Thank you very much for your effort, I will work on them all. Now I know how your Karnataka team is going from strength to strength. You have a team but on our side, if one comes with a good article somebody wants to bring it down unfortunately. Thanks again for the inspiration and the support Taprobanus (talk) 03:30, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
Per our recent discussion on Talk:Hoysala architecture, here is a list of potential spelling inconsistencies in the first FA on your list Chalukya dynasty. I have attempted to eliminate variations which appear valid in the article's context, but may have missed one or more.
Good luck in figuring out what needs to be changed to which. Michael Devore 23:47, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
After all your hard work, only the Chalukya dynasty spelling list is left to do, so here is another list to choose as an alternate.
Not many on your FA list to check after this one. Michael Devore (talk) 01:19, 6 December 2007 (UTC
Dear Dinesh: Just got discouraged. Will stay available to you and your Indian colleagues, but hope to cut back a bit on what is becoming an addiction. Writtenright (talk) 09:01, 14 December 2007 (UTC)Writtenright
Mysore has been promoted to FA status. Thanks for your support in its FAC -- ¿Amar៛Talk to me/My edits 04:20, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
There seems to be some objections about the grammar of the article. I suggest aproach the League of Copyeditors.--Redtigerxyz (talk) 07:37, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
If you are still interested in a copyeditor with experience bringing several articles to Featured and Good status, one editor I do know with that experience is User:Finetooth. I have seen him or her take the final copyedits on a FAC right up to the point of a passed review, making changes on the level of sentence structure and content (beyond the corrective style editing that I do, which is rather a different sort of thing). I don't know if Finetooth is busy or would look it over, but it couldn't hurt to ask at User_talk:Finetooth. I do see you have a request at the League of Copyeditors, but that can sometimes take a while and not sure if they all have professional-level experience (not that professional experience is necessarily required here). -- Michael Devore (talk) 15:26, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
Hello, I did a modest rework of your first paragraph to make it read better (to me), while keeping your original sentence content to match the references. I didn't know what the references say and was therefore conservative in changing things around so as not to make the refs invalid. I'll try to get to the second through nth paragraph as time allows, but it's rather slow going given my unfamiliarity with the subject matter.
Clearly there is still room for improvement, so I won't be putting any scheduled League copyeditors out of work here. Revert if you don't like the changes, my feelings will survive intact. -- Michael Devore (talk) 12:41, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
Thank you. I hope you are doing well also.Bakaman 03:58, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
Thanks and Merry Christmas and an advance Happy New Year to u and ur family, happy holidays. Amartyabag TALK2ME 16:47, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for the barnstar, Dinesh. the map you want sounds quite simple, just pass over the source. i've been a bit inactive over the last few months, this should get me in the mood again :) -- PlaneMad|YakYak 17:39, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
He has not edited in a few days, so I will let it go for now. If he continues with the same disruptive editing, then I will leave him a message. Happy New Year to you also! :) Nishkid64 (talk) 19:09, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for the wishes, Dinesh. Wish you a great new year too. Waiting to see many more FAs from you. :-) -- Sundar \talk \contribs 10:07, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
Hi Dinesh and Happy New Year! I was watching this amazing documentary on youtube about temples, and was wondering if some of the things about how these granite temples were built could be included in historical architecture articles. Obviously, you are the most resourceful editor who could look at it. Thanks, deeptrivia (talk) 05:31, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
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Hi Dinesh, Western Chalukya architecture is getting better and better, and I'm glad you were not discouraged for long. The new graphics and explanations of key terms will certainly help to clarify things for people who know little about architecture and little about southern India. I'm sorry that I entered into the FAC debate; I did not feel at all comfortable in that hot kitchen. I am interested mainly in improving the encyclopedia, and I can see that that is your main interest as well. The Western Chalukya article is fascinating, which perhaps I did not say before. Best wishes with the article and with future articles. Finetooth (talk) 21:30, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
Lurking at Giano's page as usual, I've made many adjustments to your text, but I was sorry to see that I hadn't completely fixed the snafus I caused in our edit conflict. You'll want to vet my edits, and I hope selectively revert to your text ,if I've created confusions or shifted the meaning. I haven't looked at the comments made over the article's FA status — often less than useful I find — so the following are quite independent suggestions:
Hi Dinesh, Based on the notable places listed in the WCA article, I have created this map (Western Chalukya Monuments.svg) depicting the geographical locations of these places. Feel free to use this map wherever appropriate. -- Naveen (talk) 17:13, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
"The vestibule receives even less light, making it necessary to have some form of artificial lighting day and night. This artificial source of light adds mystery to the image of the deity worshipped in the sanctum.[29]" This phrase seems to be bothering some people, could you check the reff and see if we can perhaps change "mystery" to something like drama and impact or emphasis - perhaps even go the whole way and say "mystical quality" -what exactly does the reference say? If we can just put "mystery" in specch marks that will do so long as the reff uses that term. I see the book was written in 1929 is the form of artificial lighting used in ancient times mentioned too - flaming torches etc? Giano (talk) 23:07, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
