User talk:RaincoatDance
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[edit]Thanks for your copy edit of Chengara as part of the GOCE's June blitz. I think your changes were all generally good. I took things a bit further, particularly with layout and tone. You can see my changes in this diff. Here are some notes:
- Names with multiple initials should have the initials separated by a non-breaking space: N.N. Rajappan → N. N. Rajappan (MOS:INITIALS)
- As this is an international encyclopedia, distances and other measurements should be given in metric and imperial units; this can be accomplished using Template:Convert.
The village enjoys a tropical climate
andThe best weather is from October to February
are subjective, with tone issues for an encylopedia. We should just state the facts. Change enjoys → has and rephrase the second. I ended up rewriting that paragraph for cohesion.- Watch the acronyms, and expand them when possible.
- Loanwords not common in non-specialized English (e.g.: panchayat) get italics (MOS:FOREIGNITALIC).
- mid is not a complete word and needs to by hyphenated: mid summer vacation → mid-summer vacation. Note that this differs from midsummer, which is marked by the summer solstice.
- The article lacked cohesion with 12 different L2 headers in the body; I tweaked the layout a bit and organized some of these as L3 headers.
- There was redundancy with a list of worship centres under "Institutions" repeated in the prose under "Religion"; I removed the former
- Keep in mind that section headers get sentence case: Tribal Agitations → Tribal agitations
The major service providers are [...] among others
Major ... and others is generally redundant. For an encyclopedic summary just list the major points. By saying they are "major" indicates it is not an exhaustive list, and unnecessary to tag on "among others".private buses satisfy the transportation needs
to say they "satisfy" the needs is an opinion and needs a citation. However, because this is something that could be outdated anyways, better to rephrase so that it is a neutral statement without implying the buses are adequate or inadequate to the village's transportation needs.Attachakal-Malayalapuzha road and Attachakal-Kumblampoika road
if these are roads connecting Attachakal to Malayalapuzha and to Kumblampoika, then they should have an en dash in the name instead of a hyphen; the en dash indicates separation, as in a from/to relationship.- The tribal agitations section mostly describes past events and so needed to be in past tense. I tagged it for updating.
Extra stuff:
- For the infobox, it's recommended to not use flags unless the subject has a strong national connection, as the graphic can give undue emphasis and violate neutrality (MOS:INFOBOXFLAG).
- The infobox should only state the most important key information about the subject (MOS:INFOBOXPURPOSE). I removed the zero km coastline as irrelevant.
- The lead could be expanded to reflect the content of the article, but it probably isn't worthwhile when so much of the body is unsourced.
I think you did a really good job considering the quality of the article. Try to watch for some of the things I mentioned in your next copy edits. Pay attention to the details and you'll get the hang of it. – Reidgreg (talk) 16:27, 14 June 2020 (UTC)
Thanks for your advice! Some of those points I never realised, and about the tone and opinions, I guess I wasn't being bold enough to correct them. – RaincoatDance (talk) 16:57, 14 June 2020 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
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The Rosetta Barnstar |
| Thank you for translating articles. Eostrix (🦉hoot hoot🦉) 12:27, 25 June 2020 (UTC) |
June 2020 GOCE blitz bling
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| This barnstar is awarded to RaincoatDance for copy edits totaling over 6,000 words (including rollover words) during the GOCE June 2020 Copy Editing Blitz. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Reidgreg (talk) 17:57, 25 June 2020 (UTC) |
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