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The list was archived by Giants2008 via FACBot (talk) 00:25, 5 October 2020 (UTC) [1].[reply]

Chaubisi Rajya[edit]

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Nominator(s): ~~ CAPTAIN MEDUSAtalk 13:16, 5 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Chaubisi Rajya were sovereign and intermittently allied petty kingdoms on the Indian subcontinent, ruled by Khas from medieval India ~~ CAPTAIN MEDUSAtalk 13:16, 5 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

  • Drive-by comment - what does the number column mean/signify? -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 16:42, 5 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • I would remove it. It makes it look like they were officially numbered in some way -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 10:40, 6 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Further comments
  • Why is the article title in italics?
  • "that Khas people ruled" => "that the Khas people ruled"
  • "then he proceeded to the unification process of present day country of Nepal" => "he subsequently began the unification process of the present day country of Nepal"
  • "Palpa was one of the biggest kingdoms and powerful" => "Palpa was one of the biggest and most powerful kingdoms"
  • "they were able to create independent kingdoms" - who's "they"?
  • "then he went to win a battle against Belkot" => "then went on to win a battle against Belkot"
  • "these kingdoms played a pivotal role" - in what?
  • "The unified Kingdom of Nepal continued to be ruled by Shah dynasty; with Rana dynasty de facto ruling the country" => "The unified Kingdom of Nepal continued to be ruled by the Shah dynasty, with the Rana dynasty de facto ruling the country"
  • "and transited to the Federal Democratic Republic" => "and transitioned to the Federal Democratic Republic"
  • Is there a more interesting heading than just "list"?
  • "Map of current day provinces" => "Map of present day provinces"
  • Refs should be centred
  • Are there any additional pieces of data about the kingdoms that could be added to the table? It just seems a bit "thin" with just two columns......
  • Regards -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 11:50, 6 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • ChrisTheDude, I believe I have addressed your comments except for expanding the list because there isn't anything available to add into the list. ~~ CAPTAIN MEDUSAtalk 11:59, 7 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Source review - Pass[edit]

Some random comments first:

  • That RFC that passed a couple weeks ago requires a table name on the table regardless of context I believe
  • With that said perhaps rather than one long column for the tables refs, that might look better next to the name (like here) or with a "sources: ... " like at the bottom of the table at List of presidents of the United States
  • Source comments:
  • Page number/s for ref 2? and 3, 5, 8 13 and 14 as well
  • isbn for ref 3? (see here – I believe this is the correct publication)
  • Reliability seems fine Aza24 (talk) 23:59, 11 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Can we get page numbers for refs 1 and 3...? having 200 and 450 page documents without a page number to confirm the information kind of defeats the point of a reference :) Aza24 (talk) 23:21, 12 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Awesome, pass for source review. Aza24 (talk) 04:23, 15 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Resolved comments from ~ HAL333 19:57, 14 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Comments by HAL333
  • Could you link to Petty kingdom in the lede? I didn't know what that was and had to look it up.
  • You could also crop the lede image. I'm not sure if the white border is needed. Even if it was in English, I couldn't read the text at that size.
  • Could you add some context to the caption as well. Something like Prithvi Narayan Shah, the last ruler of the Gorkha Kingdom.

Everything else looks great. ~ HAL333 21:06, 12 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

HAL333, All done. Thanks for the comments. ~~ CAPTAIN MEDUSAtalk 14:16, 14 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thoughts

  • I would remove the maps because they don't really tell you where the kingdoms were
  • Not sortable
  • The sources column isn't really MOS compliant

--Guerillero | Parlez Moi 04:36, 18 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

  • Not knowing the standards at FLCR, I had left my concerns at the article talk page but it seems to have escaped notice, so here it is. I have one other question: Do the sources cited support the matching of these old kingdoms with the modern day provinces of Nepal? Best, Usedtobecool ☎️ 02:16, 23 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • @WP:FLC director and delegates: I wish to withdraw this nomination. ~~ CAPTAIN MEDUSAtalk 15:36, 28 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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