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== Reptilians quotes == |
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] added this section : |
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:As of 2003 the reptilian bloodline encompassed 43 American presidents, three British and two Canadian prime ministers, several Sumerian kings and Egyptian pharaohs, and a smattering of celebrities, including ], ] and ]. Key bloodlines are the ]s, ]s, various European aristocratic families, the establishment families of the Eastern United States, and the British ].<ref name=Barkun2003p104/> |
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The referenced page of Barkun2003 is and doesn't include any of those claims, nor could I find them in the rest of the chapter on Icke. Unfortunately, SlimVirgin isn't alive any more so I can't ask her. I don't want to simply delete as unfounded the work of a very experienced editor, but this needs fixing. |
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::The diff you added only shows SV re-arranging the material. It appears to have been added much earlier. Looking back a little farther, say , there's a much more detailed reference that breaks down the sources. Not clear if that covers every claim, but more ground to cover at least. ] ] 13:42, 13 June 2021 (UTC) |
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:::I've never been able to find a single reliable source for the claim that Icke believes in this farcical "Reptilian" theory. I'm 99% sure it's simply a smear tactic used against him to put people off listening to the other (very legitimate) subjects he speaks about. A bunch of links to articles in far left rags claiming that he said this or that (with zero sources) isn't worthy of mentioning in an encyclopedia, nor does it make the claims true. All of these smears and falsified "beliefs" that have been pinned on him should be entirely removed from the article.<!-- Template:Unsigned --><span class="autosigned" style="font-size:85%;">— Preceding ] comment added by ] (] • ]) </span> |
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::::There seem to be thousands, including his own publications and many interviews where he promotes these claims. This includes many conservative outlets. I'm sorry, but since your claim appears to make zero sense on its face, perhaps you can clarify your position first? Are you saying he's being sarcastic the whole way through? ] ] 01:19, 27 August 2021 (UTC) |
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::::@82.2.204.195 For some reason I can’t reply to the IP address directly, but in this interview<nowiki/>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlAjeTunopo he says that at 4:00. Note that Icke essentially replies that “The phrase ‘The world is run by shapeshifting lizards’ is a one line oversimplification without my backstory or context, if you read deeper into it and into my works you will understand it better.” but upon further examination it remains equally as false and baseless with no real or valid evidence. This isn’t a smear, those claims are real. |
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::::Also note that the interviewer and others say that some of Icke’s other claims in the video are based on events that have actually happened so at least those theories and claims have got that going for them, that being they are based in part on reality, but the claim “Buckingham palace and the world is run by shapeshifting lizards and reptiles” is one he appears to genuinely agree with and has touted for years ] (]) 02:40, 14 May 2023 (UTC) |
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== Claims == |
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Adding this here to avoid an edit-war. I recently went in and changed multiple references to 'claims' to more neutral language in accordance with WP:CLAIM and, in doing so, helped remedy some WP:NPOV issues. This has since been reverted by @] on the basis of "] ''does not say that we should never use the word, but "To say that someone asserted or claimed something can call their statement's credibility into question" - which is exactly what we should do for statements which do not deserve any credibility''". |
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For the avoidance of doubt, I agree that the statements lack credibility (Ike is labelled, correctly, as a conspiracy theorist after all), but I do think that belief, in and of itself, is not a neutral point of view. NPOV states "A neutral point of view neither sympathizes with nor disparages its subject (or what reliable sources say about the subject), although this must sometimes be balanced against clarity. Present opinions and conflicting findings in a disinterested tone. Do not editorialize. When editorial bias towards one particular point of view can be detected the article needs to be fixed. The only bias that should be evident is the bias attributed to the source." It would appear, rather, that we fix this not with the use of 'claims' throughout, but through making sure that we don't create false balance. As the NPOV article continues "There are many such beliefs in the world, some popular and some little-known: claims that the Earth is flat, that the Knights Templar possessed the Holy Grail, that the Apollo Moon landings were a hoax, and similar ones. Conspiracy theories, pseudoscience, speculative history, or plausible but currently unaccepted theories should not be legitimized through comparison to accepted academic scholarship. We do not take a stand on these issues as encyclopedia writers, for or against; we merely omit this information where including it would unduly legitimize it, and otherwise include and describe these ideas in their proper context concerning established scholarship and the beliefs of the wider world.". Ergo we need to make sure each 'claim' is described in its proper context. We can achieve this by either linking to or borrowing from relevant pages - for example the ], which manages to cover the subject without frequent use of 'claims' and other npov language. In doing so the following: |
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According to Ike, there is an inter-dimensional race of reptilian beings, the ] or ], which have hijacked the Earth. |
