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Robert Clark Young
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'''Robert Clark "Bob" Young''' (born 1960) is an American author of a novel, essays, short stories and journalism.  He has played a role in several prominent literary controversies.

== Life ==
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On May 24, 2013, in his third ''Salon'' article on the controversy, entitled "Wikipedia’s anti-Pagan crusade,"In an additional ''Salon'' article, Leonard wriotes that Young's personal opposition to [[Paganism (contemporary)|neo-paganism]] led to him to use Wikipedia to pursueing a systematic campaign against Wikipedia articles on the topic and that he "went way out of his way to translate his prejudice into editorial policy." Leonard also raises concerns about the broader implications of this controversy, writing that "such behavior by an editor who made more than 13,000 edits to Wikipedia over a six-year period is cause for realsaid this type of conduct going unhindered for so long raised concern  s "about how well Wikipedia’s internal safeguards protect its integrity."<ref name="Leonard2">{{cite news|url=http://www.salon.com/2013/05/24/wikipedias_anti_pagan_crusade/|title=Wikipedia’s anti-Pagan crusade|last=Leonard|first=Andrew|date=24 May 2013|work=Salon|accessdate=24 May 2013}}</ref>

== Works ==
This section lists published works of fiction and non-fiction by Clark.
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[[Category:1960 births]]
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[[Category:American essayists]]
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[[Category:University of Houston alumni]]
[[Category:People from Imperial Beach, California]]
[[Category:Wikipedia personalities]]