Knowledge (XXG)

Template:Did you know nominations/GMO conspiracy theory

Source 📝

421: 344: 242: 459: 323: 326:
The editor who put the tags in the article has retired, having been blocked from editing GMO-related articles, so I have removed the tags from the article. I find the article sufficiently neutral. I have rewritten the ALT1 hook as ALT1a for greater accuracy (only one GMO zika virus conspiracy theory
377:
I don't think that this is a very good argument and said as much on the talkpage, but outside opinions on the matter would be welcome. There seem to me to be a lot of sources, but I acknowledge that some of them seem to have been removed for reasons that seem in violation of
272:: this is actually a self-nomination, as jps is I9Q79oL78KiL0QTFHgyc's sig, but sigs aren't supposed to be used under "Created by", so I've fixed it. Also, the article was moved from "GMO conspiracy theory" to "GMO conspiracy theories", so I've also fixed that. 424:
The discussion about this article's neutrality on its talk page is still ongoing and seems to be evolving into a perpetual brawl. We really need some sort of consensus and conclusion on this in the upcoming few days. If not, I may have to throw a
91: 245:
This article is new enough and long enough. Its neutrality has been questioned and it is littered with tags. Some of the hook facts are not in the article and its creation has been attributed to
353:"placed POV/neutrality tag - article promotes idea of GMO conspiracy theories without clearly establishing any, and relies on anti-conspiracy theory/debunk sources - see Talk "Neutrality issue" 503: 302:
I'm not sure what neutrality issue remains as I see none indicated on the talkpage. Seems to me the tag can be safely removed, but I'm not sure I'm the one to do it.
86: 36: 382:. I commented on the talkpage, but as this is a sensitive issue, it would be good to get some neutral editors to read through and offer their 462:
With the POV issues not being solved in a timely manner (and no end in sight either), I feel it's time to close this.. unfortunately so.
17: 44: 287:
Thank you. When an alternative hook is proposed and the neutrality issue has been resolved, I will continue my review.
268:
Striking hook, which is too long at 235 characters (including spacing); an ALT hook will have to be proposed. Note to
391: 307: 230: 141: 40: 176: 387: 303: 226: 81: 210: 193: 171: 111: 277: 116: 332: 292: 254: 474: 447: 367: 379: 411: 246: 101: 273: 328: 288: 269: 250: 158: 383: 467: 440: 429: 360: 61: 497: 96: 420: 343: 241: 29:
The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below.
402: 348: 458: 322: 35:
Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as
215: 198: 166: 162: 121: 47:), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. 175:
promulgated by some activists opposed to the production and sale of
249:, but that editor's name does not appear in the article's history. 355:. This article is therefore not ready to move on to the main page. 197:
have been debunked in the context of the spread of the
146: 157:... that various commentators and skeptics including 401:
I've left some additional sources on the talk page.
