Talk:Elephants in Kerala culture

Merger
Why not rather divide 'elephants in Kerala' into parts to be distributed among more logical articles, such as temple elephants, instead of this artificial regional article- we don't wont (propbably for the most tediously similar) articles on every Asian region with elephants


 * pleae merge the two that is better


 * I Support the removal of this regional title but not the idea of breaking it up into more separate articles.....the article here i think pertains to how elephants are very much part of the culture and traditions and more significantly part of the folklore and legends...in India expecially Kerala, probably srilanka and few south east asian countries Like thailand( forgive my ignorance if i am wrong as i have not heard about other places). And all these are more or less related...Like Temple, Royal Processions (dashahera in mysore), cultural festivals. And then there are Elephants which are special ...few royal elephants of Thailand, special elephants in Srilanka (kandy) who are used to carry the relics of Lord Budha during processions there. I think this article needs to be on its own with a link "see also" under Asian elephants.activevoid 18:27, 5 August 2006 (UTC)


 * I too think that the article has its own relevence. It should not be merged. It is better to add a "see also" tag in the article to link with Indian elephants. Elephants are very much a part of Kerala culture. Elephants owners association and elephant lovers association is registered in Kerala. The description about how elephants are treated in Kerala is very much distinct from a generic narration. Hence, this article is to be retained. -- Rajith Mohan (Talk to me...) :-) 05:02, 4 October 2006 (UTC)


 * I too agree with (Talk to me...). User_talk:Kjrajesh


 * The sub topics in this article is unique in all respect like Caring for elephants, Ornaments used for elephants , elephants and their treatment, Elephants in festivals etc, these things are not seen in rest of the part in India. Also Temple elephant is diffrent topic, Elephants of Kerala is not just seen in Hindu Temples.

User_talk:Kjrajesh


 * The title of the article is however inappropriate, in my opinion. How about moving it to Elephants in Kerala culture or likewise?-- thund e rboltz(Deepu) 06:11, 4 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Oppose the merge: I don't agree with move. This is more a cultural article, that is more related to the animal itself. - Ganeshk  ( talk ) 07:19, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Oppose the merge The two topics are different (science + culture) as the renaming has made clear. While Kerala culture deserves a separate article at this stage, there's an issue too about building a consistent framework for articles that cover other areas. Have a look at Dasara Elephants and Elephant Balarama ... I think that editor could use some help Mereda 07:43, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Oppose - The article talks of elephants and their cultural identity with Keralites. Indian elephant is a more scientific topic, and this shouldnt be merged with that.--thunderboltz(Deepu) 08:23, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

Talk:Elephants in Kerala culture/The processions of richly caparisoned elephants
The processions of richly caparisoned elephants was merged into Elephants in Kerala culture and then redirected. The redirect was successfully nominated for deletion. I have moved the The processions of richly caparisoned elephants page to the Talk:Elephants in Kerala culture/The processions of richly caparisoned elephants page to maintain the edit history for GFDL compliance. -- JLaTondre 00:24, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

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Daily Mail report
there is a story from Mail on Sunday, on elephant cruelty that has been referred to in this entry. since this is a daily mail exclusive story, should it be allowed to remain as we will not be able to get any other RS sources? J mareeswaran (talk) 17:01, 12 February 2017 (UTC)

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