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Robert Clark Young
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'''Robert Clark "Bob" Young''' (1960) is an American author of a novel, essays, short stories and journalism.  He has played a role in several prominent literary controversies. A series of articles in May, 2013 revealed that Young had been using a pseudonym to edit the Wikipedia biographies of his personal and professional adversaries in a negative manner.

== Life ==
(contracted; show full)amp;diff=555840000&oldid=555828831#Qworty Comment by Jimbo Wales]</ref><!-- Do not remove ref to Jimbo Wales' user talk page. Use of Wikipedia as a primary source is justified because it has first been mentioned in a secondary RS. --> In an additional ''Salon'' article, Leonard wrote that Young's personal opposition to [[Paganism (contemporary)|neo-paganism]] led to him pursuing a systematic campaign against Wikipedia articles on the topic, commenting that the 
fact that Young was able to get away with such behavior for a long timetime it took to stop Young raised concerns "about how well Wikipedia’s internal safeguards protect its integrity."<ref name=Leonard_pagan>{{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 = May 24, 2013
|website = [[Salon (website)|Salon.com]]
|accessdate = May 24, 2013
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[[Category:People from Imperial Beach, California]]
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