Talk:Francesco Racanelli

Latest comment: 11 years ago by Justlettersandnumbers in topic Sources in this article

Sources in this article

edit

I'm struggling to evaluate the sources in this article. I've deleted the further reading links, which were:

  • Kenny, Michael G. DPhil(Oxon) (2004). "Science or Pseudoscience: Magnetic Healing, Psychic Phenomena, and Other Heterodoxies". Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease. Vol. 192, no. 9. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. pp. 638–639. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |layurl= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  • Prof. Henry H. Bauer (2006). "Science or Pseudoscience: Magnetic Healing, Psychic Phenomena, and Other Heterodoxies". Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions. Vol. 9, no. 3. University of California Press. pp. 133–134. doi:10.1525/nr.2006.9.3.133. JSTOR 10.1525/nr.2006.9.3.133. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  • Seppilli, Tullio (1983). Grafo s.p.a. (ed.). "Tesi di laurea sulla medicina popolare". La Ricerca Folklorica (in Italian). No. 8. Università di Perugia. pp. 125–127. JSTOR 1479542. La medicina popolare in Italia {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

The first two are book reviews which do not mention Racanelli at all; the third is an account of a project on alternative medicine in the University of Perugia. Racanelli is named because one undergraduate wrote a thesis on him. There is no further reading whatsoever in those links. That makes me anxious; are the other references in the article equally spurious? At the moment they are (apart from the ICCU authority which I added):

  1. The Ancient Massage Foundation
  2. Dominique Péneau (2008). "Le moine et l'architecte". Architecture, protestantisme et modernité : du sacré et de l’ascèse en particulier (Villes et entreprises) (in French). 195 pages. Éditions L’Harmattan. p. 180. ISBN 2296066879.
  3. Lamendola, Francesco (2007). La comprensione spirituale sorgente perenne di salute psico-fisica: note in margine ai pensieri di F. Racanelli (in Italian). Arianna Editrice. Retrieved 22 June 2013. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |day= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help) (actually an essay on scribd)

Of those, the first is obviously not reliable - just a bit of stuff on the web, without source or attribution; the third is apparently unreliable, as it is an essay on scribd, without references, source or date of publication, or anything to confirm that it was in fact published by Arianna Editrice (which exists, but is unlikely to be regarded as a reliable publishing house). That leaves Péneau: can anyone see what Péneau says about Racanelli on page 180 of the book (Google only gives me pages 1–50)? It would be helpful to know. Thanks, Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 12:09, 22 June 2013 (UTC)Reply