Talk:Tipu's Tiger/Archive 1

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This article was listed for deletion on March 8 2005, the consensus was that it should be deleted. However I declared the vote void due to the fact that the original article, the one listed for deletion, was replaced by a new article on a different subject written by Dab. For more information please see Votes for deletion/Tipu's Tiger. Rje 02:29, Mar 25, 2005 (UTC)

MainPage
The german brother of Tipu Sahib tiger will roar the mainpage on tuesday. --Polentario (talk) 10:12, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

Many language editathon on 16 July 2011
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Research suggestion
Here is a bit of original research idea for someone to look at (outside of WP) - considering that there were Swiss mercenaries (see Charles-Daniel de Meuron who was actually born in Neuchatel and was only later to ally with the English, Neuchatel was the home of Jaquet-Droz automata also here ) - perhaps the Swiss were involved in the making of the "tyger". Shyamal (talk) 04:31, 20 July 2011 (UTC)

Later use of the tiger (vs. lion) image in Punch, 1857
I have uploaded this Punch cartoon to commons. This might be used as an illustration for the later interpretation of the iconography and how the British used it to political advantage. There is a shift of context of a few decades and a shift in political context, so rather than plonking the image in this section straight away, I would prefer to see a bit of talk page consensus before deciding one way or the other on relevance. The image can be argued as derivative in that the tiger is in the process of killing a victim in a pose very similar to Tipu's Tiger, albeit with the victim not being dressed as a soldier. Cheers Fæ (talk) 09:19, 20 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Clearly the iconography continues, the image of the civilian here is used to invoke the helpless, innocent victim being preyed upon by the "new" tiger. I'd say this is relevant. AshLin (talk) 09:56, 20 July 2011 (UTC)
 * It repeats the Seringapatam Medal, but 50 years later, but fine if there is room. Apparently in an Indian context, lions & tigers were essentially regarded as interchangeable, at least in the South (Stronge says somewhere) where the Indian Lion had long been extinct. Johnbod (talk) 16:48, 20 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Hmmm, that is unusual but will need the reference to be able to judge this. To the best of my limited knowledge, tigers and lions should not be interchangeable even in the South Indian context. AshLin (talk) 19:00, 20 July 2011 (UTC)

Under glass?
I read in a ref somewhere that Tipu's Tiger is now under glass. Is that correct? AshLin (talk) 19:03, 20 July 2011 (UTC)
 * It certainly is - more behind glass in a big display. That's in the article. There is probably a ref in de Almeida or one othose, but I wouln't worry too much. You can see the flash on the glass clearly in the amateur photo used. Johnbod (talk) 19:23, 20 July 2011 (UTC)