Talk:Alphonso mango

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DID mR. aFONSO BROUGHT IT TO GOA? WHER IS IT ORIGINALLY FROM? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.245.168.160 (talk) 17:02:51, August 19, 2007 (UTC)

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Any credible references?

Any credible references to the claim that "the Alphonso Mango is named after Afonso de Albuquerque?" According to Wikipedia, mango "is a fruit which is indigenous to the Indian subcontinent." I wonder where a Portuguese obtained the cultivar of Afonso and brought it to India. Ctchou (talk) 01:18, 4 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ratnagiri

The statement: "In Ratnagiri the finest fruit comes from a patch 20 km from the seashore" needs to be verified. Earendil56 (talk) 16:25, 20 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Effects of chemicals section?

This section is clearly self-promotion and partisan, using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" (i.e., against Wikipedia policy) and with little-to-no relevance to the mangoes specifically. The whole section is also a word-for-word copy (inaccurate grammar and all) of a blog it links to — a blog on shreemango.com written under the banner "Shree Mango". The section added to Wikipedia was by a user known as "Shreemangoes." Hmmm.

First, the blog is not an independent and credible source in itself. And, even as a layman, none of the techniques listed seem in any way particular to Alphonso mangoes – they could be the same for any crop. It doesn't seem to have any particular relevance.

I'd strongly suggest its place is only on that blog, and not on Wikipedia. I notice that someone has tried to delete/edit it twice, and "Shreemangoes" keeps reinserting it, despite being told one of those times that it was cut for being promotional/soapbox and against Wikipedia policy. Kieronshaw (talk) 01:27, 29 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

In addition, the website the text was copied from and cited as a reference – www.shreemango.com – is now defunct.

--Kieronshaw (talk) 00:51, 23 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

More sources

These can be used to improve and expand the article:

BBC News: India's much-loved Alphonso mango hit by poor weather
Macleans: The king of mangoes
The Economic Times: Vagaries of nature, rising input costs to kill the famed Alphonso mango crop
The Guardian (Newsblog): Do you know Alphonso mango?
DNA News: Cold delays Alphonso mango's arrival in Mumbai
New York Times: Mango Mania in India

—Northamerica1000^(talk) 10:45, 19 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

TO DO: incorporate these sources in the article text, with inline citations. Chiswick Chap (talk) 08:36, 20 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Regional Indian government designation

This edit is not such a significant statement that it needs to be in the lede or mentioned at all -- overall, it's a minor regional designation, and is WP:UNDUE to be included in the article. Original source from Oct 2018 is here, showing it is mainly a marketing designation for a small region of India, and is promotional news; WP:PROMO and WP:NOTNEWS. --Zefr (talk) 19:27, 14 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Evaluating the article; revising the lead

The lead is concise, but it could benefit from including a few more details and a brief description on what is written about in the article. Hsangha9 (talk) 02:25, 26 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Read MOS:LEAD, then go ahead and revise. I'll work with you on this. Zefr (talk) 02:44, 26 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]