Talk:Cecilia D'Anastasio

Kotaku section
I feel like the section about her time at Kotaku needs fleshing out. I’m referring specifically to issues with her reporting on accusations against Jeremy Soule and issues raised with that reporting by Nathalie Lawhead, one of the accusers cited in the article.Aresef (talk) 20:30, 16 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Hi Aresef, thanks for bringing this up. By chance, were you able to find any reliable sources describing the issues? I haven't been able to find any publications reporting the issues, both while writing the article and in a few cursory searches afterwards, which is the reason for the absence. Aranya (talk) 21:51, 16 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Lawhead themself has written about it. The article at issue had an editor’s note appended to it. In tweets, former writer Heather Alexandra has cited the incident as a factor in her departure. I understand the issues in terms of quality sourcing but I think we need to do something in this article or we’re whitewashing her time at Kotaku.Aresef (talk) 00:12, 17 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Sorry for the delayed reply Aresef. I understand the concern with not including the information, but all additions must adhere to core policies including WP:V and WP:BLP. The BLP policy is really stringent about how we talk about living people, so we take care to only include reliably-sourced info, even if that means we are missing some pretty important context and even whitewashing.
 * Specifically, Wikipedia can't really make the judgements on whether we should mention this situation, and then how we describe it and what viewpoints we include from who. Once reliable publications report on the issues, then we can focus on how to represent and give appropriate weight to the sources' viewpoints and how they talk about it. Sorry if I'm sounding repetitive. Aranya (talk) 03:22, 18 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Fair enough. At this point, I doubt that those articles will be written. I guess it's a symptom of broader issues in video game journalism and the lack of non-enthusiast press coverage of the industry. But I digress. Thanks for having this talk.--Aresef (talk) 03:51, 18 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Completely agree, which is unfortunate, but I'll still try to keep an eye out in case any new coverage comes up. Thanks and happy editing. Best, Aranya (talk) 03:07, 23 May 2021 (UTC)