2020 (UTC)
QAnon
This Wiki article is extremely biased... CJ WiKi 108 02:05, 19 March 2020 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by CJ WiKi 108 (talk • contribs)
- Not done - Please explain specifically what you object to, and provide reliable sources which support your proposed changes. Otherwise, this thread will be closed as non-actionable. NorthBySouthBaranof (talk) 02:06, 19 March 2020 (UTC)
Grass Valley Charter School fundraiser
This paragraph is very unclear, it is difficult to understand what actually happened in this incident. I assume the GVCSF in the tweet was not referring to the school, but this is not stated. There is no hint what the tweet was actually about. But most relevantly, there seems to be no connection with "Q" only to "Qanon supporters". Is this one example too many? Could the paragraph be just deleted? 4shires (talk) 10:18, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
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"Q has has falsely accused" is biased and incorrect. Change to "accused". "Donald Trump feigned collusion with Russia and worked with Mueller"is absolutely incorrect. The ENTIRE history section including Origins, Background, and False claims is biased in its nature and factually incorrect. Analysis and Appeal and Disillusionment sections are propagandizing Wikipedia's take on a subject that should be described and explained in a neutral and objective manner. Instead, the authors take great care to color their interpretation of events in hindsight in order to sway potential readers of the misleading nature of the Qanon movement. This is paramount because of the fact the wikipedia entry is highlighted as if it were an ad on the bottom of all Q related Youtube videos. Unless this is changed, Wikipedia will be outed as propaganda by other more vigilant social media users than myself. Qtronicus (talk) 16:21, 29 March 2020 (UTC)
- Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the
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change far right to heavily liberaterian ABruhRandomUser (talk) 21:27, 3 May 2020 (UTC)
- Not done QAnon fans would be pretty happy if Trump was an autocrat. Some of the ones who are more fond of misinterpreting the Bible as hard as possible actually want him to be the next Cyrus the Great, some even knowing full well that Isaiah called Cyrus a (lowercase) messiah. Ian.thomson (talk) 22:13, 3 May 2020 (UTC)
The "Eduardo Moreno Derails Train" section
Although the incident has all the earmarks of a QAnon follower, are there any sources that actually mention QAnon in connection with Moreno or the incident? All I could find was Gizmodo saying "(However, one could reasonably hazard a guess that it involves QAnon.)", which doesn't seem sufficient to include it in the article. Schazjmd (talk) 00:42, 5 May 2020 (UTC)
- That's a good point. Although I recall seeing speculation about his ties to QAnon at the time, I don't think we ever got a statement directly tying him to the group. It should probably be removed until a source is found. — The Hand That Feeds You:Bite 16:38, 5 May 2020 (UTC)
Vaccines
There's some debate over whether or not this article should be included in Category:Vaccine hesitancy. It was added by Rushwrj13 with the summary Considering 100% of the believers in this are also anti-vax, This belongs here. Do not revert this edit and say that there is "no evidence" for this. Look on any YouTube or Facebook comment section.
This utterly fails WP:BURDEN and WP:NOR, even if I think it's correct. It was removed by Schazjmd and then restored by Beyond_My_Ken.
While I do assume that the article would be included in that category if this article was in an ideal state of completion, the article currently does not mention vaccines in any way. So, while Rushwrj13 abd BMK may be right overall, Schazjmd is right on policy. That said, the simple remedy would be to summarize and cite a source about how they're scared of a Coronavirus vaccine and have said they wouldn't take it. I vaguely recall seeing such a source floating about before I got my morning caffeine but I have to go to work so I can't re-find and add it right now -- I just know that it should exist. Ian.thomson (talk) 22:32, 7 May 2020 (UTC)
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2600:1000:B120:C140:4135:CAD4:3BC3:AFA0 (talk) 03:02, 8 May 2020 (UTC)
Suggest editing the "100% of qanon followers are anti-vax comment, we aren't all anti-vax, polio etc. Influenza on the other hand considering its a new strain each season seems useless getting a vax for last years strain.
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