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Removed "eventful.com"

I removed the eventful.com link, since the appearences stated there (and more) are present on his own webpage. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sirana (talk • contribs) 10:01, 15 October 2005 (UTC)

The 2020 Hugo speech

Believe me, I've known George for over forty years, and his speech was a major faux pas whose echoes will harm his reputation for decades to come, at least among writers and fans of color and their allies, which is sad given that he has a strongly anti-racist history. The irony is that the mood of his speech was not reactionary (he's no Sad Puppy) but nostalgic and more than a bit cluelessly sentimental. The names, though, were just plain wrong and inexcusable. --Orange Mike | Talk 20:52, 2 September 2020 (UTC)

Foreign language names are difficult to pronounce.The media and Twitter are so radical about social awareness that they forget their brains. Martin isn't all at fault. Hpdh4 (talk) 22:42, 14 October 2020 (UTC)

Pronunciation controversy

I have reviewed the sources given for the name-pronunciation controversy and I found two critics named therein: a pseudonymous non-notable Twitter user and a non-notable blogger. I have attributed the POV to them, but this raises the question whether the criticism is even WP:DUE or if tabloid media is just regurgitating the latest insignificant Twitter beef-in-a-teapot. Elizium23 (talk) 11:42, 20 November 2020 (UTC)

Hi, I was for the removal of the paragraph when it was first added. I think there are two issues: 1) perceived racism, which in my opinion is not WP:DUE even though more criticism can be found (the Gizmodo article links to several others); 2) mispronunciation, which may be more relevant bcs of Kuang's speech and Martin's apology. But if both of them are removed, I am OK with that. WikiHannibal (talk) 12:39, 20 November 2020 (UTC)

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