Talk:Tiruchirappalli/GA1

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Reviewer: 12george1 (talk) 02:06, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

• There are several places in the article not sourced; they are:
  • "which are in colloquial usage."
  • "The oldest dam, Kallanai, was built by Karikala Cholan across the Kaveri River, about 10 miles (16 km) from Uraiyur."
  • "Mahendravarman laid the foundation of the Rockfort which is regarded as the cultural symbol of the city and is one of the oldest surviving monuments in Tamil Nadu. Following the demise of the Pallavas in the 8th century AD, Tiruchirapalli was conquered by the Medieval Cholas under whom it served as a regional stronghold."
  • "and its successor, the Madurai Nayak kingdom till 1736. Under the Madurai Nayak kingdom, Tiruchirapalli was an important stronghold in the wars against the Thanjavur Marathas and later, Chanda Sahib. It served as the capital of the kingdom from 1616 to 1634 and from 1665 to 1736. In 1736, the last Madurai Nayak ruler Meenakshi committed suicide and Tiruchirapalli was conquered by Chanda Sahib who ruled the kingdom from 1736 to 1740 when he was captured and killed by the Thanjavur Marathas."
  • "Finally, the English brought Tiruchirappalli and other areas under their control. Soon after the area was ceded to East India Company as per the agreement on the eve of the Carnatic War, Tiruchirappalli district was formed under the Collectorship of Mr. John (Junior) Wallace, in 1801. The district was by then under the hegemony of British rule for about 150 years, till the Independence of India in 1947."
  • "The city receives an average annual rainfall of 83 centimetres (33 in)"
  • "Trichy is a predominantly a South Indian cuisine. The city is known for both vegetarian dishes like Appam, Idly, Idiyappam, Uthappam, Poori, Naan, and non-vegetarian dishes which are made using Chicken, Mutton, Fish and Crab. The city also has numerous restaurants (both veg and non-veg), Coffee shops, Ice-cream parlours and Pizza shops. Vasanta Bhavan, a leading food chain originated in Trichy in 1969."
  • "Trichy is well connected by road, rail and air with most cities and towns in India. Being the center of Tamil Nadu it is the transportation hub of the state" - BTW, there is a period missing on the end of that sentence.
  • "The Tiruchirappalli City Municipal Corporation Council, the legislative body, comprises 60 councilors elected from each of the 60 wards and is headed by a mayor assisted by a Deputy Mayor. The executive wing is made up of seven departments: General administration, revenue, town planning, engineering, public health, information technology and personnel and is headed by a City Commissioner. The Commissioner is assisted by two executive engineers for the east and west sections, and Assistant Commissioners for personnel, accounts and revenue departments, a public relations officer, a city engineer, a city health officer and an Assistant Commissioner for each of the four zones"
  • "Tiruchirappalli played a prominent part in the Communist movement of the 1950s and K. Ananda Nambiar of the Communist Party of India was elected to the Lok Sabha from Tiruchirapalli for two consecutive terms in 1962 and 1967. Renowned Indian politician Rangarajan Kumaramangalam who served as the Minister of Power in the government of Atal Behari Vajpayee, was elected to the Lok Sabha from Tiruchirapalli in the 1998 and 1999 elections."
  • "Other important colleges in Tiruchirappalli include National College, Mookambigai College of Engineering, J.J. College of Engineering and Technology, Bishop Heber College, Jamal Mohamed College, Anna University Trichy, Bharathidasan Institute of Management, the Government Law College and the Trichy Engineering College."
  • "The city has two major English dailies, The Hindu and The New Indian Express. Tamil language dailies include Dina Thanthi, Dina Malar, Dina Mani and Dinakaran with two other dailies Tamil Murasu and Malai Malar published in the evening."
  • "A short wave radio station is operated by the All India Radio, with most programmes in Tamil, English and Hindi. A FM station AIR FM Rainbow operated by All India Radio with the programmes in Tamil, English and Hindi. Private FM Stations such as Hello FM (106.4Mhz; Malar Publications), Suryan FM (93.5Mhz; SUN Network), Gyan Vani (104.8 Mhz; Educational) and Holy Cross (90.4Mhz; Educational) operate in the City."
  • "Television relay started in 1985 from Delhi Doordarshan. In 1986, after inception of a repeater tower at Kodaikanal, telecast from Madras Doordarshan commenced. Television reception is through DTH or by Cable, while "Doordarshan" reception is still available using an external antenna."
  • "Trichy has an excellent communication infrastructure, with the involvement of major cellular/broadband service providers. Telecom services BSNL (Second Largest Electronic Exchange in Tamilnadu), VSNL (TATA Indicom), Reliance, Vodafone, Airtel, Aircel and BPL available are by Landline, CDMA and GSM. Fiber optic cables were laid in 2001, improving internet access."
• "The average elevation is 289 feet (88 m)." - But the infobox says the average elevation is 279 feet (85 m).
• Convert all Indian Rupee amounts to USD.
• Reference #1 is missing the publisher, and has the incorrect publication date, which should be March 18, 2007.
• There is a typo in the title of Reference #10, "Climastology of Tiruchirapalli", Climatology is misspelled.
• The URL for Reference #21 is dead [1].
• Reference #33 is missing the publisher.
• Reference #53 is missing the publisher.

There are still some unsourced statements after 2 weeks. Unfortunately, I cannot ignore this issue, and therefore, I cannot pass this article for GA. Regards,--12george1 (talk) 21:13, 27 April 2011 (UTC)