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Notice: General reliability discussion at RSN

For editors watching this page, there is a discussion regarding the reliability of Quillette at RSN ] Springee (talk) 12:20, 12 August 2020 (UTC)

Political pigeonholing in the lead section

Please can we have some well argued references for the alignment of this publication (as opposed to just lifting unexplained tagging from opinion pieces). If it's libertarian, that's fine but all we have at the moment are unexplained assertions which might just reflect incorrect assumptions of the journalist or them lifting it from Misplaced Pages. Until then I suggest we leave the various perspectives on it's position to the main body. Conan The Librarian (talk) 04:25, 10 December 2020 (UTC)

The lead is generally intended to be a summary of the body. Feel free to explain why these sources do not meet WP:RS if you wish, but Misplaced Pages summarizes source, so it's not enough to imply that they might be incorrect. Grayfell (talk) 07:33, 10 December 2020 (UTC)

• That is how it is generally described per the sources in the article; since Quillette is (per the rest of the article) mostly notable for aggressive culture-war broadsides, obviously citing descriptions of its political position are important; it isn't our place as an encyclopedia to debate whether that description is "well-argued" or not. That said, I've added a few more sources that also describe it as conservative (one in the article already does so.) --Aquillion (talk) 08:07, 10 December 2020 (UTC)

The profile of Quillette in CHE presents a more nuanced take. It says ...you can see why detractors might peg Quillette as reactionary conservatism for the Ph.D. set...yet Quillette has lately shown a willingness to rankle its core constituency... It then goes on to talk about criticisms in Quillette of Dave Rubin, Jordan Peterson, and the so-called IDW, as well as a piece in about transgender athletes that doesn’t fit snugly into a political category. Shinealittlelight (talk) 16:41, 10 December 2020 (UTC)

I agree with the concern regarding pigeon holing article subjects. I'm OK with the attributed libertarian label in the lead as the body supports that. I'm not OK with the newly added conservative in the lead as the article body doesn't support that. The word "conservative" doesn't appear in the body so adding it to the lead reads as a POV push rather than a summary. If the sources supporting "conservative" are good then I would move them to the reception section where we can expand on what they say. Shinealittlelight makes the case that the description is more nuanced. In that case that material should also go in the body and the lead, when offering the attributed labels, should explain the delta between typical conservative/libertarian etc and what Quillette is. Many of Quillette's topics are not really typical conservative so much as trying to offer a contrarian view illustrating the gray vs B&W nature of many discussion topics. Springee (talk) 18:18, 10 December 2020 (UTC)

Looking at the 3 sources to call Quillette conservative: I wouldn't accept TAPA since it doesn't focus on Quillette. This is a typical case where we have a source that offers a quick description "conservative" without justification. As such it's a weak source for Misplaced Pages to say "Quillette" is described as conservative. The bulk of that article isn't about Quillette at all but rather about a field of academic study. The Outline is only a 4 year old source. Does it have weight? Where does it call Quillette "conservative"? The final source is behind a paywall. The abstract doesn't support the claim. Absent additional justification "conservative" should be removed from the lead. Springee (talk) 18:28, 10 December 2020 (UTC)

• I think the sourcing for both conservative and libertarian are weak and neither claim should be in the lede, these claims can be justified for inclusion as attributed opinion in the body, IMO. Bacondrum (talk) 20:17, 10 December 2020 (UTC)

Sources biased to the left

All sources I checked from media bias charts are leftist, as one can easily guess from the POV of the article. The following paragraph would be a more neutral description of Quillette. I hope that somebody could rewrite the article using neutral sources and a neutral POV. Before that, the most extreme POV parts should be removed. --Forp (talk) 15:43, 31 January 2021 (UTC)

According to Media Bias Chart 7.0, Quillette is almost as reliable and as close to center as Vox and FiveThirtyEight, more than CNN. This sets it near the boundary of "fact reporting" and "analysis or high variation in reliability", and it "Skews Right" (mildest of the three "right" categories). Although Lehmann calls Quillette centrist, also AllSides categorized it as "Lean Right", because today classical liberalism is more often considered right than left.

Yes, and Media Bias/Fact Check says Quillette is unreliable https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/quillette/, as does Misplaced Pages https://en.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Perennial_sources#Quackwatch. Reliability of sources is what we look at not WP:BIASED. We all have bias, yes even you - bias is irrelevant. Reliability is what counts on Misplaced Pages. Media bias aggregate sites are rightfully given no consideration, just like political compass and other such gimmicks. Bacondrum 20:17, 31 January 2021 (UTC)

MBFC is also an unreliable source per WP:RSP - same as Ad Fontes. AllSides is not listed and I am not familiar with it. I do not believe this article warrants a POV tag. Crossroads 21:36, 31 January 2021 (UTC)

References

1. "Media Bias Chart 7.0 January 2021 Edition". Ad Fontes Media. January 2021.
2. "Quillette News Media". AllSides. January 2021.

