Talk:Greta Thunberg

Prose Template Added
The prose template was added by user FMSky  (talk)‎ to three sections on Thunberg's page suggesting that the tagged sections may read better as prose instead of list format. The sections tagged are: Further activism in Europe and end of sabbatical year, Post-COVID-19 pandemic, and Post-high school graduation.

Let's get a consensus on whether to shift away from list format to prose. My opinion is that Thunberg's notable activities are more suited for list format rather than prose—but I could just be lazy. That's Not My Name 2020 (talk) 17:43, 21 December 2023 (UTC)


 * Removed prose templates from Thunberg's page due to no comments on the matter. That's Not <b style="color:#F00">My</b> <b style="color:#00F">Name</b> <b style="color:#F00">2020</b> <b style="color:#00F">(talk)</b> 10:30, 21 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Sorry I missed this conversation. Those sections are already prose so you were right to remove the templates. They do read as a bit listy and can certainly be improved into better prose but there's a difference between WP:PL issues and bullet-point lists. <b style="color:#98F">W</b><b style="color:#97E">a</b><b style="color:#86D">g</b><b style="color:#75C">ge</b><b style="color:#83C">r</b><b  style="color:#728">s</b><small  style="color:#080">TALK  10:54, 23 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you @Waggers for your input. I agree that it's "a bit listy and can certainly be improved into better prose." Famous last words: One of these days I'm a-gonna do it. 🤔 <b style="color:#F00">That's</b> <b style="color:#00F">Not</b> <b style="color:#F00">My</b> <b style="color:#00F">Name</b> <b style="color:#F00">2020</b> <b style="color:#00F">(talk)</b> 14:48, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

Pro-Palestinian activism
Thunberg has been detained at a pro-palestinian protest. Should her activism for the cause be included? She has been vocal here now for 6 months.

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/greta-thunberg-detained-eurovision-protest-220335954.html

https://apnews.com/article/climate-march-protest-amsterdam-election-89e27f58c0b68dd369db576bf4ec846c

https://www.politico.eu/article/greta-thunberg-gaza-israel-war-crimes-and-genocide/

Helpingtoclarify (talk) 03:47, 12 May 2024 (UTC)


 * Yes. She has been accused by the WSJ of being antisemitic. Earlier last year she was also caught posting antisemitic tropes on Twitter/X and even The Telegraph called it "This Eurovision protest with Greta Thunberg is an ugly new low for the anti-Israel Left".
 * I am shocked this very well sourced WP article doesn't mention anything at all about her usage of antisemitic language and participation on political protests.
 * Let's see if any of the caretakers of this article will allow any of these RS to even be included here.
 * 2601:19E:427E:5BB0:FDF8:EC95:E42D:7E08 (talk) 17:37, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Do you have any text to propose adding? The sources you presented appear to be RS. The IP is using op-ed sources and is presenting their bias in an unconstructive manner. – Muboshgu (talk) 17:43, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
 * I'd label her anti-semetic. But it would get taken down. 73.100.184.209 (talk) 13:03, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
 * It would be taken down, because there are no WP:RS that say that. Palestinians are Semites so being pro-Palestinian is pro-Semetic. – Muboshgu (talk) 15:07, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Our article Antisemitism explains the misunderstanding: "Due to the root word Semite, the term is prone to being invoked as a misnomer by those who incorrectly assert that it refers to racist hatred directed at "Semitic people" in spite of the fact that this grouping is an obsolete historical race concept. Likewise, such usage is erroneous; the compound word antisemitismus was first used in print in Germany in 1879 as a "scientific-sounding term" for Judenhass (lit. 'Jew-hatred'), and it has since been used to refer to anti-Jewish sentiment alone." --GRuban (talk) 19:20, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Regardless, the main point is that (1) we will not call Thunberg an anti-Semite for engaging in pro-Palestinian protests in a keffiyeh, and (2) we can add something about her engaging in the protests to this article. – Muboshgu (talk) 19:32, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
 * The piece covered in the Politico article was also covered by the Guardian, and we've used that source to cover the article she wrote. I've added a sentence on the Eurovision protest. The AP article is more about an interruption to a speech she was making than it is about the speech or Greta herself, so doesn't really give us anything useful to add to the article. <b style="color:#98F">W</b><b style="color:#97E">a</b><b style="color:#86D">g</b><b style="color:#75C">ge</b><b style="color:#83C">r</b><b  style="color:#728">s</b><small  style="color:#080">TALK  07:55, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 12 July 2024
The opening line of the article says: Greta Tintin Eleonora Ernman Thunberg (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈɡrêːta ˈtʉ̂ːnbærj] ⓘ; born 3 January 2003) is a Swedish Far-left little goblin

It should say: Greta Tintin Eleonora Ernman Thunberg (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈɡrêːta ˈtʉ̂ːnbærj] ⓘ; born 3 January 2003) is a Swedish climate activist 2603:8001:4F00:4012:A14A:C69F:3143:F3A5 (talk) 22:40, 12 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Pictogram voting wait.svg Already done The article had been vandalized. This has been corrected. – Muboshgu (talk) 22:50, 12 July 2024 (UTC)