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A3: Due to persistent abuse, OpIndia is on the Wikipedia spam blacklist. Please see Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 288 § OpIndia and Swarajya for details.

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This article was nominated for deletion on 26 March 2020. The result of the discussion was keep.

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It's well documented in the article and several sources that they have published anti-Islamic screed. It's even in the lead.Praxidicae (talk) 12:09, 22 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Read the sources. This has already been discussed ad nauseum. Praxidicae (talk) 12:16, 22 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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I believe you're looking for YouTube comments to troll, this isn't a general forum for griefing. Do you have a source to support your statements? Praxidicae (talk) 12:48, 22 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Plagiarism incident

Hi TheBirdsShedTears, although I appreciate that you cited reliable sources for the plagiarism incident, I don't think a single incident with nominal coverage is prominent enough to include into the article's lead section, particularly in the opening paragraph. Most of the other content in the lead section refers either to a recurring attribute of OpIndia (e.g. fake news, anti-Muslim content, criticism of "liberal" media) or to an especially prominent incident (i.e. the Bihar human sacrifice claims). Would you mind removing the plagiarism incident from the lead section, or at least repositioning it after the more prominent aspects of OpIndia? — Newslinger talk 05:45, 25 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Done. I have already add this in "Content" section. TheBirdsShedTears (talk) 08:03, 25 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Neutrality?

On first glance there seem to be neutrality issues with the article. Most of the sources that are used here are of different political alignment and should be avoided perhaps, e.g The Wire. There are jabs starting from the very first paragraph, which is previously unseen on any article whatsoever. A total revision of the article is recommended. Need comments. Jenos450 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 14:39, 28 October 2020 (UTC)‎[reply]

Jenos450, please sing your comment with four tildes (~~~~). It is well documented and written with a neutral point of view. I don't see any issue with its neutrality. TheBirdsShedTears (talk) 15:15, 28 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Neutrality on Wikipedia entails "representing fairly, proportionately, and, as far as possible, without editorial bias, all the significant views that have been published by reliable sources on a topic". The article (including the lead section) is reliably and extensively sourced, including with high-quality academic sources. Reliable sources overwhelmingly describe OpIndia in negative terms, so this article does as well. See the InfoWars article for comparison; OpIndia's reputation is similar to that of InfoWars. It would be non-neutral to whitewash OpIndia's history to improve its appearance. — Newslinger talk 20:46, 28 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

This article could use some rephrasing. Jenos450 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 05:44, 1 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

This article is a reflection of the available reliable secondary sources. OpIndia is welcome to improve its content and its practices, which would make future secondary source coverage more positive. Whether OpIndia chooses to do so is its own decision, not ours. — Newslinger talk 06:22, 1 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I agree, but don't you think this article could use some proper introduction in a new format. Jenos450 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 16:25, 1 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Why this guys spreading fake news about good news media?

This news channel is not spreading any kind of fake news, they have proof for everything the that they publishing

Due to such topics and peoples on wikipedia, quality of wikipedia is decreasing.... Jayant khandebharad (talk) 04:21, 2 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

See Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Perennial sources. OpIndia is not a reliable source of information on Wikipedia and has a poor reputation for fact-checking and accuracy. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 04:32, 2 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]