Talk:Ashokasundari

Patnaik as a source
Patnaik, who is described in the mid day article as the "Chief Belief Officer of the Future Group", cannot be considered a reliable source for anything. I'm going to remove the two sources that link back to him and tag the claims they support while we figure out whether those claims should be retained in the article or removed entirely. --regentspark (comment) 14:49, 18 December 2013 (UTC)


 * Devdutt Pattanaik is the most renown Indian mythologist. Profile: on EY, on TED. Books: . Many RS newspapers like Times of India, Business today, Indian Express, Business standard, Economic Times, Decccan Herald and Mid Day, and magazines in India publish his articles. I am still clueless why should he not be considered reliable.-- Redtigerxyz Talk 09:59, 21 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Redtigerzyz, Pattnaik is a doctor who has worked in the pharma industry for many years. Mythology is his "passion" and he writes a lot about it and, I'm sure, knows a lot about it as well. But nothing he writes is peer reviewed and therefore we should be wary of any general statements or interpretations made by him and should prefer to use other sources. (Note: I'm basing my opinion on bios like this one. Barring evidence of scholarship (citation counts, recognition from scholars, etc., I think the opinion a reasonable one.)--regentspark (comment) 12:48, 21 December 2013 (UTC)
 * , but his books are used references by general encyclopaedias and other books:, , , ,

[http://books.google.co.in/books?id=Dvo9ScSbz0IC&pg=PA288&dq=%22pattanaik,+devdutt%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=WVS2UsTJA8mprAe5noDwAw&ved=0CCwQ6AEwADge#v=onepage&q=%22pattanaik%2C%20devdutt%22&f=false

], , ,, , etc. Redtigerxyz  Talk 03:02, 22 December 2013 (UTC)