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by dEnigma 1262 days ago
I can't say for sure where they got the data from, but the initial commit of the file, including all the categories, was by them[1].

I'm not even saying a ban was necessary in this case, just that the question is not about someone else implanting data, but the repository owner themselves.

Apart from that I certainly wouldn't be surprised if the author had racist intentions in their GitHub activity too. At least when it comes to their Steam activity there are indications that range from dubious to extremely clear racism. First of all there is the "White Only" mod for RimWorld[2], which seems a bit unsavory, but who knows. Then the question of why the "Black Only" mod[3] has an image of a black person with a spear in the African Savannah, whereas the "White Only" one has a group of white people standing happily on a planet in modern clothing. (The "Yellow Only" mod[4] has an image of Emperor Taishō)

Most condemning in my eyes is the fact that their Steam profile[5] shows that at some point their nickname was "Remember the six gorillion" (click on the little arrow next to their current name to see previous iterations). This is clearly an anti-Semitic, or at least Holocaust-denying reference.[6]

[1]https://github.com/AUTOMATIC1111/stable-diffusion-webui/comm...

[2]https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=15187...

[3]https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=15188...

[4]https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=15205...

[5]https://steamcommunity.com/id/no-sry

[6]https://www.adl.org/resources/hate-symbol/six-gorillion