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Peer review

First look (not detailed read):

The name should be the secular "Swami Rambhadracharya", as in the listing of Sahitya Akademi and titles of some of his books Bhrngadutam, Sribhargavaraghaviyam and Srisitaramakelikaumudi. Arundhati just calls him Rambhadracharya. Even Vachaspati Award news items call him "Swami" [1].
Too much IAST. A familiar Mishra, Makar Sankranti, Krishna, Sanskrit, ashram, pandit (last 4 are English dictionary words [try the Oxford dictionary http://oxforddictionaries.com/?attempted=true]) is transformed into an alien Miśra, Makara Saṅkrānti, Kṛṣṇa, Saṃskṛta, Āśram, Paṇḍita. IMO in this article is more appropriate to restrict IAST to the titles of his Sankrit works OR use standardized English spellings.
We do not use honorifics for deities like Lord, mother. Please remove them. --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 12:25, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

Both Swami and Jagadguru are titles used along with his name. The name of the university established by him [2] and his official website [3] use "Jagadguru Rambhadracharya". I agree that except for the title of the article and wherever required (like in University or Jagadguru sections), the article can use simply Rambhadracharya. IAST has been removed for Sanskrit and Prakrit, and mother and Lord as well. IMHO IAST can be removed for words like Ashram and Sankranti but for non-English "names" the use of diacritics is preferred, one sees it in articles on Itō (Japanese mathematician), Øksendal (place in Norway) and Kekulé (German chemist), et cetera, even though they have accepted English spellings Ito, Oksendal and Kekule. Nmisra (talk) 00:32, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

The examples you give are right and popularly used in the media. But does Times of India, the Sahitya Akademi et al really use Rāmabhadrācārya, Miśra, Kṛṣṇa? Don't they use Ramabhadracharya, Mishra, Mishra? Indian English does not have diacritics; German, French, Norwegian et al do have diacritics.--Redtigerxyz ^Talk 05:38, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

The actual Sahitya Akademi Award uses Devanagari. The English translation of his autobiography (Svarna Yatra) uses Rāmabhadrācārya and Miśra. His official website uses Rāmabhadrācārya and Miśra. Indian English is not the official language of English Wikipedia, and Japanese also does not have diacritics. Unless there is a Wikipedia policy against use of IAST diacritics, I am willing to let the diacritics stay, but would not mind if they are removed by some other user. Nmisra (talk) 22:17, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

Diactrics cause some problem in readability for many users, especially at a stage when you seek reviewers to decide on the Good Article status of the article. Anyone wishing to 'search' about this person will type 'Ramabhadracharya' and not 'Rāmabhadrācārya'. He will eventually be directed to this page no doubt, but wont be a good start. SASSOTO (talk) 04:13, 19 August 2011 (UTC)'

Note:On typing 'Ramabhadracharya', this page only comes in the list, so there is no problem with the search. ♛♚★Vaibhav Jain★♚♛ ^Talk ^Email 10:23, 19 August 2011 (UTC)

I am not really convinced. If we were to use IAST for this, then it'll break convention with all other Indian articles. A vast majority of Indian names are derived from one or the other Indian vernacular languages, and each one will have a native pronunciation; those articles are located at names frequently used by the media and other sources. It doesn't seem proper to have this one article different. And Redtigerxyz raises a good point; sources rarely use diacritics. And a note to Vibhijain: That is hardly the matter of discussion here. Lynch 7 18:05, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

And strangely, the page is located at "Jagadguru Rāmabhadrācārya", but the opening sentence starts with Jagadguru Ramabhadracharya. Lynch 7 18:12, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

One of the best sources on the person is Holy Journey of a Divine Saint (B. R. Publishing Corp ISBN 9788176462884) - 760 pages plus 76 plates which uses Jagadguru Rāmabhadrācārya througout. The official website uses Jagadguru Rāmabhadrācārya see here. There does not seem a single convention for other Sanskrit poets - see Kālidāsa and Śūdraka, but Magha and Bharavi. The name is a Sanskrit name as opposed to being derived from a vernacular. However, I am fine with Jagadguru Rambhadracharya as the title and Jagadguru Rāmabhadrācārya being mentioned at the beginning only if that makes it more readable. But it would break the convention with some Sanskrit poet articles. Nmisra (talk) 22:13, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

