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Lumsden, Karen (2019). " '"I Want to Kill You in Front of Your Children" Is Not a Threat. It's an Expression of a Desire': Discourses of Online Abuse, Trolling, and Violence on r/MensRights". In Lumsden, K.; Harmer, E. (eds.). Online Othering: Exploring Digital Violence and Discrimination on the Web. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 91–115. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-12633-9_4. ISBN 978-3-0301-2633-9.
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"It was banned on September 12, 2025 for inciting violence after the Assassination of Charlie Kirk towards the streamer Asmongold"

Someone tell me how the assassination of Charlie Kirk somehow incited violence towards Asmongold Trade (talk) 21:14, 17 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

the assassination did not incite violence, violence was incited after the assassination by [it] OMGer2 (talk) 09:15, 19 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Request to add "anti-Chinese racial slurs" to r/ChonglangTV

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What I think should be changed (format using {{textdiff}}):

Why it should be changed:

Simply saying "racial slurs" is very vague, and could refer to racial slurs against any group (are we talking about anti-Black slurs? anti-White slurs? anti-Jewish slurs? anti-Mexican slurs?) Meanwhile, there are sources that do describe what slurs are being used for better context.

References supporting the possible change (format using the "cite" button):
- Source 1:^[1]
  - In May 2022, Reddit banned r/cltv, a subreddit known for its strong anti-China sentiments and hateful speech, for doxxing other users. R/cltv (a variation of r/chonglangtv) originated from Chinese discussion forum Kanagawa Chonglang Hub, a controversial community on Baidu Tieba for its rampant use of racial slurs and extreme anti-China views.
- Source 2: ^[2]
  - Also holding the criticism of the ignorant attributes ingrained in Chinese culture(they called ‘支性, ‘Shina-ness, an offensive word for Chinese)
    - A clearer view of what racial slurs are being used. Specifically Shina (word). wiktionary:支那: (originally neutral, now derogatory and offensive) China, with derived terms wiktionary:支那人: (now usually derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) Chinaman (Chinese person)

~2026-28706-2 (talk) 02:50, 17 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: Closing this as the TA requesting the edit is now indefinitely blocked. Day Creature (talk) 03:45, 19 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Caiwei Chen (21 June 2023). "Reddit becomes a home for China's banned online communities". restofworld.org. Rest of World.
^ Zheyue. "Hidden Corners of Chinese Dissidents - r/chonglangTV". digmedia.lucdh.nl/. Leiden University Centre for Digital Humanities.

Semi-protected edit request on 16 March 2026

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r/norske

r/norske is a Norwegian-language subreddit for discussion of matters related to Norway.[1] It was founded after the moderators of r/norge closed the subreddit down due to Reddit's restriction of API use. R/norske remained in use after r/norge updated. Since r/norske was lightly moderated, it has attracted right-wing and anti-immigration discussions. The community at /norske has been criticized for bigotry and racism.[2]

Sources [1] https://web.archive.org/web/20251125093259/https://www.reddit.com/r/norske/ [2]https://web.archive.org/web/20260210161755/https://www.morgenbladet.no/aktuelt/pa-reddit-er-norge-et-fritt-selvstendig-og-absolutt-delelig-rike/9620263 Elvertoooo (talk) 17:26, 16 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Not done. It's not clear that what the change you want to made. Thank you. Axbii (talk) 00:27, 20 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Just in case anyone wants to write r/TheRedPill or r/MensRights

https://dspacemainprd01.lib.uwaterloo.ca/server/api/core/bitstreams/6d2efce1-e0ee-4c77-a98a-2c2fb667f8fc/content theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 01:07, 26 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

A doctoral thesis. The first word or phrase of content (in the "Abstract" section) is "TL;DR". It was indeed fun to know the author is in a "letting their hair down" sort of mood, although the paper's pretensions towards scholarship took a hit and I stopped right there. And while I'm at it... isn't the purpose of an "Abstract" section to SERVE as a "TL;DR"? Marcus Markup (talk) 01:50, 26 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

The very domain name in the URL made me suspect it's not a scholarly source. – Python Drink (talk) 01:47, 26 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps see instead the author's published work, e.g. Cousineau, L. S. (2021). "A Positive Identity for Men"? Pathways to far-right participation through /r/MensRights and /r/TheRedPill. In Rise of the Far-Right: Technologies of Recruitment & Mobilization (pp. 127-146). Rowmen & Littlefield. https://uwaterloo.ca/scholar/l2cousin/publications/%E2%80%9C-positive-identity-men%E2%80%9D-pathways-far-right-participation-through-rmensrights

Wracking ^talk! 01:59, 26 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Page update request

Reddit's 2005 wordmark is still seen on the page. Can you change it to the modern wordmark, which uses Reddit Sans rather than VAG Rounded? ~2026-29165-71 (talk) 14:14, 17 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

[1] Caiwei Chen (21 June 2023). "Reddit becomes a home for China's banned online communities". restofworld.org. Rest of World.

[2] Zheyue. "Hidden Corners of Chinese Dissidents - r/chonglangTV". digmedia.lucdh.nl/. Leiden University Centre for Digital Humanities.

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