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The following references may be useful when improving this article in the future:

Park, Meadhbh (2022). "Fight Club: Gavin McInnes, the Proud Boys, and Male Supremacism". In Carian, Emily K.; DiBranco, Alex; Ebin, Chelsea (eds.). Male Supremacism in the United States: From Patriarchal Traditionalism to Misogynist Incels and the Alt-Right. Abingdon, England: Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781003164722. ISBN 978-1-0005-7622-1.

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Section size for Proud Boys (46 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	27,857	27,857
History and organization	24,228	61,631
Membership and doctrine	8,197	8,969
Gender and sexuality	772	772
Leadership	9,528	9,528
Connection with Roger Stone	8,438	8,438
2020 presidential debate	7,393	7,393
Foreign disinformation during the 2020 presidential campaign	3,075	3,075
Activities and events	104	56,684
2017–2018	16,418	16,418
2018 Metropolitan Republican Club Incident	1,981	13,382
Protestors	1,848	1,848
Incident	5,726	5,726
Aftermath	3,827	3,827
2019 Demand Free Speech rally	3,599	3,599
End Domestic Terrorism rally 2019	4,816	4,816
2020 COVID-19 misinformation	3,883	3,883
Anti-BLM protests	7,033	7,033
2020 church attacks	7,449	7,449
Participation in the January 6 United States Capitol attack	27,017	71,814
Indictments for conspiracy	28,186	28,186
Convictions for seditious conspiracy	7,663	7,663
Actions post–2021 Capitol attack	43	8,948
Alabama	2,872	2,872
Portland, Oregon march	2,180	2,180
Florida	1,394	1,394
California	1,678	1,678
Split with neo-Nazis	781	781
Response	15	19,726
Government	19	12,676
United States	1,980	1,980
Canada	9,625	9,625
New Zealand	1,052	1,052
Southern Poverty Law Center lawsuit	4,496	4,496
Lawsuits	2,379	2,379
Social media bans	160	160
Subgroups	16	1,444
Fraternal Order of the Alt-Knights	400	400
Canadian chapters	1,028	1,028
Symbolism	1,422	10,995
Association with Fred Perry clothing	4,776	4,776
MAGA hats	2,023	2,023
6MWE	2,774	2,774
See also	218	218
References	30	30
External links	1,926	1,926
Total	252,325	252,325

"Opponents"[edit]

The infobox currently lists Black Lives Matter as "opponents" of the Proud Boys. I'm not sure this is justified. Yes, absolutely, the Proud Boys are against BLM and have engaged as such... but I cannot find in this article any mention of BLM trying to do anything to the Proud Boys, and the Proud Boys aren't even mentioned in the BLM article. (Quickly found definition of "opponent": someone who competes against or fights another in a contest, game, or argument; a rival or adversary.) So at first glance it does not appear that BLM is directly opposing the Proud Boys; they are a target of the Proud Boys. As such, this should be removed from the infobox. -- Nat Gertler (talk) 07:06, 22 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. Nothing in the article suggests that BLM is their opponent. Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 13:16, 22 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I've gone and done it. (And to be clear, Antifa is a different case; we have sourced statements on Antifa coming to a PB-centric rally.) -- Nat Gertler (talk) 14:02, 22 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Jack Buckby and Proud Boys in the UK[edit]

There was a short-lived UK division of Proud Boys. This is documented on Jack Buckby's article with a source and can be included on the Proud Boys article. 2A00:23C6:C022:C701:904E:8571:793:B0EA (talk) 13:21, 25 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]