Talk:Pragya Singh Thakur

Unencyclopedic tone and edit warring

On 20th April, I updated the main article to include a criminal charge of terrorism (cited in the references). This was deleted, while bizarrely leaving 'under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act' citation hanging. Is this wrong? Explain, please.

Moreover, I updated the article as per standard for charged but not convicted religious fundamentalist terrorists (see Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and others). This is done under the purview of the living subject biography policy, in which I identified the individual as a Hindu fundamentalist politician and accused militant. This is undeniably true- as per the citations that existed prior to my edits to this page. I expect User:Samsara to explain why this edit was reversed as well- I understand there was a flurry of edit-warring activity by unverified IP addresses, some on mobile after my last edit, but reversing that to a poorly-written unencylopedic entry was sub-optimal.

I understand the subject of this article was nominated to run as a major-party candidate for a seat in the Lok Sabha in the upcoming elections. Stating that this choice inspired widespread outrage is well-attested, verifiable, and not meriting unexplained deletion. The person in question is also not a religious leader- she is a self-proclaimed religious leader in the same way an accused Islamist militant would not be regarded as a 'spiritual leader' regardless of claims to the contrary. That's just not done, and I am deeply disappointed, for the umpteenth time, attempting to regulate content on right-wing Hindu nationalist politicians and ideas on Wikipedia. Embarrassing.

Club-sandwich (talk) 23:35, 21 April 2019 (UTC)

WP:BLP - in short, serious accusations must be sourced to multiple reliable sources. Samsara 07:28, 22 April 2019 (UTC)

No 'serious accusations' made. She has been accused of terrorism- this is a matter of PUBLIC RECORD. Given the political sensitivity of the subject, it seems that someone may just have a political bias aimed at preventing people from accessing accurate information about a candidate for public office. Still embarrassing. Club-sandwich (talk) 08:29, 22 April 2019 (UTC)

Poorly written gibberish

Found this on this current major party Lok Sabha candidate's Wikipedia page, lacking an encyclopedic tone or grammar of any kind. Please revise and fix as you will!

" During her interview on popular TV show Aap Ki Adalat in India TV hosted by journalist Rajat Sharma, she revealed that she was brutally tortured in police custody for 23 days continuously during interrogation, and was denied access to her lawyer and family members.She said "this was certainly a conspiracy hatched by the Congress-led UPA government, which resulted into my nine-year ordeal. It (the conspiracy) was (meant) to endorse the bogey of Saffron terror, a term coined by P Chidambaram (former home minister). I am innocent." " Club-sandwich (talk) 23:35, 21 April 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 25 April 2019

Pragya Singh Thakur is a self proclaimed sadhvi, indulged into a lot of criminal activities which led to her arrest by Indian NIA court , which was probing into the Malegaon bombing case, which killed innocent people. NIA made him a prime suspect and she admitted to her crime in the judicial custody, but lated denied all charges in the court. She was in NIA custody for 9 years , and later got released in bail concerning medical ground in 2018. The present ruling BJP party of india has provided a possible support and planted her as their candidate for upcoming election against arch rivals INC from Bhopal. She again provoked controversy by proclaiming that the Martyr of 7/11 Mumbai attack NIA chief Hemant Karkare was deceased because of her curse. It remain to be seen that whether she get clear of terrorism charges. 85.154.4.197 (talk) 12:40, 25 April 2019 (UTC)