Hmm, interesting. Not that I'm against diacritics, but I want to see some kind of convention among Indian articles. And I meant vernacular as in being Indian (forgive me for an error). Well, yes, some Indian books do make use of accents and diacritics, but check out most of the sources in the article itself. For example, just another news story this. Most of them use Ramabhadracharya. Lynch 7 04:19, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

I'm planning to present a paper in WCI on a topic similar to this, interesting to see how this will turn out :) . Lynch 7 04:30, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

Overall, I'd say its quite good. I'd probably promote it to a GA (I'm not a reviewer though). Keep up the good work. Lynch 7 04:58, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for that. I shall try to improve the article further. ♛♚★Vaibhav Jain★♚♛ ^Talk ^Email 05:32, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

Why is the section "Relations with politicians" needed? Is it of special importance? Lynch 7 12:49, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

I agree, it is not needed IMHO - it is not relevant and breaks the structure. I changed it slightly, but would be even better to remove it altogether. Vibhijain can comment if he thinks it is required. Nmisra (talk) 15:14, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

Structure (proposed)

The article has probably too many sections, with some being added today. I think it can be organized as follows. Please agree on this before making any structural changes.

Recognition may be merged with Awards and Honours to form Recognition and Awards or Recognition, Awards and Honours
Multilingualism may be removed - does not add anything different from what has been said already, and is not big enough to warrant a new section.
Relations with politicians should be removed - it is irrelevant as the person is primarily known for being a poet, educationist and philosopher, commentator, orator, et cetera. He is not known for being associated with or for his relations with politicians.
The two sections Critical edition of RCM and JRHU may be merged with Later Life as they do not have any subsections.
Subsection Observation of a six-month Payovrata may be renamed as Payovrata or Six-month fasts. Current title is too long and is a bit misleading as the person has performed nine Payovratas.

Nmisra (talk) 15:49, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

I think we should rename Relations with politicians with Political influence, as Rajnath Singh, who is the former CM of Uttar Pradesh, is one of the students of Jagadguru Rāmabhadrācārya, and he also has some relations with some other politicians. As of Multilingualism, i strongly feel this should be kept, as he knows 22 languages. Also i think Observation of a six-month Payovrata should be changed to Observation of six-month Payovratas, as titles like Payovrata, should be used on articles like Tulsidas, who invented this. ♛♚★Vaibhav Jain★♚♛ ^Talk ^Email 10:11, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

Why do we need a whole section devoted to politics? Apart from Rajnath Singh, none of the others mentioned in the article have strong connections (its just minor convocations, honours, those sort of stuff). If needed, Singh can get a passing mention somewhere. Lynch 7 11:44, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

There is no section now for that, i think the correct format is alright. ♛♚★Vaibhav Jain★♚♛ ^Talk ^Email 12:00, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

I'm sorry, there is a section for that. You can write the Rajnath Singh stuff in the recognition part somewhere; you can delete the Nitish Kumar and the BSP leader things. Lynch 7 12:31, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

I would recommend removing political associations and interactions altogether, as the person is not primarily known for them. Even though he has had an association with Rajnath Singh, it is probably more a personal association rather than political. If there is source (e.g. book) to cite prolonged/strong political associations, they may be included. Comments by and interactions with politicians on events, functions, etc may be removed. My 2 pence. Nmisra (talk) 13:01, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

Agree completely. Lynch 7 13:16, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

Views

I plan to add a new section (or a sub-section) related to the views of Jagadguru Rāmabhadrācārya on various issues. We can start with his views on the situation of disables in India, like the one I have made on User:Vibhijain/6. ♛♚★Vaibhav Jain★♚♛ ^Talk ^Email 12:02, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

Those sort of "views" sections will be highly inappropriate, unless they have got a lot of publicity. This is not a place for propaganda. Lynch 7 12:28, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

