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If I were to work on this further, I would probably distinguish permanent bans from temporary bans. I've also considered moving the whole thing into a table but I don't know if that works with the manual of style. Deku-shrub ( talk) 11:15, 29 October 2017 (UTC)
A shadow list of people who I've found weak sources for to stop editors wasting their time with unless they can find stronger ones Deku-shrub ( talk) 13:02, 22 January 2018 (UTC)
John K. had his Twitter account deleted last year, due of his scandal and the 'fake' threats was not made by John and in truth, was made by a troll called Jimmy Connor trying to be John K. MariaSantanaSilva ( talk) 16:50, 10 January 2019 (UTC)
There's a thread here https://twitter.com/isabelleheck/status/932091283232968704 Deku-shrub ( talk) 21:10, 19 December 2017 (UTC)
Twitter's suspension if a candidate on the ballot in a major third party is inherently notable and possibly constitutes election interference. Jimmy Dore has covered Wikipedia's deletionist treatment if Green Party candidates in major elections. Scottandrewhutchins ( talk) 17:48, 30 August 2018 (UTC)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AB0Bx_Ew6cg video that discusses in part anti-Green Party bias on Wikipedia -- Scottandrewhutchins ( talk) 05:09, 31 August 2018 (UTC)
This list includes some people without Wikipedia articles, including 'journalist Guy Adams', an unidentified Japanese man and an American woman. Should they be included here? Given that hundreds of ordinary people have been banned or suspended from Twitter, I think it would make sense to limit this list to those who are actually notable in their own right. Robofish ( talk) 13:30, 29 October 2017 (UTC)
Maybe just say "List of people blocked from Twitter" and expand on the type of blocks in the lead section. More concise. -- Green C 23:37, 29 October 2017 (UTC)
Should Shadow banning be added to to the see also section? Per Please explain at Talk:Twitter suspensionshow Shadow banning relates to suspensions. I'll try to stay out of this discussion as I am not a major editor on this article. Thank you - Endercase ( talk) 16:42, 16 January 2018 (UTC)
2018 is too much! Please add!
Deku-shrub ( talk) 22:44, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
Section 3 of the article page is titled "List of notable suspensions." The lead refers vaguely to "Suspensions of high-profile individuals," but nowhere do we define what constitutes notability of a suspension or how individuals are designated high profile. As the list now stands, there are 53 entries, of which 37 are Wikilinked to a Wikipedia page dedicated to that individual or group. The remaining 16 entries have no corresponding WP pages. To remedy the "I can't keep up!" problem identified in the preceding Talk section added today by Deku-shrub, I propose expressly narrowing the criteria for inclusion in our "List of notable suspensions," to include only those individuals or groups to which Wikipedia has dedicated a standalone article page. KalHolmann ( talk) 23:42, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
Suspensions are temporary. Some items on this list are permanent bans; therefore they are not suspensions. Just because Twitter may use Orwellian speech, does not mean Wikipedia can't use the English language. wumbolo ^^^ 06:50, 7 September 2018 (UTC)
There was a little consideration in the AfD that this article's name should be changed/clarified. I mooted "High-profile Twitter suspensions" or something similar. Thoughts? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nosebagbear ( talk • contribs) 17:27, 8 September 2018 (UTC)
Regarding this edit from user Kendrick7:
Gateway Pundit is the polar opposite of a reliable source, they've been involved in countless hoaxes, and I think the only reason they haven't been formally deprecated is because they're usually never cited to begin with. Dissident Voice, WSWS seem to be basing their reporting on Unity4J's own claims. The Inquistr appears to be relying on an RT story.
