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Fun police here. We've got the situation under control. Carry on. We'll contact you if we need to get a written statement. TimothyJosephWood 15:27, 5 April 2017 (UTC)

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It says debunked. While one side believes it is untrue, the other does not. Until we can be sure it isn't true, it should be removed.184.91.99.69 (talk) 21:33, 28 March 2017 (UTC)

Not done It's not about sides. The reliable sources unanimously say that it's debunked. This issue has already been discussed ad nauseum and decided. --Dr. Fleischman (talk) 21:36, 28 March 2017 (UTC)

This isn't how conspiracies are debunked. How can you honestly say it's not about sides, then cite 'reliable sources' by linking NYT and WaPo? This conspiracy surrounds member(s) of a party that these businesses have no problem showcasing their political lean on a daily basis. They are just as guilty of fake news being spread as any right-winged or conspiracy theory spreading news outlet. Wouldn't citing sources that have a history of misinformation help the argument that this has yet to be debunked with something more trustworthy? It's time to take off the partisan blinders to revisit from multiple perspectives and see why some of us here are still questioning how this is considered debunked. The bottom line is there are no -good- explanations, especially considering nobody is trying to delve more into this story that actually have big, mainstream audiences. Debunking this isn't the same as testing if gravity is merely a theory because it is also a political conundrum, which means loads of deception.

It just feels like there is more to this story to be unraveled and this is a quick resolution to keep it on a backburner. Why the 'Debunked' section reads like an excerpt from Politifact.com to the tune of the writing from the NYT is entirely a separate issue, but most of the substance seems to rely on 'source claims other source' information.

You can claim ad nauseum all you want, but it doesn't strengthen your position when the 'debunked' backbone is citing heavily-partisan sources to discredit other heavily-partisan rival news outlets. ItalicsLie (talk) 06:28, 5 April 2017 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages is not a place to unravel stories. We are an Internet encyclopedia whose articles are, by foundational policy, based entirely on what is published in reliable sources, primarily secondary sources. The overwhelming majority of reliable sources, perhaps even every reliable secondary source, considers these claims false, debunked, malicious and pernicious nonsense — therefore, our article will reflect those realities. If you disagree with these policies, you are free to choose another Internet project to contribute to. NorthBySouthBaranof (talk) 06:40, 5 April 2017 (UTC)

The sort of "Fake news" spread by sources that label Pizzagate a debunked conspiracy theory: "here's an educated guess based on an incomplete picture. Oops, it was only half-right, sorry."

The sort of "Fake news" spread by sources 'investigating' Pizzagate: "alien abduction is a plot by Jewish-Masonic lizard people control the banks and Hollywood using chemtrails and vaccines because Satanism."

One of these things is not like the other / One of these things just doesn't belong / Can you tell which thing is not like the other, / since there's only two in this song? Ian.thomson (talk) 07:33, 5 April 2017 (UTC)

You forgot to mention the Illuminati/Bilderberg group. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 13:08, 5 April 2017 (UTC)

They're just a front for the Stonecutters anyway. Ian.thomson (talk) 13:21, 5 April 2017 (UTC)

Who are, in turn just a front for the lizard people so I withdraw my complaint. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 15:12, 5 April 2017 (UTC)

Lets lay of the mockery, it adds nothing.Slatersteven (talk) 15:20, 5 April 2017 (UTC)

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Why you think should not be in? I was under the impression that one was one of the biggest "non-underground"/public figure that has explicitly promoted the conspiracy. Nergaal (talk) 21:54, 28 March 2017 (UTC)

I haven't seen evidence that Infowars was a bigger Pizzagate booster than anyone else. From NPR: "Jones was not the originator of "pizzagate," however, which has spread on social media and on sites like Reddit." From the NY Times: "The Pizzagate theory ... grew in online forums before making its way to more visible venues, including Mr. Jones’s show." And our own longstanding content (in the "Origins" section) suggests that Infowars was one of many. --Dr. Fleischman (talk) 22:03, 28 March 2017 (UTC)

Here's the citation was was thinking of... From WaPo: "InfoWars wasn’t the principal progenitor of the false story. The story spread primarily through such user-generated sites as Reddit and 4chan, as well as through fake-news websites and social media." --Dr. Fleischman (talk) 22:10, 28 March 2017 (UTC)

