Talk:Ilaiyaraaja/GA1

GA Reassessment

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I will do the GA Reassessment on this article as part of the GA Sweeps project. H1nkles (talk) 15:42, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

The lead looks pretty good, I'm still working my way through the article so I don't know if it covers every topic in the article. Is there a free image that could be added to the lead? Part of the current GA Criteria is that the article have an image whenever possible.

I have a couple of concerns about the "Film Composer" section. At the end of the first paragraph are these sentences, "In recent times (Since the late 2000s, Ilayaraja had not scored for a top banner project; he had been scoring for low-budget quickies. But 2009 marks Ilayaraja's comeback to MegaBudget films, as he is scoring for the prestigious 25-Crore Budget Malayalam movie, Pazhassiraja, Directed by Hariharan, and scripted by M.T. Vasudevan Nair, with Sound Mixing by Resul Pookutty." Please specify better than the "late 2000s", that could be as of today. Also there is no termination of the parenthesis. The terminology used in these two sentences is also different, less formal than previously in the section. Use of terms like "quickies", "top banner", and "MegaBudget" should be replaced. These are slang terms that may not translate well internationally. As a native English speaker I understand what they mean but I think more professional terms could be used. I'm admittedly being a bit nit-picky and I won't contest if you disagree. It is a matter of style and not specifically in violation of GA Criteria.

I added a template to the end of the section. There is an assertion about crediting Ilaiyaraaja in the film posters in order to make the film financially viable. This should be referenced. H1nkles (talk) 16:25, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

In the "Musical Characteristics" section the first paragraph is past tense while the rest of the section is written in the present tense, please check this.

I also added a template in the "Notable Works" section. This section is very thoroughly referenced until the last sentence, which should have a citation.

The "Notable movies" subsection is primarily a repetition of movies that have been listed earlier in the article. Is it necessary? Also the final ten titles are not capitalized, and there is no spacing between words or titles. This should be fixed.

References: Cite 65 has a format error. Cite 73 in the references is a dead link that will need to be repaired. Rakkamma.com is also dead.

Overall comments: I feel as though the article is well written. There are a few issues that I raised above that would help tighten up the prose. I'd like to know what he's doing now. He seems to be a very prodigious worker, putting out more content all the time. Is Pazhassiraja his only project now? You mention his family in the lead but no where else in the article. Per WP:LEAD the lead should be a summary of the contents of the article, it should not bring up information that is not found in the article. Other than that I think the lead is ok, minimally covering the major topics. There are a few parts of the article not covered in the lead, but I think the lead is sufficient. At this point I feel as though there are some issues with the article that keep it from meeting the GA Criteria. They are as follows:

The article lacks an image, there are some missing references as well as an incorrectly formatted reference and a dead reference, comprehensively I feel that the article could cover more about his personal life. Given these concerns I will put the article on hold for a week and notify the interested projects and editors. I do hope that work can be done to help the article maintain its GA status. H1nkles (talk) 16:53, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

I see that work has been done on the article. Thank you. At this point I feel it minimally meets the GA Criteria. An image would be good as well as more information on his personal life within the body of the article. Mentioning his family in the lead binds the editors to bring up the subject in the article. At this point though I feel comfortable keeping it at GA. H1nkles (talk) 15:03, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

Daniel Rasaiya

What is his name as per official records ? Shouldn't that be included instead of / along with Gnanadesikan  Doctor Bruno  03:36, 6 May 2010 (UTC)