C'mon then lets get going you have not answered my question "could you check the reff and see if we can perhaps change "mystery" to something like drama and impact or emphasis" and where is the conclusion you promised me? It'll be fine and sail through - we'll laugh all the way to the bank with a page as good as this. Giano (talk) 19:29, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
Hi Dinesh, I'm back from my other pursuits. Which section would you like me to look at? The article has changed quite a bit since the last time I looked. Finetooth (talk) 19:02, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
Just took a look. The article, as well as the images look good. I tested in both the browsers, and did not find any problems with the images' orientation, white spaces etc. Thanks - KNM Talk 02:29, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
Hi Dinesh, I have been reading through this very informative article you have written and have made some minor fixes. Please review the changes I have made, to make sure that I have not introduced any content errors while trying to improve grammar or style! I have tried to leave edit summaries to explain my reasoning in most cases. I am on wikipedia only intermittently at present and so may be tardy in responding to any message you may have for me - but I hope to finish reviewing the article over the next couple of days. Regards. Abecedare (talk) 10:34, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
Hi Dinesh, I just took a look at WP:MoS and it says:
So based on this, I would suggest, use boldface only for the article name (that too, the very first appearance in the lead), unless it is absolutely required to use boldface. Hope this helps - KNM Talk 15:32, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
Here Vashishtiputra_Satakarni from this there is a language caled Dravidian called out in the coin (reverse)Dravidian legend in the Brahmi script: "Arahanaku Vahitti makanaku Tiru Hatakaniko. Is it Kannada or Telugu ? Taprobanus (talk) 16:02, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
Hearty Congratulations, Dinesh!!
You deserve this much more than the previous times.
Very well done and keep it up!
Thanks! - KNM Talk 02:44, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
I must echo the congratulations on the Featured Article status for Western Chalukya architecture. You coordinated and participated in an amazing amount of effort there. Frankly, after the initial objections were made, I was doubtful the article could still get FA status. Yet you steadily and comprehensively addressed every serious objection I saw raised, either by finding expert editors or through your own work. A great job! -- Michael Devore (talk) 07:55, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
A small token of appreciation. Your efforts in improving the quality of WP's articles is inspiring. AreJay (talk) 19:52, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
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The Barnstar of National Merit | |
For his tremendous contributions to Western Chalukya architecture and other Karnataka-related articles, I award Dineshkannambadi the Barnstar of National Merit. AreJay (talk) 19:52, 21 January 2008 (UTC) |
You may not have noticed the instructions, but pages where Arbitrators propose and discuss decisions between them are limited for editing to Arbitrators and Arbitration Committee Clerks only. Your edit has been reverted. Thanks, Avruchtalk 00:30, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
Dinesh, Yes, I took this image at Saavira kambada basadi in Moodabidri. Amazing place. There was a renovation work which was going on when I was there, so could not get more images on the exterior. I have some more Images from Yedeyur, Sravanabelgola, Belur, Halebid and Udipi, which I will upload soon. I am almost done with the Hoysala monuments image and will upload it in a day or two. I will also try to get the other images. BTW, I see WCA has become an FA while I was away last week. Congratulations on writing this fantastic article. -- Naveen (talk) 06:11, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
Dinesh, Sorry, but I'm not ready for another one. I don't know when I might be. Finetooth (talk) 15:59, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
There is a discussion going on regarding whether or not the following image should be a part of the Poverty in India page. Most Poverty in *Country* pages do not have any images, at most 1. User:Otolemur crassicaudatus has brought many images showing extreme poverty in India and has tried to mislead people into thinking this is the way a majority of poor Indians live. There is a vote in which your input would be appreciated. You can find this discussion here
I feel that the the Bodhgaya Beggar image does not represent poverty in India correctly because:
This can be applied to this because a very tiny fraction of poor people in India are disabled. Most work very hard trying to make a living for themselves. This image is misleading. Nikkul (talk) 02:55, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
Dineshkannambadi, in your talk page this user has made wild accusations on me. I will request you please read the relevant sections on Talk:Poverty in India to give you an inside in this user and to understand who is incivil. You please read the texts like these [3], [4], [5]. The Bodggaya beggar image is more appropriate than others because:
There is no "typical" definition of poverty, or beggar. There are abled beggar, disabled beggar. The purpose of the article is depicting poverty. The other beggar images which this user want to place deleting the Bodhgaya beggar image are not good quality, one is B&W, and the other depicting a beggar girl in Ladakh. But my objection here is that Ladakh is quite different from rest of the country because of its geographics. Majority Indians live in plain. And this Bodhgaya beggar image is showing poverty at its most extreme level. It is not right to conceal the situation of poor men like this, it is the truth, the reality. This image touches the heart of the reader, which is a real situation. Yes not all beggars are disabled, but is this an argument? On the other hand it also can be said that not all beggars are abled. Our job here is not to understand who is abled, or who is not. But to find a good image which is representative of many.