Talk:Hari Kondabolu

Unnecessary information
"Soon after Ravi Kondabolu had immigrated to the United States in 1978,[5] while in small town Louisiana he was approached by a local who asked, "Excuse me, sir, are you a Chinese?" " What is the point of this? Seems oddly placed and unnecessary. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.52.146.65 (talk) 02:57, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

Getting to Good Article
I'd like to get this article to Good Article status. I've put a bunch of notes in User:Sumanah/Hari Kondabolu draftspace and people should feel free to use those to help out! Sumana Harihareswara 06:32, 6 August 2016 (UTC)

WikiProject reassessment
I assess this as B class. I see no obvious problems concerning that criteria. Here are some suggestions before nominating it for GA.

Minor
 * The infobox image caption is redundant and obvious to a viewer, maybe could be the alt text instead: A better caption would be saying the date and location (if possible). Maybe, "Kondabolu in 20xx during an interview by xx or during the xx show". MOS:CAPTION.
 * The numerous places where he interned, are any of them linkable?
 * whats " in-class sketches, "? Did he write them during a class?

Major

When I ask for relevance, by no mean does it imply it has to be removed. There could be some connection which is missing which would make it relevant or just my lack of knowledge.
 * "he was approached by a person who asked,..." what is the relevance of this quote? Seems trivial and remember that quotes should be used sparingly, especially when they can be paraphrased.
 * Same for all the details about his grandfather and father. Did they affect him? "Freedom fighter" is a word to watch; use "Independence activist".
 * "they are unusual:" The following quote doesn't make this any clearer as to how. Also, SUBJECTIVE attributes cannot be stated in the 'Pedia voice.
 * More possible overuse of quotes or unnecessary quotation marks: " The Bowdoin Orient reported:", "to pursue a career in which he would..", "project focusing on immigration and human rights, saying, "", "His act included...",
 * His initial standup career is unclear: From "He began writing...", "Kondabolu continued performing standup..." (no mentioned where), " Kondabolu had no intention.." (contradicts previous) and finally "Although his stand-up comedy career was gaining traction in 2007..." (how, what were those major breakthroughs?)
 * BLP sourcing issues on "Practicing Hindu" and the category male feminists. For beliefs and religions, sources mentioning the subject unambiguously stating so are required. Per the given source, he goes on and explains about his belief; after reading it, in my view, it isn't that straightforward to just refer to him so. Perhaps a quote could be added to it to elaborate. As to the feminist category, see WP:BLPCAT as the article doesn't mention it.

In case of doubts regarding these, feel to free to ask. Ugog Nizdast (talk) 19:00, 16 September 2016 (UTC)

Public intellectual?
regarding this edit, I don't think it's quite appropriate to refer to Kondabolu as a "public intellectual". I'm not terribly familiar with all of his work and his trajectory to this point, so maybe there's another side to him I'm not aware of, but from everything I’ve seen, I think it's more of a joke of his to refer to himself that way, and not a serious description. However, if I'm wrong about that, at the very least, we would need some reliable sources to back up that claim, and as nothing in the article seems to back that claim up right now, it shouldn't be in the lead. -- Irn (talk) 18:15, 19 October 2016 (UTC)
 * What you've said makes a lot of sense and I appreciate your thoughtfulness. I see that the "public intellectual" description isn't in the lead any longer due to the most recent edit, and I understand that for a descriptor like that to be in the lead it really ought to be in the main body of the article as well, supported by citations from reliable sources. I'll be more careful in the future -- I've taken a fair amount of care with the rest of my contributions to this article and I'll aim to stay close to that standard. Best wishes! Sumana Harihareswara 16:51, 20 October 2016 (UTC)

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Picture needed
The picture in the infobox is a non-free image created by cropping a copyrighted video. We need a replacement. 7&amp;6=thirteen (☎) 14:52, 14 November 2017 (UTC)
 * According to the description on commons and the Ford Foundation website, the video has a CC BY 4.0 license, so the image is free to use. -- irn (talk) 15:04, 14 November 2017 (UTC)
 * I can confirm that (regarding licensing) -- but a more recent photo of Kondabolu performing might be more ideal for this article. I've uploaded a few photos that people could crop and improve, in case one of them would be more suitable for this page; see right.
 * Hari-kondabolu-onstage 3.jpg
 * Hari-kondabolu-onstage 2.jpg
 * Hari-kondabolu-onstage.jpg
 * Sumana Harihareswara 12:44, 28 December 2017 (UTC)

Sources from External links
I've removed the following from External links, per WP:ELNO: they might have use as article development, but are otherwise extraneous news coverage. Wikipedia shouldn't strive to be a repository of links. --Animalparty! (talk) 05:40, 26 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Seattle Times piece
 * The Guardian coverage
 * Interview in The Economist