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Removal Of Self-Promotion
Regarding Promotional Tone, primarily my attention caught unnecessary self-promotional tones here; Aligning herself with Anita Sarkeesian and Zoe Quinn - Noting the creation of a legal defense fund - This quote, "I’m one of the best-known women developers in the world today. That’s a fact." There are sourced materials that Brianna Wu is (or was) a columnist and/or contributor for; The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, The Huffington Post, The Mary Sue, and Polygon - This is a conflict of interest and suggests influence. Her PDF link for Argentus is a magazine creation website and is convincingly padding her RESUME. Adjustments should be made before a nomination for deletion is renewed. --j0eg0d (talk) 09:52, 24 May 2015 (UTC)
- By all means, nominate the article for deletion, and we'll see how things shake out. After that, however, I request you go over to Muhammad Ali and tag that article for deletion as well; there is an absolute ridiculous amount of self-promotion by that subject (e.g., his claim to being "the greatest" is completely unsourced). Dumuzid (talk) 17:27, 26 May 2015 (UTC)
- To beg debate on Muhammad Ali's achievements by comparison to severely-objective claims? Is puerile absurdity. --j0eg0d (talk) 09:52, 28 May 2015 (UTC)
- It seems like one of the editors to the page discusses this and related articles with the subject. It does seem strange that this hasn't been mentioned before.--Runescrape (talk) 04:09, 6 March 2016 (UTC)
- On further review, MarkBernstein's edits appear to be a conflict of interest. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Runescrape (talk • contribs) 04:16, 6 March 2016 (UTC)
- absurd and despicable, this complaint is also misplaced. AE is that away --> MarkBernstein (talk) 10:54, 6 March 2016 (UTC)
- No, you have been in contact with the subject numerous times on Twitter. As your talk page appears to be protected, I have no way to notify you anyway if I wanted to file an AE claim.--Runescrape (talk) 15:00, 6 March 2016 (UTC)
- absurd and despicable, this complaint is also misplaced. AE is that away --> MarkBernstein (talk) 10:54, 6 March 2016 (UTC)
Inc. Magazine
[1] David Whitford, "WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS Brianna Wu vs. the Troll Army", Inc. April 2015.
Boston Globe 9-15-2015
This should go in the lead
This amount of funding for new emotional tech is very significant.
"She says her company will soon release a new version of Revolution 60, a shoot-'em-up set in outer space, and is seeking $25 million in funding to develop software that will help computers know when we're happy, frustrated, or sad."
www.inc.com/david-whitford/gamergate-women.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by The most effectual Bob Cat (talk • contribs) 09:12, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
- Not done for now: Please leave a while to let a consensus for this edit develop. When you find a consensus, or if no-one responds in a reasonable amount of time, please reactivate the edit request template. — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 09:42, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
It's only significant if they actually get funded to create the technology. Anyone can say they're looking for funding. (Similarly, creating the technology is the notable part; the funding itself is interesting, but the achievement is it working). Fleetingshadow (talk) 02:45, 4 January 2016 (UTC)
Clear BLP violations should not be restored. TPO doesn't grant exemptions. The conversation isn't going to lead to improving the article as BLP violations cannot be added. We don't subject Wu to such idle speculation when made by others and for good reason. |
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Unencylopedic lineIn a September 2015 interview, Wu stated that she was "taking a step back" and no longer responding to hateful posts before blocking them. How Wu chooses to use her social media isn't encyclopedic or notable. --TheTruthiness (talk) 06:18, 7 January 2016 (UTC)
And, in point of fact, it has now been discussed in The Washington Post: [2]. <redact> MarkBernstein (talk) 00:22, 18 February 2016 (UTC) |
One of the editors to this article appears to have discussed it with the subject
Is this a problem?--Runescrape (talk) 03:51, 6 March 2016 (UTC)
- Nope. PeterTheFourth (talk) 03:55, 6 March 2016 (UTC)
(The rest of this inappropriate and unproductive discussion has been redacted.) MarkBernstein (talk) 17:31, 6 March 2016 (UTC)
500/30 restrictions
Given recent disruptions and the history of disruptions and article protection stretching back to 2014, I am extending the 500/30 restriction that is on the Gamergate controversy article to this one. This action is not the result of any complaint delivered to me or any other administrator. I will consider lifting this restriction after observing its effect on this article for at least three months. This restriction may be appealed to WP:ANI, WP:AE, or any appropriate venue by any party. Gamaliel (talk) 19:25, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
