Talk:Russian interference in the 2018 United States elections

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Following the recent discussion of possible Russian donations to the National Rifle Association to indirectly fund US political campaigns, we now have reports of Russian bot activity on social media following the Parkland school massacre. Interference in the 2018 election. Sources are readily available from current media. I don't have time to add text for the next few days. SPECIFICO talk 23:53, 15 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

If the NRA is being funded by possible Russian donations, then why can't we just add the info to the article on the NRA? It's not really very relevant to the elections, which are the subject of this article. If there is enough source coverage, I wouldn't mind a paragraph or so about it on the NRA article. Jdcomix (talk) 17:35, 16 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Insane that this is even being considered for deletion.Wikipietime (talk) 14:52, 20 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I think we should keep this now, I've been considering striking my !vote on the AfD for a while now, but there are 8 sources now, which in my mind is enough to keep this for now. Jdcomix (talk) 20:20, 20 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Russian bots doing this: https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/17/opinions/russian-bots-2018-midterm-elections-opinion-love/index.html . Should be added.Casprings (talk) 03:41, 23 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

https://www.thedailybeast.com/russian-hackers-new-target-a-vulnerable-democratic-senator

I think it is really curious that the actual social media posts used to effect the electin haven't been displayed at all, or very little, given the magnitude of this case. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:14BB:72:48C5:F94A:1C3C:B01B:49CE (talk) 20:03, 4 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The article actually claim that pointing out facts is Russian conspiracy: "The leaders of intelligence agencies have noted that Russia is using social media to highlight racial and economic differences.", what a joke. Labeling those differences out as something negative is like claiming that talking about Evolution is religious intolerance. 24.227.1.28 (talk) 04:05, 6 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I'm thinking its all rather much ado about what many do unless someone can turn up more egregious items. I added the DNI 22 Dec report, which is even more vague that Russia (and China and Iran and others) did influence operations ... I'm just thinking it 'well is a worldwide web, with people of all nationalities chiming in, and many governments paying attention and manuvering around being just doing what governments do'. The outrage seems a bit artificial on one side, and a bit underdone on the other so ... not much actual here. Cheers Markbassett (talk) 21:00, 25 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

This article seems very similar to the timeline for the investigations. I propose that the article be substantially rewritten to avoid this by eliminating the timeline perspective.Theoallen1 (talk) 01:41, 30 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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X1\: Unlike the other articles, I do not think this article is too long, but that it could be substantially reorganized. For example, the lead is about the worldwide threat assessment, then the article continues into a timeline. Rather, three sections can be used. The first breaking the information into the background of the 2016 election and unpreparedness, such as the February, March, and May bullets. The second is actual hacks such as the April, July, and August bullets. The third is the conclusion, such as the October and December events. I am not advocating for another article.Theoallen1 (talk) 00:11, 6 August 2019 (UTC)[reply

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It sounds like you want to keep the timeline style, but have sections within the

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I don’t have a problem with the events (other than Election Day not being mentioned at the top instead of where it is now). I do not want it to look like the timeline into the 2016 election page or the timeline pages for the investigations in 2017 to 2019.Theoallen1 (talk) 00:31, 6 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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