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...would become: |
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Ike is a proponent of the ], believing that there is an inter-dimensional race of reptilian beings, which have hijacked the Earth. |
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Use of the link to a conspiracy theory page, here, would provide context without comparison to accepted academic scholarship. |
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I could be entirely wrong here though and would welcome discussion. ] (]) 04:40, 25 April 2023 (UTC) |
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:You should read ] and ]. Icke is so far out that it would be perverse to stay in the middle between him and reality. |
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:If your interpretation of ] were correct and the use of the word "claim" were inappropriate for Icke, then it would be better to clearly state "Never use that word". |
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:Also, you are saying "npov" when you mean "pov". --] (]) 06:21, 25 April 2023 (UTC) |
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:Agree. ] (]) 11:19, 4 September 2024 (UTC) |
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:Agree. ] (]) 11:19, 4 September 2024 (UTC) |
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::Also agree, he never hit the big time as a footballer, was somewhat more successful as a BBC sports presenter, and then really hit the big time with his alternative (cough cough) theories.--'''''] <sup>]</sup>''''' 11:41, 4 September 2024 (UTC) |
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::Also agree, he never hit the big time as a footballer, was somewhat more successful as a BBC sports presenter, and then really hit the big time with his alternative (cough cough) theories.--'''''] <sup>]</sup>''''' 11:41, 4 September 2024 (UTC) |
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:::yup ] (]) 15:19, 4 September 2024 (UTC) |
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Note as this was started today, at least give it until tomorrow to decide if there is a consensus. ] (]) 14:46, 4 September 2024 (UTC) |
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* No disagreement. Restored to {{TQ|English conspiracy theorist (born 1952)}} — ] <sup>]</sup> 20:12, 7 September 2024 (UTC) |
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* Agree per points mentioned above. He is primarily known as a conspiracy theorist. ] (]) 00:22, 8 September 2024 (UTC) |
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== Not merely allegations == |
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@] you reverted my edit, and said see . You're gonna have to be a lot more specific than that. |
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] (]) 03:46, 27 December 2024 (UTC) |
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:Saying "x is an antisemite" in Wikivoice is a very serious and potentially libellous accusation, and it is always best to err on the side of caution by attributing it. Take it to ] if you care enough. By my reading of what scholars of new religious movements and that ilk have said of Icke (and they are probably the most qualified to understand him), they tend to see his claims regarding the protocols of Zion as part of the smorgasbord of his conspiracy worldview, and that his claims about reptilians are sincere and not merely a code for Jews. ] (]) 03:54, 27 December 2024 (UTC) |
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::Re: lizard people being divorced from antisemitism: first of all, it is a common dog whistle. Secondly, here is a from one of his youtube videos prior to it getting nuked (). You will notice that the lizard people have stars of david and israeli and american flags on them. Please share a link to research that refutes this. |
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::Re: antisemite vs. antisemitic opinions: |
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::He was banned from entering Australia and the Netherlands for his antisemitism. He's been called an antisemite in the , had , and the Center for Countering Digital Hate produced a that stated, in part: |
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::''"These features form a funnel structure that directs curious viewers from popular channels that regularly present Icke as an expert speaker on coronavirus, through to Icke’s own videos that play into current trends on hate and misinformation, arriving finally at the antisemitism that underpins all of Icke’s work."'' |
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::If that's not an antisemite, I don't know what is. I hear you about the need to err on the side of caution, but I think it's also important to ask: what kind of caution? Of course we need to be careful not to expose wikipedia to litigation. |
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::BUT we also need to use caution that we don't downplay hate. |
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::Perhaps I will go to WP:BLPN. I'll have to think about it. ] (]) 04:33, 27 December 2024 (UTC) |
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:::WP:BLP says {{tq|BLPs should be written responsibly, cautiously, and in a dispassionate tone}} and {{tq|Do not label people with contentious labels, loaded language, or terms that lack precision unless a person is commonly described that way in reliable sources}} I simply don't think your version passes this. I think we can say "a number of academics and journalists have described his claims about elders of Zion and the Rothschilds as antisemitic" but "Icke is an antisemite" is going too far. ] (]) 04:47, 27 December 2024 (UTC) |
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::::@] Also removed from ] pending BLPN discussion. |
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The Short description generally follows the basic information contained in the lead of the article. He is not much known as a footballer. Icke seems to be best known as a conspiracy theorist. This article starts David Vaughan Icke (...) is an English conspiracy theorist and ...
so a Short description of English conspiracy theorist (born 1952)
is reasonable. — GhostInTheMachine 11:17, 4 September 2024 (UTC)