Talk:Khors (band)

References

Please provide valid references for the article. The newly created References section does, although violating the WP:LINKSTOAVOID, qualify as External links, not as a collection of valid references. — Zhernovoi (talk) 21:03, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

How can I prove the significance of the articles? What I must to do?Narcoticq (talk) 14:01, 29 May 2011 (UTC)

I suppose the mtvvid article counts as a reference of notability, i will remove the notability andunreferenced tags. But, please, review your external links (Sources), they should follow the WP:EXT guideline. — Zhernovoi (talk) 22:14, 29 May 2011 (UTC)

Material that is reliably sourced was removed

Why was the following removed? "The band is known for its involvement in the Ukrainian National Socialist black metal and white power music scenes." That is relevant to the controversy regarding the band, and is from a book published through a reputable academic publisher. It's reliable, goes along with what other independent reliable sources have stated, and is relevant to the issues surrounding this band. It also is presented fairly and neutrally: The band is known for doing X.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 23:34, 21 April 2020 (UTC)

Original synthesis tag

"By being a Ukrainian black metal band, in 2005 Khors was accused being a part of the National Socialist black metal scene,"

^ That is original synthesis, and I've tagged it accordingly. The band is Ukrainian, and this source described The Flame of Eternity's Decline as NSBM, but no-where does Kalis, the reviewer, state that they consider the band NSBM because it is Ukrainian. That's an editorialization for which you would need a source to state. If you have a reference that says: "In 2005, a Chronicles of Chaos reviewer labeled the band as NSBM, presumably because it is Ukrainian," THEN you could make the assertion "Probably because the band is part of the Ukrainian black metal scene, in 2005 it was labeled as NSBM." But, unless you have that kind of source making that connection, this connection is not supported. It's more likely that Kalis labeled the band as NSBM because of the contributions of Nokturnal Mortum members and that a member of Astrofaes is in the band, but even that is an original synthesis because Kalis doesn't even clearly imply that.

Thank you, Violeance, for that removal. The causal relationship cannot be assumed by Wikipedia. It MUST be explicitly stated in reliable sources. If it even was implied, I could see it, but Kalis does not make any such implication.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 01:04, 22 April 2020 (UTC)

Labeling as NSBM

There has been a lot of contention about Khors being labeled National Socialist black metal or otherwise being involved in white power music. Some sources are explicitly clear, namely these three: At least one other reliable source says that though some of the members are connected to those scenes, this specific band is harmless: The band likewise disputes the NSBM label, claims it is apolitical, but says that it is patriotic and "We have always been patriotically adjusted and we propagandized love to the Native Land". Other sources, namely this following one, are more nuanced, stating that the connections of the members to NSBM are clear but that this can be separated from the musical output of Khors:

The points of dispute seem to:

1. Should the NSBM connection be mentioned at all?

2. If this is mentioned, a. should it be only in a genre or controversy section, or also in the lead? b. are there enough mentions in reliable sources to warrant the band being categorized as NSBM and placed on the List of National Socialist black metal bands?

I think the answer to question 1 should be yes, absolutely, since the band itself mentions the controversy in interviews. The answer to 2a. I think should be that the lead should summarize all of the article, including the controversy, being sure to fairly represent the different analyses and the band's own opinion. The answer to 2b. I personally think yes, in keeping with how other list articles such as the List of Christian metal bands are handled, but I can see where, because this is such a controversial labeling with serious implications on living persons and not all independent sources agree about the NSBM label, it should be left off this category grouping and listing.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 23:16, 10 May 2020 (UTC)

I'm soliciting for comment from the following editors, because they've been recently involved in either this article, the NSBM band list article, the RfC, or other bands labeled as NSBM, or some combination of the former: Violeance, OverrideTheOverture, Mungo Kitsch, Binksternet, Killarnee, Walter Görlitz, North8000, Bilorv.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 23:16, 10 May 2020 (UTC)

