Talk:Viking Saga censorship incident

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 07:56, 15 September 2022 (UTC)

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• ... that Northwest High School closed down the student newspaper because they were not "able to control content that they saw (as) inappropriate"? Source: Votipka, Jessica (August 24, 2022). "Grand Island journalism program eliminated after school paper published LGBTQ stories". Omaha World-Herald.
  • ALT1: ... that Northwest High School required transgender staff members of the student newspaper to use deadnames in bylines? Source: Ng, Karen (2022-09-02). "What Happens When a School Tries to Silence Queer Voices?
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/4th Time Around
  • Comment: This was refactored out of Northwest High School (Grand Island, Nebraska), which I originally submitted under Template:Did you know nominations/Northwest High School (Grand Island, Nebraska). My apologies for any confusion this has caused.

Created by RoySmith (talk), DividedFrame (talk), Howard from NYC (talk), and Secarctangen (talk). Nominated by RoySmith (talk) at 01:34, 2 September 2022 (UTC).

Article is new enough and long enough and the hooks are interesting. Potential copyvios flagged through Earwig, however on analysis this is just flagging specific quotes from individuals. Links to sources not included here, but included in the article; assuming good faith on the source for ALT0 which is behind a paywall. QPQ achieved. Potentially I would make slight changes to the hook just to link to the article on the school and possibly to add the town/state, but otherwise happy to pass this one. Great job! Sims2aholic8 (talk) 10:29, 13 September 2022 (UTC)

GA Review

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This review is transcluded from Talk:Viking Saga censorship incident/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: 750h+ (talk · contribs) 05:26, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

Hi @RoySmith:, I'll be your reviewer today. 750h+ (talk) 05:26, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

Comments

• In the "Response section, second paragraph, the sentence "He observed that the most common censorship trigger was a story that criticized the school or that the administration perceived to make them look bad." could be rephrased to "He observed that the most common censorship trigger was a story that criticized the school or one that the administration perceived as making them look bad." for a smoother clarity and flow. 750h+ (talk) 05:39, 10 March 2024 (UTC)
• Also in the Response section, where it says "In November 2022, New York City schools chancellor David Banks was asked about the incident during a roundtable discussion with student journalists from local schools. Banks stated:", change "Banks stated" to "He stated", since we already know that you are talking about Banks. 750h+ (talk) 05:43, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

Sources

• Sources are of a high-quality, reliable standard. At first I thought this was a forum but it seems like a newspaper. Pass.

Random integrity check

• "The suit was dismissed on October 16, 2023 in an order by federal senior judge John M. Gerrard. Gerrard determined that Pennell could not prove injury because having already graduated, the shutting down of the paper no longer impacted him. Nebraska ACLU's Rose Godinez disagreed with Gerrard's finding that the plaintiffs lacked standing; she emphasized that the ruling was narrowly focused on standing and "we welcome its general warning to school administrators on restricting speech in student newspapers", supported by this source, which is correct.
• "SPLC executive director Hadar Harris said that this was not the only case of censorship of a school newspaper in the state, writing that "Nebraska has become a center for a number of egregious censorship cases in recent years, but the Saga's case also indicates a nationwide trend of administrators increasingly censoring LGBTQIA+ related content, including chosen names and pronouns".", supported by this source, which also is correct.
• "In February 2023, The Independent reported that English teacher Alex Hull had taken over teaching the journalism class and was the new adviser to the paper, but the Viking Saga had not yet resumed publication.", supported by this source, correct.
• "Margaret Renkl, in a New York Times guest essay, observed that the Viking Saga had "at least three transgender staff members"", supported by this source, also correct.

Source integrity check finished. Pass. 750h+ (talk) 06:07, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

Images

Viking Saga June 2022.jpg is a fair use image, displaying the newspaper of that school. Northwest High School (cropped).jpg is a 4.0 image showing the location at which the event took place. Image review passed. 750h+ (talk) 06:14, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

750h+ Thank you for the review. I've addressed the issues you noted above. RoySmith (talk) 14:42, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

Thank you RoySmith. I am happy to pass this article as good. Congrats! 750h+ (talk) 14:44, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

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