None of these sources support the claim that the account was only temporarily suspended, and the lack of mainstream press coverage suggests that this suspension isn't high profile enough to warrant mention. Nblund talk 20:10, 21 July 2019 (UTC)
Well I don't know what else we can do at this point to settle this dispute. No matter how many sources I add, eight different sources by my current count, [2] mysteriously none of them seem to be good enough. I'm just tagging this up for now. -- Kendrick7 talk 14:49, 26 July 2019 (UTC)
@ Grayfell: why isn't everyone on this page unnamed per BLPNAME? If I could choose, only those with wiki articles would be named. wumbolo ^^^ 21:55, 23 July 2019 (UTC)
There was an article on this:
There were a handful of names not from this list:
Some should be added Deku-shrub ( talk) 15:50, 10 August 2019 (UTC)
Has this individual's twitter suspension been addressed elsewhere? Markvrb ( talk) 05:58, 16 August 2019 (UTC)
I am from his very, very large congregation, which you can Google to see more information about. This morning he showed us a screenshot of his email from Twitter saying he is banned for discussing certain sections of the Talmud. Shinzurochi ( talk) 15:16, 16 August 2019 (UTC)
While doing some research on Twitter that had happened on 2nd / 3rd November 2017, it appeared that a Twitter troll going by Threat Slayer abused the reporting system and managed to get many Twitter users permanently suspended for "violent threats." The reason for this was because he knew how exploitable Twitter's automated suspensions are, which permanently suspends users for making "threats to users," even though it was a long time ago. After this, he searches for a tweet containing words/phrases that actually threatens (such as "kill you") and uses bot accounts to continuously report it until the account for that tweet gets permanently suspended automatically. It seems that users affected by Threat Slayer's doing cannot appeal for these suspensions according to Twitter's abusive behavior policy. Garygoh884 ( talk) 03:32, 22 September 2019 (UTC)
If there are corresponding pages for suspensions on other platforms such as Facebook they should be linked to this page. If similarly formated with reason and length could be useful to indicate whether certain groups claiming they are targeted more than others actually are. If there are none maybe a mention can be included on thispage that other social media do not remove people. (EXAMPLE: /info/en/?search=Facebook_suspensions) Colonial Computer 04:36, 6 August 2020 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 22yearswothanks ( talk • contribs)
Not true. My account has been suspended twitter.com/QuentinUK and it says "Twitter suspends accounts which violate the Twitter Rules" with a link to Twitter Rules page but not an individual rule. And they haven't sent me an email to even say that the account is suspended. They do send emails when I log in, that's all I've heard directly from them. QuentinUK ( talk) 18:00, 23 November 2020 (UTC)
Cartoonist Ben Garrison's account @GrrrGraphics has been suspended, but I can't find any reporting of it other than Twitter mentions. Trivialist ( talk) 23:11, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
I think twitter may have just suspended a whole lot of accounts recently, of relative nobodies, possibly connected to the dc events. i cant find any reliable sources at this time (or even unreliable), but if i do i will bring them here for review for entry. i can speculate but i wont ,that is original research, but a whole bunch did seem to drop off in last 2days, and that will be commented on at some point. Mercurywoodrose ( talk) 07:04, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
That Daisy Naylor article in no way substantiates the claim “There have been concerted campaigns to shut down conservative organizations, accounts that promote free speech action”. Bias Nuncacat ( talk) 02:44, 15 January 2021 (UTC)
I posted when it was made public that Tony Shaffer was suspended from Twitter and Pokelova has removed it twice now. Is there a reason? Pardon my lack of understanding. DharmaDrummer ( talk) 18:42, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
It was according to @ SWinxy but [4] still looks suspended to me. Freoh ( talk) 01:30, 15 December 2022 (UTC)