We can remove the corruption and inflation thing, after that it would be appropriate. ♛♚★Vaibhav Jain★♚♛ ^Talk ^Email 12:39, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

No, the whole section is irrelevant. Reporting of each and every speech he makes is not needed. Lynch 7 12:44, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

You may probably include his comments on state of disabled education in brief under the JRHU section instead of a separate section, but would be good to cite some other sources than the Amar Ujala article - surely the newsreporter meant 4.5 crore disabled and not 4500 crore disabled in India. :) Nmisra (talk) 13:07, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

Rather than a Views section, if there is enough material and sources, a section on Teachings and Philosophy makes more sense, which can include his views on Vedanta, Tulsidas, Ramcharitmanas, social issues etc in addition to views on state of disabled in India. This would be a more broader topic and in line with Wiki articles on other philosophers like Vivekananda. Nmisra (talk) 13:12, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

Yes, I would agree with that. But it shouldn't sound like propaganda; that's important. On another note, don't you think that the article is quite large? Wouldn't it be better if we trimmed it? (Length is not a factor for a GA, it should be comprehensive that's all) Lynch 7 13:18, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

It is, but there are enough sections and subsections, which make navigation easy. ♛♚★Vaibhav Jain★♚♛ ^Talk ^Email 13:31, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

Copyvio

There is a full piece of poetry in the Early life section. Won't this amount to a violation of copyright? Lynch 7 13:36, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

That is not a published work, so i think no copyright would apply on it. ♛♚★Vaibhav Jain★♚♛ ^Talk ^Email 13:43, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

Hmm, I'm not convinced yet. Anyways.. Lynch 7 16:34, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

To the best of my knowledge, the first Hindi and Sanskrit compositions of the poet are not copyrighted. Both of them are reproduced in entirety in three published books under different publication houses - Vagish Dinkar's Sribhargavaraghaviyam Mimansa (2008), Shantilal Nagar's Holy Journey of a Divine Saint (2002), and Divakar Sharma et al's Meri Swarnayatra (2000). None of the works mentions anything of the kind Reproduced with Permission et cetera, Dinkar simply cites the Swarnayatra and reprodcues it. If required, I can request the official website to "release" the poem just like they have released the images of Rambhadracharya under GNU FDL and CC licenses. Nmisra (talk) 20:36, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

Too much of IAST usage

Everywhere I turn to, I see diacritics and accents, even for simple words like Krishna and Yashoda. Please retain normal spellings for all words, except for absolutely necessary cases. Even the debate on the title is not over yet. Please think again on the title as well. Lynch 7 16:34, 23 August 2011 (UTC) Our aim is to build a readable encyclopedia, not a one that we think is proper. Lynch 7 16:37, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

Nmisra told me that he will change the diacritics, hope he will do that fast. ♛♚★Vaibhav Jain★♚♛ ^Talk ^Email 16:38, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

Looking at the feedback from Redtigerxyz, SASSOTO and MikeLynch and in the absence of a specific Wikipedia policy on use of IAST for Sanskrit names, I think removing the diacritics makes sense. On the coming weekend, I intend to remove diacritics from the article except for transliterations of poetry and titles of books published by the author. Also, I will move the page to Jagadguru Rambhadracharya and mention the IAST version Jagadguru_Rāmabhadrācārya at the beginning only once. Nmisra (talk) 20:53, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

Removed diacritics from initial part of the article, work is in progress. Nmisra (talk) 21:51, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

Seems fine Nmisra :). Lynch 7 03:32, 24 August 2011 (UTC) I'll also pitch in and help you out. Lynch 7 03:34, 24 August 2011 (UTC)

Starting removal of IAST. --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 06:25, 27 August 2011 (UTC)

Jagadguru Rambhadracharya Viklang Seva Sangh

I think we should have a section for Jagadguru Rambhadracharya Viklang Seva Sangh like JRHU. I have created a proposal on User:Vibhijain/7. ♛♚★Vaibhav Jain★♚♛ ^Talk ^Email 16:59, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

