User:SpacemanSpiff/Tamils-FARC

Sources used and quality

Sources used and concerns in Tamils

No	Source	Link	Pages	Problems
1	Tamilo.com	World Tamil Population	NA	Hobbyist site, no editorial oversight, no sources/methodology listed for population estimates
2	Ethnic Groups of South Asia and the Pacific: An Encyclopedia; ABC-CLIO, 2012	On Google books]	NA	Tertiary source with no mention of sourcing, author is a free lance writer with not much else known yet; publisher's process seems a bit wanting for this imprint
3	Encyclopedia of the Stateless Nations; ABC-CLIO, 2002		NA	Tertiary source with no mention of sourcing, author is a free lance writer with not much else known yet; publisher's process seems a bit wanting for this imprint
4	The Early History of India, The Clarendon press, 1904		NA	Dated, should be replaced by more modern scholarly sourcing especially for naval conquests etc
5	Omniglot	Malayalam]		Hobbyist site
6	Natarajan, V., History of Ceylon Tamils			Unable to find any info about this source
7	Manogaran, C. Ethnic Conflict and Reconciliation in Sri Lanka	Google books		Care to be used for controversial statements as there's significant scholarly criticism of the book
8	K. Indrapala The Evolution of an ethnic identity: The Tamils of Sri Lanka			Care to be used as even the book's advertising snippet says that the book is controversial!
9	Encyclopædia Britannica Online, London: Encyclopædia Britannica, 2008	Vedda		Source ok, but should be replaced by secondary source
10	Interview in Frontline (magazine)	Article		Should be replaced by a scholarly publication
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