ClaudeReigns - immature troll or dangerous whackjob?

[rnu]

ClaudeReigns (T-C-L) has proposed to name Al-Jazeera the RS of 2023:

Nominate Al Jazeera as RS of the year 2023

Previous noticeboards affirm the reliability of Al Jazeera. The point of view sits at the fulcrum of international consensus, as the state media of the only nation able to broker a truce thus far during the Israel-Gaza War. Acknowledging Al-Jazeera promises to help generate editor consensus where it is otherwise challenged by other influences. https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/sec ... c77a080000 The point of view aligns with global academic consensus. The depth of reporting and diversity of perspectives aligns with our goals of inclusive international community and the quest for the sum of all knowledge. The unusual step of nominating a reliable source as source of the year is not just a selfish one to help editors edit in peace. It is also a respectful nod to the loss of life incurred by the outlet while covering a war subject to information blackouts. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, "More journalists have been killed in the first 10 weeks of the Israel-Gaza war than have ever been killed in a single country over an entire year." Those slain include Al-Jazeera's Abdallah Alwan (voiceover contributor), Haneen Kashtan (contributor), Samer Abudaqa (cameraman), and the family of Gaza Bureau Chief Wael Al Dahdouh, who was also injured in the strike which killed Abudaqa. ClaudeReigns (talk) 04:10, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

He has recently been admonished by ScottishFinnishRadish (T-C-L) to "tone down the rhetoric":
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?ti ... e_rhetoric

I have trouble deciding whether this person should be indeffed for being an immature troll or for being a dangerous whackjob. Any opinions?

[AndyTheGrump]

I have trouble deciding whether this person should be indeffed for being an immature troll or for being a dangerous whackjob. Any opinions?

I'd go with shit for brains.

[Tarc]

Is "Reliable Source of the Year" a literal thing they vote on at the Wikipedia nowadays?

It seems too on-the-nose and navel-gazing to be genuine. But at the same time, I would not be surprised.

[rnu]

Is "Reliable Source of the Year" a literal thing they vote on at the Wikipedia nowadays?

It seems too on-the-nose and navel-gazing to be genuine. But at the same time, I would not be surprised.

It is not. It is either a troll's attempt to get more attention or a crazy person's idea. His user page makes me think troll, but his pseudo-intellectual writing style as well as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Clau ... d_the_West makes me think crazy person.