Talk:Black the Ripper

A news item involving Black the Ripper was featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the In the news section on 8 April 2020.

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Worth including 5G conspiracies he was promoting weeks before his death?

Before he presumably died, he was an advocate of the 5G / Coronavirus conspiracies, is it worth noting this in the article? — Preceding unsigned comment added by TwinTurbo (talk • contribs) 23:18, 6 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Almost certainly not, partly because the conspiracy is completely unsubstantiated, partly because it has nothing to do with him as a person or as a musical artist, but mostly because there aren't any reliable sources for it. Richard3120 (talk) 23:29, 6 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I thought it wouldn't be worth adding, but the stuff that was said by Black the Ripper was tweeted by other musicians including Ambush. TwinTurbo (talk) 23:47, 6 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Lots of things get tweeted/retweeted or posted, including what people had for breakfast. Unless any major news source reported it, it's just gossip between friends on social media. Richard3120 (talk) 23:56, 6 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Well, here's some articles on it.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] TwinTurbo (talk) 00:17, 9 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

And once again, that's a website that fails to be any kind of reliable source... a BuzzFeed-style clickbait page where anybody can contribute, no proof to any of the claims, and the author is clearly anonymous and using an alias. Richard3120 (talk) 00:29, 9 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Database error

Anybody know why there's a database error? Too many people reading the article or is this a fault in the server? TwinTurbo (talk) 23:18, 6 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

ITN recognition for Black the Ripper

On 7 April 2020, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Black the Ripper. Step hen 23:45, 7 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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[1] ttps://www.sickchirpse.com/black-the-ripper-5g-conspiracy-theory/

[2] ttps://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/black-rippers-business-partner-pays-21825692

[3] ttps://www.thelinkup.com/t/1239/

[4] ttps://jornaldebrasilia.com.br/nahorah/apos-rapper-black-the-ripper-morrer-de-causas-desconhecidas-fas-compartilham-teorias-conspiratorias/

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