Talk:Mysore literature in Kannada

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Sentence from 18th/19th literature section
"His contributions to treatises on music include Nija Dipika Ratna, Anubhava Rasayana, Bhakti Marga Sarovara and Gnana Sarovara, both with eighty six compositions, and a host of sangatya, gadya, vachana compositions and eighteen philosophical compositions in the work Shalyada Arasinavara Tikina Kirtane."

I'm not sure exactly what this means - what two compositions does "both" refer to? I've left it as is for now, because I don't want to change the intended meaning. Damanmundine1 11:43, 2 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Iwill refer to my book and make sure I did not alter the intended meaning.thanksDineshkannambadi 13:10, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

Not a minor uncontroversial move
You are in the middle of a FAR on Kingdom of Mysore, in which one of the issues being discussed is the page name "Kingdom of Mysore" and whether it is appropriate. This page name includes "Kingdom of Mysore" as an integral part; furthermore, it is the mother article of a section in the Kingdom of Mysore page. You cannot simply change the name without informing anyone on this talk page, and, to boot, check the "minor edit" box in the edit notes. This is a very controversial move and it has to be done through the proper channels. Before you can even attempt to do that though, you need to conduct a discussion on this talk and provide your reasons for requesting this move. Regards, Fowler&amp;fowler  «Talk»  21:34, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
 * If a larger set of writers are to be included, you nonetheless need to tell us who they are, how much content will their inclusion add, but most importantly why does the page name need to be changed now, when for many many months you have used artifices like naming (long) sections, "Contemporary developments and then including material that did not contemporaneously originate within the realm of the Kingdom of Mysore. Why do we need this change now, when we didn't need it earlier?   Fowler&amp;fowler  «Talk»  22:06, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Read the article and enjoy it. As the author of the article, I dont see what the problem is in changing the name to what I feel is appropriate at any point in time. If the PR or FAC reviewers dont like it, I will change it to what they feel is correct. Is there a wiki rule that the entire sub-article, line to line, should include only info on Mysore kingdom? I think not. I wanted to expand it, so I did it.Dineshkannambadi (talk) 22:13, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Since I am disputing the page name change, you need to do it through the proper channels of a "controversial move." As simple as that.   Fowler&amp;fowler  «Talk»  22:15, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Nothing controversial here. The article includes literature from outside Mysore too.. and it would be incorrect to name it to suggest otherwise.  The new title, if anything, is a more accurate description of the content of the article. Sarvagnya 22:20, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
 * I have left a question with the FAR directors since your first revert was based on the FAR. I will go by their advice. If you continue to protest and change the name back, for no good reason, then we can bring in admins.Dineshkannambadi (talk) 22:23, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for asking the FAR directors. I do protest the change without any prior discussion on the talk page.  Since I subscribe to 1RR, I will, however, not revert user:Sarvagyna's revert move.  Regards,  Fowler&amp;fowler  «Talk»  22:27, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

(unindent)What I am suggesting is not that the sub-article's name "remain frozen," but rather that when such a name change involves issues related to the FAR (and explicitly discussed in My concerns (#5)), it should be discussed on the talk page first. The page move certainly shouldn't be made without any explanation anywhere and with the "minor edit" box checked. Regards, Fowler&amp;fowler  «Talk»  22:41, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
 * The subarticle's name has changed now in the FAR article, in the name of accuracy and improvements that a FAR is all about.Dineshkannambadi (talk) 22:47, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
 * That's not what is at stake here. The page name needs to be changed back to Kannada literature in the Kingdom of Mysore.  One of the points of the FAR (My concerns#5) has been that both the literature section and the mother article have never been about Kannada literature within the Kingdom of Mysore, and that among other things they have included non-Kingdom-of-Mysore literature through the artifice of sections like Contemporary developments, which describe the Kannada literature of surrounding kingdoms.  You need to explain why you are doing this now and why these latest changes cannot be accommodated in more "Contemporary developments."  Fowler&amp;fowler  «Talk»  22:58, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
 * It is you who needs to explain why you linked one of your issues to a sub-article, when the FAR is about the main article. Sub-articles are meant to be expanded and that is what I did. I dont need to explain anything. I have made 27,000 edits on wiki, did I explain them all to you?Dineshkannambadi (talk) 23:37, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Dear user:Dineshkannambadi, I linked it for the same reason that this page name had "Kingdom of Mysore" in it: "consistency." Please see, reference to peer-reviewer user:Damanmundine1's page move in a post below.  That post, BTW, has gone answered for more than a few days.   Fowler&amp;fowler  «Talk»  05:14, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

Please explain removal of content

 * PS user:Sarvagnya and user:Dineshkannambadi, you might want to read the admins' final comments at the AN/I incident about your removal of my recent posts here. The admins at AN/I are pretty categorical that nothing I did came even remotely close to being called trolling and that you should not have removed talk page content.  What I had was a "listy" post whose list best belonged to my subpage; that's not trolling.  Regards,  Fowler&amp;fowler  «Talk»  05:18, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

Requested move

 * The following discussion is archived. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section.

