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GG by the numbers
- ArbCom/ARCA/AE cases: 1 (3 requests); 2 ARCA requests, 48 AE cases
- Number of sanctions/page protections: 18 blocks, 24 Tbans, 5 indeffs, 7 page-level sanctions, 27 protection level changes, 4 pending-change settings alterations, 3 cautions, a reminder, a reprimand, and an admonishment
- Period of peak growth; length of article: Sept. 5 – Nov. 1; ~150,000 bytes
- Top contributing editors: Ryulong, NorthBySouthBaranof, Masem, Strongjam, TheRedPenOfDoom, Aquillion, PeterTheFourth, Starship.paint, Brustopher, Halfhat
- Archive pages in talk: 47 pages, 9.99M bytes
- Word cloud analysis,[nb 2]: top 10 talkpage words: sources, article, gamergate/gg, reliable, game, harassment, discussion, claims, people, movement
- Number of GG threads at Jimbo Wales' talk archives: 21
Notes
- ^ Please note that "public" is used here in its traditional and not legal sense. The two parties to this breakup are not public figures.
- ^ Courtesy of tagcrowd.com
- ^ It is important to recognize that not all editors making "Anti-GG" edits are in fact at odds with GG, and not all editors making "GG-friendly" edits are in fact favorably inclined toward GG. The article's edit history provides numerous examples of editors who have been characterized off-Wikipedia as pro- or anti-GG adding well-sourced content that runs against their assigned label or restoring a consensus version of the article despite what might be assumed to be their own sympathetic perspective. In the article's early history, editors Masem and NorthBySouthBaranof might both be regarded as particularly good examples of this.
Additional readings
- Auerbach, David (5 February 2015). "The Wikipedia Ouroboros". Slate. The Slate Group. ISSN 1091-2339.
- Chituc, Vlad (11 September 2015). "GamerGate: A Culture War for People Who Don't Play Video Games". The New Republic. Chris Hughes.
- Dewey, Caitlin (29 January 2015). "The Intersect: Gamergate, Wikipedia and the limits of 'human knowledge'". The Washington Post. Fred Ryan. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
- Flöck, Fabian; Laniado, David; Stadthaus, Felix; Acosta, Maribel (2015). Towards Better Visual Tools for Exploring Wikipedia Article Development — The Use Case of "Gamergate Controversy". 2015 International Conference on Weblogs and Social Media (ICWSM). Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI).
- Hern, Alex (23 January 2015). "Wikipedia votes to ban some editors from gender-related articles". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
- Auerbach, David (28 October 2014). "How to End Gamergate". Slate. The Slate Group. ISSN 1091-2339.
- Isquith, Elias (1 November 2014). "Gamergate's infuriating myth: Why searching for common ground is a big mistake". Salon. Salon Media Group. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
From the Signpost
- Gamaliel. "News and notes: Superprotect, one year later; a contentious RfA – Contentious RfA draws nearly 300 participants". The Signpost. Volume 11, Issue 32, 12 August 2015.
- Harry Mitchell. "Arbitration report: We've built the nuclear reactor—now what colour should we paint the bikeshed? – Other business". The Signpost. Volume 11, Issue 7, 18 February 2015.
- Gamaliel. "In the media: Wikipedia on 60 Minutes, Kickstarter, and in the classroom – Another victim of notability?". The Signpost. Volume 11, Issue 14, 08 April 2015.
- Gamaliel and Andreas Kolbe. "In the media: Gamergate; a Wiki hoax; Kanye West". The Signpost. Volume 11, Issue 10, 11 March 2015.
- Gamaliel. "In the media: Is Wikipedia eating itself?". The Signpost. Volume 11, Issue 6, 11 February 2015.
- Gamaliel. "In the media: Gamergate and Muhammad controversies continue". The Signpost. Volume 11, Issue 5, 04 February 2015.
- Harry Mitchell. "Arbitration report: Slamming shut the GamerGate". The Signpost. Volume 11, Issue 5, 04 February 2015.
- Masem and Protonk. "Forum: Evaluating the Arbitration Committee's handling of GamerGate". The Signpost. Volume 11, Issue 04. 28 January 2015.
- Go Phightins! and Harry Mitchell. "In focus: Thirteen editors sanctioned in mammoth GamerGate arbitration case". The Signpost. Volume 11, Issue 04, 28 January 2015.
- Harry Mitchell. "Arbitration report: As one door closes, a (Gamer)Gate opens". The Signpost. Volume 11, Issue 03, 21 January 2015.
- Gamaliel. "In the media: Wales on GamerGate". The Signpost. Volume 10, Issue 50. 24 December 2014.
- Guerillero. "Arbitration report: In brief". The Signpost. Volume 10, Issue 40, 15 October 2014.
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