Talk:Erin Reed (journalist)

Journalist or Blogger?
Reed often introduceS herself as an independent journalist or a "legislative researcher." However, multiple folks on her page have tried to change her occupation from "journalist" to "blogger."

Thoughts on whether she should be listed as a journalist, researcher, or blogger? Please note below so we can gain community conaensus. 2600:1009:B010:F2:0:56:62E8:101 (talk) 01:45, 27 September 2023 (UTC)


 * Blogger. Reed's website -- Erin in the Morn -- describes itself as follows: ."I’m carving out this space for queer people to create and discuss together. I’ll talk about my joys and struggles existing in a time where being transgender can be terrifying. If I can serve as inspiration and hope, then I’ve done my part. I hope to highlight personal experiencesI’m carving out this space for queer people to create and discuss together. I’ll talk about my joys and struggles existing in a time where being transgender can be terrifying. If I can serve as inspiration and hope, then I’ve done my part. I hope to highlight personal experiences."
 * This ABSOLUTELY meets Wikipedia's criteria for a blog NOT the criteria for a news source.
 * https://www.erininthemorning.com/about

2600:1009:B010:F2:0:56:62E8:101 (talk) 01:48, 27 September 2023 (UTC)


 * As I stated in my revert, sources cited in the article refer to Reed as a journalist and/or researcher, not a blogger. The article should follow suit. Funcrunch (talk) 01:51, 27 September 2023 (UTC)


 * Journalist. We describe subjects how they are described in reliable sources, not based on individual editors' perceptions of their work. A quick survey of the sources in this article shows that they tend to call her a journalist or reporter (American Independent, Pink News, Pink News, Advocate). Several of them also call her a "researcher" (STL Today, PBS, Xtra, Los Angeles Blade, AP News, NBC), which I would be happy to see added as an additional descriptor if you'd like. I don't believe any of them refers to her as a "blogger", though Washington Post describes her as "an activist and content creator who publishes a daily newsletter on anti-LGBTQ legislation". GorillaWarfare (she/her • talk) 01:58, 27 September 2023 (UTC)


 * The criteria are different for whether Wikipedia would use her work as WP:RS, versus what her occupation is in a biography, which should defer to how RS refer to her. It is okay for these two things to be different. Thus, journalist in the prose as per @GorillaWarfare, but anyone wishing to use her work as RS for citing elsewhere on issues she covers should make sure to check that with WP:RSN. lizthegrey (talk) 03:40, 27 September 2023 (UTC)

"Controversies" sections
Please see WP:CSECTION (with my apologies for the broken link in an earlier summary, it was what I was trying to link). It advises: Avoid sections and articles focusing on criticisms or controversies. GorillaWarfare (she/her • talk) 02:00, 27 September 2023 (UTC)


 * @2600:1009:B067:E7F:0:37:3E8E:5F01 FirstSportz is not WP:RS, and also you appear to be trying to insert controversial material about controversies here that is tangential to this article and would be better to propose for Keffals instead. However, at this point now I have an obligation to disclose my conflict of interest regarding Kiwi Farms (see also that I'm quoted in the Buzzfeed article you inserted as a citation), so I'm not going to be reverting the edit you just made and will leave it to others to decide what to do. lizthegrey (talk) 14:12, 27 September 2023 (UTC)
 * I've just reverted. Neither secondary source added supports that Reed's tweet was somehow noteworthy, nor even mentions Reed at all.
 * IP, if you want to draw attention to one of her tweets, you need to find secondary reliable sources (see WP:RS; "FirstSportz" does not qualify) that discuss the tweet and explain how it's somehow relevant to a broad biographical encyclopedia article. Reed has written tens of thousands of tweets, many of them pertaining to subjects and incidents that are themselves noteworthy; that does not mean any given tweet is relevant to be included in an encyclopedia article about her. GorillaWarfare (she/her • talk) 14:18, 27 September 2023 (UTC)