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Is Vice magazine a reliable source?

I mean, I have found Vice to be useful with some of its stories and not useful with others. Maybe a better source could be found regarding his anti-feminist views and so forth... such a source shouldn't be difficult to find.--Phil of rel (talk) 22:10, 24 August 2021 (UTC)

COVID-19/Newsweek

@X-Editor: I see you've re-added the information about Yiannopoulos having COVID-19, which is still only sourced to Newsweek. I removed this yesterday with a summary mentioning WP:NOTNEWS and WP:NEWSWEEK: . I have concerns about using that Newsweek article as a source, namely the apparent lack of fact-checking that went into an article reporting that he "had a 93-degree fever". GorillaWarfare (she/her • talk) 20:09, 30 August 2021 (UTC)

I'd be fine with waiting for another source to cover this story. X-Editor (talk) 20:20, 30 August 2021 (UTC)
I'd prefer that plan of action. Would you self-revert? Firefangledfeathers (talk) 20:31, 30 August 2021 (UTC)
I removed it just now. XOR'easter (talk) 02:22, 31 August 2021 (UTC)
Thanks, I'm seeing another piece in PinkNews and nothing else so far. Firefangledfeathers (talk) 02:25, 31 August 2021 (UTC)
Milo's alleged covid situation is questionable, shady; he is a attention craving provocateur and cannot be taken seriously. "Pink" is gossip blog. He lied many times in order to become a headline news even in gossip blogs. (His whole life is a mess, especially his alleged marriage and "new" celibate life as a devout Catholic and "TruNews" contributor.) Moelscene (talk) 06:20, 26 September 2021 (UTC)

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Alt-right

Milo has disavowed being a part of the alt-right movement on several occasions, as have most of the prominent right-wing pundits once associated with it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:189:8201:b000:41bd:a6ea:4466:f9bd (talk) 18:07, 28 September 2021 (UTC)

Please see past discussions on this topic at Talk:Milo_Yiannopoulos/Archive_3#He_is_not_alt_right and Talk:Milo_Yiannopoulos/Archive_5#Alt-right EvergreenFir (talk) 18:11, 28 September 2021 (UTC)
I've seen it. The consensus informed by reliable sources is that this appellation is inaccurate. If you feel it is not, you should provide uncontested reliable sources that demonstrate that in the article cum op cit. As it is, the lead is grossly inaccurate and unsupported. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:189:8201:B000:41BD:A6EA:4466:F9BD (talk) 02:56, 29 September 2021 (UTC)
Hard to prove one does not beat ones wife, when there is no wife and never has been. You would think further evidence would have emerged since accusations 2+ years ago.
If Milo Yiannopoulos is ALT-RIGHT the evidence is not in the article and beyond Buzzfeed is there anything "real"/ Loopbackdude (talk) 01:40, 28 November 2021 (UTC)

"Far right"

Many right-leaning people like Milo are constantly labelled as "far right" on Misplaced Pages. Nazism is far right; Milo is not far right.

I know Misplaced Pages lacks the academic rigour of normal Encyclopedias, but it does seem to have become a bastion of left-leaning contributors.

How many people are labelled "far left" by comparison? Barely anyone. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DiverseSynergy (talk • contribs) 16:23, 4 November 2021 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages reflects what is reported in independent, reliable sources. GorillaWarfare (she/her • talk) 19:47, 4 November 2021 (UTC)
With a smattering of vice, buzzfeed and the other left trolls day jobs. Loopbackdude (talk) 01:41, 28 November 2021 (UTC)

List of Milo's books and Penn State appearance

Hi, I was hoping to add a list of books that Milo has published with the year and ISBNs as well as a sentence about his latest Penn State appearance. The second reference says that 10,000 people signed a petition to stop Milo. This was not a minor event. Here are some examples of Penn State coverage:

https://princetoniansforfreespeech.com/free-speech-hate-and-penn-state-what-first-amendment-experts-say-about-milo-yiannopoulos

https://www.thecollegefix.com/milo-yiannopoulos-is-back-on-campus-no-longer-gay-but-still-attracting-controversy/?fbclid=IwAR2nDZ3pGyvjEafLOp6Dxsw7qdn5wTxndhanX33uWkyJ_xxVJomTAggM684

https://www.psu.edu/news/administration/story/university-leaders-denounce-yiannopoulos-comments-and-tour/

https://www.collegian.psu.edu/news/campus/penn-state-students-condemn-message-of-milo-yiannopoulos-pray-the-gay-away-event/article_dd2c6864-3c31-11ec-84ec-8f38e9df8c30.html

https://www.collegian.psu.edu/news/campus/penn-state-students-against-sexist-violence-to-protest-milo-yiannopoulos-visit-uncensored-america/article_3f164da2-3736-11ec-ae27-2f2c60c84882.html

