Talk:Dharmendra

Indic script in infobox and lead
Unregistered editors 42.108.24.127 and 42.108.8.79, what you are doing is called 'edit warring' - please see the guidelines at WP:3RR, you are not permitted to keep restoring your preferred version of the page without any discussion. Sid95Q and I have both pointed you towards our manual of style guidelines at WP:NOINDICSCRIPT, and they are very clear - Indic script should not be used in the lead or the infobox. Please read these guidelines, and revert the changes you have made, or give a policy-based reason why the script should stay. Girth Summit  (blether) 23:24, 28 October 2018 (UTC)

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Dharmendra’s conversion to Islam
Read in an article that Dharmendra converted to Islam in 1979 to marry Hema Malini. Should that info be put in personal life?

Ref : https://m.timesofindia.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/photo-features/celebrities-who-converted-to-islam/photostory/30985640.cms OpenMindedBloke (talk) 05:06, 29 August 2020 (UTC)

Help
I am trying to change the listing of Hema Malini in the infobox as, "partner " instead of, "spouse" but it is not happening. Please do the needful.115.96.177.152 (talk) 12:11, 21 February 2022 (UTC)
 * @IP: The cited source indicates they were married, so can you explain why it should be changed to partner? -- Ab207 (talk) 12:26, 21 February 2022 (UTC)
 * , Dharmendra never got divorced from his first wife, so Hema Malini is just a, '"partner".-115.96.177.152 (talk) 13:02, 21 February 2022 (UTC)
 * As I understand, the article never says that he had divorced from his first wife. But the we cannot conclude that Malini is just a "partner" on that basis, as it amounts to WP:ORIGINALRESEARCH. Also, the source indicates that he indeed married her in 1979 by converting to Islam. -- Ab207 (talk) 13:54, 21 February 2022 (UTC)

Why you
Why you removed it idiot Vanshshoe (talk) 10:13, 23 May 2023 (UTC)

Dharmendra is "regarded as the most handsome man" should be removed
This is a subjective statement. None of the citations refer to some actual study that was done to support this and everything is written in vague terms. One article says he is considered the most handsome actor from the 70s, not in general. Three articles are about how three specific actors/actresses provided their opinions and not some study. Salman Khan and Arjun Rampal are also men and described him as beautiful more than handsome. Arjun Rampal's article also said that he (Arjun) is considered the most handsome.

There are many other news articles about the most handsome Indian actors, and each of them usually has different statements about who is the most handsome. By citing such articles you could add to almost every actor/actresses page that they are considered the most handsome/beautiful. Kashavam (talk) 22:47, 7 August 2023 (UTC)


 * Agreed, statements like these contravene WP:PUFFERY not to mention makes Wikipedia look like a tabloid. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 09:57, 8 August 2023 (UTC)

Full Name/Birth Name
, you recently added an ndtv news article as citation for Dharmendra's full name. The source doesn't seem to be very reliable considering that our Wikipedia article has this variant "Dharam Singh Deol" mentioned for over a decade. It may have been added by some user doing WP:SYNTHESIS and NDTV probably took this info from our page itself. In his affidavit for 2004 elections, he declared his name as "Dharmendra" rather than "Dharam Singh Deol". Such affidavits are considered more reliable than secondary sources like news articles. Dympies (talk) 19:21, 15 August 2023 (UTC)


 * Yup that affidavit would trump all the other sources. I've updated it. Thanks. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 19:26, 15 August 2023 (UTC)