I must stand with the good Doctor on this one. (I'm just waiting for someone to ask; Doctor who?) The information is already included in the article, so WP:DUE is satisfied. But this primarily came from a reddit thread, and the apology, phrased as a stand alone really gives the impression that Jones is the most responsible party. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 22:08, 28 March 2017 (UTC)

Doctor Who? --Dr. Fleischman (talk) 22:11, 28 March 2017 (UTC)

That is the question that must never be answered. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 22:42, 28 March 2017 (UTC)

“You want weapons? We’re in a library! Books! The best weapons in the world!” Season 2. Objective3000 (talk) 00:53, 29 March 2017 (UTC))

"Fake news"

I thought Misplaced Pages was supposed to be neutral, but it says in this article clear as day "The story was picked up by fake news websites such as Infowars.com, Planet Free Will and the Vigilant Citizen." So everything you disagree with is automatically fake news? This should not be in a "neutral" article. Furthermore, I wouldn't exactly call CBS a reputable source for what is and isn't fake news considering they have a huge liberal bias. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2606:A000:ED02:A200:9130:702B:1B5B:9867 (talk) 02:35, 22 April 2017 (UTC)

If you think that InfoWars is reliable but that CBS is unreliable, then you should not be editing here. Misplaced Pages accepts mainstream journalistic sources as reliable, it rejects tinfoil haberdashery and reality-phobia. Ian.thomson (talk) 02:56, 22 April 2017 (UTC)

Ian: https://en.wikipedia.org/CBS_News_controversies_and_criticism lol — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2606:A000:ED02:A200:9130:702B:1B5B:9867 (talk) 07:52, 22 April 2017 (UTC)

IP: Trol-lol-lol-lol-lol to you. We can list exceptions to CBS's reliability -- doing so for InfoWars would require summarizing almost all of their content. Ian.thomson (talk) 08:15, 22 April 2017 (UTC)

Editor from Myrtle Beach area, it's clear you haven't read our verifiability policy. Please considering doing so before answering two questions: What kind of fact-checking do Infowars, Planet Free Will, and Vigilant Citizen do on themselves? What kind of fact-checking does CBS News do on itself? --Dr. Fleischman (talk) 04:06, 22 April 2017 (UTC)

Bias is not the issue, it is publishing "news" they know to be fake, look at that is being said at Jonses custody battle. He (though his lawyer) has admitted it is performance art, not news reporting.Slatersteven (talk) 09:13, 22 April 2017 (UTC)

~~Comparison between CBS and InfoWars. I’d hat this, but I’m biased as I have a brain. (Apologies, I’ll self-flagellate with a trout.)~~ Objective3000 (talk) 01:02, 23 April 2017 (UTC)

And no matter how dumb you think someone is (justified or otherwise) lay of the PA's, it helps no one.Slatersteven (talk) 13:08, 23 April 2017 (UTC)

I regularly observe editors claiming that CNN, CBS and NPR have a "huge liberal bias". Clearly, the editors making these claims have never read the Huffington Post, ThinkProgress or Raw Story. That's what a liberal bias looks like. Compared to them, CBS, CNN and NPR are bastions of neutrality. They only appear to be left-wing because right-wing sources (even the most reliable ones, such as the WSJ and Fox News) are so full of vitriolic condemnations of any outlet that dares disregard their carefully crafted POV in favor of a POV based on facts. Reality has a well known liberal bias, is true, not due to any inherent immorality or inapplicability of conservative principles, but because the conservative political movement in the US has, in the past several decades, placed a much stronger emphasis on party unity than on adherence to facts, with the predictable results. There is a very legitimate case for a number of conservative principles (small government, free markets, expansive personal freedoms) to be made by those (increasingly rare, though still easy-to-find) conservatives who do care more about reality than ideology. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 13:50, 24 April 2017 (UTC)

Well put. There are plenty of people who elevate ideology over truth on the other end of the spectrum; they just don't control the White House, the House of Representatives, or any cable news stations, nor have they been waging an all-out campaign to discredit democratic institutions like the lamestream media. --Dr. Fleischman (talk) 17:32, 24 April 2017 (UTC)