- @Gamaliel: Can you also add {{pp-30-500}} to the article body? That will give a nice blue lock icon. There is an edit filter that MusikAnimal setup that looks for it, although I don't think it's enforcing yet. There is also the old edit filter that is currently enforcing 500/300 on the GGC article and some caste articles. — Strongjam (talk) 20:07, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
- Done Thank you. Gamaliel (talk) 20:11, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
- The blue padlock won't do anything by itself (despite the documentation). We'll need to manually add it to Special:AbuseFilter/698, which I can do for you, if you'd like. phab:T126607 will be implemented soon, when you'll be able to simply apply the "extendedconfirmed" protection as you would any other protection level — MusikAnimal talk 21:26, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
- Just to clarify, I presume that the addition of the 500/30 rule is a preemptive restriction because of the ending of the current protection in three weeks? I ask, because I can't see any significant problems here from people who would not pass that condition, but I might be missing something and, of course, we might not be seeing problems while the article is protected. - Bilby (talk) 22:27, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
- I examined the history of problems and it's been protected on and off since 2014. I thought it was time to try something new. Gamaliel (talk) 01:26, 10 March 2016 (UTC)
- Fair enough, although it seems the bigger problem in the last 4 months has been issues between established editors, as the only editors who would fall under the 500/30 conditions weren't really doing anything problematic. I guess we'll revisit this in three months time. - Bilby (talk) 01:37, 10 March 2016 (UTC)
- I only looked at logged sanctions and the most recent version of the talk page. If there were problems that weren't logged, I didn't take them into account. If there are other problems, we can certainly discuss them here, though AE might be the best place for certain types of issues. Gamaliel (talk) 01:44, 10 March 2016 (UTC)
- Isn't User:Runescrape the only editor that doesn't meet it? Next to the hatted BLP violation and the related BLPN discussion, he/she was pretty mild. Regardless of whether you are acting on a complaint, did you receive one? Just curious as to what attracted you here if it wasn't correspondence of some fashion. --DHeyward (talk) 02:26, 10 March 2016 (UTC)
- Gamaliel, while you're here and concerned about the state of the article could you please investigate the claim that "[the subject] later returned to college to finish her degree in investigative journalism", which seems to have no supporting citations? Thanks in advance.--Runescrape (talk) 03:03, 10 March 2016 (UTC)
- Gamaliel- do you intend 500/30 to cover just the article proper, or the talk page as well? PeterTheFourth (talk) 03:22, 10 March 2016 (UTC)
- PeterTheFourth, are you implying that noting unsourced claims is improper in some way? You appear to be responding to me, so I would advise that if you are offended by unsourced material I would advise you either find supporting citations ASAP or remove the <redacted> claim.--Runescrape (talk) 03:40, 10 March 2016 (UTC)
- Any claim is potentially fabricated, This one is derived from a direct quote from the subject. We have no reason to doubt it, and in its nature it's difficult to refute. Why would anyone want to? MarkBernstein (talk) 03:50, 10 March 2016 (UTC)
- PeterTheFourth, are you implying that noting unsourced claims is improper in some way? You appear to be responding to me, so I would advise that if you are offended by unsourced material I would advise you either find supporting citations ASAP or remove the <redacted> claim.--Runescrape (talk) 03:40, 10 March 2016 (UTC)
- Gamaliel- do you intend 500/30 to cover just the article proper, or the talk page as well? PeterTheFourth (talk) 03:22, 10 March 2016 (UTC)
- I only looked at logged sanctions and the most recent version of the talk page. If there were problems that weren't logged, I didn't take them into account. If there are other problems, we can certainly discuss them here, though AE might be the best place for certain types of issues. Gamaliel (talk) 01:44, 10 March 2016 (UTC)
- Fair enough, although it seems the bigger problem in the last 4 months has been issues between established editors, as the only editors who would fall under the 500/30 conditions weren't really doing anything problematic. I guess we'll revisit this in three months time. - Bilby (talk) 01:37, 10 March 2016 (UTC)
- I examined the history of problems and it's been protected on and off since 2014. I thought it was time to try something new. Gamaliel (talk) 01:26, 10 March 2016 (UTC)
- Done Thank you. Gamaliel (talk) 20:11, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
Problems
- The article links to a small podcast as a citation... and a broken link.
- "[the subject] later returned to college to finish her degree in investigative journalism" - Unsupported by any citations. Please add them or remove the claim.
- ", then worked as a journalist until [the subject] was inspired by the release of the iPhone to work as a graphical designer and create a videogame." - Also unsupported by any citations. Please add them or remove the claim. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Runescrape (talk • contribs) 03:10, 10 March 2016 (UTC)