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 discourseFarhall, 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.[https://cpow.org.au/political-elites-use-of-fake-news-discourse-across-communications-platforms/ ] (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. [https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/soldiers_of_odin_registers_as_ngo_warns_loldiers_against_using_spoof_name/8674871 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 groupCastle, T., & Parsons, T. (2019). Vigilante or Viking? Contesting the mediated constructions of Soldiers of Odin Norge. Crime, Media, Culture, 15(1), 47–66. [https://doi.org/10.1177/1741659017731479] Soldiers of Odin USA. (2016). Retrieved 3 June 2020, from [https://www.adl.org/sites/default/files/documents/assets/pdf/combating-hate/Soldiers-of-Odin-USA-Report-web.pdf] to alter Wikipedia's neutral explanation of their motives, beliefs and actions.

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

:*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)

:*No worries, mistakes happen! OrlaNiBradaigh (talk) 20:37, 3 June 2020 (UTC)