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On 28 March 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Jaroslav Záruba, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Jaroslav Záruba tricked a Waffen-SS unit into surrendering to the Government Army of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia by falsely claiming that British troops were advancing against Prague? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Jaroslav Záruba. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page ( here's how, Jaroslav Záruba), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Z1720 ( talk) 00:03, 28 March 2024 (UTC)
Good close. I had the RfC opener approach me on my user talk requesting I close, but I wasn't going to touch that with a mile long barge pole. TarnishedPath talk 06:35, 28 March 2024 (UTC)
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Hello. I'm here in regard to your closure of this RFC [1]. As far as I'm aware, RFC closure takes more into account strength of the arguments rather than quantity of votes (especially given the contentious topic area and possible canvassing) - I think this RFC was an evident case that the former principle should be upheld when closing, and I'll further explain why: In my vote, I have posted multiple reliable sources that state ethnic cleansing, but there are so much more sources that I could not include in the vote because it would've been a huge wall of text. I'll email you a full pdf list of sources if you don't mind, please examine them (download link expires in 3 days). As you can see, there is a clear consensus among WP:RS such as international experts (IAGS, Genocide Watch, Laurence Broers, Lemkin Institute, including multiple former UN or ICC officials: OCampo, Hasmik Egian, Juan Mendez, and many other sources), multiple statements saying that ethnic cleansing has occurred, and there isn't really anything disputing them which is important - we cannot discredit something so largely stated by experts in dozens of sources if it's not even disputed.
I think the RFC closure should be revised, please take a look and the list and let me know what you think, I implore you to consider your decision. Have a good weekend! Vanezi ( talk) 09:30, 6 April 2024 (UTC)
On 8 April 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Karl Loewenstein (banker), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that shortly after being liberated from the Theresienstadt Ghetto in 1945, Holocaust survivor Karl Loewenstein was sent to Pankrác Prison? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Karl Loewenstein (banker). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page ( here's how, Karl Loewenstein (banker)), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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I think
your close was generally correct, but I think that this aspect is an incorrect assessment of consensus: A few editors suggested that, regardless of outcome, it should not be used for
WP:BLPs. No direct reasoning was presented for that, however, some indirect reference to our policies could be divined within the greater context of the remarks of those editors and these suggestions were not really rebutted.
I searched the RfC and "BLP" was used six times in the discussion. Only two of those mentions are in relation to the reliability of the source, and as you noted, neither provided any direct reasoning
:
In addition, based on some of the past statements linked, a use for BLP or politicised situations within the fog or war would be very reckless at best.
Yeah, I have very little faith in their editorial review which go beyond WP:BIAS and regularly WP:Fringe. At best, they really shouldn’t be used for anything related to BLP, Russia and Israel, at worst (and IMO this part is most likely) a full depreciation may be in order.
The only indirect reference to policy
is to BIAS (as FRINGE is a guideline), and you discounted that argument in another part of the close. I can't really divine[]
what other policies these editors may or may not have been thinking about. I'm not sure what past statements
the first commenter is thinking about, and without more reasoning, I wouldn't say that this single argument is strong enough to establish a consensus that Mondoweiss should not be used for BLPs just because nobody happened to rebut it in a long discussion.
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On 13 April 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Nancy Ross, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that just seven years after being elected to a local school board, Nancy Ross was a candidate for Vice President of the United States? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Nancy Ross. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page ( here's how, Nancy Ross), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Schwede 66 12:02, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
Hello :)
I am unfamiliar with the rules in such a case, would you be willing to help: as I am actively involved in the discussion (and not an admin), I am nevertheless permitted to explain my position there, right? Should it be policy-based only, or can/should I clarify my vote as well, should issues regarding interpretation arise? FortunateSons ( talk) 20:07, 16 April 2024 (UTC)
"Assuming I would like them to consider the question of the content of the discussion being closer to gunrel than no consensus (with all due respect to you as the closer, of course), do I have to request that specifically, or is that done without suggestion?" I'd suggest you !vote to Revert the Close in that case -- in doing so, you may (though it's not necessary) want to explain that you believe it should have been closed as Unreliable (this might rapidly get confusing to whomever has to close the close review, otherwise). Chetsford ( talk) 20:50, 16 April 2024 (UTC)
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On 28 March 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Jaroslav Záruba, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Jaroslav Záruba tricked a Waffen-SS unit into surrendering to the Government Army of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia by falsely claiming that British troops were advancing against Prague? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Jaroslav Záruba. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page ( here's how, Jaroslav Záruba), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Z1720 ( talk) 00:03, 28 March 2024 (UTC)
Good close. I had the RfC opener approach me on my user talk requesting I close, but I wasn't going to touch that with a mile long barge pole. TarnishedPath talk 06:35, 28 March 2024 (UTC)
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Hello. I'm here in regard to your closure of this RFC [1]. As far as I'm aware, RFC closure takes more into account strength of the arguments rather than quantity of votes (especially given the contentious topic area and possible canvassing) - I think this RFC was an evident case that the former principle should be upheld when closing, and I'll further explain why: In my vote, I have posted multiple reliable sources that state ethnic cleansing, but there are so much more sources that I could not include in the vote because it would've been a huge wall of text. I'll email you a full pdf list of sources if you don't mind, please examine them (download link expires in 3 days). As you can see, there is a clear consensus among WP:RS such as international experts (IAGS, Genocide Watch, Laurence Broers, Lemkin Institute, including multiple former UN or ICC officials: OCampo, Hasmik Egian, Juan Mendez, and many other sources), multiple statements saying that ethnic cleansing has occurred, and there isn't really anything disputing them which is important - we cannot discredit something so largely stated by experts in dozens of sources if it's not even disputed.
