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Gosh, I couldn't agree more. Has it been redacted? There's nothing about what he actually does or has done. It's like a description of a ghost. –
AndyFielding (
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11:59, 21 May 2023 (UTC)reply
"The documentary was translated into languages for 190 countries" Did he write that himself? What is "languages for 190 countries" supposed to mean?
173.177.140.48 (
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06:27, 16 January 2024 (UTC)reply
All of the coverage is from a single source BuzzFeed, or other sources covering his lawsuit against buzzfeed. Wondering out loud if this makes it due or not.
Jtbobwaysf (
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08:28, 27 December 2022 (UTC)reply
My concern is this section seems to be solely sourced on the Buzzfeed News accusations
WP:BUZZFEEDNEWS (says generally reliable prior to 2019 and
this is dated Posted on May 17, 2019. My concern is that the article subject has denied it, sued for defamation (dont they all) and that no other
WP:RS seems to have corroborated. The only other news all cites buzzfeednews and seems to follow the lawsuit. I am concerned this could be a
WP:BLP violation in its current form, but was on the fence about it, hence started this discussion. Feel free to snow close it if I am being stupid here. Thanks!
Jtbobwaysf (
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08:44, 27 December 2022 (UTC)reply
Yes, the weight is comparable to similar amounts of text in the article devoted to other subsections in that section and to the "philanthropy" section (which, looking at it, has extremely weak sourcing overall and probably needs to be trimmed.) --
Aquillion (
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04:22, 29 December 2022 (UTC)reply
Yes, it passes WP:DUE & WP:NPOV. However, I would like to see different sources as there a lot of Buzzfeed News sources and
WP:MEDIUM is generally not considered a reliable source.
Grahaml35 (
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12:49, 3 January 2023 (UTC)reply
@
Grahaml35: there isn't much coverage other than BuzzFeed and there isnt any coverage that doesnt cite buzzfeed (this all being the reason I created this RFC). However, it appears snow is starting to fall here in the mountains ;-) The Medium source is really
WP:PRIMARY and is the article subject's official response, which is probably DUE. I am a bit confused how one low quality publication with no other publication verifying it is DUE, but that seems to be wikipedia today.
Jtbobwaysf (
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02:07, 4 January 2023 (UTC)reply
I do see your point. Additionally, it does seem odd that Buzzfeed News is doing multiple pieces on him. However, it would not be a case of
WP:V as these are just allegations. After a Google search, I found other sources such as NBC News, Chicago Sun-Times, and Vogue all reporting on it.
Grahaml35 (
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16:00, 4 January 2023 (UTC)reply
If they are simply allegations and there is single source, then should be the section be re-named to focus the as "Buzzfeed allegations." Did the sources you mentiond state that they had spoken to the people alleging? For example in
Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse cases (I think before the article was called allegations) I believe most of the victims had interviews in many different publications, so in that case we could put the allegations in wikivoice. If we are only regurgitating the allegations of Buzzfeed, we probably should state that here in the article section name.
Jtbobwaysf (
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06:36, 9 January 2023 (UTC)reply
And indeed, what method? There's nothing about it here. How does someone turn up without any sort of training or certification, proclaim oneself a mass improver of lives, make a zillion bucks, then disappear without a trace? Being tall is probably a plus. –
AndyFielding (
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12:01, 21 May 2023 (UTC)reply