Talk:Shakuntala

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Legend Variations and Alternate Texts

There is some confusion as to whether this page is referring to Shakuntala as a legend or as a specific play. This can be made more clear by simply regarding Kalidasa's play as another interpretation of the legend. The page will be more valuable if it refers to Shakuntala as a legend and cultural symbol. It also gets messy with the difference between plays, legend variations, and movie adaptions.Wendigo.zlato (talk) 18:10, 8 March 2016 (UTC)

Plagiarism

The last paragraph of "Legend" may be plagiarized. It is possible that the author of the source DollsOfIndia.com could be the same person who edited this page or that the website plagiarized this Wikipedia article, but without such confirmation this paragraph must be reworded. Wendigo.zlato (talk) 18:26, 8 March 2016 (UTC)

To me it looks like most of the "Legend" text was taken from that DollsOfIndia source:

https://www.dollsofindia.com/fr/library/shakuntala/

On that page, it reads: "This article was written by: Priya Viswanathan." The impression is that the text is not copied from a printed source, but written for that website, or maybe for another one. Would one need to check with the author to find out if she took text from Wikipedia, or if it was the other way around – in which case the website could be referenced?Geke (talk) 00:21, 19 March 2018 (UTC)

How to quote a book quoted on a website

Looking for a reference on Sergey Balasanian’s ballet "Shakuntala", I found a website quoting from an encyclopedia: https://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Sergei+Balasanian

Now my question is: In the reference, can I mention the encyclopedia as the source, even if I don’t have the printed book? Probably not, because all depends on how reliable the website is. On the other hand, mentioning the website doesn’t seem right either, as they are not the source.

So how to do that? Thanks in advanceGeke (talk) 23:59, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

this might be more suitable as reference (first entry under "1963" header). --Francis Schonken (talk) 00:15, 19 March 2018 (UTC)

Also, note that Sergey Balasanian has a Wikipedia article. --Francis Schonken (talk) 00:17, 19 March 2018 (UTC)

Thanks! So I understand that quoting from a Google Book counts as quoting from a printed book – that makes things easier in this online age :)Geke (talk) 00:32, 19 March 2018 (UTC)

Maybe better take a look at WP:RS. Some websites are considered reliable enough for Wikipedia's purposes, some printed books are too unreliable for Wikipedia's standards to be used as a reference here, etc. --Francis Schonken (talk) 00:41, 19 March 2018 (UTC)