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Checking a few sources on the article "Homosexuality in India". This article currently contains 90 citations and it appears that most citations are to different sources. The first citation is in reference to the Indian Supreme Court's decision to repeal an earlier court's decision which decriminalized homosexuality in India. This citation links to a Reuters article which provides what appears to be relatively unbiased information on both the period of decriminalization and the Supreme Court's decision to reinstate the part of the penal code which criminalized homosexuality. The second citation is in reference to a statement about the Supreme Court's more recent decision to refer petitions against this portion of the penal code to a panel which will review them. The citation links to an article published by The Hindu, which appears to be a well respected daily Indian newspaper. The article provides details on the Supreme Court's decisions, as well as the contents of some of the petitions. The third citation is in reference to the number of gay people living in India as was reported by the government to the Supreme Court in 2012. This citation links to an article published by the BBC. The article presents facts in a relatively unbiased manner and is published by a reputable and well respected news source; however, it is worth noting that the article makes no mention of how the data was collected, although the Wikipedia page makes assertions about this idea, and also provides no information to back up the Wikipedia page's statement that may be much higher for individuals who have concealed their identity out of fear, the sentence to which the footnote is actually attached.

The talk page for this article is extremely detailed. The article is rated based on its affiliation with two different WikiProjects. WikiProject India has given the article a B rating for its quality and rated it as being of mid-importance. WikiProject LGBT studies has given the article a C rating for its quality. Although these ratings differ, they are both relatively mid-level ratings, suggesting that although the article has undergone a lot of editing, it still needs some more work before it can be considered a fully well developed source. It is also interesting that the ratings do differ, which perhaps a different standard for articles depending on the WikiProject.