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because they "might" contain pro-nazi, pro-fascist, pro-satan sentiments. That there are so few reliable persons who have bothered to take the time to compile source material on many of these subjects, it seems logical that Knowledge (XXG) would be the perfect place to present an overview and introduction to them. It isn't racist to present ostensibly racist material. Nor is it fascist to study its serpentine course throughout world history. As ugly as it may seem to most people, Black Metal, satanism, and Nazism are not purely of interest only to their various fanatical contingents. Academics like
21: 369:, but from this entry it seems to be a well researched journal, and even if its contents focus on subjects that have a close affinity with neonazism, it seems a step removed from the meat-head thugism that movement usually presents. Also, many 'industrial' bands have flirted with similar ideas, and their wiki entries are valid. 305:
I am not familiar with the much of the content that comprises the bulk of this magazine due primarily to having little exposure to much of its original source material. However, I strongly believe that Knowledge (XXG) was created for people like me who have a keen interest in satanism, Black Metal,
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and the range of topics covered in its pages. These are very significant explorations into the sinister aspect of Kultcher and the countless individuals who historically have made it their life's work to pursue it. It strikes me as reactionary to beg to eliminate valid, quality, seminal texts
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a bit longer. It is not the type of topic that interest me, but I believe it is neutral. However, more information is needed before one can judge its importance: e. g., how big is the readership? Is it expanding? Who reads it, who writes it? Is the only journal of its kind? There is NO factual
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Having written much of the article in question, I can attest that its content is not part of some mass mailing intended for the purpose of advertizement. While the journal itself, or some of its contents, can be characterized as "racist propaganda", I strove to adhere to NPOV principles when
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scene." The size of its readership, its trajectory, its uniqueness and other factual analysis are, I agree, sorely lacking from the article. The amount of detail to include was something I struggled with; at one point I simply listed the main topics of the issue, but thought this might be
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Delete or NPOV'ify it. For deletion is the fact that the article is little more than a list of contents, and are we going to list the contents of ALL magazines, however obscure? A brief item might be more appropriate, just giving bare details about the magazine. or should that be "zine"?
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Delete: Actually, if it's illegal, then that does have something to do with whether it should be in Knowledge (XXG) or not. I don't think this is the case here. This seems like a skateboarder 'zine or fan 'zine, only for fascists. None of them are notable or encyclopedic.
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and occult fascism and find most of what is written on these subjects either sensationalistic or dismissive and condemning. The Nexus has proven itself to be relevant in its vary narrow field, as evinced by the opinion of the aformentioned
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nature of its viewpoints), so I added the full title of each article to provide context (which also might have cast an impression of POV/propaganda). I thought an article on this journal worthy of inclusion as useful to anyone researching
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analysis of the magazine/journal, and left as such it would be cryptic propaganda. It seems to have too much detail and too many links, but again most of them are blue, so, it seems an important subject. In my opinion the article should be
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are part of a growing body of intellectuals who have begun to focus on the relationships between occultism, satanism, and fascism. Their work is important and will continue to be whether this exceedingly important journal stays here or is
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I don't think that was called for. If something is racist propaganda it should be deleted. Since I don't understand much of this article I am not really qualified to comment, but it doesn't look like racist propaganda to me.
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and, because it seems to be the work of only two people, perhaps they ought to reduce detail and clarify some questions that would allow a less drastic, more just decision.
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Checked on several library and University listings, this is not a widespread or established journal and the article is currently little more than an index of its articles.
