Talk:Ankit Fadia

Are we going to be making a Wikipedia page for every fraudster consultant under the sun? This page should be submitted for deletion. Wikipedia is NOT your personal advertising media and is neither made to raise oneself ego or credibility. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.246.3.2 (talk) 19:39, 20 December 2011 (UTC)

What is the need for a "Claims" section?

this is all wrong and flase and stupid do'nt belive them. If these are merely claims made by the individual, Ankit Fadia and unsubstantiated by any other concerned party, why is there a need for a list of such claims? It serves no purpose and it appears that Wikipedia is in some way endorsing these baseless claims. Shouldn't this section be deleted aif we own it is all wrongltogether? After all, wikipedia is supposed to contain verified facts and not baseless claims. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.103.193.97 (talk) 21:18, August 26, 2007 (UTC)

These claims are what helped in get media coverage and therefore, notability. utcursch | talk 11:38, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

That is true, and that should be mentioned in a way that makes it clear that these claims do not have a factual basis. The way these claims are presented seems to lend credence to them. Either this be mentioned, or the claims should be deleted altogether. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.103.192.73 (talk) 17:11, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

Removed "Ankit Fadia has also sponsored the "Ankit Fadia Information Security Award", which is given annually by The Singapore Management University, to an outstanding student in the Information Security and Trust Course under the Bachelor of Science (Information System Management) degree". This is false and the reference given "http://www.ewh.ieee.org/sb/bombay/amrutvahini/events/ankit_seminar_files/Ankit_Information.htm" contains no such statement —Preceding unsigned comment added by 152.3.20.9 (talk) 04:20, 2 November 2007 (UTC) Contact 09380895050 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.138.106.6 (talk) 11:25, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

Heads up, fellow editors

Bunch of things need to change here.

1. There is no way we're going to have a WP:BLP article where the first section is called "Claims" and the last section is called "The Unethical Side"
2. We don't need to capture every single reference; we only need the best references to the most notable information
3. Wikipedia is not a crystal ball; Fadia's future goals are not a topic for an encyclopedia.
4. We cannot cite blogs, websites, and WP:SPS for contested information in a BLP.

I'd love to see articles like this deleted; Fadia's true notability in the security field, or, for that matter, the Internet field, is at present nil. But that's a losing argument and a waste of time in the fact of a zillion little trade press and magazine cites. So instead, let's just pare this article down to the bare facts, and stop aggrandizing the subject with a back-and-forth controversy played on a Wikipedia article.

Edits to come, comments welcome.

--- tqbf 19:10, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Pakistani crackers acted like tantrum throwing kids

The Pakistani crackers mentioned defaced random sites with posts implying their annoyance with Ankit Fadia. Of course the posts were full of bluster on the face of it and in actuality couldn't, with proof, reverse or dismiss any of Ankit Fadia's achievements. Their behavior was ample exhibition of the profile of a chest beating, ape-like hooligan. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.178.44.75 (talk) 04:29, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

Ankit Fadia's "achievements"? You mean his claims? When did they become achievements? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.132.3.7 (talk) 05:41, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

hackingmobilephones.com

How freakishly-odd personnel domain for the so-called "India's ultimate kickass hacker" !!!

"Fadia has also sponsored Singapore Management University's "Ankit Fadia Information Security Award", which is given annually to "an outstanding student"...." - real funny

nd o'yea I claim to have saved the world from a flock of mutated pigeons (I was actually helping CBI)

thaht id —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.145.143.46 (talk) 12:46, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

New URL for footnote 21: http://attrition.org/errata/charlatan/ankit_fadia/fadia06-defaced.html —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jericho347 (talk • contribs) 22:34, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

Education

The "About" page on his website claims that he's currently pursuing a Bachelors degree in Computer Science from Stanford (but that's not a credible source); so does this 2003 issue of Stanford Magazine (I'm unsure about the credibility of this magazine). Was he ever actually enrolled at Stanford, later dropped out or is still in the same program after 7 years? Another bluff? ಠ_ಠ --59.95.117.122 (talk) 09:03, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

Ankit Fadia Study Award

Updated the source for this section and also the award amount. It is not $50,000, but is $1,000. --Siddheshp (talk) 04:07, 23 September 2011 (UTC)