Talk:Glenn Diesen

COI
The user Gead1979 has replaced the sourced article with a self-serving hagiography. The subject's full name is Glenn Eric Andre Diesen (initials GEAD) and he is born in 1979, in other words the user uses the full initials and year of birth of Diesen. --PetterLøkd (talk) 22:51, 18 March 2022 (UTC)


 * Please, see WP:OUTING. Also note that while editors with COI are discouraged from editing articles directly, they are still welcome to discuss, and their objections need to be considered. MarioGom (talk) 12:33, 20 March 2022 (UTC)

Undue weight
The article covers almost nothing about the subject, and has a severe WP:UNDUE problem regarding the coverage of recent criticism by some. This looks pretty close to an attack page. MarioGom (talk) 12:37, 20 March 2022 (UTC)
 * This is wrong: Both his regular activity as an RT commentator (where sources explitly discuss him as having "an important role" for RT) and the mainstream RS coverage and criticism of it span several years; there are sources relating to that from this year, last year and the year before that. Since he is primarily (well) known for activity as a broadcaster (mainly on RT, and for which he has received in-depth coverage), and since his academic career is not exactly stellar (he is cited less than 300 times in Google Scholar), the article is WP:DUE and it would be severely WP:UNDUE to focus on his obscure career as a college professor rather than his high-profile RT career as a (the?) leading peddler of Russian propaganda in Scandinavia according to numerous commentators. An attack page is described as an "unsourced or poorly sourced" article, not a meticulously sourced and accurate article that conveys the perspective of mainstream RS (which, btw., does not include RT). This is no more an attack page than the article on RT's editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan (which states already in the first sentence she that "is a Russian propagandist") and all the other articles related to Russian propaganda. In fact RT people are widely described as involved in Russian propaganda by mainstream RS as well as Wikipedia articles. It's only to be expected that articles documenting the Russian propaganda effort would be attacked by some, but we are not here to please RT and the RT perspective. --PetterLøkd (talk) 21:42, 20 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Why is it more important that he is on Russia Today, than his actual political views and contributions? I strongly suggest deemphazising his RT appearances. To me it seems like an attempt of cancel culture, like anyone who is appearing on medium X is somehow thought less of. 188.172.108.126 (talk) 10:40, 22 August 2022 (UTC)
 * I agree that PetterLøkd seems to put undue weight one outlet, to make this an attack page. PetterLøkd also repeatedly removes content which has been translated from the Norwegian page, which has been reviewed by serior WP editors. It appears that PetterLøkd is in conflict with such editors regarding the Norwegian page. Lizetter (talk) 01:44, 19 March 2023 (UTC)

The sources used by Gead1979
Gead1979 has added claims such as "Diesen is famous" for developing a geoeconomic concept. None of the sources – that include a Kremlin-affiliated think tank – support the assertion. Diesen is cited 299 times in Google Scholar, so it's a very exceptional claim that he is "famous" for developing a new scholarly concept.

Gead1979 has also added the claim that "The attempt to smear Professor Diesen as a "propagandist" has been widely criticized in the Norwegian media as a Norwegian McCarthyism". The sources used to support this claim are fringe sources such as no:Resett (for an article in English, see RationalWiki) and Steigan.no, both "alternative news" websites known for publishing conspiracy theories and factually inaccurate content, that were denied membership in professional journalistic associations and that are regularly criticized by the country's fact-checking site Faktisk.no (owned by the large media companies in Norway including NRK). However, it is true that these fringe sources discuss the fact that Diesen is widely described as purveyor of Russian propaganda by mainstream sources and experts. --PetterLøkd (talk) 10:16, 22 March 2022 (UTC)

Infobox doesn't fetch Wikidata
I've tried various infobox-types. How get the same amount of wikidata as the Glenn Diesen? – Ponken (talk) 05:10, 12 March 2023 (UTC)


 * I've seen you have made some large additions here, . Would you know how to fix this? Ponken (talk) 12:30, 14 March 2023 (UTC)
 * I've switched to using a Wikidata template on this page. This picks up some fields, but not all. I believe this is due to the sourcing of the claims. It may be easier just to add the fields to this page rather than relying on Wikidata, which is black-boxy. Lizetter (talk) 01:35, 19 March 2023 (UTC)