In accordance with WP:BRD, and per the recommendation of a presiding administrator at WP:RM, user:JPG-GR, I have moved the page back to its original page name, Kannada literature in the Kingdom of Mysore, and requested the page move to Kannada literature, 1600–1900 CE at RM, in the manner it should have been first undertaken. This section will serve as the discussion section for the move.


 * Oppose This page is a sub-article of the Kingdom of Mysore page; the latter, moreover, is a Featured Article Review candidate. The page move, by changing the page's content, affects some of the issues being discussed at FAR.  Despite repeated querying above the primary authors have not explained why this page change is needed now.  When they were challenged by a revert page move, the primary authors not only moved the page name back to their version, but also removed talk page content here.  Their latter actions were the subject of the AN/I incident described above.   Fowler&amp;fowler  «Talk»  20:45, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
 * PS. The previous page move, from Literature of the Kingdom of Mysore to Kannada literature in the Kingdom of Mysore, again made by user:Dineshkannambadi, a month earlier, was controversial as well. In his edit summary accompanying the page move], user:Dineshkannambadi stated that, "All the writing described were written in Kannada."  However, all the writings associated with the Kingdom of Mysore, were not described; some, for example, those by R. K. Narayan or Raja Rao, were not written in the Kannada language.   Fowler&amp;fowler  «Talk»  21:49, 21 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Oppose There should be a discussion before controversial page moves, especially an article that is currently at FAR Kindom of Mysore. Normally, any change of an article's name or a fork of contents should be discussed, if there is disagreement. Arbitrary actions by editors regarding this article has already been controversial.. It is recommended that there be discussion by involved editors regarding changes, as normally this type of action is not a way of eliminating problems at a FAR brought up by other editors.  Rather, suggestions can be made at FAR for proposed remedies for the article.  &mdash; Mattisse  (Talk) 00:59, 22 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Oppose per Mattisse and Fowler. Let the FAR be over first.  Docku:  What up?  06:10, 22 December 2008 (UTC)
 * It seems a very odd title for an article ending in 1920. Then again, so does the present title; in Mysore would be better. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 04:03, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Well, the "Kingdom" is part of the POV of the mother article that is not only on the anvil in the FAR, but also being perpetrated in the daughter articles. Other tertiary sources simply call it "Mysore." Even in Wikipedia, other princely states, many older than Mysore, usually only have "state" (as in Hyderabad State), if it is needed for disambiguation.  Please see Neologism and Other Princely States.   Fowler&amp;fowler  «Talk»  09:05, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section.

F&f's critique of last paragraph in lead (randomly selected as a sample)

 * Sentence 1: "Not only were the court poets prolific writers, some rulers of the Mysore royal family were themselves men of letters."
 * At least three grammatical errors, one major; I am guessing that what is intended is something like, "The men of letters in the Mysore royal court included not only the court poets, who were often quite prolific, but also on occasion the rulers themselves."
 * Sentence 2: "Wandering mendicant-poets wrote compositions meant for the country folk and popularised native metres."
 * What does this tell us about Mysore? It could apply to any medieval kingdom.
 * Sentence 3: "A wide range of metres, indigenous and Sanskritic, were popular including 2-line verse, 3-line verse, 4-line verse, 6-line verse, 7-line verse, free verse, verses rendered to the accompaniment of an instrument and prose metres."
 * I have removed the vernacular names to give readers a feeling for the actual information content of the sentence. What does it really say?  Is a literature article about naming names?   Fowler&amp;fowler  «Talk»  22:00, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