References

My answer is "2b". It's always interesting to tell the reader when a band states their own genre or denies a genre published in reviews, but the band's opinion is not definitive. The definitive label comes from third party sources such as music critics. WP:SECONDARY sources are the main leverage on Wikipedia, the biggest stick. Binksternet (talk) 23:29, 10 May 2020 (UTC)

Multiple pages of Wikipedia policy state and warn with very similar information to be aware of: “In biographies of living persons, material available solely in questionable sources or sources of dubious value should be handled with caution, and, if derogatory, should not be used at all, either as sources or via external links. External links in biographies of living persons must be of high quality and are judged by a higher standard than for other articles. Do not link to websites that are not fully compliant with this guideline or that contradict the spirit of WP:BLP” WP:ELBLP.

So let us analyze the sources that were used at this exact Band’s page to accuse the band on the Wikipedia page of the Band by User:3family6, despite the multiple warnings by the Administrative Board User_talk:3family6#Adding_a_questionable_category_to_Khors_(band), User_talk:3family6#Notice_of_edit_warring_noticeboard_discussion and many Editors on this and other Metal Band pages, according to Wikipedia rules and policy, such as WP:BLP and others.

1. Beanbag, André (2009). "Reviews : KHORS / Mysticism". Ox Fanzine (in German). “"Contrary to rumors, the band is not attached to any politically motivated groups or extremists", writes the label, but a little research on the internet shows that the Ukrainians are not only in KHORS but also in bands like NOKTURNAL MORTUM, HATE FOREST, ASTROFAES or RUNES OF DIANCEHT operates (t) en. Wonderful, the NSBM elite of Ukraine in just one sentence! On the other hand, it's nice that KHORS have nothing to offer apart from children's black metal and "atmospheric" bombast shit. For that they would be laughed at in hell. Black Metal Nazis have the same problem as their Bonehead colleagues: they can only make bad music. But they're also bad people.” There is nothing wrong with negative reviews to Musical albums, they can be valued with the same dignity as any others. In contrast, the above provided article has nothing to do with ANY quality that actual Musical critics must apply, it’s rather a bad-language ‘article’ with from very low to zero value. This is not a Musical critic article, but rather an offended spoilt baby-cry. This is the whole ‘article’, that I cited full and completely to show that, allegedly, User:3family does a desperate attempt to paint the Band with such creepy term, no matter how dramatically low quality the sources are. I believe, that citing such low quality and obviously malicious-intended “sources” is a humiliation of the Wikipedia as Encyclopedia.

2. Dyck, Kirsten. I haven’t have a chance to read the book at full, as there are only a few parts of it is provided on Google books. However, all available statements I see through, are supported by reference list. UNLIKE the only paragraph through the whole book where Khors was mentioned: “Other key groups have include Munruthel, White Load, Drudkh, Nachtigall (German for nightingale), and Khors (named for the god of sun in Slavic mythology”. NO REFERENCE. This is a huge overlook of supervisor(s) and/or external reviewer, to let this happen in a scientific world. Secondly, a review on this book in the relevant Journal states: “Without a theoretical foundation, it is hard for the reader to determine if Dyck’s conclusions are the result of her scientific investigation or rather of her own liberal political beliefs.” (Source: Christiane K. Alsop et al., Book Review: scholarcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1548&context=gsp, accessed on 17.04.2020). And, I would add, speculation. So, this a very weak brief unsupported mentioning that takes 0.0000000001% (less) from the whole book text. Is it the ‘source’ then?

