Talk:History of silk

message: I'd just like to share this link with you guys. It's a Google search through a multilingual textile terms dictionary, you will probably find it useful. -Oreo Priest 05:28, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
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message: Just a comment that I don't think the image from the stained glass window at Chartres cathedral represents a spinning wheel.  Rather I think that it is a sharpening wheel and it is being used to sharpen the axe being held next to it.  This window represents the builders, and there is no indication of textile activity near the wheel.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 120.148.20.97 (talk) 11:43, 2 May 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Makes sense. Oreo Priest talk 15:47, 2 May 2014 (UTC)
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message: This article contained a reference to the so-called "Silk Road Foundation", also known as "Silk Road". It's an online publisher. The website can be found here:
https://www.silkroadfoundation.org
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
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) 07:56, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reliable sources 

message: He/She 180.94.34.213 (talk) 15:48, 27 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Who discovered it???