Talk:Cooch Behar

Failed GA
This article has been failed from the Good Article candidates page by me, because it is replete with non-neutral statements. Although it is very compleate in my opinion and seems quite broad enough to pass, and seems to have a passable quality of references, this is not enough. In particular, i'd like to list some of the problems, in order of occurance, starting with the introduction:
 * "Cooch Behar is a well planned town and an upcoming name in the tourist circuit. The town boasts the Cooch Behar Palace, Madan Mohan Bari, etc for which the tourists are attracted."

(Well planned according to whom? What is a tourist circuit? Towns cannot boast except figuratively, which would not be very formal language, "etc." is not very helpful for readers since they won't know what the "etc." stands for, and "for which the tourists are attracted" seems very vauge.)
 * "Cooch Behar has been transformed from a kingdom to a State...."

(Too high minded)
 * "The first great Koch ruler was Bishwa Singha, who came to power in 1515 CE"

(Great is subjective, unless you can find historical refs for this)
 * "Cooch Behar enjoys five distinct seasons"

(Once again, towns can only figuratively enjoy something)
 * "The district does not have high temperature at any time of the year"

(What is high? High for people in India? High for tourists?)
 * "Cooch Behar is a well planned town[23]"

(Ah, here's that reference. A tourist guide like website is not enough to state this as fact)
 * "Bhuni Khicuhri (a dish made from rice and dal) and labra (mixed vegetable preparation) is quite popular during any religious occasion"

(What is "quite popular"?)
 * "A characteristic feature of Cooch Behar is the Para or neighbourhoods having a strong sense of community. Typically, every para has its own community club with a clubroom and often, a playing field. People here habitually indulge in adda or leisurely chat, and these adda sessions are often a form of freestyle intellectual conversation. Residents of Cooch Behar are music lover and commonly listen to Rabindra Sangeet, Bangla Bands, Hindi Pop music and the local Bhawaiya Sangeet. The local dialect of Bengali is different from standard Kolkata pronunciation and much similar to that of East Bengal and a mix a Assamese and Rajbangsi language."

(In addition to having occasionally poor grammer, this paragraph is filled with vauge statements, "strong sense of community", "habitually indulge", "freestyle intellectual conversation", and the like, which makes it sound like it was copied out of a tourist brochure. It is hardly neutral.)

In addition, the article as a whole often has bad grammar, such as:


 * "Durga Puja in October is the most popular festivals in the Cooch Behar"
 * "The major religion is Hinduism, followed by Muslims, Christians and Sikhs form sizable minorities"
 * "The most commonly spoken language are Bengali and Hindi"

And overall, a copyedit would be helpful. Homestarmy 21:59, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

GA nomination
I think all the issues raised by Homestarmy have been addressed to a large extent.....maybe it should be re-nominated ....Gprince007 12:20, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

/* Cooch Behar in Art */
@ GPrince007 - You deleted my new subject "Cooch Behar in Art". Why ? You just wrote it seems unnecessary to you.

Well, I had no idea, what this "Cooch Behar" means in this opera song and I searched a lot to see this article to enlighten me. I thought it would be a good hint to give a short fingertip in here about this relation. What seems "unnecessary" to you may be of interest for others. - An encyclopedia is no pure tourist information ... and Cooch Beahr in not New York. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Th.Linke (talk • contribs) 15:10, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

why names of MLAs/MPs needed
I dont think we need to include the names of MLAs/MPs in the article....i mean why is it neccesary to know that who won the seat the 90's and the 70's and who is from which party???.....how is relevant to the article abt the region??? Maybe a line or two might be ok but details may be avoided...Gprince007 (talk) 00:48, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

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Recent Edits
Recent edits in this article is just vandalism. I am blocked so I can't fix it. Please maintain the beauty of this article. The 2nd lede para now has a link 'https://rapidseva.in/' which is just a job website. @Usernamekiran, look into this 2006nishan178713t@lk 10:42, 13 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Kindly restore this version - https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cooch_Behar&oldid=1065937730 2006nishan178713t@lk 14:16, 26 February 2022 (UTC)
 * @2006nishan178713 I've removed the spam link. Does that answer your edit request? -- Asartea   Talk  &#124;  Contribs  14:45, 26 February 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅ Thanks for your help. 2006nishan178713t@lk 14:54, 26 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Closed request tag per Special:Diff/1074122843. Happy Editing-- IAm Chaos  23:42, 26 February 2022 (UTC) Please remove the "|A", or open a new request if this was incorrect. Happy Editing-- IAm  Chaos  23:42, 26 February 2022 (UTC)

April 2022
It is regarding this unexplained edits. I don't see any mention of Mech people in the Koch Kingdom article, so why include "/Mech" ? Also aren't Rajbongshis also known as Koch-Rajbongshi ? What might be the justification of removing that? Tagging. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 11:15, 18 April 2022 (UTC)


 * Koch came to be known as Rajbanshi in 1872, the name Koch didnot came from Rajbanshi, it came from the Koch tribe, the founder king of Koch dynasty, Biswa Singha, his mother belonged to the Koch tribe, Biswa Singha adopted his maternal identity and the dynasty was name as such. Anyways i should have left a summary Homogenie (talk) 11:32, 18 April 2022 (UTC)
 * We have another example of pushing the Mech tribe in Wikipedia. The link should be to the Rajbanshi people article since they were the nation building people.  Also, Bisu apparently "abandoned" the Mech identity.  So I am surprised how they can be said trace their origin to Mech people! Need to be reverted. Chaipau (talk) 11:37, 18 April 2022 (UTC)


 * If a certain someone (founder king) has identified with a specific community (Koch), then there is not reason to overrule his self-identification to bring in another community (Mech). - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 12:39, 18 April 2022 (UTC)