I would like to raise a question regarding the "followers at the time of suspension" figure provided by socialblade.com. It appears that this figure may not be capable of accurately reflecting the sudden surge of followers for a specific account immediately before its suspension. In the case of Tetsuya Yamagami, the main defendant in the assassination case of Shinzo Abe, his account "silent hill 333" (@333_hill) [5] was revealed on July 17, 2022, and subsequently suspended by Twitter on the 19th. SocialBlade was only able to capture the follower count as of the 17th. However, according to various reliable sources, the number of his followers exceeded 40k right before the suspension. [6] [7] (Independent screen capture somehow proves that his follower count well exceeded the figure from SocialBlade. [8]) Could someone provide an explanation for this discrepancy? -- Sameboat - 同舟 ( talk · contri.) 06:11, 21 August 2023 (UTC)
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If I were to work on this further, I would probably distinguish permanent bans from temporary bans. I've also considered moving the whole thing into a table but I don't know if that works with the manual of style. Deku-shrub ( talk) 11:15, 29 October 2017 (UTC)
A shadow list of people who I've found weak sources for to stop editors wasting their time with unless they can find stronger ones Deku-shrub ( talk) 13:02, 22 January 2018 (UTC)
John K. had his Twitter account deleted last year, due of his scandal and the 'fake' threats was not made by John and in truth, was made by a troll called Jimmy Connor trying to be John K. MariaSantanaSilva ( talk) 16:50, 10 January 2019 (UTC)
There's a thread here https://twitter.com/isabelleheck/status/932091283232968704 Deku-shrub ( talk) 21:10, 19 December 2017 (UTC)
Twitter's suspension if a candidate on the ballot in a major third party is inherently notable and possibly constitutes election interference. Jimmy Dore has covered Wikipedia's deletionist treatment if Green Party candidates in major elections. Scottandrewhutchins ( talk) 17:48, 30 August 2018 (UTC)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AB0Bx_Ew6cg video that discusses in part anti-Green Party bias on Wikipedia -- Scottandrewhutchins ( talk) 05:09, 31 August 2018 (UTC)
This list includes some people without Wikipedia articles, including 'journalist Guy Adams', an unidentified Japanese man and an American woman. Should they be included here? Given that hundreds of ordinary people have been banned or suspended from Twitter, I think it would make sense to limit this list to those who are actually notable in their own right. Robofish ( talk) 13:30, 29 October 2017 (UTC)
Maybe just say "List of people blocked from Twitter" and expand on the type of blocks in the lead section. More concise. -- Green C 23:37, 29 October 2017 (UTC)
Should Shadow banning be added to to the see also section? Per Please explain at Talk:Twitter suspensionshow Shadow banning relates to suspensions. I'll try to stay out of this discussion as I am not a major editor on this article. Thank you - Endercase ( talk) 16:42, 16 January 2018 (UTC)
2018 is too much! Please add!
Deku-shrub ( talk) 22:44, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
Section 3 of the article page is titled "List of notable suspensions." The lead refers vaguely to "Suspensions of high-profile individuals," but nowhere do we define what constitutes notability of a suspension or how individuals are designated high profile. As the list now stands, there are 53 entries, of which 37 are Wikilinked to a Wikipedia page dedicated to that individual or group. The remaining 16 entries have no corresponding WP pages. To remedy the "I can't keep up!" problem identified in the preceding Talk section added today by Deku-shrub, I propose expressly narrowing the criteria for inclusion in our "List of notable suspensions," to include only those individuals or groups to which Wikipedia has dedicated a standalone article page. KalHolmann ( talk) 23:42, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
Suspensions are temporary. Some items on this list are permanent bans; therefore they are not suspensions. Just because Twitter may use Orwellian speech, does not mean Wikipedia can't use the English language. wumbolo ^^^ 06:50, 7 September 2018 (UTC)
There was a little consideration in the AfD that this article's name should be changed/clarified. I mooted "High-profile Twitter suspensions" or something similar. Thoughts? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nosebagbear ( talk • contribs) 17:27, 8 September 2018 (UTC)
Regarding this edit from user Kendrick7:
Gateway Pundit is the polar opposite of a reliable source, they've been involved in countless hoaxes, and I think the only reason they haven't been formally deprecated is because they're usually never cited to begin with. Dissident Voice, WSWS seem to be basing their reporting on Unity4J's own claims. The Inquistr appears to be relying on an RT story.
