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MEMRI

Hemiauchenia you closed the Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard/Archive_305#RfC:_Middle_East_Media_Research_Institute_(MEMRI) as no consensus, would you mind re-reviewing that closure given the amount of socking that occured in the RFC? There are 4 socks of banned editors in that discussion, 3 Icewhiz and one AndresHerutJaim. The now blocked socks listed at the top of the RFC now, and each of those users was already banned when it was held. There was also a non-ec editor who was disqualified from participation as well (Resowithrae) nableezy - 14:35, 27 November 2023 (UTC)

Based on my grepping skills, which admittedly is out of practice so a review is welcome, absent the four banned sockpuppets, 11 users for options 1 and 2, and 19 for options 3 and 4, with 15 of those for deprecate alone, and each of the four option 3 votes were either also for 4 or on the fence between 3 and 4. To 11 for either 1 or 2. Im not suggesting this should be changed to deprecate so long after it was run, but it certainly should be listed as generally unreliable. nableezy - 16:18, 27 November 2023 (UTC)

I would be okay with the RFC being reclosed, but given that I opened it in the first place I would rather someone else uninvolved do it. Hemiauchenia (talk) 16:33, 27 November 2023 (UTC)

Somebody out here willing to look at this? Though to be honest I dont think Hemiauchenia is actually involved, they didnt vote and only opened it on the basis that we had no recent discussion. nableezy - 17:37, 27 November 2023 (UTC)

I don't think that re-closing is the right approach here. The RfC was held 3 years ago, the context and information landscape may have evolved since then. A new RfC would allow for the inclusion of updated information and recent developments, ensuring that the decision is based on the current state of affairs rather than outdated discussions. Alaexis_¿question? 20:43, 27 November 2023 (UTC)

Of course you dont, you want to be able to argue that the RSP entry, not representative of the discussion minus the socks though it is, allows for the usage of a source that had a super majority support deprecation of. Im fine with a new RFC too, but the status quo should reflect the result of the last RFC, without the inclusion of the views of the banned editors that white-anted the RFC. nableezy - 20:46, 27 November 2023 (UTC)

I think holding a new RFC would be the best approach here. Hemiauchenia (talk) 20:53, 27 November 2023 (UTC)

Like I said, I am fine with that. I just also want the status quo to reflect the last RFC that was held as well. Because right now users are using this no consensus to argue anything goes with MEMRI, and that was obviously not "no consensus" minus the Icewhiz+AHJ socks. nableezy - 21:03, 27 November 2023 (UTC)

@Nableezy: I've reclosed the discussion, see [1]. Hemiauchenia (talk) 21:27, 27 November 2023 (UTC)

Thank you very much, mind updating the RSP entry? nableezy - 21:29, 27 November 2023 (UTC)

Already done. Hemiauchenia (talk) 21:32, 27 November 2023 (UTC)

oops, thank you very much. nableezy - 21:33, 27 November 2023 (UTC)

@Hemiauchenia: I don’t think this was appropriate; to put it simply, three years means the discussion is too old to be revisited in this manner - at most the entry at RSP should be removed entirely and a new discussion held. BilledMammal (talk) 00:48, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

I have done what has been asked of me. If you think It's necessary to have a new discussion, go and open one yourself. I Hemiauchenia (talk) 00:52, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

What I’m asking is that rather than reclosing you reverse the close entirely, because three years means the discussion is too old to be revisited in this manner - this will leave RSP with no entry on MEMRI, which should still address Nableezy’s concerns about the result being used in other discussions. BilledMammal (talk) 00:59, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

I'm not going to. Open a new RFC if you care enough. You can remove the RSP entry if you want to though. Hemiauchenia (talk) 01:02, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

Done, thank you. With that said I am considering appealing this close at AN none the less, both due to the closure of a stale discussion and due to the oddity of a person who opened an RfC also being the person who assessed the consensus of it. BilledMammal (talk) 01:08, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

There's no reason to take this to AN, appealing the closure (or re-closure) of a 3 year old discussion is just a waste of time. Galobtter (talk) 01:14, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

Normally that is true, but RSP entries are treated as the last word on the reliability of sources in contentious areas. Having one so clearly corrupted by socks of banned users was, to me at least, a Bad Thing™. nableezy - 01:16, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

Not objecting to you asking for a reclose; just to spending a bunch of time at AN. Galobtter (talk) 01:18, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

I would prefer it not to be necessary but I think it might be, due to Nableezy reverting the removal from RSP and due to the irregularities with this closure; if it was just the latter I would probably decide against opening an appeal, but listing at RSP has broad and ongoing consequences. BilledMammal (talk) 01:22, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

If you want to appeal what is about 18-19 deprecate, with repeated examples of outright fabrications offered, to 10 reliable or other considerations apply ending in "between no consensus and generally unreliable" by all means. Id be arguing that deprecate is the correct reading of that consensus though. nableezy - 01:27, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

The person who opened the discussion did not appear to make any comment at all during it. That objection seems wikilawyeresque. Your removal also removed all the links to past discussions, so I reverted that. nableezy - 01:15, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

@Nableezy: You mentioned in this thread that right now users are using this no consensus to argue anything goes with MEMRI would you be able to provide examples of this? Hemiauchenia (talk) 01:18, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

Here and here (article+talk). nableezy - 01:21, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

National File

Earlier this year, the Southern Poverty Law Center reported that National File was created as a means of pushing InfoWars content while disguising its origin. Shouldn't it be included/blacklisted per WP:INFOWARS? Isi96 (talk) 14:28, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

It may be worth mentioning there, but on the plus side [2]. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 15:17, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

Yeah, there aren't any citations to it now, but there's always the risk of new citations to it being added. Isi96 (talk) 23:06, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

Huffington Post UK non-political

I was trying to cite the Huffington Post UK on the new shortwave broadcasts by the BBC on a page, but the Wiki system denied me saving the edit. As far as I understand, the Huffington Post is not completely banned! --Esperfulmo (talk) 11:56, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

@Esperfulmo:I was able to add it. I did not get a message. Richard-of-Earth (talk) 02:19, 11 December 2023 (UTC)

Thanks! It's a mystery why I wasn't allowed. --Esperfulmo (talk) 02:37, 11 December 2023 (UTC)