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This article should not be speedily deleted for lack of asserted importance because its a news portal launched by well known media house Network 18 Group and as I mentioed it;s having alexa ranking as 1652 ^[1].Notable media persons like Rajdeep Sardesai and Sagarika Ghose regularly writes for this ^[2]^[3]. --Sandy (talk) 08:07, 25 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ "alexa ranking". Retrieved 25 October 2012.
^ "Rajdeep sardesai for firstpost". Rajdeep sardesai for firstpost. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
^ "sagarika ghose writes for firstpost". sagarika ghose writes for firstpost. Retrieved 25 October 2012.

Move

This page should be moved to "Firstpost", per http://www.firstpost.com/about-firstpost. Toccata quarta (talk) 07:51, 26 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Please delete this Article (FirstPost)

There are multiple issues in this article. There is lot of boasting in this article. There are no citations in this article. Lot of Weasel words and Peacock terms are there. There is absolutely no neutral point in this article. This newspaper is a highly biased media source, which publishes baseless stories. Please delete this (FirstPost) article, as soon as possible.
X3K3W9ZX4HXK (talk) 08:49, 3 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Try WP:AfD. --Muhandes (talk) 13:13, 3 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Request to delete the 'FirstPost' article as soon as possible

'FirstPost' is a nonsensical and utterly absurd newspaper. FirstPost is a troll newspaper. It publishes totally meaningless stories. They are also not aware that this is an Encyclopedia, and not their usual trolling magazine. They have published biased, baseless and boasting information. Neutral point of view is nowhere to be seen in this Encyclopedic article. This 'FirstPost' article should be deleted as soon as possible.
Z4X7KK7F3WX4H (talk) 09:36, 3 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Try WP:AfD. Read about WP:SOCK too. --Muhandes (talk) 13:14, 3 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

"Tech2" listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Tech2. Please participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so. Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 10:00, 5 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Add info about new prominent shows

Add info on the new show vantage by Palki Sharma Upadhyay that has started on 26th Jan 2023. J.wiki.16 (talk) 10:14, 29 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Misinformation sentence in lead

@Abhishek0831996 @Editorkamran Please explain why It posted misinformation on multiple occasions.^[1]^[2] is WP:DUE in lead. WP:ONUS is on you to gain consensus for it, and also read WP:BRD. Please do not engage in WP:SYNTH. I'll revert Editorkamran's revert.

References

^ Chatterjee, Swasti (2020-06-03). "News18, Firstpost Tweet Old Video Of Waterspout As Cyclone Nisarga | BOOM". www.boomlive.in. Retrieved 2023-07-11.
^ "Media misreport: Viral photo of grave with iron grille is from Hyderabad, not Pakistan". Alt News. 30 April 2023.

— DaxServer (t · m · e · c) 21:21, 11 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

About three sources have been provided that confirm Firstpost spread misinformation. Then there is Caravan, Scroll already mentioned on the section saying that Firstpost is serving as a mouthpiece of Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP).

It would be better if you don't remove the sentence "It posted misinformation on multiple occasions" from the lead. Firstpost is no different than OpIndia, and Swarajya (magazine). Editorkamran (talk) 02:46, 12 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The three sources, the two above and TheQuint - Varma, Aishwarya (2023-04-18). "News Organisations Falsely Claim Atiq Ahmed's Vote 'Saved' the UPA Govt in 2008". TheQuint. Retrieved 2023-07-12. - report on that misinfo coverage. I don't see a general trend of coverage of misinfo or other RS concluding the same that it becomes WP:DUE to go into lead.

How is mouthpiece of BJP converting into posting misinfo? Please stop WP:SYNTH and WP:OR in general. You've been warned [1] — DaxServer (t · m · e · c) 05:52, 12 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Yes that warning was display of your own WP:CIR. You are better off without showing it.

Three reliable sources are more than enough for concluding the fact that "It posted misinformation on multiple occasions". Read WP:SYNTHNOT and read the lead of many other articles such as InfoWars, OpIndia and Swarajya (magazine). They were edited by others in the same manner as this article's lead was, i.e. adding that the outlet has spread misinformation on multiple occasions and adding sources to mention those 'multiple' incidents. You are not supposed to set new rules on your own.

I mentioned Firstpost being a mouthpiece of BJP because it tells about its credibility and nullifies your unnecessary attempts to remove a well-sourced sentence. Editorkamran (talk) 07:58, 12 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I see 3 reports, which is already sourced in the body which I wasn't objecting. One of them was retracted with a clarification. I believe the sentence in the lead is rather WP:UNDUE absent any further sources that talk about it's misinfo reporting. BJP mouthpiece still need sourcing, altho something could be expanded from The Caravan and Scroll. Please spend the time in finding the sources, not on ad hominem at me — DaxServer (t · m · e · c) 09:54, 12 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

[1] "alexa ranking". Retrieved 25 October 2012.

[2] "Rajdeep sardesai for firstpost". Rajdeep sardesai for firstpost. Retrieved 25 October 2012.

[3] "sagarika ghose writes for firstpost". sagarika ghose writes for firstpost. Retrieved 25 October 2012.

[4] Chatterjee, Swasti (2020-06-03). "News18, Firstpost Tweet Old Video Of Waterspout As Cyclone Nisarga | BOOM". www.boomlive.in. Retrieved 2023-07-11.

[5] "Media misreport: Viral photo of grave with iron grille is from Hyderabad, not Pakistan". Alt News. 30 April 2023.

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 :::Three reliable sources are more than enough for concluding the fact that "It posted misinformation on multiple occasions". Read [[WP:SYNTHNOT]] and read the lead of many other articles such as [[InfoWars]], [[OpIndia]] and [[Swarajya (magazine)]]. They were edited by others in the same manner as this article's lead was, i.e. adding that the outlet has spread misinformation on multiple occasions and adding sources to mention those 'multiple' incidents.  You are not supposed to set new rules on your own.
 :::I mentioned Firstpost being a mouthpiece of BJP because it tells about its credibility and nullifies your unnecessary attempts to remove a well-sourced sentence. [[User:Editorkamran|Editorkamran]] ([[User talk:Editorkamran|talk]]) 07:58, 12 July 2023 (UTC)
+::::I see 3 reports, which is already sourced in the body which I wasn't objecting. One of them was retracted with a clarification. I believe the sentence in the lead is rather [[WP:UNDUE]] absent any further sources that talk about it's misinfo reporting. BJP mouthpiece still need sourcing, altho something could be expanded from The Caravan and Scroll. Please spend the time in finding the sources, not on ad hominem at me — [[User:DaxServer|DaxServer]] ([[User talk:DaxServer|t]] · [[Special:Contributions/DaxServerOnMobile|m]] · [[Special:Contributions/DaxServerEverywhere|e]] · [[Special:Contributions/DaxServer|c]]) 09:54, 12 July 2023 (UTC)