3. Kalis, Quentin (December 22, 2005). Chronicles of Chaos. This is the link from which, I assume, this rumor issue had started in the past. I would like to draw the attention of everybody that the band started its music way in 2004. This article was published in 2005, as nobody had any clue about the Band. My analysis of this rumor-like article: a) Irrelevant (a poor, not proven assumption of linking people (and somehow their minds then too!) in an album review: “This was released by Knjaz Varggoth's [vox, Nokturnal Mortum] own tiny label. The Nokturnal Mortum connection doesn't end there, as this project includes their keyboardist Saturius and former guitarist Wortherax, as well as members of Runes of Dianecht and Astrofaes. I never considered Wortherax to be a particularly unique guitarist, but his leads on this CD reminded immediately of his work on _Lunar Poetry_. Sadly, all of the inspiration seems to be vested in the guitar leads, as this is otherwise a rather dull addition to the rapidly increasing litany of Slavic NSBM.”; b) the review by this link is very much out-of-date (2005) - it is 15 years passed by; c) R.I.P. to this website, as it doesn't work from 2015, so there is even nobody there, to support or reject this false information; d) this webzine states: "All opinions expressed in Chronicles of Chaos are opinions held at the time of writing by the individuals expressing them. They do not necessarily reflect the opinions of anyone else, past or present". (!). So, in my mind, WP:BLP must applied be here immediately as well. 4. Invisible Oranges - The Metal Blog. “Ah, Ukrainian black metallers. We probably wouldn’t get along, but I love their music. So romantic, passionate…and sometimes racist. The press for Khors‘ Mysticism (Paragon, 2008) denies any political attachments. But though their lyrics are about ice, forests, lakes, and so on, the band members have NSBM associations – Hate Forest, Nokturnal Mortum, Runes of Dianceht. (I don’t get how Ukrainians can be pro-Nazi, given WWII, but that’s another matter.)” Me, personally, neither, as well as such issue might emerge in someones’ head. So, here, the whole Kharkiv metal scene with a big tender was slightly accused in NSBM associations by simple (read weak) connection to some other bands in the very far past. Does anybody think of how this issue emerged? One-person statements that paint the whole scene? Again, no basis, no proves, just a rumor-like assumption. I will repeat it over and over, my strong believe that each single person shall be protected from the persecution on the base of their race, nation, religion, gender, place of living, social position, etc. The same applies to Artists.

5. Alex. "Interview with Khors". Metal Review. Founder of the Band Khors: “ We are held dear enough even among "radically inclined Kharkiv folks" as you speak. And our personal outlooks never changed in ASTROFAES then or now. I was not interested in politics and always be this way, thus it's extremely erroneous to note my previous band ASTROFAES as NSBM, but I don't know its present status. We have always been patriotically inclined and we propagandized love for the Native Land, respect for ancestors and so on, but one must not confuse it with inadequate political trends and organizations”. Statement from the band representative is clear.

6. Arnold, Neil. "KHORS – Night Falls Onto The Fronts Of Ours (2015)". Metal Forces. Neil Arnold of Metal Forces has stated that "Khors has always been a rather harmless black metal troupe, removing themselves from any political conflicts and revelling in ancient traditions and mythical prowess."

To conclude: The majority of articles about Khors band have nothing to do with linking the band with NS or any other political issues; it would be possible to provide over 50-70 external sources; those other 50-70 sources never open this issue - as there is no issue. In contrast – a few sources with some superficial mentioning “political involvement”. Conclusion from this: accusing band in being NS is a very MINOR point from the whole scope of articles about the band, not mentioning it is extremely controversial, the sources provided are under the serious question of validity. Thus, the band's page must be protected by WP:BLP Wikipedia policy. Violeance (talk) 13:44, 11 May 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for the invite. NBSM isn't a genre, it is an extreme political movement espousing what most people would consider to be really bad stuff. So you have a few writers who have accused them of holding those views (and in my quick read I didn't see them giving a basis for that accusation) and the band saying that they do not. In short, IMO the writers are not even weak sources for that accusation, much less the strong sourcing that would be required for wp:BLP. IMO it's a slam dunk "leave it out" except maybe for what is currently in there (with "has been accused" attribution type wording.) One disclaimer....I don't have in-depth knowledge of Khors to know whether or not there is a solid basis for the NBSM accusation. Sincerely, North8000 (talk) 13:58, 11 May 2020 (UTC)

