Editing Eurovision Wiki:Reliable sources/Noticeboard (section)

== Renewed discussion on AssyriaPost ==

In November a discussion was opened at the Noticeboard [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard/Archive_494#AssyriaPost] regarding the use of a publication known as AssyriaPost. I wanted to bring it back to the Noticeboard, as there have been some updates to the site since then and I feel that these are worthy of discussion for its use as a whole.

In the months since the original discussion, the website has now adopted an [https://www.assyriapost.com/about/ editorial policy]. The policy states the publication's mission, editorial independence, efforts on transparency/fairness/accuracy, and other points. Additionally, in recent months, a number of named contributors have now been cited to have written articles for the site. The [https://www.assyriapost.com/tag/opinion/ Opinions section] has had a number of articles written with public authorship since December, while named and/or frequent contributors include figures such as [https://www.assyriapost.com/author/bo/ here (BO)], [https://www.assyriapost.com/author/david/ DB], and [https://www.assyriapost.com/author/ng/ NG]. In the Assyrian community, political journalism is often kept anonymous for security concerns, so most political articles are attributed to just "Assyria Post." In any case, the site has been more public about its operations since it was first brought to the Noticeboard, which warrants renewed discussion about its reliability.

Furthermore, the user that opened the discussion in November was 777network. This user was found/suspected to have been a meatpuppet for a user who was indeffed on English Wiki, Wlaak [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement/Archive363#c-Newslinger-20251220192800-Newslinger-20251219225900]. Wlaak himself was topic banned from [[WP:GS/ACAS]] on English Wiki [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Editing_restrictions#Wlaak], before being indeffed for sockpuppetry [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Wlaak] and later globally blocked [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Steward_requests/Global/2025-w41#Global_block_for_Wlaak] (though that block was rescinded, there have since still been issues surrounding his editing on other projects [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/IncidentArchive1214#h-Blocked_editor_copy+paste_spamming_GS_draft_on_other_Wikimedia_projects-20260209201100]). As I've stated elsewhere, off-Wiki evidence also suggests motivations to push a specific POV with a backdrop of [[anti-Assyrian sentiment]] behind them. This may seem like a lot of off-hand information, but it's necessary to mention, as it makes it evident to me that the reason this source was even brought to Noticeboard seems more about its use of "Assyrian" rather than any actual reliability issues. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Ant_Wan#New_Request This discussion] at [[Ant Wan]] corresponds to my point. 

Either way, I think that there is due cause to reconsider the use of AP on Wikipedia, and I'm looking forward to hearing opinions. [[User:PresentlySuraye3|PresentlySuraye3]] ([[User talk:PresentlySuraye3|talk]]) 13:41, 16 March 2026 (UTC)