What about the 2nd ref? It should not be behind a pay wall. I don't think this belongs in the lead, and I think this is overstating most of the sources (which compare it to an ARG few of them - especially the higher-quality ones - actually state that it is or was one.) It is worth mentioning the comparison to ARGs somewhere in the article, but not in the lead, and definitely not in the first few sentences and even when it's mentioned, I would definitely stay away from the more dramatic claims in the Medium post unless we can find better sourcing.

The Hand That Feeds You: Bite 21:00, 18 January 2021 (UTC) I could see that potentially being worked into a section of the article. QAnon is part conspiracy theory, part religious/political cult, and part alternate-reality role-playing game. Psychology Today comes the closest, stating: The Hand That Feeds You: Bite 20:54, 18 January 2021 (UTC) The U Chicago article as well states that QAnon uses ARG-like elements, but does not go so far as to call it an ARG. Regardless, that would not be something to put in the lead, but it would possibly fit elsewhere in the article. Geraldshields11 ( talk) 20:42, 18 January 2021 (UTC) I can't view the Financial Times link as it's paywalled, but the title sounds more like they're claiming 'Q' used the ARG format in order to push a narrative, not that it was an actual game. Geraldshields11 ( talk) 20:37, 18 January 2021 (UTC) That is why I am on the talk page trying to have a talk about adding it. The Hand That Feeds You: Bite 20:01, 18 January 2021 (UTC) I found RS that now say it is a ARG alternative reality game such as the Financail Times, also I found a S, called Medium, which another editor said is not RS, that names the acutual person who statrted the ARG. Geraldshields11 ( talk) 19:50, 18 January 2021 (UTC) While there is interesting speculation that QAnon resembles an ARG, there is not enough there to call it such, especially straight into the lead of the article. However, I used 3 sources 2 of which were the Financial Times. Geraldshields11 ( talk) 18:47, 18 January 2021 (UTC) Dear XOR'easter: I noticed that you reverted my edit because one of the sources was Medium. I will add text in the lead paragraph based on RS. The Hand That Feeds You: Bite 20:01, 18 January 2021 (UTC))įinancial Times is reporting that this was started as an Alternate Reality Game.

(Note: I have broken this off into its own section, as it was not directly related to the previous section it was written in.

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