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::We generally avoid using blogs as reliable sources. Published works subject to editorial oversight are ideal. Please take a look at the further reading section. [[User:Viriditas|Viriditas]] ([[User talk:Viriditas|talk]]) 16:51, 10 February 2011 (UTC)
:::Previous discussion on this topic found [[Talk:Agora_(film)#Critique_of_film|here]]. [[User:Viriditas|Viriditas]] ([[User talk:Viriditas|talk]]) 17:22, 10 February 2011 (UTC)
::::Well, for what it's worth, according to [http://www.atheistnexus.org/forum/topics/agora-and-hypatia-separating this], the author of the article I mentioned above has Masters in medieval history. He certainly seems to know more about history than random critics from magazines and newspapers. --[[User:Leinad-Z|Leinad-Z]] ([[User talk:Leinad-Z|talk]]) 17:53, 10 February 2011 (UTC)
On the whole, this is a sad situation: [[David C. Lindberg]], (which is probably the major living scholar on the topic of medieval science), clearly states that "[Hypatia's] death had everything to do with local politics and virtually nothing to do with science".([http://www.hup.harvard.edu/resources/educators/pdf/NUMGGJ.pdf See here], in page 9) But apparently this information cannot be in the article since Lindberg was not specifically referring to the film. Meanwhile, there are some reviews (such as the one I mentioned) specifically criticizing this and other inaccuracies, but it appears that they can't be used as well. --[[User:Leinad-Z|Leinad-Z]] ([[User talk:Leinad-Z|talk]]) 17:53, 10 February 2011 (UTC)
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