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Jaffna kingdom

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)

Now you tell me :) I am done but anyway, I will eventually reduce it as it becomes stable over a period of time. I also want to find more RS citations (still waiting on books from home) Thansk for keeping an eye, I will moving on to the next tasks Taprobanus (talk) 18:53, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

You let the cat out of the bag, "FA status" now people going to be all over me :(( Just kidding Taprobanus (talk) 19:50, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks Dinesh, I am going to take a break now (my wife is complaining:( )I will look it over on Friday. Taprobanus (talk) 01:57, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

Looks good, just tweaked it a little bit, all your clarify tags really helps to bring the information out 01:59, 19 December 2007 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Taprobanus (talk • contribs)

Working on Aryacakravarti dynasty article and will get back to Jaffna Kingdom as soon as possible. Thanks Taprobanus (talk) 03:43, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

comparing my images

Spelling variations

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.

• Ranaranga <-> Ranaraga
• Vijayanaka <-> Vijayanka
• Natyasastra <-> Natyashastra
• Harithiputhras <-> Harithiputras
• Satyashraya <-> Satyasraya (it's a bit hard to tell from context whether this is the same thing or not)
• Vikramanakadeva <-> Vikramankadeva, and relatedly,
• Vikramankadeva Charita <-> Vikramanakadevacharita <-> Vikramanakadevacharitam

Good luck in figuring out what needs to be changed to which. Michael Devore 23:47, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

Rashtrakuta Dynasty spelling

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.

• Rashtrakutas and Rastrakutas, similarly,
• Rashtrakuta and Rastrakuta (empire)
• Prathihara and Pratiharas
• (Ibn) Khurdadba and Kurdadba
• Rashtraudha and Rastraudha (dynasty)
• Kailasanath and Kailasanatha (Temple )
• Arikeseri and Arikesari (can't tell if they should be the same, I think they are different people but possibly of the same lineage).
• Begumra and Bagumra (one is in reference to plates, the other in reference to records, so this might be correct)
• Torkhede and Tarkhede (inscriptions of Govinda III )

Not many on your FA list to check after this one. Michael Devore (talk) 01:19, 6 December 2007 (UTC

Just got discouraged

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 is FA

Mysore has been promoted to FA status. Thanks for your support in its FAC -- ¿Amar៛ 04:20, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

Western Chalukya architecture

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)

Western Chalukya architecture

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)

Western Chalukya architecture #2

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)

I was rather more aggressive in reworking paragraph 3 to get a better read, but I think it retains your meaning. Michael Devore (talk) 17:20, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

As Western Chalukya architecture is now edited by Finetooth, I won't be making further changes to the article except on the unlikely chance I clearly see a problem. -- Michael Devore (talk) 14:56, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Seasons greetings

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 16:47, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

Wish you a great year

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 :) -- 17:39, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

Carnatic music

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)

re: Greetings

Thanks for the wishes, Dinesh. Wish you a great new year too. Waiting to see many more FAs from you. :-) -- Sundar 10:07, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

Likewise thank you for your lovely greeting! I wish you to have an even productive year in 2008, boht on Misplaced Pages and off it. Gizza 23:47, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

Happy New Year

Hello Dineshkannambadi, I hope you had a pleasant New Year's Day, and that 2008 brings further success, health and happiness! ~ Blnguyen (bananabucket) 07:27, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

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Temple architecture and elephants

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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Western Chalukya architecture

No problem :) Papa November (talk) 14:53, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

Actually, it's just a bug in MetsBot and it's nothing to worry about. The error message is actually on the Misplaced Pages copy, not on Commons. If you're happy for the image to be on Commons, I'll go ahead and remove the duplicated image. Cheers, Papa November (talk) 16:33, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

The server cache just needs refreshing - the version in the article should look OK already. Sometimes it takes a couple of days to look correct on the image description page. There's no need to upload a new version. Papa November (talk) 19:51, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Better and better

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)

Hi, Thanks for inviting me to take a look at Western Chalukya architecture. If I had spotted it before I may have got involved in the FAC. You have obviously done a great deal of work on this and had a bruising time in the FA review. It is a topic I know nothing about - which makes it interesting, but also because I am unfamiliar with many of the terms makes reading the article complex - which may be true for other reviewers. I was torn between the architecture and the religion, and although both are obviously linked, may put off those more specifically interested in the buildings and the techniques used than the different deities. Is there are overview article of the religious aspect which could be linked to from the article for those requiring further information? Personally I would move the table listing "famous temples" to a separate article(& watch out for terms such as "famous" as they may fail WP:NPOV). I wish you luck with further development of the article and if I see it resubmitted for FA I will look at it again more closely.— Rod 15:36, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

A good summary of my thoughts.— Rod 15:57, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Replied on my page, and there is a message there to for you from Raul! Giano (talk) 16:44, 8 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:

• You have three stories to tell: by typology, by chronological stylistic development, by region. Keep them separate, under clear descriptive headings more specific than "Evolution", each with its own brief introductory summation. Give a brief disambiguating definition of every term as it first comes up, set into a footnote if it would intrude on the flow of text. None of this is familiar territory to the average fairly well-informed reader (myself!).
• You have a concise summary opening. Why not follow it with the historical and geographical setting, to orient the unfamiliar reader? Label the section with something obvious, like Historical and geographic setting".
• You have three aspects of typology: give them their separate subheadings and discuss them completely before moving on. Indian mathematics and geometry do need to be mentioned in relation to floorplans.
• You have a series of examples to offer, within the stylistic chronology. Ideally each one or each group should have its own paragraph, with a summary topic sentence.
• Your illustrations should be integrated with the text. The relevant illustration might be flagged (illustration, right illustration, below left) in the text, just at the moment where the reader should stop and look. Text and relevant illustration should appear in the browser's window at the same time.
• In overviews of broad architectural movements sometimes it's useful to parenthetically insert the clearest example — or rarely two — following statements (Siddhesvara Temple); this saves lots of repetitious "such as at the.." etc. (The teenagers who set themselves up to vet "FA"s may be unfamiliar with this convention, however, and decry it.) --Wetman (talk) 20:17, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. I will look into each one carefully..Dineshkannambadi (talk) 20:26, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Map

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 17:13, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Illuminated deities

"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." This phrase seems to be bothering some people, copuld 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)

PS:I'm going to bed now so the page is all yours :-) Giano (talk) 23:09, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

I'm sorry Dinesh, you will have to sort this out yourself, I really don't want to ne involved in any more conflict just at the moment. Life is too short. I'm happy to help and advise you on getting this through FAC but (although the FAC page can be a tough place) I have never before seen comments like that on FAC - it is just not possible to assist in a collaberation under those circumstances. Giano (talk) 23:24, 9 January 2008 (UTC)