Talk:Raghunath Anant Mashelkar

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[edit] Discussion on if Mashelkar should be included in the Scientific misconduct category

Mashelkar is alleged to have committed plagiarism on multiple occasions. There is strong evidence to support this claim. See these two links for the paragraphs in both his report and book that appear to have been lifted almost in entirety without acknowledgement, which would satisfy the generally agreed definition of plagiarism. See the wikipedia article for more. Plagiarism is a form of scientific misconduct, and therefore including the category on the page is appropriate and warranted.

To Patupod: Remember that I am not using a newspaper article to substantiate this claim, so the facts here are undisputed. As for Shamnaad Basheer, in the same comment, in the previous sentence he says of Dutfield, "...Its unfortunate that his paper has been plagiarised. ...", so Basheer is not denying it either, contrary to what you said.

Please do not undo the change to the article, unless you can show a convincing argument otherwise, and please include that argument here in the talk page.

Rpal 23:01, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Tone

This whole article sounds like a hymn. For instance what the heck is this: "[...] Mashelkar is a world-renowned leader in science and technology"? Leaders in science and technology used to be countries, not people. And that lengthy list of totally unknown niche awards and memberships reminds one of soviet potentates decorating themselves from toe to ear. Brezhnyev even had 'Hero City' and 'Hero Mother'. 82.141.158.14 (talk) 17:25, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

I agree. The article is written to glorify Mashelkar. I have added the appropriate tags. Nishkid64 (talk) 06:37, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

The statement that Mashelkar is a world renowned leader in science and technology has been removed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jaybal71 (talk • contribs) 13:09, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

The original version of the article has been brought back to restore the neutrality of the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jaybal71 (talk • contribs) 14:47, 4 February 2008 (UTC)