*** Republican Democrat ----------- --------- true 0 3 false 208 (-14) 3 (-2) ***
* "revert" edits (i.e., text that was deleted or modified by other editors but reinserted by snooganssnoogans); this occurs as many as 5 or 10 times for some articles
* statements made by someone that appear in another person's article
* judgments that are attributed to sources (i.e., not in wiki-voice)
* judgments of "mostly true" or "mostly false"
The tallies exclude:
* judgments of "half-true"
The counts in parentheses (negative numbers) are of edits that were deleted or softened by other editors (e.g., changed "false" to "unsubstantiated"), but not reverted by snooganssnoogans.
I don't claim that the numbers I got are precisely correct, because it is likely that mistakes were made in counting. Also, my semi-automated procedure for counting might be flawed.
Other considerations are that, of the 554 articles selected (not all about politicians), 396 are Republicans, and 158 are Democrats (almost 2:1), and that there might be a selection bias because of the sources used for citations.
I would estimate that the number of unique statements or assertions judged (omitting "revert" edits and duplications in multiple articles) is between 50 and 75.
I decided to do this analysis after reading a disscussion on the talk page for the Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez article. There, an editor accused snooganssnoogans of partisan editing. Snooganssnoogans replied:
I noticed that the two "negative things" that snooganssnoogans added had been removed by other editors, and were no longer present in the article. Since snooganssnoogans is notable for being an assertive editor, it seemed uncharacteristic for him not to revert those removals. I wondered if it was due to AOC's political affiliation (she's a Democrat).I'd also like to add that I've added negative things to the AOC article,[1][2] despite your suggestion that I approach Wikipedia with nothing but "hatred and contempt for all things Republican or conservative"...
Below is an (incomplete) list of the sources used by snooganssnoogans for citations:
------------------- sources for "true" judgments (2) -----------------------
https://www.politifact.com/texas/statem ... -donations
http://www.politifact.com/georgia/state ... ent-waste/
------------------- sources for "false" judgments (82) ----------------------
http://forward.com/articles/9621/koch-c ... h-council/
http://iowapublicradio.org/post/candida ... m#stream/0
https://apnews.com/a76e5fe299fc4a8b95533efc66573d99
https://climatefeedback.org/claimreview ... e-warming/
https://edition.cnn.com/2018/10/25/poli ... index.html
https://newrepublic.com/minutes/145615/ ... sa-no-dont
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/roy-moore- ... al-anthem/
https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/18/politics ... index.html
https://www.factcheck.org/2014/12/chene ... red-facts/
https://www.factcheck.org/2015/09/plann ... -services/
https://www.factcheck.org/2018/03/smith ... ate-op-ed/
https://www.factcheck.org/2018/12/trump ... te-report/
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mitch-mc ... fbde1f42a8
https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktak ... ing-rights
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-sho ... ealth-bill
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/20/worl ... trump.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/28/us/p ... check.html
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/ ... ory-423413
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/ ... ump-691546
https://www.politifact.com/florida/stat ... -he-didnt/
https://www.politifact.com/florida/stat ... socialist/
https://www.politifact.com/florida/stat ... bill-nels/
https://www.politifact.com/florida/stat ... venezuela/
https://www.politifact.com/health-check ... hutter-ho/
https://www.politifact.com/north-caroli ... -election-$
https://www.politifact.com/north-caroli ... se-during/
https://www.politifact.com/north-caroli ... type-elec/
https://www.politifact.com/punditfact/s ... russia-in/
https://www.politifact.com/texas/statem ... legals-co/
https://www.politifact.com/texas/statem ... suicide-h/
https://www.politifact.com/texas/statem ... hout-merit
https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-mete ... esents-ice$
https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-mete ... ic-candid/
https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-mete ... l-justice/
https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-mete ... nues-goin/
https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-mete ... pecial-co/
https://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/st ... uck-bills/
https://www.propublica.org/article/we-f ... ealth-care
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump ... n-execute/
https://www.syracuse.com/politics/index ... _york.html
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-fal ... tax-reform
https://www.vox.com/2019/4/18/18485512/ ... ah-sanders
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fac ... ud-claims/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fac ... nts-are-re$
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fac ... are-legisl$
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fac ... l-had-noth$
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fac ... dia-blitz/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics ... e-existing$
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics ... terrorism/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics ... ck-debate/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics ... ct-checks/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics ... -hearings/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics ... out-citing$
https://www.wfae.org/post/fact-check-fa ... voter-bill
https://www.wsj.com/articles/acting-att ... 1545844613
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rThc2mS51ik
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/pre ... n-clintons
http://theweek.com/speedreads/647604/do ... -bandwagon
http://time.com/5520715/state-union-don ... act-check/
http://uk.businessinsider.com/who-is-ro ... ?r=US&IR=T
http://www.businessinsider.com/bill-nye ... 014-2?IR=T
http://www.factcheck.org/2016/12/facts- ... a-nominee/
http://www.factcheck.org/2017/03/pruitt-paris-accord/
http://www.factcheck.org/2017/09/ed-gil ... s-attacks/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/don ... 0dfdfc58c7
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/scien ... ts-a775487$
http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/ ... -htmlstory$
http://www.niemanlab.org/2018/07/twitte ... hat-it-is/
http://www.politifact.com/california/st ... supporting
http://www.politifact.com/florida/state ... ing-opioi/
http://www.politifact.com/pennsylvania/ ... ouse-tax-/
http://www.politifact.com/pennsylvania/ ... nope-not-/
http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/st ... eople-vot/
http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/st ... free-2009/
http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/st ... ed-temper/
http://www.politifact.com/texas/stateme ... ders-and-/
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter ... es-much-c/
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter ... re-manipu/
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter ... an-ambass/
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter ... in-migrat/
http://www.politifact.com/virginia/stat ... cut-viole/
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/05/ ... level-rise