And this talk page is not a street corner to fight US political battles.Slatersteven (talk) 17:38, 24 April 2017 (UTC)

(edit conflict)I completely agree, though I don't contend for one second that the political left doesn't engage in the same denigration of reality when it suits their purpose (indeed, HuffPo is a notorious hotbed of pseudomedical woo, it's just that woo isn't fundamentally political), it's just that the association of progressivism and liberalism in the US has strongly curtailed the benefits of doing so. Anyways, I don't want to derail this talk page, so I think I'll stop now. Anyone who wants to agree with me, disagree with me, or call me horrible names and question my integrity/sanity/intelligence; feel free to do so at my talk page. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 17:42, 24 April 2017 (UTC)

Spirit cooking and leaked FBI document

@Volunteer Marek:Re: How can the article mention Satanic rituals and not mention why that connection was made? What's the objection to mentioning spirit cooking? It's noted in the source. And why revert the clarified rewording a "pizza-related" handkerchief > a handkerchief with a "pizza-related map" which is more accurate based on the leaked emails?Terrorist96 (talk) 06:02, 29 April 2017 (UTC)

@Eggishorn:Re: The logos were considered to resemble pedophile logos is based on the FBI leaked document. Why do you oppose including that fact in order to explain the connection? It's mentioned in the NYT source.Terrorist96 (talk) 06:22, 29 April 2017 (UTC)

You're trying to create a false narrative here.Volunteer Marek (talk) 06:24, 29 April 2017 (UTC)

How is it a false narrative? It's stated in the NYT article.Terrorist96 (talk) 06:25, 29 April 2017 (UTC)

What VM said. The Inquisitr reference you tried to add has been rejected as far too credulous earlier, and the "leaked FBI document" has never been authenticated. The NYT article uses multiple qualifiers, which were left out. Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 06:30, 29 April 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for explaining. Can you link me to the discussion that determined the inquisitor article should be excluded? I searched and didn't find consensus to not use that article (mostly about aceloewgold.com, whatever that is). And this is all I found searching WP:RSN about using it as an RS. And there are other sources that connect the Satanic ritual claim with the mention of "spirit cooking" in the leaked emails; see: Snopes. This isn't to claim that the spirit cooking is actually Satanic, but that that was why the connection was made. And if we're mentioning the theories, we should state the reason behind the theory. This is already done for the handkerchief code theory (explaining that it arose based on the email saying: "The realtor found a handkerchief (I think it has a map that seems pizza-related."

Re: FBI document: We can put "unverified" prior to "F.B.I. document" if you like. However, again, the point is not whether it's been authenticated or not, but the fact the theory of the logos being connected to pedophile logos arose based on the FBI document. And I never got an explanation for "false narrative"; I was just explaining the reason behind the theories.Terrorist96 (talk) 06:59, 29 April 2017 (UTC)

The Inquisitr is not a reliable source, and moreover, the claim that they are "similar" is entirely-unsourced anonymous pareidolia; the phrasing you are choosing implies that somehow the purported "leaked FBI document" supports the idea that these purported similarities are in any way meaningful, which it does not. NorthBySouthBaranof (talk) 07:06, 29 April 2017 (UTC)

You say Inquisitor isn't a reliable source, but you didn't provide a link to that consensus. The article already uses the word "similarities" for the Satanic and pedophilic symbols(Theorists linked the conspiracy to Comet Ping Pong, through similarities between company logos and symbols related to Satanism and pedophilia.). So should that be removed? Fair enough on the phrasing, can you help rephrase it? How about: "based on purported similarity to an unauthenticated leaked FBI document." Do you deny that the FBI documents were the reason the connection was made though?Terrorist96 (talk) 07:11, 29 April 2017 (UTC)

Can we have a link to the Inquisitor article?Slatersteven (talk) 08:20, 29 April 2017 (UTC)

Link.Terrorist96 (talk) 13:29, 29 April 2017 (UTC)

Having trouble finding the mention of the FBI leaked document mention.Slatersteven (talk) 13:34, 29 April 2017 (UTC)

