Talk:Mehreen Pirzada

Telugu cinema vs Telugu language
I do not quite agree with your explanation in this edit, sir. Mehreen Pirzada is an "actress" working in Telugu "cinema." So its not unreasonable to think that anyone who came looking for the actress would be interested to be looking in what Telugu cinema is, which makes it primary topic in this context. Its also highly unlikely that any readers who visit the article (fair to assume mostly Indians) would not know about Telugu language (spoken by 85 million people, official language of two Indian states). In any case 1. If the link leads to Telugu cinema, one who looking for Telugu language finds it on very first line of the article! 2.But if the link leads to Telugu language, the one looking for Telugu cinema is lost! (Because Telugu cinema is nowhere found in the Telugu language article!) Therefore its fair and reasonable to lead the average reader to Telugu cinema.--Ab207 (talk) 20:13, 29 May 2020 (UTC)
 * The average non-Indian reader is not going to know what "Telugu" is. That's the word we're defining. Taking them to a tangential page about the cinema is pointless if they don't know what the base word means. Further, your removal of "-language" from the lead is ignorantly removing a compound adjective which clarifies to the reader what the unfamiliar word "Telugu" is. See "Hindi-language" at the NY Times or "Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam-language films" at The Sun or even "Tamil-language film" at Scroll, an Indian publication. Even they don't take for granted that someone knows what "Telugu" is. We do not write for Indians, we write for a global readership who may or may not be Indian, and thus, we communicate using complete thoughts and don't rely on wikilinks to define concepts. Wikilinks exist for readers to get more information about the subject that is linked, i.e. the language. They shouldn't have to go to two pages per your #1 suggestion to find out what "Telugu" is. Remember also that the majority of the world probably thinks that Indians speak "Indian" or "Hindu" (yes, I know that's a religion, that's my point) and have no idea there are scores of languages throughout the nation. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 20:55, 29 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the explaination, things are more clear now. --Ab207 (talk) 21:15, 29 May 2020 (UTC)