Dyck simply lists Khors as part of the Ukrainian white power music scene, she doesn't specifically say why. Kalis doesn't exactly state why they consider the band NSBM, although they do identify it as such quite explicitly. He does say that the band is strongly connected to Nokturnal Mortum, and he also mentions that it doesn't experiment with folk music or Rock Against Communism like many other bands in the genre (both of these stylistic experiments being common within the scene at one point is supported by other reliable sources). Ox Fanzine explains their reasoning: The members of Khors have been in multiple Nazi bands - "the Ukrainians are not only in KHORS but also in bands like NOKTURNAL MORTUM, HATE FOREST, ASTROFAES or RUNES OF DIANCEHT [operating]. Wonderful, the NSBM elite of Ukraine in just one sentence!" (as per Google Translate, with an edit). Invisible Oranges says a similar thing to Ox Fanzine - "But though their lyrics are about ice, forests, lakes, and so on, the band members have NSBM associations – Hate Forest, Nokturnal Mortum, Runes of Dianceht. (I don’t get how Ukrainians can be pro-Nazi, given WWII, but that’s another matter.) This is one of those “separate the creator from the creation” deals."--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 14:48, 11 May 2020 (UTC)

This interview I think is very enlightening. The members of Khors disavow Nazism, and instead espouse Ukrainian nationalism. They then go on to explain what kind of nationalism they are talking about: "As for Yushenko himself then he’s a nationalist but also puppet of the jewish capitalists. He’s actively into Tripolish culture and beekeeping. Competent enough man but there’s a problem – he can’t govern the country and five years of his presidency proved it. But just in times of the nationalist Yushenko presidency the soldiers of Ukrainian Insurgent Army as well as such personalities as Roman Shuhevich and Stepan Bandera have been recognized as Heroes of Ukraine and it’s important. Yushenko spoke many about nationalism and that was good atmosphere for our activity. We’ll see if Ukraine will go this way further..." Later on they say that "While Western Europe’s learning to love homosexual freaks and “united colours of benetton” we speak about patriotism and Ukrainian heroes here, for example." Besides the anti-Semitism, homophobia, and rejection of racial pluralism, they name-drop Ukrainian Insurgent Army, Roman Shukhevych, and Stepan Bandera, who were far-right ultranationalists implicated in the Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia, and, in the case of Bandera, the Holocaust in Ukraine. At this point, it's an argument about semantics - is NSBM specifically neo-Nazism, or more broadly far-right and fascist? The sources on NSBM lean toward that latter - it's an umbrella term for a collection of far-right political alignments within black metal.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 15:35, 11 May 2020 (UTC)

North8000, what would you say in light of this?--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 15:49, 11 May 2020 (UTC)

I wasn't able to zero in on the actual interview.....you gave a general link to their website which has about 50 interviews. From just the post, my thoughts remain the same as my post of 1-2 days ago. Sincerely, North8000 (talk) 13:00, 12 May 2020 (UTC)

North8000, yeah, between when I pinged you and when you responded, the band took the interview offline. Eduinaluca I think is the only editor besides myself who was able to see it before it went offline. They can confirm that the quotes I gave above are accurate. As you can see below, they were questioning the provenance of the original interview which the band re-posted.. Wayback Machine hadn't saved it, all I have is some screenshots of a Google Search, and I might be able to reconstruct the site offline from my cache files, if I can figure out how to do that.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 15:42, 13 May 2020 (UTC)

My cache files no longer go back to March 11, unfortunately. I still have screenshots, though. Unfortunately, not of the actual page, just the Google results.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 16:33, 13 May 2020 (UTC)

Okay, so this interview still exists in print form. Apparently VFP Magazine is a print magazine specializing in metal and punk, with a white power music editorial position. I don't know how to access a print form of this interview. However, it does exist.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 20:20, 13 May 2020 (UTC)

I have done a few updates on the Khors article and I have come accross this discussion. I read this interview and tried to dig a bit more to get more details about it such as what kind of webzine wrote the interview (if the source was already biased given the questions they asked) and the exact date of publication (I have myself been in various webzines for years and I wondered who realy publish anything on the 1st of January). I found absolutely nothing.