You could make an extended mention of it, without making it sound self promotional. Bulleted lists are not recommended in articles. Currently it looks like the front page of a school prospectus. Lynch 7 17:11, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

I have removed the bulleted list, please make nay corrections if you find any. ♛♚★Vaibhav Jain★♚♛ ^Talk ^Email 17:28, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

I don't think you understand. If just removing the bullets were to be enough, then we wouldn't have had detailed policies. Read out your draft aloud, and tell me it doesn't sound like the prospectus of an organization. If you feel it is necessary to include it, then reword it to give some actual facts about it; not some visionary goals of the organization. Lynch 7 18:03, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

And an important note: Just because there are cartloads of information, it doesn't mean that everything has to be included. The table of contents takes up a whole screen currently, and just mercilessly adding more info will just increase the length and size of the article. Lynch 7 18:03, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

Though its good of you to write it as small drafts first. Really helps editors debate. Lynch 7 18:32, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

As you have more knowledge of en wiki policies, i request u to make changes to the draft, as I am not able to decide what to keep and what to not. ♛♚★Vaibhav Jain★♚♛ ^Talk ^Email 09:54, 24 August 2011 (UTC)

Done. Check it out, and make any changes necessary. Facebook chat not working; so can't come online. Lynch 7 10:25, 24 August 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, I have just removed a red link. Can we now add this section on the article. ♛♚★Vaibhav Jain★♚♛ ^Talk ^Email 10:42, 24 August 2011 (UTC)

Article title

Seeing that there is a consensus regarding use of IAST, search issues and as most browsers do not show such titles in the address bar, I have moved the article to Jagadguru Rambhadracharya. ♛♚★Vaibhav Jain★♚♛ ^Talk ^Email 10:49, 24 August 2011 (UTC)

Hmm, wouldn't it be better if it is Ramabhadracharya, instead of Rambhadracharya? Lynch 7 10:55, 24 August 2011 (UTC)

I will prefer the current one. ♛♚★Vaibhav Jain★♚♛ ^Talk ^Email 11:04, 24 August 2011 (UTC)

Agree with current spelling as most frequently spelt this way in Indian English. --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 06:24, 27 August 2011 (UTC)

Fine by Akhada Parishad

There was a news report issued on April 24, 2010 by news agency Indo-Asian News Service that said that Rambhadracharya was fined 7 lakh by the Akhada Parishad. Navbharat Times and some other newspapers published it, and it is archived here. On April 27, 2010, a corrigendum was issued by the same news agency and published by newspapers including Navbharat Times that the earlier news report was false, and there was no such fine imposed or paid. This news item is archived under here. Both articles were on the Navbharat times website here and here but are no longer available. The archive first paragraph gives the gist though. The events are summarized under here. Given this, either the 7 lakh fine part may be removed or the corrigendum added. I am in favour of the former as it adds no value to article to cite the news with fine and then the rebuttal/corrigendum. Nmisra (talk) 12:33, 24 August 2011 (UTC)

I think we can first tell about the corrigendum, and then tell what happened. ♛♚★Vaibhav Jain★♚♛ ^Talk ^Email 12:38, 24 August 2011 (UTC)

Do we need to mention the incident at all? If it did not receive as much coverage as his other programs, then we may as well omit it. Lynch 7 12:43, 24 August 2011 (UTC)

This incident was covered on many newspapers, so we can keep it. ♛♚★Vaibhav Jain★♚♛ ^Talk ^Email 12:45, 24 August 2011 (UTC)

The debate and controversy over critical edition was covered by many independent sources (Zee News, NDTV, Navbharat Times et cetera) and has been mentioned. The news about fine and the corrigendum was published by few sources only (chiefly Navbharat Times). I would vote for not mentioning it. Nmisra (talk) 13:29, 24 August 2011 (UTC)

I and Nmisra have added that incident. ♛♚★Vaibhav Jain★♚♛ ^Talk ^Email 11:16, 25 August 2011 (UTC)

Concurring with MikeLynch, Why should inaccurate reporting of a false fine be mentioned??? Removed it. --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 06:22, 27 August 2011 (UTC)