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Hanna Kozlowska (4 April 2018). "Facebook has introduced another half-baked effort to fight fake news". Quartz. Archived from the original on 4 April 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2021. It's also unclear which outlets get the "i" icon, and which do not. For example, InfoWars, a media company that is a well-known purveyor of conspiracy theories, does not appear to have the icon on its posts. That means the user would have to leave Facebook to determine the source's trustworthiness, which defeats the purpose of the feature. Other right-wing conspiracy sites, like Gateway Pundit, also do not have an "i" icon. Both of these sites have Wikipedia pages.
Samantha Cole (October 2, 2018). "Wikipedia Bans Right Wing Site Breitbart as a Source for Facts (Including InfoWars)". Motherboard. Retrieved October 5, 2018. Alex Jones' InfoWars and the far-right media outlet Breitbart can't be used as a source of fact in Wikipedia articles anymore, "due to its unreliability."
Adam Smith (October 3, 2018). "Wikipedia Bans Breitbart as Source of Fact (Including InfoWars)". PC Magazine. The right-wing site will still be a source for opinion-related content, but all other citations will be removed. Wikipedia did the same with British newspaper The Daily Mail.
Marcus Gilmer (October 3, 2018). "Wikipedia demotes Breitbart to fake news (Including InfoWars)". Mashable. Retrieved October 5, 2018. Wikipedia, the internet's crowd-sourced encyclopedia, has declared "fake news" on far-right site Breitbart, deeming the outlet an unreliable source for facts.

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Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 9 November 2024

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This says Infowars.com is a fake news website and that is 100% false. Do better Wikipedia! Change it please. 2600:6C5C:6BF0:A3F0:D975:3426:F8A:149C (talk) 18:55, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Aoi (青い) (talk) 19:19, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Requested edit

Requesting to change the last sentence of the lede from "On November 14th, it was revealed that InfoWars was bought by The Onion" to "On November 14th, it was announced that InfoWars was bought by The Onion". Revealing implies it was meant to be a surprise or magic trick or something. guninvalid (talk) 17:26, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Suggest: Change "On November 14, 2024, it was revealed that Global Tetrahedron..." to "On November 14, 2024, it was announced that Global Tetrahedron..." guninvalid (talk) 17:27, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Carguychris (talk) 17:54, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

History section mentions nothing between 1999 and 2016

It just jumps almost 20 years from the founding of the site to the Trump/Alt right years when it started to get in trouble with zero mention of what was on there all that time

Infowars was such a big part of pop culture and the internet in the early 2000s and was a lot more varied and far out along the lines of national enquirer and other tabloid style stories and conspiracies. 2001:56B:9FE6:191D:0:4A:47DA:C101 (talk) 18:00, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 14 November 2024

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Add the following template at top of article, due to the ongoing situation involving an acquisition:

BlunanNation (talk) 20:44, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: Current is only for articles with rapidly-changing information. ViperSnake151 Talk 23:03, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The website has already been shut down

Though I can't use the url as a source, I request that you instead visit it. The only thing you will find on InfoWars.com is a message saying "Site unavailable til further notice."Speakfor23 (talk) 21:07, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Typo

"It is set to hbe relaunched in January 2025" Tony Sutton (talk) 21:10, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed. Thanks. Grayfell (talk) 21:16, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 15 November 2024

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In the lead, change "Sandy Hook shootings" for "the Sandy Hook shooting", as the current wording makes it look like it's referring to more than one shooting. Scs52 (talk) 00:13, 15 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done... - Adolphus79 (talk) 17:00, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Unsourced claim

On November 14, it was announced that Global Tetrahedron—publishers of the news satire publication The Onion—had acquired the assets of InfoWars, with plans to relaunch it in 2025 as a satirical website.

There are no sources for this claim by ViperSnake151, seems like personal conjecture as evidenced by edit summary "I'd consider the "new" InfoWars a separate publication, switch to using past-tense"

76.86.12.109 (talk) 00:15, 15 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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In the first sentence it says it "is a far-right conspiracy theory and fake news website."

Please change this to "right wing conspiracy theory and news website."

Saying fake news is biased and not true since all the news on there is not fake. Some may be just like some on any website can be. It's also not far-right. 117.102.115.148 (talk) 00:19, 15 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: Calling it a "news website" is biased because it suggests to the reader that it isn't fake news. It is. And WP:RS back that up. And yes, it's far right. Or at least it was until today. – Muboshgu (talk) 00:26, 15 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Infowars is not dead, it is just being relaunched

Past tense should not used in the opening sentence. Infowars is just being relaunched due to ownership change.138.75.13.45 (talk) 14:29, 15 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Well it has not yet been re-launched so we do not know what form it will take. Slatersteven (talk) 14:31, 15 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Re-launched may not be the correct word as it is likely to be a parody of its past. O3000, Ret. (talk) 15:01, 15 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It is factually accurate to write that InfoWars "was" a far-right, fake-news website, because it isn't one anymore. As for the relaunch, WP:CRYSTAL dictates that we must not phrase the article to present the event as inevitable or guaranteed. Carguychris (talk) 15:45, 15 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
https://www.infowarsstore.com is still active. Using past tense might be confusing to people. 138.75.13.45 (talk) 16:13, 15 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
This page is about Infowars, not info wars store. Slatersteven (talk) 16:15, 15 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Infowars is restored

Infowars.com is up and running again right now with the same old content, after a judge blocked the sale. WolfmanFP (talk) 20:14, 15 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Please add a source to the intro synopsis, e.g. the NYT source that's already used later in the article.

Replace and the bankruptcy judge put the sale on hold.
with and the bankruptcy judge put the sale on hold.<ref name=nyt>{{cite news |last=Mullin |first=Benjamin |date=November 14, 2024 |title=The Onion Says It Has Bought Infowars, Alex Jones' Site, Out of Bankruptcy |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/14/business/media/alex-jones-infowars-the-onion.html |accessdate=November 14, 2024 |work=The New York Times}}</ref>
Replace to be held the following week.<ref>{{cite news |last=Mullin |first=Benjamin |date=November 14, 2024 |title=The Onion Says It Has Bought Infowars, Alex Jones' Site, Out of Bankruptcy |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/14/business/media/alex-jones-infowars-the-onion.html |accessdate=November 14, 2024 |work=The New York Times}}</ref>
with to be held the following week.<ref name=nyt/> 91.125.241.19 (talk) 19:11, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]