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Overall: ALT1 and IMG0 preferred. Earwig shows 65.4% copyvio with Oliver's Christ's College Alumni page as well as a Business Insider article. 〜 Festucalex • talk 12:03, 6 August 2023 (UTC)
I do not see any undue weight being given in the "Political views" section, though that could certainly be because I wrote it. It is important to portray both political sides in this issue, especially when excluding his reception from right-wing sources could be considered liberal bias in this article. Ping for @ Aquillion, who added the tag. MyCatIsAChonk ( talk) ( not me) ( also not me) ( still no) 00:01, 18 January 2024 (UTC)
Quotations that present rhetorical language in place of the neutral, dispassionate tone preferred for encyclopedias can be an underhanded method of inserting a non-neutral treatment of a controversial subject into Wikipedia articles; be very careful.The purpose of quotes is to represent the views of experts, significant figures, and so on, not to allow for the inclusion of random "zingers" like these. If you think that this is a significant view that must be included, you should be able to find WP:SECONDARY sources covering that quote. More broadly, if you think that there is an actual, significant reception to Oliver from right-wing sources, a better way to cover it would be to find non-opinion sources rather than giving this excessive weight to random opinions plucked out of op-eds from low-quality sources and an out-of-context zinger quote. Look at the rest of the section (keeping in mind that due weight is relative, and therefore everything there should have sources of comparable weight) - we use high-quality non-opinion sourcing for everything else there. Why should we suddenly dive into the sewer and use low-quality opinion pieces for one sentence? If better sourcing exists highlighting or characterizing the rift between him and the right, then we can just use it directly rather than relying on opinion pieces from low-quality partisan press outlets. If no high-quality sourcing exists, then it's not something that ought to be covered and is WP:FALSEBALANCE - the fact that these two random guys don't like him simply isn't significant unless it has secondary coverage. In fact, it isn't even FALSEBALANCE - we neither quote nor cite any other opinion pieces in the section! Even if we were going to engage in false balancing, why would we suddenly quote two opinion pieces for one side and only one side? -- Aquillion ( talk) 04:44, 18 January 2024 (UTC)
The redirect John Oliver (comedian has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 February 3 § John Oliver (comedian until a consensus is reached. Utopes ( talk / cont) 20:09, 3 February 2024 (UTC)
It currently lists his citizenship as American and British. As he actively applied for US citizen (rather than getting it through accident of birth) would he not be required to reliquish his British citizenship? 51.149.8.48 ( talk) 11:22, 29 April 2024 (UTC)