Talk:The Base (hate group)

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Other refs

Here are some sources in case anyone wants to start expanding this article before I can find the time to do it:

-- Rrburke (talk) 13:21, 18 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Here's another more recent one: "3 Alleged Members Of Hate Group 'The Base' Arrested In Georgia, Another In Wisconsin". This is a different incident than the three guys arrested a few days earlier in Maryland. Bitter Oil (talk) 17:18, 20 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Norman Spear/Rinaldo Nazzaro

Two recent articles about the identity and location of "Norman Spear".

Bitter Oil (talk) 16:33, 24 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, they are already being used.Slatersteven (talk) 17:39, 24 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Another source

https://www.informant.news/p/cracking-open-the-base -- Rrburke (talk) 00:00, 30 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

And yet another: Prepping for a race war: documents reveal inner workings of neo-Nazi group ([https://archive.ph/7QJzJ archive). Bitter Oil (talk) 18:21, 30 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

August 2019 censorship of PLATFORM article

I had tried to make an article about this 6 months ago:

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Base (platform)

This article was created in December, ~4 months afterward, ~2 months ago.

Should The Base (platform) redirect to this current page, or should we have separate articles about the group itself vs the web interface it was using?

Special:Diff/923796097 shows how in October someone also tried to add info but it was reverted with "Bitter Oil" implying that the deletion of the article (and removal of disambig) was motivated by the perception that anyone trying to document this group were Nazis, which is an undeserved attack on our editor base.

BO nominated this page for deletion in January as well: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Base (hate group). It's concerning why BO seemed to be trying to minimize this ("run of the mill, small") despite it's coverage. Olivia comet (talk) 21:56, 24 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I doubt they are independently notable, thus no I do not think we need two articles on a minor hate group and its activities. No it should not be a redirect to here as a google search of "The Base (platform)" brings up a number of unrelated hits.Slatersteven (talk) 23:04, 24 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]