Talk:Conspiracy theories about the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season
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Adding an origin/spread section?
editI think an 'Origin and spread' section is important to add. A lot of RS seem to be emphasizing the scale of the misinformation, rapid online spread, and how unprecedented it is. [1] [2] [3] Several of these specifically discuss social media sites, particularly Twitter/X in being the origin of the rumors and uniquely enabling them to spread on a widespread scale. Cowlan (talk) 21:40, 10 October 2024 (UTC)
- The fact that society has come to the point that this article had to be made is sad. Le Hurricane (talk) 00:05, 18 October 2024 (UTC)
- The fact that Wikipedia is so politically biased makes me sad.Bjoh249 (talk) 00:25, 28 October 2024 (UTC)
Did you know nomination
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- ... that several major U.S. politicians have spread conspiracy theories about the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season?
- Source:
"Greene, after spending years trying to distance herself from her infamous 2018 remarks on social media blaming wildfires on 'Jewish Space Lasers,' is now using this climate emergency to double down on weather conspiracies and lasers."
Owen (2024)
- ALT1: ... that relief workers responding to hurricanes Helene and Milton have received threats of violence from people who think the government is hiding aid? Source:
"Falsehoods around hurricane response have spawned credible threats and incitement to violence directed at the federal government – this includes calls to send militias to face down FEMA for the perceived denial of aid, or to shoot and/or harm FEMA officials and the agency's emergency responders."
Institute for Strategic Dialogue (2024) - ALT2: ... that following hurricanes Helene and Milton, some falsely believe the U.S. government created the hurricanes? Source:
"The posts would be laughable if they weren't taken by many people as gospel. Among them: Infowars' Alex Jones, who claimed that Hurricanes Milton and Helene were 'weather weapons' unleashed on the East Coast by the U.S. government"
Warzel (2024) - Reviewed: [[]]
Moved to mainspace by Dan Leonard (talk), with significant contributions by Belbury (talk), Cowlan (talk), and BootsED (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.
— Dan Leonard (talk • contribs) 06:10, 13 October 2024 (UTC).
- Everything here is fine. There aren't any problems and to be honest, this should be nominated for being a good article instead of being nominated for DYK. It's new, interesting, and long enough in my opinion, so I'll approve it to be a DYK. Tavantius (talk) 18:16, 18 October 2024 (UTC)
- Unpromoted per WP:DYKELECT; this is still approved but should run after the elections. RoySmith (talk) 17:27, 27 October 2024 (UTC)
Scope
editI have two questions about the scope of this article:
- Is it exclusive to the United States?
- What is being counted as a conspiracy theory? I added information about disinformation about a Cuban dam collapse but it doesn't necessarily accuse the Cuban government of anything (though according to the cited article it is related to mistrust in the Cuban government).
Thanks, ✶Quxyz✶ 20:16, 26 October 2024 (UTC)
- Wikipedia is just politically biased against conservatives and Republicans. Bjoh249 (talk) 00:26, 28 October 2024 (UTC)
- @Bjoh249
- This is irrelevant to the topical at hand
- Wikipedia can only report on what reliable sources, as deemed by consensus, say.
- ✶Quxyz✶ 01:02, 28 October 2024 (UTC)
- @Bjoh249