That's cuz it's mentioned in the NYT article: link. The Inquisitor link was for mentioning spirit cooking. Terrorist96 (talk) 13:44, 29 April 2017 (UTC)

The first sign that this is a terrible article is It has been widely claimed that Assange has either been assassinated or taken into custody, and many believe that Pizzagate is the reason behind his disappearance from the public eye. It has even been suggested that WikiLeaks has been taken over by government agents who are trying to hide Assange’s lack of visibility. The author of the article mostly writes about professional wrestling. Seriously, this is not close to a reliable source. Objective3000 (talk)

That's just a reported fact. At one point people did have theories of Julian Assange being assassinated because he hadn't made a public appearance for some time. Regardless, I'm not trying to add that to the article and the Snopes link also mentions spirit cooking. I just find it odd that the article mentions satanic ritual theories but doesn't explain the genesis of those theories being linked to the mention of spirit cooking in the leaked emails.Terrorist96 (talk) 13:44, 29 April 2017 (UTC)

Err the NYT article does not say the FBI found the logos were similar to Pedophile ones, rather it says that third parties said the FBI listed logos looked like those from the pizza place. The FBI document did not make the comparison.Slatersteven (talk) 13:53, 29 April 2017 (UTC)

I never claimed that the FBI made the comparison. I simply said that the theorists came to their conclusion that the company logos were pedophilic based on the FBI document that purports to show "Symbols and Logos Used by Pedophiles to Identify Sexual Preferences".Terrorist96 (talk) 13:58, 29 April 2017 (UTC)

Sorry but I cannot find where you say anything more then the rather misleading "based upon an leaked FBI document". This maybe whyt it's inclusion is being opposed. Now if you wanted to say "non professional investigators took logos linked to pedophiles and claimed they looked like the ones used by..." that might just pass muster.Slatersteven (talk) 14:04, 29 April 2017 (UTC)

Yeah, the claim that the logos are similar to pedophile logos is based upon the FBI document. I offered a revised version: based on purported similarity to an unauthenticated leaked FBI document above. Would you continue to object to this wording as well? There's nothing here saying that the FBI made the comparison. The comparison was made by the theorists.Terrorist96 (talk) 14:40, 29 April 2017 (UTC)

Which is why the fact it is an FBI document is irrelevant. They could just have easily used a copy of the Beno or an episode of Black Adder. The fact that the document was produce by the FBI does not give the theorists analysis of it any validity. Hell even the document it's self is unverified.Slatersteven (talk) 14:48, 29 April 2017 (UTC)

So are we supposed to ignore the source just because it's a purported FBI document? I'm not trying to provide validity to the claims, just explain their genesis. When the article says the logos were claimed to look similar to pedophile logos, a reader may wonder what that claim is based on. What are pedophile logos? Why did they think the logos looked like pedophile logos? The NYT article mentions this, I don't see why we should omit it.Terrorist96 (talk) 14:57, 29 April 2017 (UTC)

The reader has a link they can go to, that explains it more fully then we can. This is what the text would have to say

"On line investigators (with no connection to enforcement) looked at an alleged FBI document and concluded that the logos the document claimed were logos used by pedophiles as a kind of secret system of recognition looked similar to corporate logos used by some of the stores alleged to be part of pizzagate. It has been pointed out that many organisations use similar logos, and that no law enforcement agency (including the FBI) had made such a link".

So do we agree to this wording?.Slatersteven (talk) 15:03, 29 April 2017 (UTC)

Sure, if that's what it takes to include that fact, then I'll agree to that wording.Terrorist96 (talk) 15:07, 29 April 2017 (UTC)

I don’t. Conspiracy theorists (what your suggestion refers to as on line investigators) base their conspiracies on nothing but their own biases. I don’t see adding this to an encyclopedia. Objective3000 (talk) 15:10, 29 April 2017 (UTC)

So we can change it it conspiracy terrorists.Slatersteven (talk) 15:12, 29 April 2017 (UTC)

Is that meant to be some sort of personal attack? The NYT article says that the basis for the pedophile logos theory was based on the FBI document, not "their own biases". Please stick to the facts.Terrorist96 (talk) 15:36, 29 April 2017 (UTC)

How is this a personal attack, I did not say you believed it. As to what the source says "Conspiracy theorists claimed that other design elements used by businesses near the Comet Ping Pong restaurant also resembled pedophile symbols.", so calling them conspiracy theorists is conforming to what the source says.Slatersteven (talk) 15:42, 29 April 2017 (UTC)

You said "conspiracy terrorists", but that's besides the point. I have no issue with calling the people making the claim conspiracy theorists. The sentence itself already uses "Theorists" (Theorists linked the conspiracy to Comet Ping Pong, through similarities between company logos and symbols related to Satanism and pedophilia.)

