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Please keep in mind that you cannot add statements like "Many of The Critic’s reviews have been considered unprofessional, offensive, and possibly homophobic" to an article unless you supply a reliable source where someone is saying this. Linking to the VGC site itself is not sufficient. 28bytes ( talk) 18:08, 14 April 2011 (UTC)
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I have edited the "Controversy" section as you requested. It is very middle-of-the-road and informative. It is also cited very well. Please check the citations. Thank you! Kajicat ( talk) 20:50, 14 April 2011 (UTC)Kajicat
I do not understand. The sources I am citing are directly from The Video Game Critic himself, and from his actual website. Both sources are from "user-generated" sections of The Video Game Critic site, but one was officially authored by The Video Game Critic himself, while the other source had The Video Game Critic as a contributing author. Being the creator and author of that web domain, The Video Game Critic is a credentialed members of the sites' editorial staff. The Video Game Critic himself is making a claim about his reviews being possibly offensive and/or homophobic in nature and is asking his user base for their opinions. There is no questionable doubt over the authenticity of the source, as the claims are written directly by The Video Game Critic and found on The Video Game Critic's website. All sources I have provided directly support my writing, which is neutral. Would it be best if I do not put it under a "Controversy" section, but rather place it promptly within the correct time line under the "Reviews" section? Are my web citations incorrect? Please tell me what you think would be the best fit for my contribution to this article. Thank you very much and sorry for any misunderstandings. Kajicat ( talk) 23:17, 14 April 2011 (UTC)Kajicat
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Hi Kajicat. I and a few other editors have told you this before, but it looks like it didn't sink in, so I'll try again. We'll be happy to let you make the addition you want to make to the Video Game Critic article as soon as you find a reliable source that discusses the controversy. Forum posts by some guy named 'Moonman' don't count. A story in Wired, or 1UP.com or IGN would count. Go find one, then we can add it. If none of them have covered the controversy, then pick one and ask them to. Once they do, we can reference their story. 28bytes ( talk) 01:19, 5 May 2011 (UTC)
You're edit warring, and you need to stop or an administrator will block you. It's been repeatedly explained to you why your proposed addition isn't suitable for the article. I encourage you to re-read the previous BLP noticeboard discussion about this if you still don't understand the problem. 28bytes ( talk) 22:43, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
It is you who is warring with me. I re-read the previous BLP noticeboard discussion and it ended with the need of reliable sources. I currently am using reliable sources, not the message board source from before (even though message boards are used as source material all of the time on Wiki). I am sourcing directly to the Video Game Critic, much like the other users who have edited the Wikipedia page for the Video Game Critic have also done. Everything is directly sourced to the Video Game Critic. There is no mention of "controversy" anymore. Everything is fine. Re-read my latest edit if you must. Kajicat ( talk) 16:26, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
C'mon, we get it, you believe that he is an idiot to throw hurtful words like that around. Even if he is doing it without any hurtful intentions, I too believe it is wrong, and in the least, careless. But here is the bottom line:
From your standpoint you protest that it is encyclopedic to include it I assume. The problem is that if he wrote about his favorite freaking ice cream flavor, that he enjoys walking in the park while listening to the Cruis'n USA soundtrack, or that he was gay, it wouldn't belong on the page. None of these things are encyclopedic. If, for example, several newspapers wrote articles concerning his assumed homophobia or whatever, then it could obviously be considered and addressed, and most likely included. None have, so it won't be in the article. - Theornamentalist ( talk) 23:38, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
Actually, all of those examples you gave could be used in The Video Game Critic's Wikipedia article, under a "Personal Life" section. You could say David Mrozek lives in blah blah blah with his wife and two kids, blah blah blah (sourced). His favorite video game soundtrack is Cruis'n USA, and his favorite ice cream flavor is Chunky Monkey, which he eats during every video game review session (sourced). He also has issues with homosexuality, which can be found in many of his reviews (sourced). So, if I make a "Personal Life" section...will you let me include the links to the many, many (I have many more that I'm not even using yet) game reviews in which he goes out of his way to say something about how "gay" a character looks or acts? - Kajicat ( talk) 19:27, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
Dave is the author. Dave is The Video Game Critic. Information about the author's personal life could easily be added into a section on there. You just don't want him shown in any negative light at all, as you're a big fan. I understand that. Hey, I love video games too, but if a video game journalist (I use that term loosely here) starts adding racial prejudice or homophobia or other politically incorrect content into their writings and it goes unaccounted for, then myself and others have a problem with it. Are you the Video Game Critic? Or one of his buddies he speaks about so often in his reviews...? - Kajicat ( talk) 17:02, 15 April 2012 (UTC)
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Drmies (
talk) 00:48, 16 April 2012 (UTC)-- I took out the part where I claimed he might be homophobic. All I wrote in the latest iteration is that he mentions homosexuality a lot in his reviews over the years, as a reoccurring theme. It's the author's style of writing. Why is that not okay to mention in his Wikipedia article? Kajicat ( talk) 15:21, 17 April 2012 (UTC)