Talk:Pizzagate conspiracy theory
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Pizza related map
Can one of you fine wikipedians calmly explain what a pizza related map is and how it got on a handkerchief? 74.192.164.236 (talk) 05:15, 16 July 2025 (UTC)
- Could you be more specific? Augmented Seventh🎱 05:21, 16 July 2025 (UTC)
- Refers to an email published on Wikileaks [i'm new to wikipedia and I got a warning for putting a leak :-(]
- Wikileaks isn't an agreed upon credible source on Wikipedia Fareforwardvoyage (talk) 03:53, 28 January 2026 (UTC)
Semi-protected edit request on 21 November 2025
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Change "while searching through Anthony Weiner's emails" to "based on leaks of John Podesta's emails" Not a great source, but makes much more sense Jon Stewart [2] ~2025-35084-14 (talk) 22:52, 21 November 2025 (UTC)
Not done. Youtube is not considered a reliable source. Sorry, but no. NotJamestack (✉️|📝) 02:48, 22 November 2025 (UTC)
