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Just adding a new section since the above section seems to have a hostile tone in it, but the article has been updated to include the records of the investigation have been released, which may or may not affect the tone in which this article should be written, or if it should be rewritten to be more neutral or include the evidence found within the investigation reports that were just released today. Also might need to add that tag to the page that it involves something current since the investigation records were just released and will likely be researched over the weekend with many people checking in to this page to see if it is neutral and/or factual on the law enforcement section. [[User:Shadzar|shadzar]]-[[User_talk:Shadzar|talk]] 05:28, 30 November 2019 (UTC) |
Just adding a new section since the above section seems to have a hostile tone in it, but the article has been updated to include the records of the investigation have been released, which may or may not affect the tone in which this article should be written, or if it should be rewritten to be more neutral or include the evidence found within the investigation reports that were just released today. Also might need to add that tag to the page that it involves something current since the investigation records were just released and will likely be researched over the weekend with many people checking in to this page to see if it is neutral and/or factual on the law enforcement section. [[User:Shadzar|shadzar]]-[[User_talk:Shadzar|talk]] 05:28, 30 November 2019 (UTC) |
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== Neutrality??? == |
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Around 2014, I was a close follower of the GG movement, and I remember being incredibly disappointed with the way it was covered in the mainstream media, and that includes Wikipedia. I haven't thought about it much since, but I was recently linked to this article, only to be horrified to find that it is just as biased as ever. The first sentence alone is problematic: |
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"The Gamergate controversy stemmed from a '''harassment campaign''' conducted primarily through the use of the hashtag #GamerGate." |
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Harassment campaign? Really? I thought Wikipedia wasn't supposed to use inflammatory language like this. While it is true that many opposing Gamergate would refer to it as a "harassment campaign," absolutely no one within the movement itself, or even someone from the outside as a supporter/follower, would use this terminology, and it definitely should NOT be used in an encyclopedic article, because it smacks of bias. It's the same reason the article on [[Donald Trump]] doesn't begin "Donald Trump is a racist, sexist, misogynistic, homophobic, transphobic, bigoted, neo-Nazi who lied and cheated his way into the office of President of the United States." Because while there are certainly a minority of people who feel that way, these words do not represent the facts. He would not describe himself that way. His base/supporters would not describe him that way. The same principle should apply here. Use language that is not incendiary and that everyone can agree on. If I could rewrite this article's opening sentence, I'd probably put it something like this. |
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"The Gamergate controversy was an online backlash to a perceived lack of ethics in video game journalism. While proponents of the movement argue that it arose solely out of moral concern, opponents have referred to it as a harassment campaign." |
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Bingo. So the opening sentence is two sentences now, but at least it presents both sides of the argument, and does not present either side as though it is the objective, unvarnished truth. Anyone who reads the above should be able to agree with it, because it merely presents the facts: how people on one side have described the movement, and how people on the other side have. It's not nearly as horribly one-sided as the current opening sentence. |
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I could go through this entire article and point out all the ways in which it is disgustingly biased, but I really don't have the time or patience to do so. I just hope that at least one administrator (because as it stands, they are the only ones who can edit this article) will read this and heed my advice, because I think a massive rewrite of this article as a whole is needed. I have always upheld [[WP:NPOV]] as a pillar of Wikipedia, and a large part of what makes it so great, and it does seem like this policy is applied ''most'' of the time. It's just a disappointment that for a small minority of articles, especially those concerning controversial topics, such as this one, the discussion seems to have been dominated entirely by one side, and the page itself fully protected so that the other side has little platform to voice their grievances. I want to see this article improved. Come on, Wikipedia. I know you're better than this. |
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[[User:Alex Devens|Alex Devens]] ([[User talk:Alex Devens|talk]]) 13:20, 11 December 2019 (UTC) |
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Neutrality?
Enough. This is not a forum to air grievances, and years of discussion have led to the conclusion that Gamergate was a harassment campaign. WP:NPOV is clear. If you wish to submit specific additions or changes to the article, start a new section with your proposed change & sources to back it up. Per WP:FORUM I'm closing this. (non-admin closure) — The Hand That Feeds You:Bite 18:51, 15 October 2019 (UTC) |
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The following discussion has been closed. Please do not modify it. |
For the moment there is just no consensus on what exactly happened during Gamer Gate and it will probably take many decades before a consensus may be reached. In other words, it will be the job of future historians reviewing the early XXIst century culture wars. In the meantime, the only honest thing to do is to acknowledge the lack of consensus and give the different narratives equal weight. Fi11222 (talk) 09:00, 15 October 2019 (UTC)
Administrator note @Fi11222: your participation on this article talk page has become increasingly tendentious. There is a limit to the circularity that is going to be permitted here. El_C 18:14, 15 October 2019 (UTC)