None of these sources support the claim that the account was only temporarily suspended, and the lack of mainstream press coverage suggests that this suspension isn't high profile enough to warrant mention. Nblund talk 20:10, 21 July 2019 (UTC)
Well I don't know what else we can do at this point to settle this dispute. No matter how many sources I add, eight different sources by my current count, [2] mysteriously none of them seem to be good enough. I'm just tagging this up for now. -- Kendrick7 talk 14:49, 26 July 2019 (UTC)
@ Grayfell: why isn't everyone on this page unnamed per BLPNAME? If I could choose, only those with wiki articles would be named. wumbolo ^^^ 21:55, 23 July 2019 (UTC)
There was an article on this:
There were a handful of names not from this list:
Some should be added Deku-shrub ( talk) 15:50, 10 August 2019 (UTC)
Has this individual's twitter suspension been addressed elsewhere? Markvrb ( talk) 05:58, 16 August 2019 (UTC)
I am from his very, very large congregation, which you can Google to see more information about. This morning he showed us a screenshot of his email from Twitter saying he is banned for discussing certain sections of the Talmud. Shinzurochi ( talk) 15:16, 16 August 2019 (UTC)
While doing some research on Twitter that had happened on 2nd / 3rd November 2017, it appeared that a Twitter troll going by Threat Slayer abused the reporting system and managed to get many Twitter users permanently suspended for "violent threats." The reason for this was because he knew how exploitable Twitter's automated suspensions are, which permanently suspends users for making "threats to users," even though it was a long time ago. After this, he searches for a tweet containing words/phrases that actually threatens (such as "kill you") and uses bot accounts to continuously report it until the account for that tweet gets permanently suspended automatically. It seems that users affected by Threat Slayer's doing cannot appeal for these suspensions according to Twitter's abusive behavior policy. Garygoh884 ( talk) 03:32, 22 September 2019 (UTC)
If there are corresponding pages for suspensions on other platforms such as Facebook they should be linked to this page. If similarly formated with reason and length could be useful to indicate whether certain groups claiming they are targeted more than others actually are. If there are none maybe a mention can be included on thispage that other social media do not remove people. (EXAMPLE: /info/en/?search=Facebook_suspensions) Colonial Computer 04:36, 6 August 2020 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 22yearswothanks ( talk • contribs)
Not true. My account has been suspended twitter.com/QuentinUK and it says "Twitter suspends accounts which violate the Twitter Rules" with a link to Twitter Rules page but not an individual rule. And they haven't sent me an email to even say that the account is suspended. They do send emails when I log in, that's all I've heard directly from them. QuentinUK ( talk) 18:00, 23 November 2020 (UTC)
Cartoonist Ben Garrison's account @GrrrGraphics has been suspended, but I can't find any reporting of it other than Twitter mentions. Trivialist ( talk) 23:11, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
I think twitter may have just suspended a whole lot of accounts recently, of relative nobodies, possibly connected to the dc events. i cant find any reliable sources at this time (or even unreliable), but if i do i will bring them here for review for entry. i can speculate but i wont ,that is original research, but a whole bunch did seem to drop off in last 2days, and that will be commented on at some point. Mercurywoodrose ( talk) 07:04, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
That Daisy Naylor article in no way substantiates the claim “There have been concerted campaigns to shut down conservative organizations, accounts that promote free speech action”. Bias Nuncacat ( talk) 02:44, 15 January 2021 (UTC)
I posted when it was made public that Tony Shaffer was suspended from Twitter and Pokelova has removed it twice now. Is there a reason? Pardon my lack of understanding. DharmaDrummer ( talk) 18:42, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
It was according to @ SWinxy but [4] still looks suspended to me. Freoh ( talk) 01:30, 15 December 2022 (UTC)
I would like to raise a question regarding the "followers at the time of suspension" figure provided by socialblade.com. It appears that this figure may not be capable of accurately reflecting the sudden surge of followers for a specific account immediately before its suspension. In the case of Tetsuya Yamagami, the main defendant in the assassination case of Shinzo Abe, his account "silent hill 333" (@333_hill) [5] was revealed on July 17, 2022, and subsequently suspended by Twitter on the 19th. SocialBlade was only able to capture the follower count as of the 17th. However, according to various reliable sources, the number of his followers exceeded 40k right before the suspension. [6] [7] (Independent screen capture somehow proves that his follower count well exceeded the figure from SocialBlade. [8]) Could someone provide an explanation for this discrepancy? -- Sameboat - 同舟 ( talk · contri.) 06:11, 21 August 2023 (UTC)