While this is definitely an incriminating interview and the first proper evidence of what 3family6 has been aserting, its relevance in this discussion is still questionnable. It's 10 years old (if not more ?) and the original source cannot be found. Eduinaluca (talk) 18:49, 11 May 2020 (UTC)

I'm not sure that matters, because the band re-posted it on their own website.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 21:11, 11 May 2020 (UTC)

Apparently now the link has been disconnected. Call me suspicious, I think someone involved with the band was aware of this discussion. As of my typing, Google Search still brings up results, and I have screenshots of the above quotes.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 03:00, 12 May 2020 (UTC)

I couldn't access to the interview anymore either. But when it still was there, there were many odd things about it. As I already mentionned, the date of publication, the already very politically oriented questions which undermines the neutrality of the entire process and the absence of the original source. This makes this interview come out of nowhere. And thus, the band could benefit of the doubt. They've been fighting against rumors of them being NSBM and somehow,such rumors were started by someone who wanted to discredit the band.

This is rightfully feasible by them. So unless the original link of this interview is found and properly used as reliable source on Wikipedia,it should not be considered in the matter of labelling Khors as NSBM. Eduinaluca (talk) 09:08, 12 May 2020 (UTC)

I don't understand this is all. This was an interview that the band itself posted on its own website, and those quotes I gave up there, as you saw, were said by members of the band itself. If it were statements from the publication, yes, I agree that they could have misrepresented things. But these were statements by the band members themselves.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 12:27, 12 May 2020 (UTC)

New source you added and discussed, User:3family6, seems controversial to me again. Unfortunately, I am not acquainted well with Ukrainian politics, so can give my view from the very superficial knowledge and what I read here. What I see from your citing: it seems to be a ‘kitchen-like’ discussion about Yushchenko and his activity at that time (the former president of this country, 2005-2010, google says). How come it is relevant here? There is, indeed, a mentioning of homosexuals, the word used is not nice; and that would not add an honor to the author of such word. However, again, this has nothing to do with NS stuff. I would say you, personally, User:3family6, added sources to Wikipedia page (Ox Fanzine) with similar (or worse) dirty language use, that neither stopped you, nor seemed wrong to you. Other of your conclusions and newly invented accusations seem again unproven to me, since apparently, we read texts very differently: you do your own testifies, elaboration on the topic (what it MIGHT mean) and immediate superficial conclusions. That might not reflect what other people would read from this. The same you showed from your interpretations of all the previous links provided. Violeance (talk) 12:03, 12 May 2020 (UTC)

Um? Calling Yushchenko a "Jewish capitalist puppet" is just a "kitchen-sink" discussion? When you drop anti-Semitism, homophobia, anti-racial-diversity statements ("Colors of Betton" is about ethnic and racial diversity), and far-right ultra-nationalists who perpetrated ethnic cleansing, all within the space of one interview, I have a hard time believing that this band is "politically neutral" and doesn't want anything to do with far-right politics. As I said above, the band says that they aren't National Socialists. This would make sense, since the group and the people mentioned by the band fought against the Nazis (although I've heard that there's some evidence of collaboration in the Holocaust). Instead they were far-right ultra-nationalists. Such a political alignment is included in the definition of NSBM, since there is an umbrella term for far-right extremist political movements in black metal. Khors at least until circa 2010 has expressed sympathy for the far-right and expressed far-right sentiment. So the BLP concerns about a turn such as National socialist black metal being disparaging, has a lot less weight behind it now.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 12:27, 12 May 2020 (UTC)