POV edits attempting to turn this article into a hagiography and promote Russian propaganda
Again we've seen POV edits by new accounts attempting to turn this article on a figure who is primarily known to the public for his well-documented role in the Russian propaganda effort (including RT) and writings on the conspiracy theorist blog Steigan into a hagiography and to promote Russian propaganda, edits that were initiated by the account Gead1979, who has so far only been interested in the article on Glenn Eric Andre Diesen (born 1979). Diesen is primarily known in Scandinavia for being widely – in the sense of very extensively, as documented in the article and AfD discussion – criticized in Scandinavian media for promoting Russian propaganda. Note that there is a thread about the ongoing attempts to whitewash Russian propaganda in the article here: The baseless claim that the well-documented coverage of the criticism of his extensive role in Russian propaganda efforts (including RT) is an "attack" was roundly rejected in the AfD discussion. --PetterLøkd (talk) 21:10, 29 March 2023 (UTC)
 * The comment above is written by a person who has a long history of contempt against senior WP editors, see this: The account is closely associated with Aage Storm Borchgrevink, as discussed by the senior Norwegian editors. It appears that Mr Borchgrevink has a vendetta going against Glenn Diesen. Rather that relying on someone who may have such motives, I have merely translated the start of the Norwegian page, which has been written/reviewed by Norwegian editors. If anyone in this room believes this is wrong, you should edit the Norwegian page first, or discuss such changes on the talk page. It is not in the interest of WP to smear an academic in on the English WP page, it is far better to use the more neutral POV from the Norwegian page, while retaining links to those who have criticized him. Lizetter (talk) 08:21, 19 April 2023 (UTC)

Again we've seen attempts to promote Russian propaganda here from a brand new account that has only made a handful of edits since registering a few months ago, that claims to be based in "Brabant" but that contrary to that is suspiciously/primarily interested in an obscure Norwegian college professor at a third tier institution who is really only known for his role in the Russian propaganda effort on RT – for which he has faced extensive criticism in Norway/Scandinavia. It's quite obvious to me that the attempts to promote Russian propaganda, and the harassment of Borchgrevink, now also on this talk page (see also discussion here; as a senior and long-time Wikipedian myself, with seven years of experience, I didn't know who he was until quite recently) has been coordinated by the pro-Putin conspiracy theorist website Steigan, where Diesen is a prolific contributor. I'm inclined to revert such attempts at Russian propaganda here on sight, particularly as the comment above looks very much like it's straight out of a Russian troll factory. --PetterLøkd (talk) 13:51, 21 April 2023 (UTC)

Yet another SPA account – one of many at this point – has appeared here to edit-war and promote Diesen, and to portray him – who is mainly known for his role in Russian propaganda broadcaster RT and pro-Putin conspiracy blog Steigan, as "an expert commentator on Russian matters". The user "Koetene" has only made three edits, his only other (non-Diesen related) edits are to an article on an obscure town in Saxony-Anhalt. The (also new) account Lizetter who has made the identical edits to Diesen's biography is also interested in obscure towns in Saxony-Anhalt. Due to the ongoing problems with promotion of Russian propaganda by new accounts we need perhaps to ask for an increase in protection level so that only established contributors can edit, in any event we need to watch the article closely. --PetterLøkd (talk) 12:43, 26 April 2023 (UTC)

PetterLøkd, User:Lizetter and User:Koetene are CU-confirmed and blocked. Pay them no mind. Drmies (talk) 20:56, 3 May 2023 (UTC)


 * Thanks, that doesn't surprise me. --PetterLøkd (talk) 14:04, 5 May 2023 (UTC)

NPOV
I support this edit because, for example, it removes WP:OR violating material; material about Arne Treholt can go into an article about that person, but can't be put here in this way unless a source combines the information in that way, i.e. mentions it in that context within a source about Glenn Diesen. The article should be neutral, stating facts and not combining facts to insinuate things (see WP:OR), and neither promoting nor downgrading the subject. Also keep WP:BLP in mind. ☺ Coppertwig (talk) 18:57, 30 March 2024 (UTC)