Talk:Puretic power block

A fact from Puretic power block appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 31 May 2009 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the Puretic power block revolutionized the technology of hauling purse seine nets on seine fishing vessels?

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Hello @Epipelagic: I provided a review^[1] supporting the claims, source and reliability. When editing I did not anticipate an objection like

revert claim the Puretic power block is used by white people as an instrument of racial oppression. The main citation is to a very recent primary source with only one citation. It sits behind a paywall, making it difficult to assess whether it just a spoof article attempting to see how far wokeness can be pushed.

Invasive Spices (talk) 22:24, 21 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Bennett, Nathan; Alava, Juan; Ferguson, Caroline; Blythe, Jessica; Morgera, Elisa; Boyd, David; Cote, Isabelle (2023). "Environmental (in)justice in the Anthropocene ocean". Marine Policy. 147. Elsevier BV: 105383. doi:10.1016/j.marpol.2022.105383. ISSN 0308-597X.

You are correct that the journal Marine Policy would, in current Wikipedia terms, be assessed as a reliable source, Since it is not the place here to speculate on the motives of the decision makers at that journal, I have reinstated your entry racially politicizing the Puretic power block. It seems Wikipedia is now embarking on what may be an indeterminable tumble from relative rationality. — Epipelagic (talk) 01:41, 22 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Certainly that is not my intent. I will work to find agreeable text to ameliorate that. How has Wikipedia changed in this regard? I don't understand that part. Invasive Spices (talk) 21:54, 22 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Here's another example, that just happened between you asking your question and me replying. – Epipelagic (talk) 05:48, 23 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

That's very different. That should easily be treated as WP:NOTNEWS, WP:NOTDICT and because the speaker is not a lexicographer WP:RS. Invasive Spices (talk) 19:44, 23 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, you're not seeing the connection — Epipelagic (talk) 21:16, 24 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I do understand. They can both appear to be woke politics. However WP:V is very different in these 2 instances. Invasive Spices (talk) 21:14, 25 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

[1] Bennett, Nathan; Alava, Juan; Ferguson, Caroline; Blythe, Jessica; Morgera, Elisa; Boyd, David; Cote, Isabelle (2023). "Environmental (in)justice in the Anthropocene ocean". Marine Policy. 147. Elsevier BV: 105383. doi:10.1016/j.marpol.2022.105383. ISSN 0308-597X.

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