. He redacted some comments there, a few hours later, with
by any involved party" and also changed Book Reviews from being considered a secondary source to being considered a primary source. Its interesting to note that the changes he made in policy relate somewhat to the discussion taking place on an article talk page where he was involved.
"Please provide valid sources to support this statement. MSN is not a reliable source." - Wifione 06:26, 3 February 2012 (UTC) (
is actually an article by IANS (an independent News Agency), carried by MSN and others like
.
A comment about the same Yahoo News article: ".. Yahoo link simply shows the opinion of Mr. Devi Singh from IIM Lucknow.
That is a self-published statement which should not be used to make a
definitive statement." - Wifione 19:02, 5 February 2012 (UTC) (Same discussion)
Im not commenting on the contents of the original email, the above definitely looks a bit out of order to me.
> Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 19:37:01 +1100
> From: jayvdb@gmail.com
> To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
> CC: wikimedia-in-en@lists.wikimedia.org; wikien-l@lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Pure Fiction: Nichalp and Wifione
>
> On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 7:08 PM, CherianTinu Abraham
> <tinucherian@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Unbelievable but Shocking !
> >
> > I am not sure if Wikifone is same as Nichalp, ...
>
> So far the evidence is not good.
>
> > but a look at the edit history
> > of Wikifone, the editor has some serious interest to protect the interests
> > of IIPM and its stakeholders.
> >
> > He seems to even change policy pages to suit his cause
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3ANo_original_research&action=historysubmit&diff=475525747&oldid=475410422
>
> It looks like he re-arranged the policy a lot in that edit, but there
> arnt many changes.
>
> "trial" became "trial/litigation in any country"
>
> and he added "independent" a few times.
>
> "Any interpretation of primary source material requires a reliable
> secondary source for that interpretation."
>
> "Any interpretation of primary source material requires reliable,
> independent secondary sources for that interpretation."
>
> "'''Do not''' analyze, synthesize, interpret, or evaluate material
> found in a primary source yourself; instead, refer to reliable
> secondary sources that do so."
>
> '''Do not''' analyze, synthesize, interpret, or evaluate material
> found in a primary source yourself; instead, refer to reliable,
> independent secondary sources that do so."
>
> "Wikipedia articles usually rely on material from secondary sources.
> Articles may make analytic or evaluative claims only if these have
> been published by a reliable secondary source."
>
> "Wikipedia articles usually rely on material from reliable secondary
> sources. Articles ''may'' make an analytic or evaluative claim ''only
> if'' that has been published by ''multiple'' independent, reliable
> secondary sources."
>
> > Wifione seems to be working on IIM and Amity ( Competitors to IIPM) articles
> > as well, possibly trying to show them in bad light.
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Amity_University&action=historysubmit&diff=475405890&oldid=474606800
> >
> > Nevertheless , this has be investigated or possibly reported to Arb Com.
>
> I've alerted Arbcom as a courtesy, however a community assessment is
> needed in order to determine if there is any credible link to nichalp
> or any reason for a desysop.
>
> --
> John Vandenberg
>
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