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The extensive issue-by-issue description is unnecessary and unencyclopedic - this should be refactored as a list of common topics, i.e. a summary rather than an
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relating them. As to the importance of the periodical, no one would deny its marginality from a mainstream POV, however, in the somewhat subterranean world of
126:, whether it's racist or not has nothing to do with whether or not it should be included in Knowledge (XXG). Whether it's noteworthy or not does. -- 175:. (Unless shown notability, in which case rewrite and trim drastically. An I will demand a lot of evidence if I am supposed to change my vote.) - 149:). Topics which are too small have trouble gathering the necessary critical mass of reader/editors to write and then protect a good article. 106:
I'd like to see what makes this encyclopedic. At any rate, we're not here to list every single issue ever produced.] 08:24, Nov 26, 2004 (UTC)
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Comment: Notability is often a reliable proxy verifiability and maintainability (especially the ability to keep it
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That's actually entirely bogus. Notability is not a listed criterion for deletion; verifiability is -
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delete, even if there could be an article it's better to start again
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non-encyclopedic (seems to be racist propaganda) 11/26/04 07:47 (UTC)
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Keep. Possibly with a cleanup - this reads like an apologia -
15: 65: 79: 158:Yes, but it's still not a criterion in itself - 110:I'd like to see what makes this encyclopedic. 8: 389:indiscriminate collection of information 7: 14: 99:07:48, 26 Nov 2004 (UTC)newuser 19: 1: 365:. I'm not familiar with the 411: 396:03:00, 20 March 2006 (UTC) 331:14:53, 28 Nov 2004 (UTC) 222:03:16, Nov 27, 2004 (UTC) 187:14:10, 26 Nov 2004 (UTC) 142:20:30, 28 Nov 2004 (UTC) 135:11:16, 2004 Nov 26 (UTC) 349:08:53, 30 Nov 2004 (UTC) 339:20:30, 28 Nov 2004 (UTC) 296:00:24, 28 Nov 2004 (UTC) 246:Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke 229:23:55, 2004 Nov 27 (UTC) 218:Delete unless NPOVed. - 215:14:57, 26 Nov 2004 (UTC) 198:20:30, 28 Nov 2004 (UTC) 179:12:35, 26 Nov 2004 (UTC) 118:08:48, 2004 Nov 26 (UTC) 373:22:47, 1 Dec 2004 (UTC) 359:02:27, 1 Dec 2004 (UTC) 162:10:08, 2 Dec 2004 (UTC) 267:misleading (given the 209:observed by a few days 378:end moved discussion 192:Category:Neo-Nazism 133: 88: 87: 402: 313:Michael Moynihan 290:Nexus comic book 131: 84: 83: 69: 23: 22: 16: 410: 409: 405: 404: 403: 401: 400: 399: 385: 383:Trimming needed 308:Goodrick-Clarke 171:Neo-Nazi spam. 26: 20: 12: 11: 5: 408: 406: 384: 381: 375: 374: 360: 350: 341: 340: 326: 325: 299: 298: 297: 286:Nexus magazine 230: 223: 216: 201: 200: 199: 180: 169: 168: 167: 166: 165: 164: 163: 121: 120: 119: 112: 86: 85: 24: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 407: 398: 397: 394: 390: 382: 380: 379: 372: 368: 364: 361: 358: 354: 351: 348: 343: 342: 338: 334: 333: 332: 330: 322: 318: 314: 309: 304: 301: 300: 295: 291: 287: 283: 279: 275: 270: 265: 261: 257: 253: 252: 247: 243: 239: 234: 231: 228: 224: 221: 217: 214: 210: 205: 202: 197: 193: 189: 188: 186: 181: 178: 174: 170: 161: 157: 156: 155: 152: 148: 144: 143: 141: 137: 136: 134: 129: 125: 122: 117: 111: 108: 107: 105: 102: 101: 100: 98: 93: 92: 82: 78: 75: 72: 68: 64: 60: 57: 54: 51: 48: 45: 42: 39: 36: 32: 29: 28:Find sources: 25: 18: 17: 386: 377: 376: 366: 362: 352: 337:David Gerard 327: 321:Kerry Bolton 317:Kevin Coogan 302: 281: 249: 232: 208: 203: 196:David Gerard 190:False - see 172: 160:David Gerard 140:David Gerard 123: 109: 103: 94: 90: 89: 76: 70: 62: 55: 49: 43: 37: 27: 294:24.17.156.8 220:Sean Curtin 177:Mike Rosoft 97:67.68.83.36 53:free images 274:neofascism 238:neofascism 367:The Nexus 329:Curtsurly 282:The Nexus 269:heterodox 251:Black Sun 227:Mozzerati 91:from VfD: 393:Ziggurat 357:Cari0028 347:Coolmoon 324:removed. 278:Satanism 213:Lcgarcia 104:Comment: 288:or the 276:and/or 256:satanic 151:Rossami 116:Brianjd 59:WP refs 47:scholar 353:Delete 319:, and 185:Geogre 173:Delete 154:(talk) 124:Delete 31:Google 303:Keep. 264:metal 248:, in 233:Keep: 74:JSTOR 35:books 371:Cnwb 363:Keep 260:Nazi 242:1995 204:Keep 147:NPOV 67:FENS 41:news 292:. – 244:). 128:fvw 81:TWL 391:. 315:, 194:- 61:) 262:- 258:- 132:* 77:· 71:· 63:· 56:· 50:· 44:· 38:· 33:(

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