Talk:Controversial Reddit communities

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The user User:Amigao, who has engaged in various edits on Great Translation Movement (a topic related to the aforementioned banned subreddit) that have variously lowered the harshness of language and criticisms against the movement, has made the claim on edit 1332858731 (an edit that requires WP:ONUS to justify, mind you) that the subreddit r/ChongLangTV is "anti-People's Republic of China" (implying only an opposition to the PRC government, the Communist Party, or its government organs), or support for a non-PRC regime in China (such as the Republic of China), rather than anti-Chinese sentiment, which would imply racism towards Chinese people or a hatred of China in general. They have never provided any citation for the claim that it is anti-PRC, and it this makes it WP:SYNTH (no source that explicitly says it is only anti-PRC government, rather than anti-China in total).

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    • 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.
      • Racial slurs and hateful speech very clearly refer to a group of people, and not any political group or country as an institution. Either way, this clearly does not demonstrate only "anti-PRC sentiment"; "China" and "People's Republic of China" are not an equivalent term, China as a country/civilisation has existed for thousands of years, while the PRC was created in 1949. These are not equivalent, and cannot be used interchangeably in all contexts.
  • 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)
      • Per 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) 12:38, 15 January 2026 (UTC)

 Done I have reverted the edit in question per WP:BRD. Please discuss the change here on the talk page. Day Creature (talk) 16:43, 15 January 2026 (UTC)

I agree that anti-Chinese sentiment is far more appropriate; unless I'm unaware of something related to the subreddit, I think this version should stay. jolielover♥talk 16:46, 15 January 2026 (UTC)

There is nothing in the citations for that section that stated that the Chonglang subreddit itself is "anti-Chinese" per se. This is WP:SYNTH. In order to make a factual assertion of "anti-Chinese" sentiment, one requires WP:RS that explicit state that. At present, that does not exist. As of the timestamp, these are the only two citations in that section and neither makes the claim being suggested by the temp user.

• "聲援烏克蘭Reddit中文社區 「衝浪TV」遭封殺 疑涉中共長臂審查" [In solidarity with the Ukrainian Reddit Chinese community, "Chonglang TV" was blocked, suspected of being involved in the CCP's long-arm censorship]. Radio Free Asia. 2022-03-04. Archived from the original on 2022-05-11. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
• Chen, Caiwei (2023-06-21). "China's banned online communities have found a new home on Reddit". Rest of World. Retrieved 2026-01-14.

- Amigao (talk) 00:12, 16 January 2026 (UTC)

It should also be noted that a parallel discussion is playing out on Talk:Great Translation Movement where other edits also agreed that this temp user is pushing WP:SYNTH. - Amigao (talk) 00:12, 16 January 2026 (UTC)

At this point you are blatantly refusing to engage in WP:BRD by continuing to undo edits before this topic has concluded, and if it continues I will either call for dispute resolution or potentially additional measures. ~2026-28706-2 (talk) 05:26, 16 January 2026 (UTC)

You simply wrote "racial slurs", rather than "anti-Chinese racial slurs", which should instead be added, per above. "Racial slurs" simply implies racial slurs against any race, rather than specifically anti-Chinese slurs, which provided sources consistently show, in addition to not mentioning, for instance, anti-Black slurs, anti-White slurs, anti-Jewish slurs, anti-Italian slurs, etc. ~2026-28706-2 (talk) 05:49, 16 January 2026 (UTC)

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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.

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    • 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)

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

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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)