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A group of users including Administrators and Bureaucrats are controling the Bengali Wikipedia. They decides what should be kept, and what shouldn’t. They deletes, blocks things they don’t like, and even if they don't like a user's opinion, they block them.

Mostly they work to implement the political agenda of the recently fallen government. Which means there're no NPOV there. Bangladeshi journalists are also talking about this, such recent articles are:

User:NahidSultan (Administrator, Bureaucrat and CheckUser), who is also a staff of Wikimedia Foundation on Trust and safety team (User:NahidSultan (WMF)), recently blocked me with reason "Emergency Administrator Policy: Comments consistent with recent group-based offline security threats", which I don’t know what they meant. I stopped contributing on the Bengali Wikipedia on 25 November 2025, by placing "This user believes that WP:NPOV does not exist in the Bangla Wikipedia community, so he is no longer active in the Bangla Wikipedia world." in my userpage. In 13 January 2026, I replied on a comment about Neutrality, but used only a cursive word, which was something like, "I don’t believe this article should be Featured Article, some Flatterer (Bengali: তোষামোদকারী) users unfairly voted on the FA which is similar to recent country elections". While writing the rfc User:NahidSultan declined my appeal by stating my comment is matched with some offline threats. I don’t know how the comment is considered as threats. I really have no interest in contributing on a non-neutral wiki, but considering the comment a threat is unfair. I wanted to file a case to U4C, but I don’t know what will be their action against a Trust and safety staff, and the situation is not only about the block.🪶-TΛNBIRUZZΛMΛN (💬) 16:55, 17 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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I tried adding some info, with available sources you provided here, on the Bengali Wikipedia article about itself, on the controversy section. But it was reverted. en:WP:BRD may not be effective because some people may have COI. Ahri Boy (talk) 03:16, 18 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Ahri Boy: I don't have access to the oversighted material in your addition, but the sole fact it is oversighted makes me wonder what you included. Anyways, I believe you should be aware that Metawiki and other wikiprojects are not sufficient (reliable) sources. Don't take this message as my siding to any party in this case. I advised you multiple times to not rush into matter you don't know about. Best, A09|(pogovor) 10:19, 18 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Comment: I read the news articles above and found a very clear conservative / right-wing leaning bias in them with notable red flags. The Amar Desh article brazenly says with an unfactual and anti-LGBT tone: Wikipedia is full of praise for people who encourage homosexuality, including Avijit Roy, Asif Mohiuddin, Ahmed Rajib Haider, Xulhaz Mannan, Taslima Nasrin, Rezaul Karim Siddique. The same wording is used in the Barta Baza article as well. The Janakantha and Amader Shomoy articles also source parts of their information from Amar Desh as well. Two of the linked articles also write about Chuknagar massacre downplaying the specific and disproportionate suffering of Hindus during the 1971 genocide, which is a well-accepted fact. Thus, while I'm not well-informed on the July 2024 revolution in Bangladesh and am not dismissing all the concerns blanketly, I have significant doubts on the reliability of the sources above. – Svārtava (tɕ) 14:27, 19 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    @Svartava, I understand your concerns, I'm also considering reaching out to some of those journalists by linking this page to clarify their investigations. However, I would like to know if you have any comments—though it’s perfectly fine if you don’t—regarding the block of myself, which should be totally separate issue, but their reasoning (blocking and appeal decline) are conflating the issues together. Blocking someone based solely on suspicion only serves to validate the allegations against them. 🪶-TΛNBIRUZZΛMΛN (💬) 16:23, 19 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    @Tanbiruzzaman: I appreciate your response. Since the comment has been RevDel'd by now, I cannot really know or say much about the block and the related issue, but I shall hope for the best. – Svārtava (tɕ) 17:58, 19 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
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