Talk:Pastel QAnon

Sources Commentary
Many facts are backed up with multiple secondary sources; however one entire section which contains 2 sentences only has one citation that seems unrelated to the facts presented.

Not all sources that should have been used were used; there are no sources discussing the topic with POC women, and only one source specifically talking about the topic with white women. Sources mainly contain information about how QAnon conspiracies are spreading to other platforms, how the conspiracy originated, and political/news events related to QAnon such as the attack on the Capitol and the Nashville Bomber. There are a few related sources about pastel QAnon, such as sources about yoga, women making the conspiracy aesthetic, and mom groups. Sources are diverse. Better and more numerous sources are available that more relate to the topic at hand. More sources should include how the conspiracy targets marginalized women or victimized women. There should also be more sources about how pastel QAnon is stylized and spread throughout social media platforms. Links work.

One source is not reliable -- a youtube video by a television host -- and this source seems to be used about 10 times in the article.Jennameyers106 (talk) 04:36, 20 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you for this. I see you're a student editor but you're already showing a good understanding of the Reliable Sources policy. I what you say is right, especially about how it needs more sources about the groups targeted by Pastel QAnon. Could you go further and find some suitable sources yourself? If you don't add them directly to the article, you can post them here on the Talk page. Cheers, MartinPoulter (talk) 17:17, 20 March 2021 (UTC)


 * Also thanks, I did my best when writing the article to find as many sources as I could. I really agree about the issue with lack of sources discussing impact on women of colour, I just couldn't find any. I think one issue is people are writing about pastel QAnon without using the term, just saying QAnon and its just getting lost in the sea of content about them. If you find any additional sources please feel free to add them and any other information included (this seems to be a topic where quite a lot of content is being produced). Or if you would prefer just add the references and suggested text to the talk page. Since you're a student would you be able look behind the paywall of some journals for sources? The two people I see writing about this most are Becca Lewis and Marc-André Argentino but I'm sure there are others. I think also there are probably interviews on podcasts with QAnon experts which would be helpful eg QAnon Anonymous, I don't have the stomach to hear about the stuff for very long. One question, why do you think the Samantha Bee Youtube reference isn't reliable?
 * Thanks again
 * John Cummings (talk) 22:33, 23 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Hi there – I know I'm fairly late to the party, and didn't see these messages on the talk page before I began my major restructuring of the article. Hopefully it is okay now!
 * I really don't think Samantha Bee is a reliable source on this issue – at the end of the day, she is a comedian and doesn't have any expertise in the area. If we do re-introduce her segment on here (it covers a lot of topics that I can't find in RS), then they should be correctly attributed as her claims. If she refers to a study/newpaper report, then we ought to include the original, rather than just her commentary on them.
 * Hope this clarifies things. —AFreshStart (talk) 14:41, 16 February 2022 (UTC)

Suggested source
I haven't time to add it in now, but this article by Marc-André Argentino for a platform backed by King's College London seems like it could add a lot of detail to this article. MartinPoulter (talk) 22:55, 22 March 2021 (UTC)

Wandered across Los Angeles Times article that includes "pastel QAnon": California’s yoga, wellness and spirituality community has a QAnon problem. Could be useful for article (I find this QAnon crazyness too depressing at moment to analyse article for content to add to Wikipedia's Pastel QAnon article.) --EarthFurst (talk) 21:50, 11 September 2021 (UTC)
 * I've added these to the article (better late than never?). —AFreshStart (talk) 14:42, 16 February 2022 (UTC)

Queerbaiting?
Looking in the see also section, I'm not sure I understand why Queerbaiting is listed as a related topic. Are there WP:RS that discussion Pastel QAnon in conjunction with that topic? I didn't see anything in the article content that suggests a connection, especially since QAnon is a far-right political movement that isn't exactly very supportive of queer rights. aismallard (talk) 09:13, 10 April 2022 (UTC)


 * Deleted as irrelevant. Dronebogus (talk) 19:36, 10 April 2022 (UTC)