Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/History of Mumbai/archive2


 * The following is an archived discussion of a featured article nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The article was not promoted by SandyGeorgia 12:59, 11 February 2009.

History of Mumbai

 * Nominator(s): Kensplanet TC

I am nominating this article for featured article because all the issues regarding sources have been addressed. Kensplanet TC 15:51, 6 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Comment It's only been a week since the last FAC was archived, and it doesn't look like the concerns previously brought up have been adequately addressed. Image concerns still remain unaddressed. Sources used are questionable, including sources that are very old (Da Cunha, 1993 was published in 1900; 1993 was just a reissue). One random example I clicked on: http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=137543, a news article. This is being used to back up the following: "In 1795, the Maratha army defeated the Nizam of Hyderabad. Following this, many artisans and construction workers from Andhra Pradesh migrated to Bombay and settled into the flats which were constructed by the Hornby Vellard. These workers where called Kamathis, and their enclave was called Kamathipura." Yet, all I spot in the source is a quotation from some random shopowner: "Our community was among the first settlers here. A lot of them were masons or kamathis from Andhra Pradesh. That is why the name Kamathipura." Surely there are more reliable, scholarly sources to be used in the construction of this article. Budding Journalist 00:26, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

FAC has been removed from the main page and is already close
 * Comments by Dineshkannambadi
 * Could you elaborate a little on this point Bombay was hit by a water famine in 1824 in the City development. Seems a bit choppy by itself.
 * Is this a notbale enough event to mention in the article?&mdash;In July 1832, the Parsi riots took place in consequence of a Government order for the destruction of pariah dogs which infested the city.Dineshkannambadi (talk) 01:09, 11 February 2009 (UTC)


 * It's not possible for me to resolve Sourcing issues. If in the future, anyone is interested, they can elevate this to FA status. Thanks, Kensplanet TC 10:24, 11 February 2009 (UTC)


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