Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Chief Ministers of India

List of Chief Ministers of India

Submitting a nom to FLC after about six months. Had some free time with me so I tidied this article up. No free images available unfortunately. =Nichalp «Talk»= 13:29, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

• I should say this list in not ready for featured status. First, the list itself is small so a longer introduction is needed. More background: how they are elected, what do they do, what powers do they have, why 5 other union territories don't have the Chief Ministers, etc. etc. Second, you have lists of all historical CM for every state, why not to put in those links? Third, it's talk page is on Chief Minister of India. Fourth, one reference is not enough. Fifth, who is going to maintain this list? Renata 14:18, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

  Thanks for your review:

  1. I would prefer to go with a split in the article as Afonso Silva suggests below on the lines of List of Governors of India and Governors of India. The suggestions on CMs will be addressed on that page. (Will expand it later this week)
  2. Extra column on former CMs added.
  3. Fixed links.
  4. May I ask why is one reference not enough? I can understand it for articles on history, geography etc., but this is just a list of widely available data. The source is from an Indian government portal, which would classify it as a primary source. I sincerely don't think additional sources would be of any use.
  5. I don't see a problem in the maintainance of the list. It has been frequently updated, and anons have taken part: See the article's history. Also the data is not volatile. An average of 30 updates per 5 years is not too high. =Nichalp «Talk»= 17:59, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

I will be adding more info on the powers, functions, election on Chief Ministers as a whole (as I did with Governors of India and List of Governors of India). I was going to do so when I moved Chief Minister of India to List of Chief Ministers of India, but I didn't have time, and I still don't have any. But I'll be sure to try.--May the Force be with you! Shreshth91($ |-| ŗ 3 $ |-| ţ |-|) 15:52, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

Comment - I think this lists just the names of the current Chief Ministers, further explanations, such as their powers and electoral system should be present on the Chief Minister article, this is just a list and it lists all the names, along with the respective state and party, so I think it is complete. If only one reference was used, and I don't see any reason for more, it's enough. But I agree when Renata says that the talk page should not be redirected and we could also have those historical links. About maintenance, the content is not so volatile. Anyway, if we find an agreement, I'll support it, for me it is good. Afonso Silva 15:43, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

Pictures of present CMs are available here but not of good quality, but as the parts of the list may be helpful. I am not sure about license policy of the website. Shyam ^(T/C) 18:33, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

Those images are copyrighted and thus are not free. :( =Nichalp «Talk»= 17:42, 28 March 2006 (UTC)