The Kashmir Files's Wikipedia page vandalized repeatedly; All you need to know about-
An editor of Wikipedia, TrangaBellam, who was also vandalizing the Wiki page of author Vikram Sampath, has now been targeting the Wikipedia page of the Kashmir Files.
NewsBharati 15-Mar-2022 14:51:28 PM
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As the film Kashmir Files by director Vivek Agnihotri is being received very well in theatres, several left-liberals are trying to defame it, claiming it is propaganda. They are finding new ways to do the defamation of the atrocities faced by Kashmiri Pandits.
Krish called out TrangaBellam saying, “The two editors who are editing this article with bias and with no regard to Wikipedia rules and it’s a clear case of I Don’t Like It. This is appalling and a red signal for the NPOV stance of Wikipedia guidelines.” He seeked support from another editor adding, “How do you describe the film as such without no source actually saying that the film has received “negative reviews” and is a “propaganda” film? This is highly suspicious.”
An editor named Shahid expressed disapproval over the tone TrangaBellam & questioned why he removed India Today’s review and replaced it with Film Companion’s review. Film Companion has been blacklisted by Wikipedia for spamming the source section.
TrangaBellam said, “India Today’s reliability is increasingly suspect, and neither is Narula, a film critic nor has she reviewed any other film for any publication.” The review was written by Chaiti Narula, deputy editor and news anchor at India Today.
An editor of Wikipedia - TrangaBellam, who was also vandalizing the Wikipedia page of author Vikram Sampath, has now been targeting the Wikipedia page of the Kashmir Files. When the revision history of the film’s Wikipedia page for the newest 50 edits was looked into, as many as 23 edits were made by editor TrangaBellam! The list was brought out at around 5 PM on March 14.
The Revision History on the Wikipedia page changes often, depending on how the editors are adding / removing / reversing their changes. When we look at the 250 contributions made by this same editor between March 13 & March 14, more than 100 contributions were linked to the Kashmir Files!
Wikipedia editors have accused this person of bias against the film, saying that he was removing genuine positive reviews that the movie got, while adding negative reviews on the Wiki page.
These edits made by a user named Krish, were reverted several times by TrangaBellam. When Krish objected to these edits, TrangaBellam asked him to approach Wikipedia’s Dispute Resolution Requests or Administrators’ noticeboard / Incidents, and then pointed out that he was observing Krish’s edits in the past.
Krish called out TrangaBellam saying, “The two editors who are editing this article with bias and with no regard to Wikipedia rules and it’s a clear case of I Don’t Like It. This is appalling and a red signal for the NPOV stance of Wikipedia guidelines.” He seeked support from another editor adding, “How do you describe the film as such without no source actually saying that the film has received “negative reviews” and is a “propaganda” film? This is highly suspicious.”
TrangaBellam replied to him, asking him to approach ANI as he did not care. He further said, “Though this is the last article, that I am editing, before taking a break from S. Asian discourse, I have no intentions of ceding ground to long-idle POV pushers; your edits across the last few years have not escaped my attention.”
An editor named Shahid expressed disapproval over the tone TrangaBellam & questioned why he removed India Today’s review and replaced it with Film Companion’s review. Film Companion has been blacklisted by Wikipedia for spamming the source section.
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If a website gets blacklisted, it is not used as a source for a Wikipedia entry. Shahid called out for making changes that fit into his preferred version. He said, “While I do not want to comment on the hostility between the two editors – the great problem here is with the film article The Kashmir Files, which has been highly unstable over the past few days. TrangaBellam has reverted the article to their own preferred version numerous times, with no consensus and clear opposition on the talk page. That’s what should matter here and what I would ask admins to take note of.”
TrangaBellam said, “India Today’s reliability is increasingly suspect, and neither is Narula, a film critic nor has she reviewed any other film for any publication.” The review was written by Chaiti Narula, deputy editor and news anchor at India Today.
This same editor TrangaBellam was accused of being biased towards the leftist Hinduphobic and Aurangzeb apologist professor Audrey Truschke.
Twitter users like Anshul Saxena and Sanjeev Sanyal too, have written out their disapproval in the matter. Saxena said in a tweet, "To all those who are editing 'The Kashmir Files' Wikipedia page for the propaganda against the film. Let me tell you that you are not the only editor on Wikipedia. The Wikipedia page of 'The Kashmir Files' is now corrected."
To all those who are editing 'The Kashmir Files' Wikipedia page for the propaganda against the film.
— Anshul Saxena (@AskAnshul) March 14, 2022
Let me tell you that you are not the only editor on Wikipedia.
The Wikipedia page of 'The Kashmir Files' is now corrected. pic.twitter.com/WuJu2Fzbt0
Sanjeev Sanyal tweeted, "After vandalising @vikramsampath and my Wikipedia pages, TrangaBellam has been busy vandalising @vivekagnihotri's #KashmirFiles page. Must admit, she is very hard-working......"
After vandalising @vikramsampath and my Wikipedia pages, TrangaBellam has been busy vandalising @vivekagnihotri 's #KashmirFiles page. Must admit, she is very hard-working...... pic.twitter.com/3Zn4YXby2E
— Sanjeev Sanyal (@sanjeevsanyal) March 14, 2022
Kinjal Dixit
Kinjal Dixit has a degree in bachelors in English and is currently pursuing her Master's in Journalism and Mass Communication. She has a hand at writing about infrastructure, culture and in sharing humanitarian stories.