Here is a list of books with date and ISBN:

  • Yiannopoulos, Milo (2017). Dangerous. ISBN 9780692893449.
  • Yiannopoulos, Milo (2018). Diabolical: How Pope Francis Has Betrayed Clerical Abuse Victims Like Me—And Why He Has to Go. ISBN 9781642931631.
  • Yiannopoulos, Milo (2019). How to Be Poor. ISBN 9789527303535.
  • Yiannopoulos, Milo (2019). Middle Rages: Why the Battle for Medieval Studies Matters to America. ISBN 9789527303559.
  • Yiannopoulos, Milo (2019). How to Be Straight. ISBN 9789527303566.
  • Yiannopoulos, Milo (2020). The Trial of Roger Stone. ISBN 9789527303597.


I added one sentence about the Penn State event, but it was swiftly deleted. The list of books was also deleted. I would hope to see these basic facts included in the article.

Myatrrcc (talk) 04:10, 26 December 2021 (UTC) Myatrrcc (talk) 14:31, 26 December 2021 (UTC) Myatrrcc (talk) 02:19, 27 December 2021 (UTC)

Please achieve consensus for a contested change rather than continuously reinserting it—you are beginning to edit war. I agree with Glendale10 that the Penn State appearance does not seem to have the kind of coverage in quality sources to justify inclusion, and should be left out. The bibliography I don't really have strong feelings about one way or the other. GorillaWarfare (she/her • talk) 04:47, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
Ban me all you want, GorillaWarfare. It's not like I am any to make any edits anyway. I saw this article, and it reminded me of you, GorillaWarfare. This is exactly how you operate on Misplaced Pages. You are using the platform to push your own left-wing political views.
In the case of this article, it is perfectly acceptable to have paragraph after paragraph based on a Buzzfeed piece. But GorillaWarfare threatens to ban me if I add something neutral like a list of books published or articles from the Penn State newspaper.
To make matters worse, people will swoop down and "archive" what I am writing here so no one can tell what is going on. Just wait for this thread to be "archived" and for me to be banned for trying to add a list of published books.
Myatrrcc (talk) 17:49, 4 January 2022 (UTC)
Where have I threatened to ban you? GorillaWarfare (she/her • talk) 17:52, 4 January 2022 (UTC)
Here comes GorillaWarfare within 1 minute of me posting something! You banned me in 2020, and you are threatening to ban me again in the comment above. Here is the article that reminds me of you: https://thecritic.co.uk/the-left-wing-bias-of-wikipedia/
Do you recognize that? This is exactly how you operate, GorillaWarfare! So ban me again. It's not like I am allowed to make any edits anyway. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Myatrrcc (talk • contribs) 17:56, 4 January 2022 (UTC)
You're yelling at me for responding promptly to a comment addressed to me?
Ah, I see now that I blocked you in 2020 (and also explained to you that blocks are different from bans back then). In that case you should be very familiar with the behavior requirements on pages such as this one, which are subject to discretionary sanctions. GorillaWarfare (she/her • talk) 18:00, 4 January 2022 (UTC)
Glad that I am not banned. In that case, I will a section called "Works" that will include ISBNs.Myatrrcc (talk) 18:07, 8 January 2022 (UTC)
Self-published books are no more inherently significant than blog posts. Typically, bibliographies only include work which contributes to someone's notability. The standard way to decide this is by citing either reliable, independent sources, or at minimum, sticking to books published by reputable mainstream publishers, but even this is optional. The goal here is not to include minutia or promotional trivia, the goal should be to summarize reliable sources to provide context. Grayfell (talk) 05:28, 15 January 2022 (UTC)

Milo

I really don't think he is a alt right man. He just only supports freedom of speech and is quite hurtful on his words but to call him alt right when he is a Jewish man is kinda wrong. Because if you didn't know alt right I'd very white supremacist and anti semite and Milo is a jew 118.189.202.54 (talk) 18:22, 1 January 2022 (UTC)

This article is nothing but a bunch of content from a Buzzfeed article from 2017. Good luck trying to make any changes to this page. Your changes will immediately be deleted and GorillaWarfare here will ban you if you try to have a conversation about it. On top of that, you can expect your comments here to be periodically "archived" so that no one can tell what is going on with this page.
This page is a joke. It is unencyclopedic and unreadable. Milo deserves something better than this. But you will get banned right away if you try to change the fact that this article is nothing but a bloated Buzzfeed hit piece.

Myatrrcc (talk) 17:53, 4 January 2022 (UTC)

New Photo

Can we get a photo for Milo that isn't 6 years old? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:601:511:1C1F:5880:B5D:1109:D1D9 (talk) 20:49, 25 January 2022 (UTC)

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