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Change "violent direct action" to "violence" in the lead

Why is Wikipedia allowing editors to sugar-coat how ANTIFA achieves it's objectives? It should also be worth changing "left-wing" to "far left" donnellan Donnellan0007 (talk) 04:15, 4 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Go find some reliable sources that use the language you like and come back. BrigadierG (talk) 17:45, 4 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Direct action is an accurate term and I don't believe it downplays violence in any way. It's the term used by antifa activists, and by reliable sources describing them. DFlhb (talk) 17:50, 27 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Change The Atalntic into The Atlantic

There is a typo in one of the sources which should be fixed. For users who have permission to edit the article: press F3 and search for Atalntic Croxyz (talk) 21:16, 17 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Done, thanks for pointing that out. – Arms & Hearts (talk) 13:45, 19 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

This article is disgustingly biased.

Not even a small criticisms section? 2605:A601:AC3D:E100:41B6:9878:BC09:36D6 (talk) 13:19, 29 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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 :{{done}}, thanks for pointing that out. &ndash;&nbsp;[[User:Arms & Hearts|Arms & Hearts]] ([[User talk:Arms & Hearts|talk]]) 13:45, 19 September 2022 (UTC)
+== This article is disgustingly biased. ==
+Not even a small criticisms section? [[Special:Contributions/2605:A601:AC3D:E100:41B6:9878:BC09:36D6|2605:A601:AC3D:E100:41B6:9878:BC09:36D6]] ([[User talk:2605:A601:AC3D:E100:41B6:9878:BC09:36D6|talk]]) 13:19, 29 September 2022 (UTC)