On 9/30/07, geni geniice@gmail.com wrote:
On 30/09/2007, Matthew Brown morven@gmail.com wrote:
On 9/30/07, geni geniice@gmail.com wrote:
On 30/09/2007, Matthew Brown morven@gmail.com wrote:
On 9/30/07, geni geniice@gmail.com wrote:
You could but given the likely lack of sources you will run into
I'm
not sure you will get very far.
I'm sure there are plenty of sources in India.
On what basis?
On what basis do you think there won't be sources in India for topics related to India?
-Matt
1)Lack of publishing infrastructure. In say the UK something will have been published on pretty much any human settlement because it is easy to do.
2)Literacy levels. India has a literacy rate of a bit under 70% small pool to do the writing
3)Different cultures. One of the few things considered respectable in British retirement is to research your local history
4)Raw numbers. British libiary has at 25 million books one book per 2.4 people in Britain (and a bit over 2 items per person). Now a lot of that will be international but also suggests a decent coverage of UK topics. National library of India has about 2 million books. 1 book per 560 people.
5)Systemic bias. [[WP:V]] [[WP:RS]] [[WP:BLP]] yeah all kinda written assuming a western setup in terms of documentation.
That last point is so true. I wrote an article on one of the foremost figures in fighting communism in Southeast Asia based solely on a self-published book, which would automatically be tossed out by those policies/guidelines. The problem? That book was his authorised biography. Formulaic and mechanical applications of these rules simply do not work, especially in a context outside that of the developed or Western world.
Johnleemk