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A GA made in 2012. Now has multiple unsourced claims that need to be addressed for this article to remain a GA. Onegreatjoke (talk) 17:19, 7 January 2023 (UTC)
It’s redundant to repeat indefinite articles unless distinctness of their nouns is ambiguous. I don’t think any reader would misread that “city and union territory” is a one entity (different from both ‘cities’ and ‘union territories’), it's obvious we’re talking about two distinct things (‘city’ and ‘union territory’). I’m reinstating my edit on this issue.
The current phrasing
Lying on both sides of the Yamuna river, but chiefly to the west, or beyond its right bank, Delhi …
is the worst out of all the variations.
Straddle does mean to be on either side of—but all definitions of it include some sort of ‘imbalance’ or ‘irregularity’ in that positioning (on either side), so as to speak. I believe the meaning of straddle used here is in the sense of an ‘irregular sprawl’ (MWO, “Straddle”, V. (1): intransitive verb #2). “Chiefly straddle” is a fine construct—it means the sprawl is much larger to the west of the river, which it is; ‘straddling the Yamuna, chiefly its western bank …’ is an identical construct in meaning, I don’t understand why Fowler wouldn’t have issue with the usage of chiefly in one but not the other.
I removed that bracketed clause and replaced it with “chiefly on the west bank” because I felt the former was unnecessary. It wasn’t incorrect, but the prose felt tighter without it.
But the current wording of that sentence is much worse. It’s not wrong to say ‘lying between’, but it’s needlessly wordy. Straddle was a great word to describe that the river flows through the city, there’s no reason to make it more verbose the way that Fowler has; I think they’re mistaken about the meaning of straddle somewhere if they think “chiefly straddle” is an incorrect usage of that word here.
And I disagree that “right bank” needs to be mentioned in the lede at all. I can think of two reasons:
I’m sure there’s a place down in the article somewhere to mention that most of Delhi lies on the right bank of the Yamuna, but I fail to see why it needs to clutter the second sentence of the lede.
—I'llbeyourbeach (talk) 13:59, 26 September 2023 (UTC)
I am writing to request that the Municipal Corporation of Delhi’s logo be added to the Delhi Wikipedia page in the logo section. As you may know, many cities without a flag or logo use their municipal logo as a symbol of their identity. Examples include Lucknow, Ankara, and New Delhi, etc. The Municipal Corporation of Delhi is the governing body of most of Delhi, providing civic services to a population of about 20 million citizens in the capital city 1. It is one of the largest municipal bodies in the world, with an annual budget of over ₹16,000 crore (~US$1.95 billion) 1. The corporation covers an area of 1,397.3 km² (539.5 mi²). Adding the Municipal Corporation of Delhi’s logo to the Delhi Wikipedia page would help to provide a more complete picture of the city’s identity and governance. I believe that this would be a valuable addition to the page and would help to make it more informative and engaging for readers. Thank you for your consideration. Sincerely, Tamjeed Ahmed (talk) 06:39, 13 November 2023 (UTC)
I did not mean to use the 'rollback' tool but the changes need a consensus. TrangaBellam (talk) 07:59, 10 March 2024 (UTC)