F&f's critique of first paragraph in lead

 * Sentence 1: "Kannada literature in the Kingdom of Mysore is a body of literature composed in the Kannada language, a Dravidian language spoken in the historical Kingdom of Mysore in Southern India and written in the Kannada script."
 * The sentence is ambiguous. It certainly suggests that Kannada language was spoken and written in the Kingdom of Mysore, but it says nothing about the the literature.  In other words, when was the literature composed?
 * Sentence 2: "The available writings date from around 1600 CE to the early 20th century."
 * Available? Is that needed? Are some writings from that period extinct? If so, what is known about them? Tautologically, any literature has some extinct writings of the variety that were consigned to the trash-heap or fire-place by their authors. Why "early 20th century?" The kingdom (or rather the princely state) lived on until the mid-20C.
 * Sentence 3:"Many of the works of this literature are labeled Veerashaiva or Vaishnava in acknowledgment of the two faiths that both gave form to the literature and fostered it until the advent of the modern era."
 * You make it sound that the faiths were charitable foundations. Surely, the works themselves must have espoused the tenets of these faiths in some form.  This passive-voiced writing makes it very easy to introduce weasel words: "labeled" (by whom?) and "in acknowledgment" (by whom?); also, "gave form" (how?) and "fostered it" (how?) are vague, as is "modern era" (the reader shouldn't have to click a link in sentence 3; replace it with a date, a year, a decade, or a half-century.
 * Sentence 4: "Despite a gradual decline in their popularity, Jain authors produced some works of merit"
 * "Despite a gradual decline ..." assumes that we are familiar with "Jain writers," but this is their first mention. What are "Jain writers" anyway (we are given no clue unless we click)? Are they a subset of the faiths already mentioned?  (After all we were told "many of the works of the literature" are of those two faiths?)  Note: I am not asking you these questions; just stating that these would not at all be obvious to a general reader.
 * Sentence 5: "Secular themes dealing with a wide range of subjects were also written on."
 * We were never told that V- and V- were sacred writings? "Secular" doesn't just mean profane; it can also mean non-religious in a mundane way.  Why couldn't V- and V- support such mundane secular writings? "dealing with a wide variety of subjects were also written on."  I'm willing to overlook the grammatical mistakes, but what does this really mean?
 * Sentence 6: "Organised Kannada literature flourished for a short while in the neighbouring kingdom of the Nayakas of Keladi, before it was annexed by Mysore in 1763."
 * Organised? What does that mean and why is it relevant?  Is this article only about organized literature?  Also, what about the large expanse of other Kannada-speaking kingdoms outside the borders of the Kingdoms of Mysore and Keladi?  (Please see map of Karnataka.)  Was the rest of the Kannada-speaking region (at least twice as large, perhaps even three times) not producing any literature?  You need to answer this if you're looking to change the name of the page to "Kannada literature, 1600–1900."

This is just the lead. As I've already indicated, each of the three sentences of the third paragraph in the lead has similar problems. Doesn't bode well for an article aspiring to be an FA. Fowler&amp;fowler «Talk»  02:05, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

F&f's explanation of tags

 * Sentence 1 and 2: What you need to say is something like: "Kannada literature in the Kingdom of Mysore is a body of Kannada language literature composed during the period 1600–1947 CE in the historical Kingdom of Mysore in Southern India. (Kannada is a Dravidian language which is written in the Kannada script.)"   (You then don't need anything about "available writings" or "mid-20 C."  The sentence in parentheses, is less important; it can even be relegated to a footnote.
 * Sentence 3: You referred to the version I had hurriedly reverted to on 28 December. See .  That I had reverted the edit to a previous version doesn't make it correct.  The problem with the sentence is not so much that my choice of "acknowledgment," in retrospect, is not the best choice of word, but that the sentence doesn't give an ordinary reader (who is far from an expert) even an inkling of what these writings are about.  In particular, you need to tell that reader, what it is in the writings themselves (i.e. what characteristics) that make them Ve* or Va*.  In other words, what gods and what literary genres or styles are favored in Va* and Ve* respectively.  For example, how would you explain Va* and Ve* to high-school or college kids?  That sort of explanation is needed here (a brief one that is, and one that persuades the reader to continue on to the sections themselves).
 * Sentence 4: When you say, "Despite a gradual decline in the popularity of Jainism, authors devoted to the faith produced some works of merit," you assume that the reader is familiar not only with Jainism, but also with its literary history. It is better to say something along the lines of, "Literary works on themes related to the Jain faith, which had dominated the literature of the previous age (whatever its name is), were, however, produced less prolifically in the Kingdom of Mysore; this was in part due to the decline in the practice of the faith itself"  (You don't need to say what I just wrote, but you do need to give the reader some indication of the previous history of Jain works and perhaps why the practice of Jainism declined (if that is important and if it is true).)  Also, I'm not sure I'd use the word "popularity."  In medieval and early-modern times, people didn't necessarily have "freedom" in their choice of religion.
 * Sentence 5: "Secular themes ..." Too general.  You need to give some examples of these themes, i.e. something along the lines of, "In addition to writing devotional poetry/songs/drama ... many/some authors wrote about X, Y, Z, and other secular themes/topics."
 * Sentence 6: Please refer to the map in the previous section as well as the map in this one. You need to explain why (of all the Kannada-speaking regions, kingdoms, and principalities) you have singled out Keladi for mention in the lead and for extended discussion in the article.  What about the other kingdoms and principalities?  Was no literature produced in them during this period?    Fowler&amp;fowler  «Talk»  22:51, 2 March 2009 (UTC) Last update.  Fowler&amp;fowler  «Talk»  23:37, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

