1. Which mods/admins were being Power Tripping Bastards?

@TheTechnician27@lemmy.world

  1. What sanction did they impose (e.g. community ban, instance ban, removed comment)?

Ban & comment removal.

  1. Provide a screenshot of the relevant modlog entry (don’t de-obfuscate mod names).

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  1. Provide a screenshot and explanation of the cause of the sanction (e.g. the post/comment that was removed, or got you banned).

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  1. Explain why you think its unfair and how you would like the situation to be remedied.

I commented that I am not sure @arlesh@lemmy.world even verified the story is even real. Instead of proving me with another source that the story is real, I was deemed a troll, banned, and all my comments removed. If this is how criticism is remedied, I am not sure what I want fixed.

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    Because as TheTechnician27@lemmy.world demonstrated on the very same screenshot I provided:

    1. Posts should use high-quality sources (for a rough idea, check out this list),

    NYT fails the metric of high-quality reliable source, as they state they use slop to type their articles.

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      NYT fails the metric of high-quality reliable source, as they state they use slop to type their articles.

      [Citation needed]

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      This is untrue, as by the coms own metrics, this Wikipedia page is the standard for reliability on the com. That page states that NYT is perfectly fine as a source.

      Edit: added context for the green checkmark.