Talk:Melania Trump replacement conspiracy theory

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this is one of the dumbest conspiracy theories I've seen get cites to CNN level - David Gerard (talk) 16:34, 9 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Cites based on actual widespread discussion by proponents. Hyperbolick (talk) 16:37, 9 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

oh, totally, totally! You've now got me thinking about it and working on it ;-) - David Gerard (talk) 16:38, 9 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe rename to "body double" theory. Started with supposed body double on certain occasions. Hyperbolick (talk) 22:56, 11 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@David Gerard: Think it's getting there. Hyperbolick (talk) 20:01, 18 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I think it is :-) More shoring up wouldn't hurt of course. Keep title at "replacement" I think, title is fine - I mean, it can be changed later - David Gerard (talk) 22:20, 18 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

more sources: BBC, Snopes, Yahoo! Style

probably not an RS: Hollywood life

this is Tracey Ullman doing a sketch: [1] [2] was this ever noted in an RS anywhere? - David Gerard (talk) 23:17, 18 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Added BBC. Hyperbolick (talk) 13:33, 19 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, the Ullman sketches predate the conspiracy theory, so probably shouldn't go here - David Gerard (talk) 15:54, 19 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Agree. Hyperbolick (talk) 16:05, 19 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

"Clone" reported in unreliable sources [3],[4] but not RS. Remove? Hyperbolick (talk) 17:10, 20 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

yeah ... I'd only put in what we can from RSes, even if the RSes are basically making fun of it - David Gerard (talk) 17:18, 20 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Ok. Think it's ready. Hyperbolick (talk) 21:33, 20 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

gi's a moment, just gonna review it and all sources - David Gerard (talk) 22:20, 20 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

ok, I don't think it's quiiite ready - the second and third paragraphs of the "Origins" section, their references don't refer to this conspiracy theory at all, only to odd behaviour on Donald Trump's part. I think we'd need a ref linking this incident to the conspiracy theory, and we don't appear to have one.

I cut the James Gunn quote because it was pretty much fluff, cited to a trivial media site - David Gerard (talk) 22:31, 20 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Possible categories to add to this page? ---Another Believer _(Talk) 18:00, 30 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Tried some. Hyperbolick (talk) 18:10, 30 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]