SYNTH

This is WP:Synthesis. Do not combine material from multiple sources to reach or imply a conclusion not explicitly stated by any source....If one reliable source says A and another reliable source says B, do not join A and B together to imply a conclusion C not mentioned by either of the sources. In this case the Richards 2021 source mentioning articles supporting the 'Human Biodiversity Movement' (A) is being combined with sources about the Human Biodiversity Insitute (one of which is from 2003!) (B) to create a conclusion about association with scientific racism and eugenics (C). Given that the source that does mention Quillette already defines Human Biodiversity, it is unclear why these sources unrelated to the actual topic are needed.

Also, WP:COATRACK. Crossroads 16:51, 28 October 2022 (UTC)

What are you talking about? Do the sources establish a connection between the HBM and scientific racism/eugenics, or not? If you're implying that that the Human Biodiversity Institute isn't part of the HDM, that's a rather EXTRAORDINARY claim, is it not? Newimpartial (talk) 16:55, 28 October 2022 (UTC)

Beside the point - we need sources connecting those to Quillette, not random SPLC briefs from almost 20 years ago. The exact nature of the connection of HBI within, or encompassing, HBM, and the relevance of any of that to Quillette, is up to RS, not Misplaced Pages editors. Crossroads 16:57, 28 October 2022 (UTC)

Right. And the reliable sources say that the HBM incorporates scientific racism, with the HBI as a case in point. The reliable sources also say that Quilette platforms the HBM. Explaining what the reliable sources say about the HBM cannot possibly be SYNTH. There simply is no basis in Misplaced Pages policy for the fairy tale that "we can only describe things in an article the way the sources on that article's topic describe them". That is relativist nonsense and not the way Misplaced Pages works. Newimpartial (talk) 17:06, 28 October 2022 (UTC)

The basis in Misplaced Pages is WP:SYNTH which has been cited multiple times above. This is the way Misplaced Pages works. ITBF (talk) 17:40, 28 October 2022 (UTC)

To what statement in the relevant addition are you objecting as a WP:SYNTH violation? If you think SYNTH says, or means, "we can only describe things in an article the way the sources on that article's topic describe them" - well then, I suggest you read WP:SYNTH again. I don't see any basis for that, nor for the corollary that "all sources used in an article must mention that article's primary topic". Newimpartial (talk) 19:17, 28 October 2022 (UTC)

I agree the content was being used as a COATRACK. It would be like mentioning some NAZI article then diving into a section about all the evil things the Nazi's did. The issues associated with HBD etc can be found in their respective articles. That is it controversial is clear from the sources that mention Quillette + HBD. Springee (talk) 17:09, 28 October 2022 (UTC)

That isn't the point. The point is that this article should give readers who don't follow the link what the HBM is. The WHITEWASH version you have restored doesn't do that, which is why the other version was an improvement. It isn't noticeably longer (so not a COATRACK), and it is helpfully more specific. Newimpartial (talk) 17:26, 28 October 2022 (UTC)

If readers don't want to follow a link then they're obviously not that interested in learning more about that topic. We do not need multi-sentence parentheticals. Your passive aggressive responses and hysterical ALLCAPS shouting here are not giving much support to your claim that you're not coatracking. ITBF (talk) 17:40, 28 October 2022 (UTC)

Re: "hysterical ALLCAPS shouting" AFAIK, gender-based personal attacks are even less welcome on-wiki than most other personal attacks. Let's not do that, but rather WP:FOC.

Also, I am unaware of any basis in enwiki policy for the principle, "let's not make a minor mention using the most relevant sources on the thing mentioned, because of readers are that interested they will click the wikilink". Newimpartial (talk) 19:27, 28 October 2022 (UTC)

The statements from Richards are completely separate from the other additions, and the references make that very clear. WP:SYNTH is generally used when statements are combined. These statements are not combined. They are separate statements that clearly use separate sources. All statements meet the criteria for reliable sources. When reading an article like this, readers should be clear that "human biodiversity" is a euphemism for scientific racism, race theories, "race realism", etc., as is stated in reliable sources on the matter. If there are other notable views, then those can be added as well. Hist9600 (talk) 17:45, 28 October 2022 (UTC)

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