106: 233:). Self nominated at 22:08, 31 January 2016 (UTC). 351:has put the associated tag back with the comment 8: 49:No further edits should be made to this page 347:The neutrality issue has resurfaced. User 69: 504:Failed DYK nominations from January 2016 72: 7: 24: 45:Knowledge (XXG) talk:Did you know 18:Template:Did you know nominations 457: 419: 342: 321: 240: 394:) 19:43, 28 February 2016 (UTC) 335:) 09:35, 28 February 2016 (UTC) 310:) 05:08, 28 February 2016 (UTC) 295:) 10:35, 24 February 2016 (UTC) 280:) 08:20, 24 February 2016 (UTC) 257:) 06:54, 24 February 2016 (UTC) 32:Please do not modify this page. 1: 370:14:24, 28 February 2016 (UTC) 214:concerning the spread of the 169:have identified a number of 327:is mentioned). Good to go. 37:this nomination's talk page 520: 416:10:11, 2 March 2016 (UTC) 477:12:16, 8 March 2016 (UTC) 450:13:25, 3 March 2016 (UTC) 177:genetically modified food 117:Find sources (notability) 92:Earwig's Copyvio Detector 66:18:57, 9 March 2016 (UTC) 41:the article's talk page 211:GMO conspiracy theory 133:GMO conspiracy theory 107:A Simple Word Counter 87:Reviewer instructions 227:I9Q79oL78KiL0QTFHgyc 194:conspiracy theories 191:: ... that certain 172:conspiracy theories 112:Reviewers' template 218:has been debunked? 234: 130: 129: 511: 472: 466: 461: 445: 439: 435:in here :/ 434: 428: 423: 365: 359: 346: 325: 244: 224: 70: 64: 56:The result was: 34: 519: 518: 514: 513: 512: 510: 509: 508: 494: 493: 492: 468: 464: 441: 437: 432: 426: 361: 357: 159:Michael Shermer 153: 151: 147:Article history 135: 126: 102:Character count 67: 62: 30: 22: 21: 20: 12: 11: 5: 517: 515: 507: 506: 496: 495: 491: 490: 489: 488: 487: 486: 485: 484: 483: 482: 481: 480: 479: 478: 452: 451: 396: 395: 384:third opinions 372: 371: 337: 336: 318: 317: 316: 315: 314: 313: 312: 311: 297: 296: 282: 281: 261: 260: 259: 258: 222: 221: 220: 219: 203: 182: 181: 150: 149: 144: 142:Back to T:TDYK 138: 136: 134: 131: 128: 127: 125: 124: 119: 114: 109: 104: 99: 94: 89: 84: 78: 75: 74: 54: 53: 25: 23: 15: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 516: 505: 502: 501: 499: 476: 475: 473: 471: 460: 456: 455: 454: 453: 449: 448: 446: 444: 431: 422: 418: 417: 415: 413: 408: 407: 406: 400: 399: 398: 397: 393: 389: 385: 381: 376: 375: 374: 373: 369: 368: 366: 364: 354: 350: 345: 341: 340: 339: 338: 334: 330: 324: 320: 319: 309: 305: 301: 300: 299: 298: 294: 290: 286: 285: 284: 283: 279: 275: 271: 267: 266: 265: 264: 263: 262: 256: 252: 248: 243: 239: 238: 237: 236: 235: 232: 228: 217: 213: 212: 207: 204: 202: 200: 196: 195: 190: 186: 185: 184: 183: 180: 178: 174: 173: 168: 164: 160: 155: 154: 148: 145: 143: 140: 139: 132: 123: 120: 118: 115: 113: 110: 108: 105: 103: 100: 98: 95: 93: 90: 88: 85: 83: 80: 79: 77: 76: 71: 68: 65: 59: 52: 50: 46: 42: 38: 33: 27: 26: 19: 469: 463: 442: 436: 433:}} 427:{{ 409: 404: 403: 362: 356: 352: 223: 209: 205: 192: 188: 187: 170: 156: 57: 55: 48: 31: 28: 274:BlueMoonset 225:Created by 208:... that a 122:Hook length 73:DYK toolbox 329:Cwmhiraeth 289:Cwmhiraeth 270:Cwmhiraeth 251:Cwmhiraeth 216:Zika virus 199:Zika virus 167:Jon Entine 163:Mark Lynas 380:WP:PARITY 97:QPQ check 82:DYK check 63:Montanabw 498:Category 58:rejected 405:Sunrise 349:Tsavage 165:, and 470:AMBER 443:AMBER 430:DYKno 363:AMBER 206:ALT1a 16:< 465:—♦♦ 438:—♦♦ 412:talk 392:talk 358:—♦♦ 333:talk 308:talk 293:talk 278:talk 255:talk 231:talk 189:ALT1 388:jps 304:jps 247:Jps 60:by 43:or 500:: 386:. 161:, 137:( 39:, 414:) 410:( 390:( 331:( 306:( 291:( 276:( 253:( 229:( 201:? 179:? 152:) 51:.

Index

Template:Did you know nominations
this nomination's talk page
the article's talk page
Knowledge (XXG) talk:Did you know
Montanabw
DYK check
Reviewer instructions
Earwig's Copyvio Detector
QPQ check
Character count
A Simple Word Counter
Reviewers' template
Find sources (notability)
Hook length
Back to T:TDYK
Article history
Michael Shermer
Mark Lynas
Jon Entine
conspiracy theories
genetically modified food
conspiracy theories
Zika virus
GMO conspiracy theory
Zika virus
I9Q79oL78KiL0QTFHgyc
talk

Jps
Cwmhiraeth

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.