Draft talk:Gaurav Srivastava

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Anita Alig (May 13, 2025). "The Disinformation Machine: Gaurav Srivastava, Wikipedia, and the Crisis of the Modern Reputation". Political Fiber. Retrieved May 14, 2025. Enter Wikipedia, the fashion of facts. A place we still believe reflects reality, even as it's dressed and redressed by unseen hands. For Srivastava, it became the ultimate accessory of defamation: a Wikipedia page titled Gaurav Srivastava scandal appeared, laced with citations from the very same obscure articles seeded across the web.

Is the dispute the notable part here?

I'm not sure that either Srivastava or Troost are notable outside of the dispute. Should this be moved and refactored to Srivastava–Troost feud or something similar? Apocheir (talk) 22:30, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Also, the "internal investigation" is probably referring to Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Joaquienstallfesh/Archive. Apocheir (talk) 22:37, 20 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Apocheir Thanks for casting your eye over the draft. I did my best to create something neutral and balanced.

In terms of the indvidual notability I think it should stay as is. For instance, if a person is only notable for being a golfer, we don't call the article John Doe - golfer.

But I'm wondering if maybe something about this should be added to smear campaign? What do you think?

The internal investigation is most likely referring to that SPI.

Re the potentially problematic sources, I didn't want to solely refer to https://targeted.com/episode/gaurav-srivastava/ but this seems to be the most reliable source vis a vis Srivastava telling his side of the story. MaskedSinger (talk) 07:57, 21 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Apocheir the draft was rejected which is fine. My main motivation here was to see if it was possible to write a neutral balanced article. If he fails notability, fair enough. My question to you is if you think there's enough about this subject to add it to smear campaign? MaskedSinger (talk) 09:29, 25 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]