Conflicting edits on Overshadowed By Controversy

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SkylaNoivern Since: Sep, 2016

17th Oct, 2021 02:10:24 PM

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Conflicting edits on Overshadowed By Controversy Music

R. Kelly is without a doubt a qualifier for Overshadowed by Controversy, and he has an entry on the Music subsection for that page. A while ago, I noticed that the entry (which I had added a lot of detail to previously), had become bloated and bordering on No Real Life Examples, Please!. I decided to clean it back in September with a valid reason. Due to the length of both entries, I've decided to split them into folders.

Even people who aren't fans of R. Kelly know about his brief marriage to Aaliyah (who was fifteen at the time) and his arrest for urinating on an underage girl, and his subsequent acquittal despite the existence of video evidence, which many found to be a disgusting example of Screw the Rules, I Have Money!. While Kelly's career was slowly going down by the late 2010s,^note the bottom eventually fell out in 2019 following the release of the Lifetime documentary series Surviving R. Kelly, which showed evidence and accusations of him running a sex cult, his attempts to cover up his sexual abuse allegations, the backstory behind the trial, and having sexual affairs with women who tended to be underage. The success of the documentary saw Kelly lose virtually all of his remaining fans, with many of Kelly's collaborators (such as Lady Gaga, Jay-Z, and Céline Dion), and many of those formerly close to him (his ex-wife Drea Lee and Sparkle) backing up the documentary and regretting working with him publicly, a search warrant was issued for his manager in Georgia, and RCA Records dropped him publicly. Ultimately, Kelly ended up being charged with 28 accounts of sexual abuse and has been in jail awaiting trial since July 2019. He also didn’t help things by going on a violent, hyperbolic rant in the middle of being interviewed by Gayle King (and at the same time made King a Memetic Badass for just calmly sitting there and not appearing the slightest bit flustered).

My Cleanup

R. Kelly was once one of the most successful R&B singers of The '90s, being known for songs such as "I Believe I Can Fly", "Ignition", and "Bump N Grind". Over time, however, he became better known for his marriage to Aaliyah (who was fifteen at the time) and his arrest for urinating on an underage girl, and his subsequent acquittal despite the existence of video evidence. Then in 2019, the Lifetime documentary series Surviving R. Kelly was released, which accused Kelly of him running a sex cult and having affairs with several other underaged girls. The documentary's release further damaged his reputation, and he was eventually charged with 28 accounts of sexual abuse.

A day later, miraculous edited the entry to include a section about him being found guilty, which I deliberately avoided doing at the time due to OBC's 6-month waiting period.

Then two days ago, Amuck Cricetine reverted the entry back to before I edited it without a reason.

Rather than risk an edit war, I would like to ask what I should do.

EDIT: This isn't the first time Amuck has been brought up in ATT.

Edited by SkylaNoivern

miraculous (Apprentice)

17th Oct, 2021 02:27:16 PM

I thought the six month wait is just for the addition of new entries. All I did was clarify something that happened so his already existing entry wasnt out of date.

"That's right mortal. By channeling my divine rage into power, I have forged a new instrument in which to destroy you."

StrixObscuro Since: Oct, 2011

17th Oct, 2021 04:02:44 PM

My understanding is that the six-month rule also applies to recent developments, in order to encourage editors to think about which controversies truly overshadowed someone's career.

By now, it should be clear to all except the most dense of us that sheep are secretly conspiring to kill us all and steal our pants.

SkylaNoivern Since: Sep, 2016

17th Oct, 2021 11:27:26 PM

Bumping.

Bubblepig (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded)