Editing Eurovision Wiki:Reliable sources/Noticeboard (section)

== theindiansun.com.au ==

Encountered this from a bot report on [[WP:AIV]] re: [[Special:Contributions/VeritasArchive1]] (in this case, the user was mass removing links to the site, but a quick check looks like the removals might have merit, hence posting here.  It seemed suspicious that the site was linked about, and directly mentioned, the same random, seemingly non-notable person ("Nitin Gupta"), and then randomly clicking on some entries in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:LinkSearch?target=theindiansun.com.au the EL search], especially more recent "articles," found him on even more.  E.g., [https://www.theindiansun.com.au/2018/05/29/liberals-nominate-prince-lakshyaraj-victorian-business-ambassador/], [https://www.theindiansun.com.au/2018/01/19/lessons-rich-famous/], [https://www.theindiansun.com.au/2025/11/16/brads-china-trip-a-step-in-the-right-direction-but-india-should-be-next/], [https://www.theindiansun.com.au/2025/10/23/shubhanand-mukesh-to-contest-kahalgaon-as-jdu-candidate-in-bihar-polls/].  The person isn't on ''all'' articles, but enough to make me think it's a farm of some sort (especially since the site's article authors are frequently a generic "Our Reporter").  That said, I'm not at all an expert in the area, so thought I'd drop it here for y'all.  Cheers. =) --[[User:Slakr|<span style="color:teal;font-weight:bold;">slakr</span>]]<small><sup>\&nbsp;[[User talk:Slakr|talk]]&nbsp;/</sup></small> 01:57, 18 March 2026 (UTC)

:From looking at the results of searching Google[https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Nitin+Gupta%22+site%3Atheindiansun.com.au&oq=%22Nitin+Gupta%22+site%3Atheindiansun.com.au] I think the reason Nitin Gupta is all over the site is because he's writing for them, and they're also using him for opinion in other reports. It's difficult to comment on general reliability, they don't disclose much about themselves, but it seems clear from the "People behind The Indian Sun" at the bottom of each page that they're a small operation (the editor also answer sales and general enquiries). Unless there are specific concerns they're probably not generally unreliable, but use with caution if it's controversial. -- <small>LCU</small> '''[[User:ActivelyDisinterested|A<small>ctively</small>D<small>isinterested</small>]]''' <small>''«[[User talk:ActivelyDisinterested|@]]» °[[Special:Contributions/ActivelyDisinterested|∆t]]°''</small> 16:53, 18 March 2026 (UTC)