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    The Big Picture: Polarity Contest

    I have to say, I feel the quip about racism at the end isn't warranted until we actually see the nominations. The Best Picture category was expanded specifically so more films could be included and it wouldn't be surprising if they took advantage of that to have Black Panther in there as one of...
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    Editor's Note, Supplemental: 20 August, 2018

    I feel I am being misunderstood. Nothing I have posted should be understood as me personally taking exception to anyone's politics or how they express their feelings about politics. However, your statement about "leaving politics at the door" in announcing the change of ownership has provoked...
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    Opinion: On Plagiarism

    Plagiarism is very much the kind of thing a career journalist would think is the worst ethical breach that can occur in journalism. It is a big offense against the people copied and it is cheating the journalist's employers, but for everyone else there is no real harm. Journalists plagiarizing...
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    Editor's Note, Supplemental: 20 August, 2018

    There was no "bad faith" involved in bringing this up. I found the tweets because I used the search function on Twitter for tweets by Agnello mentioning Trump. Anyone could do that in mere minutes. Using the same means, I checked the history of the other editors on Twitter as well. My reasoning...
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    Opinion: On Plagiarism

    One issue with plagiarism is that you also repeat the mistakes of others. While there was one instance Schreier identified where Wikipedia was plagiarized, it was not in the video he links in his piece. The material about Super Mario Odyssey was taken from the Super Mario Wiki...
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    Can anyone identify an actual, literal Nazi who had anything to do with this site?

    Asking, because apparently it is necessary: [tweet t=https://twitter.com/russpitts/status/1031730595670511616] [tweet t=https://twitter.com/russpitts/status/1031735650586898433] In context, this would seem to be referring to former Defy Media head Alexander Macris, who is definitely not...
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    Editor's Note, Supplemental: 20 August, 2018

    Pretty sure it was stated that Escapist was "leaving politics at the door" and this applied not just to content being published, but people being hired. Nothing in this announcement would seem to present evidence of that being the case. I suppose if one is mainly hiring friends and people one...
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    Returning Members

    In fact, this was brought up during the stream with Andrew Eisen and it was definitely established that it was gone and not coming back. That forum is no more. It has ceased to be. It is an ex-forum. Unfortunate, given that as with many other things about the past few years the content has been...
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    Please welcome your newest moderator, Lilani!

    Okay, Lilani, I have a very important question to ask you and I expect you to answer as honestly as possible. Your ability to have a pleasant and welcoming experience as a moderator may very well ride on whether you can answer this question to the full satisfaction of the forum community. Here...
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    The Hugo Awards

    The edit war on Day's page [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Theodore_Beale&offset=20150422000000&action=history&tagfilter] is still raging as the editor, WeldNeck, who has been most persistently removing the attacks from the bio popped in again...
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    The Hugo Awards

    Just as expected, after the material on Vox Day's bio had been removed by another editor the admin PresN restored all of it [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Theodore_Beale&diff=657129767&oldid=657091986]. It was improved a bit in subsequent editing...
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    The Hugo Awards

    So another update on some of the goings on with Wikipedia. Vox Day's bio is still getting hit with someone trying to use "Freethought blogs" as a "reliable source" for claiming Vox Day supports acid attacks on women...
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    The Hugo Awards

    Not that anyone should be shocked, but there has been some efforts to edit the Wikipedia articles associated with these nominations in a way that targets those involved. The most frequent activity has been on Vox Day's article with editors routinely looking to insert misrepresented material...