Talk:Maharashtra

Literature

I am seriously in doubt if we really need so much names under literature.--25 CENTS VICTORIOUS ^🍁 14:47, 1 April 2022 (UTC)

25 CENTS VICTORIOUS  ^{I agree. Let me have a look at the list. Also this article is on the state of Maharashtra, and not on Marathi language, or Marathi people, and therefore this section should not be restricted to Marathi literature only. Just like we should not have urban bias, we should not have Marathi bias either in the article when the state is home to a huge percentage of population who are not native Marathi people. Thanks.Jonathansammy (talk) 15:15, 1 April 2022 (UTC)}

Healthcare section- I feel details about Ayushman Bharat Yojana and Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Jan Arogya Yojana and tussle between central government and state government over its implementation should not be there. Section should strictly adhere to Healthcare infrastructure in the state, like health facilities, data, life expectancy, birth rate, death rate etc. 25 CENTS VICTORIOUS ^🍁 05:33, 9 April 2022 (UTC)

Maratha population

User talk:Kvvk111, You wrote and I quote, "Maratha is the largest Hindu caste in Maharashtra. It comprises of 32% of the state population with Western Maharashtra, Konkan and Marathawada regions having the highest proportions. Satara and Kolhapur districts have the highest proportion of Maratha population with it being 60.7% and 59.86% of total district populations respectively. Pune district has the largest total Maratha population in Maharashtra followed by Mumbai Suburban district. "

Thanks for your contribution but there are many problems here as follows:

• 1. The cited sources are either blogs which are not considered reliable, or deadlinks.
• 2. You just write Maratha. What do you mean by that, just 96 Kulin Maratha , or Maratha and the Maratha kunbi population together?
• 3.There have not been any caste based census since 1931, therefore these are extrapolated numbers.

Unless, you have satisfactory answers and / or sources to the above points then we can not add it to the article.Thanks.Jonathansammy (talk) 23:25, 3 April 2022 (UTC)

Strange

I was about to give final polish to the article and go for GA nomination but suddenly witnessing unfair edits.--25 CENTS VICTORIOUS ^🍁 14:05, 5 April 2022 (UTC)

Lavani Image

Is it okay if add a colour picture for Lavani replacing monochromatic file @Jonathansammy: 25 CENTS VICTORIOUS ^🍁 18:34, 6 April 2022 (UTC)

@25 CENTS VICTORIOUS:, Yes, why not if you can find a good one on Creative commons. Thanks.Jonathansammy (talk) 18:43, 6 April 2022 (UTC)

 Done--25 CENTS VICTORIOUS ^🍁 13:47, 8 April 2022 (UTC)

Pending Work

Hi @Jonathansammy:, let me know if it's ready for GA nomination.--25 CENTS VICTORIOUS ^🍁 17:05, 17 April 2022 (UTC)

@25 Cents FC: Hi , Give me a week to go through the article section by section.Thanks for all the good work you have done on the article over the years.Best regards.Jonathansammy (talk) 17:28, 17 April 2022 (UTC)

@25 Cents FC: Hi, I started going through the article section by section. Unfortunately, I found grammatical errors, and sentences that did not make sense. I recommend you go through the article again to check for clarity. Let us fix these issues before submitting for GA.Thanks.Jonathansammy (talk) 18:38, 26 April 2022 (UTC)

Hi, please go ahead with copy-edit. Also, let me know what section of article you want me to look after.--25 CENTS VICTORIOUS ^🍁 15:37, 27 April 2022 (UTC)

@25 Cents FC: Hi, I have started from the top. I recommend you start with the last section (Tourism) and work your way up. That way we will not be working on the same sections. We will leave the Lede section to be the last one to be edited.Also please go line by line to see whether the sentences make sense. For that purpose the read mode is better than the editing mode.In the editing mode all the citations get in the way for one properly to see the content.Thanks.Jonathansammy (talk) 15:48, 27 April 2022 (UTC)

I am in too. Let's take it to GA. Akshaypatill (talk) 09:32, 28 April 2022 (UTC)

I am working up from the end. There is a lot of unsourced content that makes it difficult to correct or reword, especially, when you aren't familiar with the things. Akshaypatill (talk) 10:54, 28 April 2022 (UTC)

Excellent, go ahead and make the changes. 25 CENTS VICTORIOUS ^🍁 16:36, 28 April 2022 (UTC)

Jonathansammy, I have reworded/copyedited sports and tourism sections. Please have a look. Akshaypatill (talk) 11:53, 28 April 2022 (UTC)

Section: Media - Done. Akshaypatill (talk) 16:14, 28 April 2022 (UTC)

Akshaypatill is on it. @Akshaypatill: mate, please coordinate with Jonathansammy as he's got more expertise on the article than I. Please reach out to him in case you need any help. Thanks. 25 CENTS VICTORIOUS ^🍁 16:39, 28 April 2022 (UTC)

User:Jonathansammy, This sounds odd to my ears- "More than 200 newspapers and 350 consumer magazines have an office in this state and the book-publishing industry employs about 250,000 people.". How about "The state is home to more than 200 newspapers..........."? Akshaypatill (talk) 18:26, 28 April 2022 (UTC)

Hi, I like your change, and you will encounter such language throughout the article. That is why we will have to go section by section, and sentence by sentence. Thanks. Jonathansammy (talk) 18:43, 28 April 2022 (UTC)

Yes, the article needs serious rewriting for greater coherence. I am rewriting everything I can. A lot of sentence are grammatically incorrect and some make no sense at all. A lot of things have no source, need to work on that too. Thanks. Akshaypatill (talk) 19:11, 28 April 2022 (UTC)

I will run it through a Grammar checker once we fining all this. Then the article will be ready for a GA review. Akshaypatill (talk) 19:14, 28 April 2022 (UTC)

Jewish Population

The state has significant Jewish population. Recently, they have been given minority status as well. It needs to be mentioned, 2-3 lines if not much. Thanks.--25 CENTS VICTORIOUS ^🍁 17:06, 28 April 2022 (UTC)