If pieces exclusively by staff members have editorial oversight (there is a team of editors and such) then it meets WP:RS.- Ryūlóng ( 琉竜) 19:17, 30 October 2014 (UTC) Buzzfeed as a whole is considered unreliable, as they are established as a click-bait site. Tutelary ( talk) 19:11, 30 October 2014 (UTC) No one has ever argued that it was unreliable. If it's unreliable, it's not going to suddenly be reliable because there is no proof of editorial control and the vested consensus in WP:RSN that it is an unreliable source. And there has been no discussion on WP:RSN saying "don't use Buzzfeed staff member posts".- Ryūlóng ( 琉竜) 19:10, 30 October 2014 (UTC) There doesn't need to be. Such sources should be allowed.- Ryūlóng ( 琉竜) 19:07, 30 October 2014 (UTC) The article suggested here is by a staff member. Kaciemonster ( talk) 19:04, 30 October 2014 (UTC) Anything on Buzzfeed in this article is from a staff member and not some random user submited contribution. M ASEM ( t) 18:55, 30 October 2014 (UTC) In that case, we should remove the 2 (3?) Buzzfeed articles we're using right now. That said, I'm all for removing weak RSes in this like those Forbes blogs if other sources can replace that. And while you brought up Forbes, they are not thoroughly vetted but people like Kain have demonstrated past editorial standards on their own. NorthBySouthBaranof ( talk) 18:50, 30 October 2014 (UTC) Buzzfeed is not a reliable source per WP:RS/N, and as specific names are given, you've entered a unfounded BLP claim based on an unreliable source.
I find Masem's alleged sourcing concerns to be a non-issue if we're accepting Forbes contributor blogs which are not even edited, then surely an editorially-vetted news post by a BuzzFeed staff member is a reliable source.
A simple investigation by BuzzFeed determines that seven out of 10 KotakuInAction moderators are also moderators or frequent participants in sub-Reddits such as "struggleporn," "breakfeminazis," "ProlapseVille," "WhatFeministsLookLike" and other forums described by BuzzFeed as "devoted to either the physical and emotional degradation and humiliation of women, or in subreddits devoted to mocking and delegitimizing the arguments and appearances of feminists and 'social justice warriors'." This leads BuzzFeed to conclude that "a look at the online behavior of the moderators of KotakuInAction reveals a community largely guided by a group of people who participate in and moderate subreddits devoted to the physical degradation of women and the mockery and the ridicule of feminism" and "the online activity of its representatives undermine the subreddit’s stated premise and reveal it as a well-orchestrated front for a woman-hating goon squad."
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