That was a typo, sorry, which I thought would have been obvious.

"Conspiracy theorists looked at an alleged FBI document and concluded that the logos the document claimed were logos used by pedophiles as a kind of secret system of recognition looked similar to corporate logos used by some of the stores alleged to be part of pizzagate. It has been pointed out that many organisations use similar logos, and that no law enforcement agency (including the FBI) had made such a link"

How about that?Slatersteven (talk) 15:53, 29 April 2017 (UTC)

That works for me.Terrorist96 (talk) 15:57, 29 April 2017 (UTC)

No, it simply shouldn't be included. The section is fine as-is. We have no need of any additional ludicrous conspiracy-theorizing here. NorthBySouthBaranof (talk) 16:12, 29 April 2017 (UTC)

It's not "additional ludicrous conspiracy-theorizing". It's explaining the theory that is already mentioned. Without explanation, you're deliberately leaving the article incomplete.Terrorist96 (talk) 16:22, 29 April 2017 (UTC)

The current text is fine. It needs no additional conspiracy nonsense. Objective3000 (talk) 16:53, 29 April 2017 (UTC)

I thought we were supposed to be unbiased and neutral here. By continuing to use terms like nonsense and ludicrous to oppose the additions doesn't further your argument. Cite a WP policy on which you are basing your rationale. By including things such as the theorists claiming satanic ritual and pedophile symbols without explaining why they made those claims is not explaining both sides in a neutral manner.Terrorist96 (talk) 17:02, 29 April 2017 (UTC)

We are neutral and unbiased, here. The neutral, unbiased truth is that Pizzagate is bullshit and everyone who's 'investigated' it has actually just been naval-gazing and making shit up. Another thing we are here is a group of real human beings, which means we can actually do things like judging implications. The edits you propose imply legitimacy to this bullshit, so they're never going to get consensus unless they report on something which substantially changes the narrative and are covered by multiple reliable sources. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 17:17, 29 April 2017 (UTC)

You failed to include a link to any WP policy upon which you're basing your objection. Saying that the reasoning behind the pedophile logos theory was based on purported similarities to an unauthenticated leaked FBI document lends legitimacy to the claim? How? So far no one here has tried to deny the FBI document as being the reason for the connection, so the only reason left to exclude it now is because it lends legitimacy? By saying that, you are clearly showing yourself to be biased on the topic. I came here to improve the article. I take no position on the theory itself, but you clearly do.Terrorist96 (talk) 17:27, 29 April 2017 (UTC)

The current text says what RS say. It does not attempt to delve into the minds of conspiracy theorists to determine their “reasoning”. Objective3000 (talk) 17:45, 29 April 2017 (UTC)

The RS mentions the FBI document. The Misplaced Pages article omits it entirely.Terrorist96 (talk) 17:47, 29 April 2017 (UTC)

@Volunteer Marek:, @Eggishorn:, @NorthBySouthBaranof:, @Slatersteven:, @Objective3000:, @MjolnirPants: I have initiated a dispute resolution request here. Thanks.Terrorist96 (talk) 18:10, 29 April 2017 (UTC)

No validity at all to a dispute resolution when it is 1 editor with bad sourcing vs. many editors preferring reliable sourcing. TheValeyard (talk) 20:19, 29 April 2017 (UTC)

NYT is a bad source? Snopes is a bad source? We can debate The Inquisitor, but you can't seriously claim NYT and Snopes are bad sources.Terrorist96 (talk) 20:24, 29 April 2017 (UTC)

You tried to use garbage like the Inquisitr to source your claim. TheValeyard (talk) 23:47, 29 April 2017 (UTC)

