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Suggestion to completely remove the following line: >> The French government also has been seeking Nithyananda's whereabouts since 2019, to answer for fraud charges brought by a former devotee in France who claimed he was cheated by the guru out of an amount around US$400,000.

This news is reported in just 1 line of the article and in only 1 newspaper. It is 7 years old. It only talks about "launching an investigation" - which surely does not translate to "seeking Nithyananda's whereabouts" as wrongly mentioned by the editor or even that a crime indeed was confirmed for that matter.

Funnily it also says "The French authorities have launched Nithyananda" - whatever that means. But that sort of brings down the reputability of the entire article which is focused on other matters except for this line.

An alleged investigation that has gone for 7 years without any further follow up and reported in only one newspaper is not encyclopedia material and does not align with the guidelines of BLP:CRIME and should be removed in my opinion ~2026-13309-45 (talk) 17:44, 28 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Tagging editors from earlier threads since the article is blocked for editing by regular editors @Likeanechointheforest @Drmies, @Pigsonthewing, @MrOllie ~2026-13441-32 (talk) 22:44, 1 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

We're not going to remove sourced information because it should be removed in your opinion - preventing that sort of thing is why the article is protected in the first place. You can stop tagging me in threads like this, thanks. MrOllie (talk) 23:31, 1 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

The cited source says Nithyananda's whereabouts are a mystery since the police launched a search for him., which very much does translate to "seeking Nithyananda's whereabouts". Nice try. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 23:51, 1 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Seriously? Please read the article. It talks about the Ahmedabad case when it says the police are seeking his whereabouts. Not the French - as has been misinterpreted by the editor. ~2026-13580-09 (talk) 07:47, 2 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Agree with the sentiments expressed by MrOllie and Andy Mabbett here, but I did see that the source includes information about two separate things, the French fraud investigation and the Gujarat police investigation. I corrected the article statement to be more factual but kept the source in. Likeanechointheforest (talk) 16:52, 2 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the change. But you should please also consider the larger problem here. Depending on such weak sources and maligning the reputation of someone by editorial oversight is not a good thing. It doesn't even seem to bother many of the editors that such a mistake existed on the page for years. You must ask the question if this line is even worth reporting!

As you certainly know, news-media always projects a negative view of a subject. When something seems wrong there are a lot of news articles but they never highlight what is good about the subject or even followup when the allegations are dropped. We should understand the contributions are the only reason the maligning makes it to "news" in the first place. By relying this entire article on news articles - many of them 10 to 15 years old, the article is by itself biased negatively.

All the positive content have been removed by various editors over the years citing they are self-published (or by fiat declared as having conflict of interest). Many newspapers over he course of the two decades have retracted or apologized for their portrayals. Yet these don't feature prominently on the page.

The prominent use of unproven allegations such as "rape" and pejorative terms such as "cult leader" right at the introduction is not appropriate for an encyclopedia. I sincerely request you, Likeanechointheforest (talk) to look into the bias against the subject in the article and if you can bring balance to the article.

For starters make the introduction less abusive and perhaps not make the controversy sections the bulk of the article and balance it with the contributions made by the subject. Maybe we need a new set of editors who are not so antagonistic to the subject to take over the page. Thanks. ~2026-13849-86 (talk) 18:15, 3 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Unless you provide sources yourself, there's really no basis for anyone to make any changes here. You should also clarify whether you have any connection to Nithyananda and/or his institutions. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 18:54, 3 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

The head matter of the article quotes a TV Documentary on the subject but incorrectly attributes it as being on Dismeny+ when, in fact, the documentary is on Discovery+ (My Daughter Joined A Cult). The same is also evidenced in the article linked in citation 16 right next to the name of the streaming service.

The three-part series, which streams on discovery+, tracks the rise and fall of controversial godman Swami Nithyananda and the murky goings-on at his ashram.

> Dexterous1802 (talk) 08:52, 23 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Dexterous1802, I've downgraded the level of your second header to clarify that it IS one post you made, not two... --Maresa63 ^Talk 15:24, 1 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Maresa63, oh, I hadn't realized that I messed that up. My bad. Thanks for fixing this. -- Dexterous1802 (talk) 17:32, 1 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I've gone ahead and changed the Disney+ mention to instead read Discovery+ per the source. Some of the confusion may also have been due to the fact that in some markets you can watch it via Disney+, per their bundling of Hulu and HBO with that service. At any rate, the source does say Discovery+ and it seems that is the originating channel. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 18:40, 1 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]