User talk:OrlaNiBradaigh

Soldiers of Odin

Edit I

This edit to the Soldiers of Odin was done in order to remove politically motivated vandalism that framed the group in a highly biased light and explained this using language common to far-right discourse^[1] (ie. "fake news media"). The version had also removed cited information revealing the groups white supremacist views. It is in obvious violation of Wikipedia's policy of neutral point of view.

Edit II

This edit is minor, adding I have changed the description of it's type; Hate Group and Far-Right Extremist Organisation, both including multiple citations. I removed NGO as the citation linked to a dead webpage. As of writing this edit is pending.

Edit III

This edit was in response to feed back to the previous edit. I wrongly judged what is considered an organisation's infobox type. I have removed the type heading until I am able to confirm that the group can considered a legitimate non-government organisation. So far I have only found a claim's by a single article that the Finish arm of the group registered themselves as an NGO. The article doesn't source where it received this information and I am yet to find this statement anywhere else besides the very wiki page in question and site's that have blatantly copied from the wiki page. This could either be a case of circular referencing, a misguided article, or a legitimate truthful statement article. Until a more reliable source is found I do not believe I think the information should be excluded. Yle article from which the claim originates

Additionally I have added a paragraph outlining the claims by ADL and SPLC that have identified SOO as a hate group.

Observations

This page has been subject to regular vandalism. I expect it is an attempt by this extremist group^[2] ^[3] to alter Wikipedia's neutral explanation of their motives, beliefs and actions.

References

^ Farhall, K., Carson, A., Wright, S., Gibbons, A., & Lukamto, W. (2019). Political Elites’ Use of Fake News Discourse Across Communications Platforms. International Journal Of Communication, 13.[1]
^ Castle, T., & Parsons, T. (2019). Vigilante or Viking? Contesting the mediated constructions of Soldiers of Odin Norge. Crime, Media, Culture, 15(1), 47–66. [2]
^ Soldiers of Odin USA. (2016). Retrieved 3 June 2020, from [3]

OrlaNiBradaigh (talk) 11:16, 3 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Concerning edit 1, this was my error, for which I apologize. I have self-reverted. Beyond My Ken (talk) 19:12, 3 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
No worries, mistakes happen! OrlaNiBradaigh (talk) 20:37, 3 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

[1] Farhall, K., Carson, A., Wright, S., Gibbons, A., & Lukamto, W. (2019). Political Elites’ Use of Fake News Discourse Across Communications Platforms. International Journal Of Communication, 13.[1]

[2] Castle, T., & Parsons, T. (2019). Vigilante or Viking? Contesting the mediated constructions of Soldiers of Odin Norge. Crime, Media, Culture, 15(1), 47–66. [2]

[3] Soldiers of Odin USA. (2016). Retrieved 3 June 2020, from [3]

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