Again, seems like there's this imaginary consensus that Inquisitor is forbidden from being used as a source. Please, I'm asking nicely, show me a link from RSN that declares Inquisitor as an unreliable source. And beyond that, do you claim that NYT and Snopes are also unreliable source? Because the FBI document is mentioned in NYT and the spirit cooking is mentioned in Snopes, in addition to Inquisitor.Terrorist96 (talk) 23:58, 29 April 2017 (UTC)

I’m afraid you misunderstand RSN. RSN very rarely bans a source for absolutely all mentions. As Inquisitor is an aggregator, you generally need to look at the original source. When it is the original source, it’s rarely a good source. As for NYT and Snopes, they are RS. But, that does not mean that everything they print should be included in an encyclopedia. This article is covered by WP:BLP. Caution is needed in such articles. I would guess that the question in the minds of editors here is why you are trying to make a change. Objective3000 (talk) 00:31, 30 April 2017 (UTC)

Ok let's forget about Inquisitor then. The reason I want to make the change is because stating the conspiracy theory claims and not explaining their origin is only giving half the story. The same logic that was used to explain the handkerchief code claim should also apply to the satanic ritual claim and the pedophile symbols claim. It's not like people randomly claimed these things out of thin air. There were reasons (regardless of their validity), just like how the origin of the handkerchief claim was the mention of "a handkerchief with a pizza related map" so to the origin of the satanic ritual claim is from the mention of spirit cooking in the emails and the claim of pedophile symbols is based on the FBI document. We can exclude Abramovic's name of you are concerned about BLP. I just don't understand why the article mentions the origin of the handkerchief claim but not the other claims. I don't understand why it's so controversial.Terrorist96 (talk) 00:51, 30 April 2017 (UTC)

None of us has the faintest idea behind the ridiculous claims. We don’t know if the claimants were actually incapable of logical progression, or knew they were spewing nonsense, but did so to sway an election. Or, if they were simply careless “reporters”. Or, has been documented, people that purposely make up stories to make money on click-bait sites. We should not try to explain illogical inferences. Objective3000 (talk) 01:11, 30 April 2017 (UTC)

This, the problem is we are not explaining their origins, we are stating what sources they misrepresented or took out of context, not how they worked out their extraordinary claims. It does not (for example) gives us an incite into how they decoded this information, or why they picked on this one pizza parlor (it looks like they picked a target then fished for evidence, after all many companies that have not been linked have similar logos).Slatersteven (talk) 09:24, 30 April 2017 (UTC)

So what now?

So what do we do now, are we going to accept the consensus for not including the above, or have an RFC?Slatersteven (talk) 12:14, 3 May 2017 (UTC)

An RfC will come to the same conclusion. The DRN filer said he would not pursue. Objective3000 (talk) 12:21, 3 May 2017 (UTC)

If there's any consensus for removing the bit about the handkerchief, consider me part of it. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 12:42, 3 May 2017 (UTC)

Whilst In can see a difference (the E-mails were the start of this whole sordid exercise in character assassination) I would agree to the removal of the throw away line about the hankie.Slatersteven (talk) 12:47, 3 May 2017 (UTC)

I'm ambivalent but won't debate either side. Objective3000 (talk) 13:08, 3 May 2017 (UTC)

Done Since Terrorist96 based their proposal in part on the precedent of this being included, and since there was no disagreement in this thread, I removed mention of the handkerchief codes. Hopefully, this will be the end of it. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 13:37, 3 May 2017 (UTC)

I would have rather waited until Terrorist96 had responded, but yes I think this really does address his concerns.Slatersteven (talk) 13:42, 3 May 2017 (UTC)

They can revert me if necessary and begin a discussion. I won't edit war over this. But I've been seeing too many "We all agree to make this change" changes that never get made, or get made weeks or months later, so I figured I'd be bold. Fortune favors us, after all. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 13:45, 3 May 2017 (UTC)

I already noted that I supported its inclusion, but since I'm in the minority here I won't waste my time anymore. Continue neutering this article for all I care.Terrorist96 (talk) 13:54, 3 May 2017 (UTC)

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