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    $\begingroup$ As a matter of personal taste, I would go with Dodelson (also since his book formed my view of this field the most). But we don't really know much about the preinflationary era and thus a "Dodelson Big bang" might be moved around by our new observations or even loose any good meaning (say in a weird bouncy epoch, cyclical model or whatever). So it might be a good idea to actually assign a special name to the "post-inflation Big bang" for compact reference because that is already a quite definite physical point. $\endgroup$
    – Void
    Commented Aug 27, 2014 at 19:25
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    $\begingroup$ If you're a Dodelson person, read this. It's pretty convincing until you read others from the opposite side (or at least reread my question) $\endgroup$
    – Jim
    Commented Aug 27, 2014 at 19:31
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    $\begingroup$ I see this question has a VTC as primarily opinion-based. This, I believe, is unwarranted. My question is not about what people's opinion of the definition is, it asks what the accepted definition is (something not based on opinion). If there is not one but two accepted definitions for the term, whose usage then depends on the opinion of the user, then that in itself would constitute an answer to the question and would still not be an opinion-based answer $\endgroup$
    – Jim
    Commented Aug 27, 2014 at 21:26
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    $\begingroup$ The statement of the questions seems to boil down to "The experts are divided about Proposition X. What is the expert consensus on Proposition X?" $\endgroup$
    – dmckee --- ex-moderator kitten
    Commented Aug 27, 2014 at 23:56
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    $\begingroup$ @dmckee, The correct question should be "The experts are divided about Proposition X. What are the reasons and thought processes which leads to the non-consensus?" $\endgroup$
    – Pacerier
    Commented May 27, 2015 at 5:21