User talk:HandThatFeeds

Jorts

You undid my edit stating that "Slate and CNet are reliable sources". Well, first, Slate hasn't been evaluated and CNET hasn't been considered reliable since 2022. But that's not the issue. As I put in my justification, their articles aren't written from their own investigations. They have relied, by their own admission, entirely in the Reddit thread, which is NOT a reliable source. There's no dispute that the "story" of Jorts and Jean has been created by the Reddit and Twitter creator(s), but there is no evidence that any of the events related have ever occurred. That is what makes the sourcing unreliable—the article authors haven't interviewed the creator(s). The entire section is based on a Reddit thread. The whole article is a disaster, but the section on Office Events is particularly problematic. Ghost writer's cat (talk) 19:36, 25 November 2024 (UTC)

That's a misunderstanding of what "reliable source" means. We definitely could not use the original posts as reliable, but these are independent secondary sources, reporting what those posts said. Whether or not they interviewed the creator(s) is irrelevant. RS do not have to perform investigations to still be reliable for our purposes. — The Hand That Feeds You:^Bite 19:43, 25 November 2024 (UTC)

Some odd behavior?

That user on the Talk:COVID-19 page has a bizarre editing history. Mostly dormant from 2014-2023, recently began picking up editing in spaces concerning the supposed "lab leak origin theory" of COVID. What do you think? I don't think COVID-19 is the right article for them to be discussing this issue, but that aside their combative attitude is not serving them any benefits as of now. Let me know what you think. I don't really want to haul this person to some noticeboard (mostly because I dislike bureaucracy) but push comes to shove I s'pose we ought to do something about it. X750. Spin a yarn? _{Articles I've screwed over?} 20:59, 31 December 2024 (UTC)

@X750: what happened is a congressional panel here in the United States released a statement that endorses the lab leak theory, based on... an op-ed. While ignoring actual research that says it's nonsense. So of course, the conspiracists latched onto it and are hitting our articles demanding we believe them. https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/12/congressional-republicans-conclude-sars-cov-2-originated-in-a-lab-leak/ — The Hand That Feeds You:^Bite 11:32, 1 January 2025 (UTC)

I understand. Thank you for the insight & explanation; it is hard as a foreigner (despite my residence within the U.S.) to process all that goes on within the American news sphere. So, a total nothingburger in the grand scheme of things. X750. Spin a yarn? _{Articles I've screwed over?} 00:05, 2 January 2025 (UTC)