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Edit request:

Add to the end of the second paragraph of Career (though use discretion where exactly would work best if you disagree) that she is a trans woman, as she has recently identified as such on Twitter, satisfying typical WP:ABOUTSELF usage for identity matters. Her article should also be added to Category:American transgender writers and Category:Transgender women writers. Suggested wording:

She is a trans woman.[1][2]

Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 04:14, 20 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ^ Wu, Brianna [@BriannaWu] (September 19, 2024). "I'm just gonna put this out there for Republicans to understand what the policies you advocate would mean for my life as a trans woman" (Tweet). Retrieved September 20, 2024 – via Twitter.
  2. ^ Wu, Brianna (September 12, 2024). "Trans influencer Brianna Wu weighs in on the presidential race and LGBTQ+ policies". The Hill (Interview). Interviewed by Robby Soave. 3:46. Retrieved September 20, 2024.
 Done Elli (talk | contribs) 04:16, 24 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Edit request: Mentioning her strong Zionist/Pro-Israel advocacy

I refrained from asking for this to be added to the article as this hasn't reached the news until rather recently, but Wu has spent most of the past year vocally supporting Israel.

https://www.thefp.com/p/brianna-wu-bari-weiss-gamergate-progressive-antisemitism-honestly

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/09/09/opinion/israel-hamas-war-progressives-antisemitism/

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/09/11/opinion/letters-to-the-editor-progressives-antisemitism-jews-war/

https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/2024-06-02/ty-article/.premium/american-political-pundits-feud-on-social-media-over-israels-war-against-hamas/0000018f-d91e-dd44-a3ef-db1fa0df0000

https://www.newsnationnow.com/danabramslive/progressives-are-blaming-jewish-super-pac-for-losses-analyst/

Unreliable sources:

https://quillette.com/2024/09/25/podcast-252-trans-rights-israel-and-the-progressive-circus-2/

https://nypost.com/2024/09/10/opinion/progs-have-become-monsters-repudiate-joe-kamala-and-other-commentary/

I think it warrants a mention, as advocating for Israel and Zionism has been her primary activism for a while now. HadesTTW (he/him • talk) 20:05, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@HadesTTW this isn't really an actionable request in this form. Is there particular wording you would like added to the article? Elli (talk | contribs) 23:52, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Elli How about this sentence in Career, after "She is a trans woman"?
Since the outbreak of the Israel–Hamas war, Wu received media attention for her vocal support of Israel. She has argued in The Boston Globe that "my fellow leftists are betraying our Jewish allies" and "the casual antisemitism I’d looked past in progressive spaces [are] impossible to ignore."[1][2][3][4]
And make sure to add the category "American Zionists." She identifies as such in the first article. HadesTTW (he/him • talk) 00:05, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ^ Wu, Brianna (2024-09-09). "I fear that progressivism has become the very thing we fought against". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2024-10-31.
  2. ^ Fink, Rachel (2024-06-02). "Briahna vs Brianna: American Political Pundits Feud on Social Media Over Israel's War Against Hamas". Haaretz.
  3. ^ Abrams, Dan (2024-08-07). "Progressives are blaming Jewish super PAC for losses: Analyst". NewsNation.
  4. ^ Weiss, Bari (2024-10-18). "Brianna Wu Says She Didn't Change. The Progressive Movement Did". The Free Press. Retrieved 2024-10-31.
 Done With a little bit of stylistic reorganisation. Since this is a contentious article, I'd be happy to revert on any disagreement. Happy‑melon 12:08, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Edit request: Category changes

Please remove category [[Category:Video game development companies]], since this is an article about a person, not a company. I have already added the category to the redirect Giant Spacekat, the company in question.

Please add categories [[Category:American transgender women]] and per the previous section, [[Category:American Zionists]] and [[Category:Activists against antisemitism]] and [[Category:Opposition to antisemitism in the United States]].

Qualiesin (talk) 17:47, 2 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Do we have reliable sources that she's against antisemitism or only that she's a zionist? Those two things aren't the same. Simonm223 (talk) Simonm223 (talk) 12:58, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
 Done, partially. I removed the video game company category. I don't see how the other categories suggested are valid, possibly the zionist one. See the discussion immediately above, which may shed some light. If sources don't characterize her as zionist or antisemitist, then neither should the category listings. ~Anachronist (talk) 19:41, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
From the Free Press article:
"We discuss Israel and why Brianna identifies as a Zionist."
She later explains in the video that she strongly supports Israel and uses the label "Zionist" for herself. She also has identified as such on Twitter.
https://www.thefp.com/p/brianna-wu-bari-weiss-gamergate-progressive-antisemitism-honestly
https://x.com/BriannaWu/status/1794497394626949490
HadesTTW (he/him • talk) 00:42, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. I added the American Zionists category. ~Anachronist (talk) 01:22, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Edit request 16 November 2024