I think the RFC closure should be revised, please take a look and the list and let me know what you think, I implore you to consider your decision. Have a good weekend! Vanezi ( talk) 09:30, 6 April 2024 (UTC)
On 8 April 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Karl Loewenstein (banker), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that shortly after being liberated from the Theresienstadt Ghetto in 1945, Holocaust survivor Karl Loewenstein was sent to Pankrác Prison? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Karl Loewenstein (banker). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page ( here's how, Karl Loewenstein (banker)), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Waggers TALK 12:02, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
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On 12 April 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Gendarmerie (Czechoslovakia), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that four members of the interwar Czechoslovak Gendarmerie were killed in action against the Sudetendeutsches Freikorps during the Clash at Habersbirk? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Gendarmerie (Czechoslovakia). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page ( here's how, Gendarmerie (Czechoslovakia)), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Gatoclass 12:03, 12 April 2024 (UTC)
The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
I think
your close was generally correct, but I think that this aspect is an incorrect assessment of consensus: A few editors suggested that, regardless of outcome, it should not be used for
WP:BLPs. No direct reasoning was presented for that, however, some indirect reference to our policies could be divined within the greater context of the remarks of those editors and these suggestions were not really rebutted.
I searched the RfC and "BLP" was used six times in the discussion. Only two of those mentions are in relation to the reliability of the source, and as you noted, neither provided any direct reasoning
:
In addition, based on some of the past statements linked, a use for BLP or politicised situations within the fog or war would be very reckless at best.
Yeah, I have very little faith in their editorial review which go beyond WP:BIAS and regularly WP:Fringe. At best, they really shouldn’t be used for anything related to BLP, Russia and Israel, at worst (and IMO this part is most likely) a full depreciation may be in order.
The only indirect reference to policy
is to BIAS (as FRINGE is a guideline), and you discounted that argument in another part of the close. I can't really divine[]
what other policies these editors may or may not have been thinking about. I'm not sure what past statements
the first commenter is thinking about, and without more reasoning, I wouldn't say that this single argument is strong enough to establish a consensus that Mondoweiss should not be used for BLPs just because nobody happened to rebut it in a long discussion.
voorts (
talk/
contributions) 04:48, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
On 13 April 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Nancy Ross, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that just seven years after being elected to a local school board, Nancy Ross was a candidate for Vice President of the United States? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Nancy Ross. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page ( here's how, Nancy Ross), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Schwede 66 12:02, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
Hello :)
I am unfamiliar with the rules in such a case, would you be willing to help: as I am actively involved in the discussion (and not an admin), I am nevertheless permitted to explain my position there, right? Should it be policy-based only, or can/should I clarify my vote as well, should issues regarding interpretation arise? FortunateSons ( talk) 20:07, 16 April 2024 (UTC)
"Assuming I would like them to consider the question of the content of the discussion being closer to gunrel than no consensus (with all due respect to you as the closer, of course), do I have to request that specifically, or is that done without suggestion?" I'd suggest you !vote to Revert the Close in that case -- in doing so, you may (though it's not necessary) want to explain that you believe it should have been closed as Unreliable (this might rapidly get confusing to whomever has to close the close review, otherwise). Chetsford ( talk) 20:50, 16 April 2024 (UTC)
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