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Dear Hamsavanidasa: Thank you for your contributions to the Ilaiyaraaja article. It is appreciated. The discography section is only a partial discography. The section is meant to be as brief as possible. It is only intended to highlight his most well-known and main works, in the languages under which Ilaiyaraaja work is most associated for (for example, the overwhelming bulk of his work is in Tamil, Malayalam and Telegu). The tables for Kannada and Hindi are removed, true, to adhere to maintaining as brief as possible a partial discography (one of the key points for improvements as discussed during this articles two nominations for Featured Article last year). This is to ensure that the article is brief and does not flow too long like an over-long compilation list; a sense of balance and some difficult decisions as to what to include and what to leave out must be made, so as to ensure that this article has the best chances to be a Featured Article. Please read all the comments and reviews made for this article in the past for Featured Article status. All this has been discussed at depth. His contributions to Kannada and Hindi are recognised, and brief reference to this is made in the text of the article. Regards, AppleJuggler04:48, 15 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
About mentioning Ilaiyaraaja's role as a guitarist
Ilaiyaraaja's career as a guitarist has been made clear in the text. The role and importance of guitar music in Mr. Venkatesh's films, and Mr. Venkatesh's hiring of Ilaiyaraaja as a guitarist, and the number of films in Mr. Venkatesh's oeuvre containing these guitar works --- all these are best mentioned in a Wikipedia article dedicated to Mr. Venkatesh. This would do justice to Mr. Venkatesh's work and film-scoring decisions. It is sufficient to briefly mention in the Ilaiyaraaja article that he has worked as a guitarist for many film composers including Mr. Venkatesh. Details are best reserved for an article fitting to highlight Mr. Venkatesh. Cheers, AppleJuggler04:51, 15 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