Mysore palace image
The image originally had a caption that simply said, "Mysore Palace." After I made my first post in the FAC referring to the image, user:Dineshkannambadi changed it to "Mysore palace, centre of the court and its literary circle." Now when I've asked (in the FAC) what literary circle was he talking about (since the palace was inaugurated in 1912 and the literature's scope ends in the "early 20th century"), he has changed the caption to be about the archives (with two "citations" as well)!
 * If this is indeed the case, why had this supposedly salient fact about the palace gone unmentioned in the text thus far, and
 * Why are the citations that same Bangalore University PhD dissertation in Music (by Pranesh) and that same regional college history text-book (by Kamath) that have been cited each time the contribution of the Wodeyars has needed to be established? This is especially suspicious, when the citation from Pranesh is from the preface of her dissertation!  What exactly did she say?  And what did Kamath say (please provide exact quotation) about the Mysore palace?   user:Dineshkannambadi says he has 20 sources, of which one is Pranesh and another is Kamath, but that still leaves 18.  Do those 18 say anything about these vaunted archives?  The irrelevant mention of the 1881 date should also be removed.  The Mysore Palace, built between 1897 and 1912, was a brand new palace, with a completely different architectural style.  If he has an image of the old palace, he is welcome to add it, if he can establish relevance.  Fowler&amp;fowler  «Talk»  20:13, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
 * PS I've removed the false information about the 1881 date in the caption, the caption now reads, "Mysore Palace, completed in 1912, currently holds the royal archives which has a huge collection of records regarding composers under royal patronage, covering a period of over 100 years." However, this is still not satisfactory.  What composers?  And why are they being mentioned in an article about literature??  Fowler&amp;fowler  «Talk»  20:35, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

F&f Post 4 from FAC

 * F&f's post 4: Fowler&amp;fowler  «Talk»  20:50, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
 * 1) (Reply to user:DK's post of 18:18, 24 February 2009, which states, "Removing an image before the actual name change happens, is a hypotheical (sic) approach. If the name change seems to be popular among the reviewers, then we can revisit the issue." During the period, 16 December to 21 December, when the name of the page was changed to "Kannada literature, 1600–1900 CE," the Mysore palace image was not removed.  Here are some diffs from that time; they all have the Mysore palace image: 16 December 2008, 17 December 2008 and 19 December 2008.  Regardless of the page name, the lead paragraph says, "the available literature dates from around 1600 to the early 20th century."  A palace that was completed in 1912 cannot convincingly represent a literature whose scope extends only up to the early 20th century.
 * 2) This is more perplexing because the Kingdom (or Princely State) of Mysore lasted until 1947, in other words, the mid-20th century. Shouldn't the scope of the literature be 1600–1947?
 * 3) Wikipedia articles beginning with "Kannada literature" are:
 * 4) Kannada literature
 * 5) Kannada literature in the Vijayanagara Empire
 * 6) Kannada literature in the Western Chalukya Empire
 * 7) Kannada literature in the Kingdom of Mysore. Please note that articles 2 and 3 also refer to historical kingdoms or empires.  Can user:DK explain why the last page's name alone should  be different?
 * 8) Finally, the period 1600–1900 CE, conforms to no known periodization of Kannada literature. user:DK has stated in the page's peer review, that he plans to include the remaining period 1900–present in the page Modern Kannada literature; however
 * 9) the main Kannada literature page itself, has a section, Modern period, which seems to be saying that Modern Kannada literature begins around 1830?
 * 10) Not only the Kannada literature page, but even the Modern Kannada literature page has a section, Dawn of Modern Kannada literature: 1800–1900.  Wouldn't 1800–present, or 1830–present, be a better periodization for "modern Kannada literature?"
 * 11) A search of the scholarly literature seems to confirm the 1830-ish date. I've created a subpage, Modern Kannada literature periodization that lists four sources which consider modern Kannada literature to begin early in the 19th century; the page also provides quotes from these sources. Three of the four are works published by India's Sahitya Akademi (National Academy of Letters).   Copied here by  Fowler&amp;fowler  «Talk»  01:24, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Title
I notice that the article was moved from Kannada literature in the Kingdom of Mysore to Mysore literature in Kannada. I'm ok with any title but this seems a bit odd since Mysore is a noun but there should be an adjective there instead. Mysorean literature? Or, Literature of Mysore. Or Kannada literature from Mysore. --regentspark (comment) 18:00, 28 September 2012 (UTC)