Allegedly, through your personal interests and no good intentions, User:3family6, you are badly missing words of other Editors, though many of them keep reminding you that “Care should be taken that people are not unjustly painted with such a term”. And WP:BLP must be respected. Thus, I would like to remind you that the main point of this discussion (after multiple other pages of intense discussions) was to come to the final consensus:

1. Do not show ANY mentioning of NSBM on the Khors page. This is due to the strong accusation, unproven painting with malicious intentions, weak linking to very unreliable and poor sources, that represent a very minor viewpoint of single individuals, thus is protected by wiki policy WP:BLP.

2. Show this point in Controversy Section as a consensus was offered, to show “the whole scope of opinions” including minor accusation. Although it is very arguable point also, due to a) WP:BLP; b) very bad level of sourcing that is inappropriate; c) marked by several Editors from Consensus as too strong accusation to dare mentioning this in any single word Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Music/Music_genres_task_force#Consensus_needed_regarding_National_Socialist_black_metal_artists. However, was considered and offered by a few other Editors in Consensus to put it in one paragraph in way "Though some critics have labelled X as NSBM because of its ..., others ...". Violeance (talk) 12:40, 12 May 2020 (UTC)

The band has also performed in a charity concert for the Azov Battalion. That doesn't confirm that they are NSBM, but does render the claim to be "apolitical" a bit hollow. Evidence here.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 15:42, 13 May 2020 (UTC)

All this is not neo-nazism.

I am watching you, User:3family6, with all your steadfastness, trying hard to label Khors (band) as NSBM, and how much of your personal time and efforts you have spent on this. The stated arguments in Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Music/Music_genres_task_force#Consensus_needed_regarding_National_Socialist_black_metal_artists didn't suit you for some reason, and you could be satisfied with Controversy section on the band's Wiki page as was suggested from other editors, but that was not enough, so you decided to move on. Ok, that review of 2005 in Chronicles of Chaos webzine have discussed already, in which the author of the review classified the band NSBM just because the band members had previously played on controversial bands. Good. However, not enough to label the band NSBM for many reasons, as there are still much more reviews that say that the band is actually not. Interesting that in the same webzine, the review on the bands’ 5th record from 2012 never says anything about political ties. (http://www.chroniclesofchaos.com/articles.aspx?id=2-6612)

I absolutely agree with User:Violence on Ox fanzine review. That's ridiculous. As for Dyck, Kirsten book “The International Web...” it is rather questionable. The band is listed there as “key groups” without any explanations and references. I assume they wanted to list as many bands as possible. Taking into account that the musicians of absolutely all black metal that are from Kharkiv (Ukraine) know one each other well, played on the same shows and helped one to each other on records – they all have ties. But does that mean they all NSBM? Not really!

That one in Invisible Oranges sounds weird too. And just like in the case of Chronicles of Chaos, only former bands and guest musicians are recalled. The most ridiculous phrase there is “the music is sometimes racist”. Could you, User:3family6, please, describe what music sounds racist and what does not really? And now we come to that interview you cited here. You are trying hard to hold on to the topic of Ukrainian nationalism, Ukrainian Insurgent Army and ultra-nationalists Stepan Bandera and Roman Shukhevych. I guess you already managed to study that Ukrainian Insurgent Army was engaged in guerrilla warfare against Nazi Germany? So where should we find Nazism here? There are no good or bad in war and, unfortunately, Ukrainian Insurgent Army behaved terrible sometimes, but whether you like it or not, in most West Ukrainian cities the major streets are named after Ukrainian Insurgent Army, Stepan Bandera and Roman Shukhevych. Of course, their recognition was important for Ukrainians. Especially, for residents of Western Ukraine. Unfortunately, later it had become to be used as a tool for political manipulations and stimulation of separatism. Moreover, in 2016 in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, Moscow Avenue was renamed to Stepan Bandera Avenue. If to follow your logic, we can go very far and come to the conclusion that all Ukraine is essentially a neo-Nazi state.

