Talk:Vaiko

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I Deleted the following sentence fragment: He is Sethu Samudiram Nayakan, as I have no clue what it means or if it is relavent. Mishac 22:32, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

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Certian images have been removed by me because they have been added to a category that makes them speediable, most likely Category:Images with no copyright tag. Kilo-Lima|(talk) 17:13, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

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This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as stub, and the rating on other projects was brought up to Stub class. BetacommandBot 20:05, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

Grossly inappropriate self-advertising language
This is straight, shameless political self-advertising. Every few sentences is one reading like a political slogan. Some of it's straight out incoherent: "though he was as instrumental in being the appropriately minister maker". If someone in the MDMK thinks this is furthering your cause, you're very much mistaken. You are instead representing the organization as being partisan, and capable of seeing only one side of a situation. And to someone with historical experience, it appears you have adopted boilerplate revolutionary language whose foundation is not in reason (this is an encyclopedia), but in hysteria.

67.180.48.127 (talk) 10:21, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

Cleanup
I have done some cleanup work on this article. Let us discuss about any issue related to the cleanup here. Docku (talk) 16:01, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

I heard that his mother tongue is Telugu, if it is correct then that may be included in this article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Vakil123 (talk • contribs) 09:05, 8 February 2009 (UTC)
 * You are right. His ancestors migrated from Gandikota, (Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh, after the capture of the fort by Mir Jumla, commander of Golkonda sultan. He belongs to Telugu-speaking Kammavar Naidu ancestry.Kumarrao (talk) 06:53, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

page move
Vaiko comes from his full Tamil name Vai. Kopalswamy (V.Gopalswamy). The move needs to be reverted. -- Car Tick  12:43, 17 August 2010 (UTC)


 * I've moved the page back now.-Raghavan(Talk) 13:11, 19 August 2010 (UTC)

I am not sure if the Naidu qualification is needed. it may be correct, but that is not how he is commonly known as. -- Car Tick  13:32, 19 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Hmm,But his birth name is Vai.Gopalasamy Naidu as mentioned in one of the sources.-Raghavan(Talk) 13:49, 19 August 2010 (UTC)

Please bear with my ignorance of how Tamil names are anglicized, but I just want to confirm that there is not supposed to be a space between "Vai." and "Gopalasamy". The Tamil script (both here and in the Tamil language article) seem to have a space. Is there some reason it's omitted here? If there are sources using that form, could it just be a typographical error that has propagated? &mdash;/M endaliv /2¢/Δ's/ 21:57, 25 August 2010 (UTC)


 * it is probably an error. it needs to have the space. -- Car Tick  23:56, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

I guess caste name is not need here.No one knows him as Gopalsamy Naidu. Please change.


 * Hi Osterhaus, i agree with you. Raghavan doesnt seem to agree. u might want to start a debate. see here. Requested moves. -- Car Tick  00:10, 28 August 2010 (UTC)
 * He changed his name legally to "Vaiko" in the late 90s.(see official candidate list for 99 elections before that it was "vai. gopalsamy". The "Naidu" was never there. Persons born after 1940s in TN almost never use caste surnames. The problem arises when non-TN person writes an article about a TN born person and if he knows the subject's caste, appends it to the name (what sheela bhatt of rediff did).--Sodabottle (talk) 12:50, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
 * In summary: His birth name is "V. Gopalsamy" or "Vai. Gopalsamy". He is commonly known as "Vaiko" and later changed his name to it. Either of the three is fine (though "vaiko" is preferable per WP:COMMONNAME). But spelling it as "gopalasamy" or appending "naidu" suffix are both wrong.--Sodabottle (talk) 13:08, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Original name was V. Gopalaswamy Naidu. Please see (http://www.sangam.org/taraki/articles/2006/11-29_Vaiko.php?uid=2093).Kumarrao (talk) 14:25, 22 November 2010 (UTC)


 * See the explanation given above. The interview was done by a north indian (a rediff article), with no idea of tamil nadu naming conventions. You can check the ECI affidavits to see what name he uses and what his common name is. TN people from TN almost never use caste surnames since the 1940s. --Sodabottle (talk) 15:49, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

Requested move

 * The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section. 

The result of the move request was: moved to Vaiko. Favonian (talk) 12:05, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

Vai. Gopalsamy → Vaiko – per WP:COMMONNAME. The sources clearly always refer to the subject as "Vaiko", and not anything else.  Lynch 7  16:12, 3 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Support Common name. -- Redtigerxyz Talk 08:48, 4 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Comment -- Is "Vaiko" not a sort of nickname? If so, the article should stay where it is. Peterkingiron (talk) 19:56, 4 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Seems like an official name. Official party site doesn't mean mention "Vai Gopalsamy". Google news 500+ for Vaiko v/s 0 for Vai. Gopalsamy-- Redtigerxyz Talk 02:22, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Comment. I see both names in the sources, and sometimes the given last name is not even spelled the same as it is in the article ( (Gopalaswamy) and (Gopalasamy)); maybe you should try searching on those spellings. He also seems to be referred to as V Gopal..., not Vai Gopal... In any event, when both names are given, Vaiko seems to come first.--Bbb23 (talk) 02:38, 5 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Support per common name. He changed his name officially to "Vaiko" in the late 90s. The media in TN (both english and Tamil) use "Vaiko" almost exclusively. The Rediff interview cited above is an outlier.--Sodabottle (talk) 05:34, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
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Semi-protected edit request on 5 February 2017
his mother tongue is tamil and his community is hindu vadugar. so please change as Vaiko was born in Tamil speaking Hindu Vadugar familyGurunp (talk) 07:49, 5 February 2017 (UTC) Gurunp (talk) 07:49, 5 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. DRAGON BOOSTER   ★  09:01, 5 February 2017 (UTC)

Vaiko - A Telugu Kamma Naidu
Vaiko is a Telugu speaking Kamma Naidu and his name ends with Naidu. Raja Raja Raju (talk) 01:52, 22 July 2017 (UTC)

Please don’t allow anyone to change
Looks like page is wrongly updated as person name was including with Naidu but it shouldn’t as he is active politician in Tamilnadu, so pls don’t allow them change it. Alagarsamy1989 (talk) 18:47, 24 December 2017 (UTC)