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[–] AernaLingus@hexbear.net 16 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Nexon co-edited a volume titled Harry Potter and International Relations, published in 2006, that applies international relations theorizing to the world of Harry Potter and the politics of Harry Potter in general.

no fucking way

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

way

When I googled him I had no idea he had a Wikipedia page. I assumed he was some uber-turbo-shitlib rando professor.

[–] AernaLingus@hexbear.net 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Not only can they not read another book, they can't even write another book! Truly beyond parody.

Also,

A major contributor to this article appears to have a close connection with its subject. (October 2019)

The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia's notability guideline for academics. (October 2019)

lol. lmao, even

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 6 points 4 months ago

2019

Now I wonder if he, himself, created the page via a sockpuppet. And lucky for him - the page is in a Goldilocks zone. It gets enough page views so it hasn't been deleted yet. But it doesn't get enough view to create enough interest to get it deleted.