A reply to the Admin threat that was just added to this talk section: Look at what just happened here. I am a single individual expressing a dissenting opinion. I did not bring a posse of like minded friends to support me. I am just expressing my personal opinion in good faith. This is what the talk pages are for, aren't they? Now what did happen in response to my initial post? A group of people, obviously coordinated, came in a short span of time to oppose my point of view and create the impression that their is a consensus in their favor. Several of them were rude and one of them summarily cancelled one of my posts. These are intimidation tactics. Not people discussing in good faith. A debate cannot be settled in such a short span of time. People who summon their friends to support them are simply trying to stifle debate. There is no honest attempt at exchanging views here. Just a will to silence dissent. This is the definition of tendentious. Fi11222 (talk) 18:26, 15 October 2019 (UTC) One more threat has been sent to my personal page. What kind of behavior is this? It really smells of totalitarian impulses Fi11222 (talk) 18:35, 15 October 2019 (UTC) Oh, I just realized that this latest threat was sent to me by the author of the most tendentious, disrespectful and obviously partisan post above: "It's cool that you and Alfalfa and the rest of the He-Man Woman Hater's Club claim ..." Shameful disrespect and obvious bias all rolled into one disgusting phrase. Is that what Wikipedia has become? Fi11222 (talk) 18:41, 15 October 2019 (UTC) I just received one more threat on my personal page. This time, I am being asked to "assume good faith". And what about my good faith? Why am I accused of "disruptive" editing and of being "tendentious"? All my posts above have been in good faith and in a measured tone. I never dismissed anyone nor used rude language. I have replied to the arguments offered with reasonable arguments of my own. I do hold a dissenting opinion on this article. Is that "disruptive" or "tendentious" in itself? Fi11222 (talk) 18:47, 15 October 2019 (UTC) |
I've blocked him indefinitely as nothere. In a deleted post he stated that this was an experiment, that we were in a Cold War, and what looks very much like a death threat. Doug Weller talk 20:08, 15 October 2019 (UTC)
- Way to prove everyone here right. "We're not about harassment but I will fucking kill you if you don't do what I say."--Jorm (talk) 20:25, 15 October 2019 (UTC)
- More nuanced than that. It's been rv/deleted but it was more or less if I see any of you in person someone will due. Doug Weller talk 20:56, 16 October 2019 (UTC)
- I saw it. It was specific enough that I wonder if law enforcement shouldn't be involved. Some of us are pretty open about ourselves.--Jorm (talk) 21:14, 16 October 2019 (UTC)
- I messaged Wikipedia's Emergency contact team yesterday, as soon as I saw that. I think we can let them handle it from there, as they have more information than we do about the user's location & potential other accounts. Right now, WP:DENY is more relevant. — The Hand That Feeds You:Bite 21:25, 16 October 2019 (UTC)
- I saw it. It was specific enough that I wonder if law enforcement shouldn't be involved. Some of us are pretty open about ourselves.--Jorm (talk) 21:14, 16 October 2019 (UTC)
- More nuanced than that. It's been rv/deleted but it was more or less if I see any of you in person someone will due. Doug Weller talk 20:56, 16 October 2019 (UTC)
investigations records released
Just adding a new section since the above section seems to have a hostile tone in it, but the article has been updated to include the records of the investigation have been released, which may or may not affect the tone in which this article should be written, or if it should be rewritten to be more neutral or include the evidence found within the investigation reports that were just released today. Also might need to add that tag to the page that it involves something current since the investigation records were just released and will likely be researched over the weekend with many people checking in to this page to see if it is neutral and/or factual on the law enforcement section. shadzar-talk 05:28, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
Neutrality???
Around 2014, I was a close follower of the GG movement, and I remember being incredibly disappointed with the way it was covered in the mainstream media, and that includes Wikipedia. I haven't thought about it much since, but I was recently linked to this article, only to be horrified to find that it is just as biased as ever. The first sentence alone is problematic:
"The Gamergate controversy stemmed from a harassment campaign conducted primarily through the use of the hashtag #GamerGate."
Harassment campaign? Really? I thought Wikipedia wasn't supposed to use inflammatory language like this. While it is true that many opposing Gamergate would refer to it as a "harassment campaign," absolutely no one within the movement itself, or even someone from the outside as a supporter/follower, would use this terminology, and it definitely should NOT be used in an encyclopedic article, because it smacks of bias. It's the same reason the article on Donald Trump doesn't begin "Donald Trump is a racist, sexist, misogynistic, homophobic, transphobic, bigoted, neo-Nazi who lied and cheated his way into the office of President of the United States." Because while there are certainly a minority of people who feel that way, these words do not represent the facts. He would not describe himself that way. His base/supporters would not describe him that way. The same principle should apply here. Use language that is not incendiary and that everyone can agree on. If I could rewrite this article's opening sentence, I'd probably put it something like this.
"The Gamergate controversy was an online backlash to a perceived lack of ethics in video game journalism. While proponents of the movement argue that it arose solely out of moral concern, opponents have referred to it as a harassment campaign."
Bingo. So the opening sentence is two sentences now, but at least it presents both sides of the argument, and does not present either side as though it is the objective, unvarnished truth. Anyone who reads the above should be able to agree with it, because it merely presents the facts: how people on one side have described the movement, and how people on the other side have. It's not nearly as horribly one-sided as the current opening sentence.
I could go through this entire article and point out all the ways in which it is disgustingly biased, but I really don't have the time or patience to do so. I just hope that at least one administrator (because as it stands, they are the only ones who can edit this article) will read this and heed my advice, because I think a massive rewrite of this article as a whole is needed. I have always upheld WP:NPOV as a pillar of Wikipedia, and a large part of what makes it so great, and it does seem like this policy is applied most of the time. It's just a disappointment that for a small minority of articles, especially those concerning controversial topics, such as this one, the discussion seems to have been dominated entirely by one side, and the page itself fully protected so that the other side has little platform to voice their grievances. I want to see this article improved. Come on, Wikipedia. I know you're better than this.
Alex Devens (talk) 13:20, 11 December 2019 (UTC)