In the "Personal Life" section, uncapitalize "life" as it is not a proper noun. JeffSpaceman (talk) 11:34, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done ~ Amory (u • t • c) 13:12, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Edit request

I'm requesting:

  1. That, right above the paragraph about Wu's views regarding the Israel-Hamas war, a level-3 heading (===) named "political views" be added
  2. That the following text be added, using this reference [1], under the aforementioned "political views" heading: "Wu has been a supporter of transgender rights, although she has not identified herself as "LGBTQIA+", which she considers to be a form of identity politics. She has used anti-trans language and slurs, including the word "tranny", which she once referred herself as. She has identified herself as an opponent of gender self-identification and has advocated against the rights of some transgender people to enter female spaces. Wu is a supporter of gender-affirming care and has described “lunatic trans activists” as an obstacle to transgender healthcare bigger than Republican activists. She has also argued that the transgender community had become an "extremist movement". Her views on transgender topics have been criticised by transgender activists including civil rights lawyer Alejandra Caraballo, who said that Wu was attempting to "police the entire [transgender] community", and Elon Musk's estranged daughter Vivian Jenna Wilson, who stated that Wu was trying to "rationalise bigotry". Her views on such topics, as well as her political positions on the Israel-Gaza war, made Wu a controversial political influencer on social media; in 2024, she claimed to be one of Bluesky's most blocked users."

Badbluebus (talk) 19:13, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@ValarianB. Please explain why this meets WP:FRINGE. Also, WP:PINKNEWS is reliable and I don't see why edit requests can't be made for potentially controversial edits. Badbluebus (talk) 18:10, 12 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
no. we're not a platform for fringe criticisms, and this template is only to be used to suggest routine, non-controversial edits anyway. ValarianB (talk)
I am not sure how fringe applies here... Simonm223 (talk) 18:15, 12 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
it is a grouse from a far-leftist source, which is imo the definition of fringe. be that as it may, "Edit requests to fully protected pages should only be used for edits that are either uncontroversial or supported by consensus" is pretty straightforward and clear. this is not the sort of edit that will be added by mere request, so if you or the OP feel this is worthy of inclusion, then initiate a proper discussion to see if there is consensus to do so. ValarianB (talk) 19:33, 12 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
As the contents of the edit are all supported by a source that is listed as reliable on RSP, I thought the edit would not be really that controversial. Anyways, I opened a thread on BLPN to see if any consensus can be built on this. I would also advise that you avoid answering fully protected edit requests, since they are supposed to be handled by admins. Badbluebus (talk) 19:53, 12 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
You can't possibly be serious. A far-leftist source? It's pink news, not Granma. And Pink News is reasonably reliable for LGBT stuff, definitely including the twitter drama of minor online influencers. Simonm223 (talk) 20:18, 12 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
seems due inclusion. I would suggest including this myself. suggesting WP:PINKNEWS is extreme leftist when that is not the consensus of most editors seems wrong. There is no mention about it being leftist in either the listing, and the RFC does not indicate any consensus for attributing it.
This also is an inappropriate application of WP:FRINGE. fringe is mostly for pseudoscience, alternative medicine, and conspiracy theory topics that are not accepted by the vast majority of the mainstream. Bluethricecreamman (talk) 20:26, 12 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'm concerned that the article comes across as very anti Brianna Wu, and that in at least one occasion the author significantly misrepresents Wu's comments. In that case, the author writes that Wu stated "some trans people should not be allowed access to female spaces." In checking the linked source, that was not what Wu was saying, or at the very least that simplified account used by the author misrepresents the actual text, and thus I do not think we should be saying that she "has advocated against the rights of some transgender people to enter female spaces." That the author misrepresented her on this point, and perhaps others, makes me very uncomfortable with the claims by the author about things Wu has written where a source is not provided. The other concern is weight. This is a large section to devote an account by a single author, in a single article, that relies almost entirely on quotes drawn from Twitter and Threads. I think I'd rather use a different source than one which has misrepresented the subject, and I'd prefer to rely on more than one source for these claims. - Bilby (talk) 07:43, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
yeah, WP:PUBLICFIGURE indicates that for a public figure, we should generally have at least two or more sources to prove dueness of critical information. Can try to look for other sources later, but agree that unless at least 2 sources report, we cannot include. Bluethricecreamman (talk) 15:12, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The proposed addition seems quite long (and goes into a lot of detail) to be sourced to a single short news article (as opposed to e.g. a major biography covering the matter in great detail, or many different RS covering the matter). Although the source is reliable, I think a shorter summary of just the major point(s) is more likely to be WP:DUE; alternatively, a version with this many details could be DUE if they were supported (and given WEIGHT) by enough RS. -sche (talk) 23:53, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I agree with this: some general idea of Brianna Wu's views here is probably DUE but not this whole paragraph as worded. Loki (talk) 20:57, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
This is far too much detail based on one tabloidy source for a BLP. Traumnovelle (talk) 06:55, 17 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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