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Attacks on Wikipedia

I am putting together a section on OpIndia's attacks on Wikipedia. This needs to be sourced to reliable secondary sources -- our internal discussions are not reliable sources -- so please list any that you find here. Thanks! --Guy Macon (talk) 10:24, 28 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I understand the situation that OpIndia are seeking attention and making use of the criticism faced by Wikipedia to their own favour. They covered the news regarding the recent controversy emerged in Scots Wikipedia and now OpIndia has also covered an issue regarding the removal of section by an editor which was about relating to the online petition demanding PornHub to remove child rape videos. It showcases that OpIndia always wanted to post news regarding the negativity of Wikipedia. They failed to acknowledge the fact that Wikipedia had managed to cover the controversy in Cuties article which emerged after the promotional poster release of Cuties that was updated here by the editors within hours. Abishe (talk) 13:00, 28 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Anti-Muslim commentary

@Karthikndr: The fact that OpIndia has published "anti-Muslim commentary" is well-substantiated. First, Newslaundry has analyzed OpIndia's anti-Muslim discourse in depth:

Newslaundry analyses of OpIndia's anti-Muslim commentary

"Fake news, lies, Muslim bashing, and Ravish Kumar: Inside OpIndia's harrowing world" from Newslaundry:
- "A former OpIndia employee, who resigned because he felt the blog was spreading hatred against Muslims, said, 'If the accused in an incident belongs to the Muslim community, then you have to mention his name in the heading. The news is to be published in such a way that if the reader is a Hindu, then he starts developing hatred for Muslims.'"
- "From November 15 to 29, OpIndia Hindi put up 28 posts that identified a Muslim in the headline, irrespective of the nature of the crime they were accused of, whether it was theft, rape, murder, or hooliganism."
- "The Muslim community is the favourite punching bag of OpIndia. Consider the rape and murder of the Hyderabad doctor. The country was still recovering from the shock of the barbarity when OpIndia decided to communalise the crime. 'Mohammad Pasha had planned the rape and murder of Disha and burnt the body, police claim,' the blog's headline screamed."
"OpIndia: Hate speech, vanishing advertisers, and an undisclosed BJP connection" from Newslaundry:
- "...OpIndia adds dollops of incendiary false news and religious incitement, primarily targeting Muslims."
- "Newslaundry had fact-checked the story from the ground and found it to be false. In fact, OpIndia's misinformation streak in the immediate aftermath of the communal carnage in Delhi arguably amounted to criminal incitement against Muslims."
- "Six years down the line, OpIndia has morphed from a 'media commentary' blog tilting towards the governing BJP into a website promoting and defending Hindu supremacy and chauvinism, and a vibrant source of misinformation targeting Muslims, liberals, leftists, 'the establishment', and critics and political opponents of the BJP."

Second, OpIndia published seven articles falsely claiming that a child was sacrificed in a mosque by a group of "all Muslims", with the OpIndia English article stating, "A new mosque had been built in the village and it is being alleged that there was a belief that if a Hindu was 'sacrificed', the mosque would become powerful and its influence would increase." These claims were debunked by the following cited sources, which noted that OpIndia added anti-Muslim claims (e.g. "all Muslims", "mosque would become powerful") that were not corroborated by anything at all:

Sources covering OpIndia's human sacrifice articles
"Bihar: Case Against Rightwing Sites For Fake Claims of Communal Angle in Minor’s Murder" from The Wire "Hindu ‘Sacrificed’ in Bihar Mosque? Family Says Nobody Witnessed" from The Quint "Gopalganj case: Boy drowns in river, OpIndia claims he was sacrificed in a mosque" from Alt News "‘Human sacrifice in mosque’: How OpIndia communalised a Bihar boy’s death" from Newslaundry

OpIndia's human sacrifice articles constituted both fake news and anti-Muslim commentary, and I'm not sure how it's possible to argue that the human sacrifice claims were not anti-Muslim.

Finally, OpIndia was boycotted by advertisers after it published an article with a headline including the argument "non-Muslims have the right to advertise that they don’t hire Muslims". The boycott was initiated by Stop Funding Hate, whose director stated, "We've seen a lot of hateful media headlines in the past few years, but we’ve rarely seen such overt advocacy of discrimination on religious grounds." Over 20 advertisers pulled their ads from OpIndia in response to OpIndia's article because the article advocated taking action against Muslims. The incident was covered in the following cited sources:

Sources covering advertisers' boycott of OpIndia
"MUBI, other brands drop advertisements from OpIndia following ‘Stop Funding Hate’ campaign" from Scroll.in "OpIndia Loses Ads After UK-Based ‘Stop Funding Hate’ Campaign" from The Quint "OpIndia: Hate speech, vanishing advertisers, and an undisclosed BJP connection" from Newslaundry

Altogether, three significant parts of the article (which total about one-quarter of the article body) describe OpIndia's anti-Muslim commentary. The lead section is supposed to summarize the body of the article. The words "anti-Muslim commentary" succinctly encapsulate these elements of the article, and are well-suited for the lead section. — Newslinger talk 07:51, 8 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 18 September 2020

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Please remove:

"The website has published fake news and anti-Muslim commentary on multiple occasions, including a 2020 incident in which it falsely claimed that a Hindu boy was sacrificed in a Bihar mosque." As the website is 100% authentic and false and fake news smasher with proper evidences. It is not at all anti-muslim, the fact that majority of crime in India is indeed conducted by that particluar community cannot be ignored. All the news provided by Op-India are removing the sham and only showing true picture unbiasedly.

This article is unncessarily defaming the work of creators which are giving their heart and soul in the website. The website is genuine, unbiased, and agenda buster. Plus dont defame wikipedia by providing false content online else stricter legal action might be proceeded. I hope you make suggested changes and remove content that malign the website Op-India. Suyesha (talk) 15:10, 18 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]