Wikipedia:WikiProject India/Peer review/Madurai

Madurai

Hi Reviewers, I am planning to push this for WP:GA. Please provide your review comments on the same. Ssriram mt (talk) 15:37, 1 July 2012 (UTC) Lead

• " The capital of the Pandyan kingdom was initially Korkai, around 600 BCE,[7] and was later moved to Koodal (now Madurai) during the reign of Nedunj Cheliyan I.[8]" State only from when to when was it the capital. No need for info about the capital before Madurai
  •  Done
• IMO, nicknames are not needed in leda
  •  Done.
• can a better lead image be used. May be a montage like in Mumbai
  •  Done.
• Standardize: BC or BCE (AD/CE): 600 BCE v/s 3rd century BC
  •  Done.
• "the city is mentioned by Megasthenes, the Greek ambassador to India and Kautilya, the minister of the Mauryan Emperor Chandragupta Maurya" add dates of persons
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• how is " which established the province of Ma'bar which later became independent as the Ma'bar Sultanate" relevant to Madurai? Was Madurai part of Ma'bar? Link Ma'bar to appropriate article
  •  Done - yes.
• Link Madurai Nayak kingdom
  •  Done - linked in earlier para.
• Lead history stops at 1801, one needs to take it to the present. See Mumbai. Same case with "History" section
  •  Done

Etymology

• Make paras based on current name. Historical names and nick names
  • Each name has a one liner description and feel it is not required to have separate sections.
• "A leading theory for the etymology of Madurai is the derivative from Madhura (Sweetness) when Shiva blessed the land by showering divine nectar on the city from his matted locks"
  • •  Done
  • Madurai should be in italics as word Madurai is discussed
    •  Done
  • explain who is Shiva? Hindu god
    •  Done
  • explicitly say it is a tradition/legend
• Copyediting is needed
  • "Another popular theory is the derivative of the word Marutham, which refers to the type of landscape of the Sangam age. " Another popular theory is that Madurai is the derivative of the word Marutham ...
    •  Done
  • "Historically, the birthplace of Hindu god Krishna, Mathura," -> the Hindu god Krishna. Also, need balance the POV that Hindu scriptures say Mathura was birthplace of Krishna, not historical documents
    •  Done
• Ref 16 is not a reliable ref for the Thoonga Nagaram claim. It may be only this director's given name

removed the ref. will find alternative.

Redtigerxyz ^Talk 12:57, 13 July 2012 (UTC)