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This article has been mentioned by multiple media organizations: R.L.G. (January 15, 2015). "#BlackLivesMatter". The Economist. Gretchen McCulloch (January 29, 2015). "Is a Hashtag a Word? The Case of #BlackLivesMatter". Slate. Jeff Guo (October 25, 2016). "Wikipedia is fixing one of the Internet's biggest flaws". The Washington Post. For instance—right now on the page for Black Lives Matter, there's an anonymous contributor who is upset that the article doesn't mention George Soros, who is believed by some on the alt-right to be the movement's ultimate sponsor. (It's not true.) The contributor accuses the pages editors of conspiring 'portray BLM in the most favorable light possible.' 'Easy,' one of the editors responds. 'Take a breath and let's see what we can agree on.'

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The following references may be useful when improving this article in the future: Smith, Robert (2021). "Black Lives Matter". Encyclopedia of African-American Politics, Third Edition. New York: Facts on File. pp. 122–126. ISBN 978-1-4381-9939-9.

This topic should not be locked anymore. Clearly the fraud stuff should be contained within the first paragraph. 2600:1700:7491:D490:6899:D692:DF9C:701 (talk) 15:30, 7 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

You can propose specific edit requests here. I think page protection is still required. – Muboshgu (talk) 15:36, 7 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The fraud is related to Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation. It is in the lede of that article, where it is appropriate. — The Hand That Feeds You:^Bite 17:36, 7 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. It makes sense in that article in the lede; not really in the lede here. Lewisguile (talk) 20:11, 22 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I was surprised not to find any mention of Palestine in this article, and the history of solidarity between BLM and Palestine. See, for example, NPR, The Nation, Vox, and Time. Marquardtika (talk) 21:39, 14 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It may be worth adding to the 2023 and 2024 years in the history section of the article. homo momo (talk) 16:44, 2 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]