Homophobia is disgusting, but it is not neo-Nazism again.

And, the most complicated part concerns the presidency of Yushchenko and this whole topic. You need to dig a little deeper into the modern history of Ukraine and to study such a historical moment as the Orange Revolution in particular. During the Orange Revolution, Viktor Yushenko received an enormous credit of confidence from Ukrainians, he won and became the country's third President. His promises were, in particular, to end with corruption, to prosecute those who responsible in collapse of economics, to end with oligarchy control over political processes in Ukraine, etc. The fact is that all political processes in Ukraine are controlled by oligarchic clan, and most of the oligarchs are of Jewish origin. Having become a president, Viktor Yushenko preferred to reach an agreement with oligarchic clan instead of to struggle the issues and, as the result, lost his rating too fast and didn't gain even 6 percents on president elections in 2010. Viktor Yushenko became a huge disappointment for all the Ukrainians who made him president during the Orange Revolution, and, therefore, there was a phrase among Ukrainians that “President Yushchenko chose to become a puppet of Jewish capital”. This, certainly, sounds rude and somewhat Judophobic, but all this is not an open attack of anti-Semitism or a call for the extermination of the Jews or the domination of the Slavic race. That is, again, is not neo-Nazism.

Summarizing, if the previously existing Controversy section did not suit you and you are still trying hard to label the band as NSBM, then my choice is option 1. OverrideTheOverture (talk) 16:06, 13 May 2020 (UTC)

Those comments from the band don't support that are neo-Nazis, I explicitly said this. What they do support is that they have expressed far-right sentiments and supported ultranationalists who committed ethnic cleansing.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 18:17, 13 May 2020 (UTC)

Standard for inclusion

I'm all for editor discussions to try to determine/understand the reality of the situation; much of the above is that, and I think that the situation is still unclear. But between wp:ver and especially wp:BLP, to put in extreme negative accusations/characterizations as fact in the voice of Wikipedia would require really strong sourcing; such has not been offered. Until/unless it is offered, I don't see the point in further debate on putting such an accusation/characterization in in the voice of Wikipedia. This is a clear, strict, fully enforced policy, not just something to be taken into consideration in a debate. I think that a "some critics say....." or "some writers say..." type statement is much more sourcable/ supportable because the attribution type wording makes it a statement about what they say. Sincerely, North8000 (talk) 14:55, 14 May 2020 (UTC)y

I realize I am a little late here, but feel that I can weigh in no less. I am hesitant to, in any meaningful way, contribute to the actual editing of this page regarding the determination or not of Khors as a NSBM band. Khors is a band that is not marketed as such, and I believe I can safely say that they are de facto not an NSBM band. If anyone reads my essay on the matter of NSBM, I absolutely know that it is not that simple.

On the one hand, I am tempted to state that a past revision of the Khors article was better than the present one. However, considering that the sources have been heavily questioned, I am not so confident as to certainly decree such. I think a "controversy" section would be fine, if the members of Khors do have polarizing opinions that are (preferably widely and reputably) covered in metal press.

Some concerns I have about labeling the band NSBM is, most initially, due to the fact that declaring them as aligned with such ideologically would be a more scientific undertaking, considering that their musical subject matter appears to render such topics as largely untouched (maybe not exclusively, but I am not presently qualified to dissect Khors' music itself). As well, I would have concerns about undue weight and turning the page into a tabloid sensationalizing the band's personal politics.

I am in a bind here, and I cannot competently advise one course of action over another, except that Khors not be defamed; and to go after an interpretation of the band and its history with factual integrity. I think that even aside from the NSBM issue here, the article needs a good amount of work (i.e. improving verbiage, updating to cover info regarding more recent albums, etc). I wish the best for this page, and for the editors involved. Mungo Kitsch (talk) 07:30, 19 May 2020 (UTC)