Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Kulottunga I/archive1

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The article was archived by Laser brain via FACBot (talk) 25 May 2019 [1].

Kulottunga I

Nominator(s): Nittawinoda (talk) 17:44, 22 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

This article is about the 11th century Indian monarch of the Chola dynasty. Nittawinoda (talk) 17:44, 22 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: Reference formatting needs some significant cleanup - don't mix templated and untemplated citations. Nikkimaria (talk) 01:09, 27 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Nikkimaria: I am relatively new here, so can you give an example or make a sample edit? Nittawinoda (talk) 12:01, 27 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Some of your citations use citation templates, like {{cite book}}; others are typed out by hand without using such templates. Which of the two styles do you want to use? Nikkimaria (talk) 12:44, 27 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Nikkimaria: I would like to go with the templates using {{cite book}},etc. I have fixed a few, check [2], [3]. Can you confirm if this is correct? I will then fix the rest. Thanks, Nittawinoda (talk) 09:42, 28 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Mostly, some small errors - India should be in |location=, |ref= is not needed if you are using these templates inline. Nikkimaria (talk) 12:34, 28 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Nikkimaria: I have fixed the citations. Please continue the review and let me know of any other issues. Thanks, Nittawinoda (talk) 16:18, 30 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

It looks like you still have a mix of templated and untemplated citations, which is still resulting in inconsistencies in presentation. Nikkimaria (talk) 15:14, 18 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Nikkimaria: Can you give an example? Nittawinoda (talk) 17:27, 24 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Kulke History of India. Nikkimaria (talk) 23:26, 24 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Coordinator comment - This has been open for a solid month without any declaration of support for promotion, and doesn't seem to be heading in the right direction at present. Therefore, I will be archiving it shortly and it may be re-nominated after the customary two-week waiting period. In the mean time, please action feedback as appropriate. --Laser brain (talk) 13:46, 25 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Closing note: This candidate has been archived, but there may be a delay in bot processing of the close. Please see WP:FAC/ar, and leave the {{featured article candidates}} template in place on the talk page until the bot goes through. --Laser brain (talk) 13:46, 25 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Source analysis

A lot many of the sources fail WP:HISTRS by a few miles or so. I will be leaving a detailed note on the quality of existent sourcing.∯WBG^converse 05:18, 24 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

P. V. Jagadisa Ayyar (1982), South Indian Shrines: Illustrated, Asian Educational Services
This book was originally written in 1920 (re-discovered and re-printed in 1982). A century ago, South India was rife with nationalistic biases in scholarship. The credentials of the author is unknown and I can't locate any review of the re-print, either. A sub-standard one-paragraph review of the 1920 print is over here.

Fails HISTRS.

@Winged Blades of Godric: You can preview the book here [4]. You have to search for something there to preview. You can find the basic text version here [5].

Encyclopaedia of Untouchables Ancient, Medieval and Modern, Gyan Publishing House, Raj Kumar
Fails RS per User:Sitush/Common#Gyan.

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