User:Tym Whittier/sandbox

Here's what I DIDN'T Just Post about Gab: (saving it for later, to see if there's anything worth saving after the fit of literary madness has passed...)


 * A serious look at Torba's posts disputes this. It's obvious that he deliberately comes as close to the line as possible, by taking common alt-right themes and memes and varies them so as to convey the bulk of the "controversial" idea without actually crossing the line.  A "dog whistle", if you will.  What many Editors fail to seem to appreciate, and what this Article does not convey at all, is the "troll" characteristic of the Alt-Right. They do it to solicit the over-reaction of the "normies".  So the question isn't if regularly Torba makes posts that appear anti-semitic (or counter-semitic, some might say), but whether or not it's actual anti-semitism, or a kind of "dog whistle" to reinforce the group identity of the trolls. i.e. "I am one of you.  (Just recently, Trump suddenly became a "nationalist".) I mention this because it is dangerous to assume that all of this points to an organized effort that may result in genocide.  Getting a reliable source (like Newsweek) to say something is a coup, but getting Wikipedia to say it (with it's encyclopedic voice) is an even greater coup.  Editors should be cautious, and not over-react, as the "reliable sources" are being deliberately provoked.  The provocative (in the least cerebral sense of the word, toll-like quality of Gab is completely unmentioned.  Instead the focus is on establishment use of language and definitions that are being hotly contested and disputed, by trolls, adopting the anonymous identities of "racists" and "anti-semites", aka "LARPing Nazis" for the purpose of advancing an ideological agenda in direct opposition to the current status quo, which is for the most part (as expected) exemplified here on the encyclopedic Wikipedia.  Gab is a "free speech" platform, and it is short-sited to assume that all speech that occurs there is exactly as it appears to the uninitiated.  Meme Warfare includes meta-linguistics, i.e. "talking about talking" or "using speech to illustrate the differences between speech and meaning", and an infinite number of permutations and variations thereof.  What it's NOT is exactly what it looks like except for when it is.  The hubris of the Authoritarian Left is that they control the language and what words mean, and Gab is an online and electronic manifestation of those

testing sandbox

Extract from Tea House conversation about Admins


 * In a very general sense, see WP:ADMINACCT, you can also browse through the page/archives at WP:ANI, WP:AN and admins you find interesting. Arbitration/Index/Cases probably have some, and I'm sure there's more. In short, admins are people and people make mistakes and are disagreed with. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 08:53, 5 November 2018 (UTC)
 * You may also find forums such as Wikipediocracy interesting. And perhaps Press coverage 2018. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 09:00, 5 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks. This is substantive, and meaty.  Something to chew on.Tym Whittier (talk) 15:57, 5 November 2018 (UTC)

Pages I Need to Read:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:No_amount_of_editing_can_overcome_a_lack_of_notability

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Adventure

WP:Don't feed the trolls

WP:BLOCK

WP:DELETE

WP:PROT

wheel war

administrator

the guideline

let it go

WP:ADMINACCT

WP:ANI

WP:AN

Arbitration/Index/Cases

Wikipediocracy

Press coverage 2018