Talk:Buddhism in Afghanistan

Good source of information
http://www.kavehfarrokh.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/zen_buddhism_and_persian_culture_v1.pdf

EasternAryan (talk) 01:31, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

When did Buddhism go extinct in Afghanistan?
are there any left?Ericl (talk) 15:46, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

duplicate info?
This could possibly merge with Pre-Islamic Hindu and Buddhist heritage of Afghanistan. Is there a history of Buddhism in Afghanistan to the present day? If it survives there today perhaps that should be answered by an article like this. --Seekadet (talk) 23:56, 25 October 2010 (UTC)

no duplication seen
It would appear that a separate page for Buddhism as a major religion and its influence on the country of Afghanistan is entirely appropriate. The page Pre-Islamic Hindu and Buddhist heritage of Afghanistan holds no information that is duplicated on the page Buddhism in Afghanistan. The deletion of Buddhism in Afghanistan serves only to aggregate all non-Islamic religions and negate the influence of this religion on the development of the region. There would be no way to accurately assess the "survival" of the religion as several current day non-Islamic practitioners have been arrested and sentenced to death giving strong indication that any Buddhist practitioner would be imprudent to declare his or her practice. Earthlysojourner (talk) 03:35, 28 February 2011 (UTC)Earthlysojourner

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This publication sometimes refers to itself as "Silk Road Journal", but should NOT be confused with Silk Road Journal Online, which has absolutely nothing to do with this discussion.

The Silk Road Journal in question is based primarily around Asian archaeology and history. It typically publishes theoretical articles written by researchers who appear to mostly hail from Russia and China. The sole editor of the publication, an American man named Daniel Waugh, has candidly stated that it has no formal peer review:

http://www.silkroadfoundation.org/newsletter/vol15/srjournal_v15.pdf

From the outset, there has been no formal process of peer review, such as one expects in the standard academic journals. We still solicit articles (a task which largely has devolved on me over the years), though we also receive (but have not been overwhelmed by) unsolicited submissions.

Decisions on what to publish (as with any journal) ultimately rest with the editor, who in this case, for better or worse, has acted as the peer reviewer. I often see what I think is gold in material that could never find its way into a standard academic publication. But the perils of rarely seeking outside opinions may mean things slip through without acknowledgement that a subject has been thoroughly treated elsewhere.

The lack of formal peer review does have the unfortunate consequence that junior scholars hoping to advance in their profession may avoid us, since their promotion will depend in the first instance on peer reviewed publication, however excellent (and widely cited) a piece might be which we would publish. Yet in some cases where there is a premium for academics in other countries to publish in a respected journal in English, we have been able to provide just such an opportunity. Many of the senior scholars we have solicited for contributions have politely refused to write for us, since they are already over-committed [...]

So, the Silk Road Foundation is a speedy publishing mill for primary research that is not formally peer reviewed. The editor describes himself as someone who often sees "'gold in material that would never find its way in to a standard academic publication'". A lot of researchers don't want to be published by Silk Road Foundation, and those that do are disproportionately from non-English speaking countries, who struggle to get their theories published in standard English-language journals.

To my mind, this is very near to the definition of predatory publishing, with the exception that the Silk Road Foundation does not even provide the benefits of high-end predatory puboishers, like DOI. It's really more like an internet blog.

The Silk Road Foundation is cited on various ethnical and archaeological articles on Wikipedia, often advancing pet theories, which is out of touch with WP:RS, which says that Wikipedia should prioritize high-quality, peer reviewed secondary research over this kind of stuff.

Although I'm not aware of any controversial material in this particular Wiki article related to its Silk Road Foundation reference, and I have no enmity for the Silk Road Foundation or its publisher, or its authors, this source does not meet Wikipedia's standards for reliable sources, and should not be cited. Hunan201p (talk) 08:13, 27 December 2021 (UTC)