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Gay Nigger Association of America was a good articles nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There may be suggestions below for improving the article. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

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Date	Process	Result
July 10, 2011	Good article nominee	Not listed
September 2, 2012	Good article nominee	Not listed

Current status: Former good article nominee

On 13 February 2023, it was proposed that this article be moved to GNAA. The result of the discussion was not moved.

On 22 March 2023, it was proposed that this article be moved to Gay Niggers Association of America. The result of the discussion was not moved.

Requested move 22 March 2023

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: not moved. (non-admin closure) ■ ∃ Madeline ⇔ ∃ Part of me ; 20:18, 29 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Gay Nigger Association of America → Gay Niggers Association of America – The official website calls themself that and it makes sense as there are more than 1 person in the association. PalauanReich (talk) 19:51, 22 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose This is a recently created website, there's no indication that it was created by the same person/group behind the original. We need RS to be able to link them and update the page. The Wordsmith^{Talk to me} 20:37, 22 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
According to their website, it is described as the same group reborn PalauanReich (talk) 20:53, 22 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
We are unable to trust this website, especially being a brand new one, for the claim that they are the official one. We need third party reliable sources, or some sort of published statement by a verified representative, something to demonstrate that this new website actually is real and not just a random person creating a new website and claiming to represent a defunct organization. The Wordsmith^{Talk to me} 21:00, 22 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose: Wikipedia uses the WP:Common name from WP:independent reliable sources, not self-published dubious ones with claims of rebirth. —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 00:24, 23 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose move. The N-word in the common name is singular. O.N.R. ^(talk) 02:16, 23 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Suggestion for small edit

I don't have an account and this page is locked. (Looks like it's locked for good reason lol.) I think this line is phrased poorly:

On February 11, 2007, an attack was launched on the website of US presidential candidate (and future US president) Barack Obama, where the group's name was caused to appear on the website's front page.

Suggested edit:
On February 11, 2007, an attack was launched on the website of former US president Barack Obama at the time of his first presidential campaign, where the group's name was caused to appear on the website's front page.

Original version makes it sound like we're awaiting a 3rd term. Update clarifies that he was president in the past but the incident happened before he was president. It could probably be phrased even clearer, but I couldn't think of anything, so I added a link. If there's a better, more specific link, then that could be used instead.

Also using passive voice makes the phrasing awkward and obscures whether the attack was committed by the GNAA or if it's intentionally not naming an attacker because there's no source providing evidence who the attacker is. If it's the former:

On February 11, 2007, the GNAA attacked the website of former US president Barack Obama at the time of his first presidential campaign, where they caused their name to appear on the website's front page.

If it's the latter:

On February 11, 2007, an attack was launched on the website of former US president Barack Obama at the time of his first presidential campaign by causing the name of the GNAA to appear on the website's front page. It's unclear whether the GNAA was responsible.

If that assumes too much or is too leading:

On February 11, 2007, an unknown attacker defaced the website of former US president Barack Obama at the time of his first presidential campaign, where they caused the name of the GNAA to appear on the website's front page. 2601:98A:4181:2610:D442:6516:AFEF:E506 (talk) 13:16, 29 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 15 July 2024

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On February 11, 2007, an attack was launched on the website of US presidential candidate (and future US president) Barack Obama, where the group's name was caused to appear on the website's front page.

Suggested edit:

On February 11, 2007, an attack was launched on the website of former US president Barack Obama at the time of his first presidential campaign, where the group's name was caused to appear on the website's front page. EO1912 (talk) 14:43, 15 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: At the time of the attack, Obama was a presidential candidate, not a former president. PianoDan (talk) 17:29, 15 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That's why the sentence says "at the time of his first presidential campaign". EO1912 (talk) 11:27, 18 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I don't find the proposed rewording clearer. Since that means there's two editors with differing opinions, it isn't an uncontroversial change. As such it needs a consensus before it can be added using the edit request template procedure. PianoDan (talk) 16:04, 18 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 09/04/2024

Maybe add Jax as part of Other members included, as she was more notable than many of the other members that aren't Andrew as the Biden Campaigns cybersecurity expert. details her surprisingly long history with the group and friendship with "weev" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2404:F780:1:3137:0:0:0:14 (talk) 11:14, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]