Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Tamil people

Tamil people
Overall, this is a great read. It is also informing, visually rich and it's news to most people. It performs very well when confronted with the Featured Article Candidates requirements. Subramanian talk 00:56, 19 May 2005 (UTC)


 * Comment Why list a "Main article" if it's just going to be a redlink? For example, in the Culture section there is "Main article: Tamil culture", and in Visual arts and architecture there is "Main article: Tamil visual arts", but both of these are red links.  If it's going to be split, do the split and resolve the red links.  slambo 10:56, May 19, 2005 (UTC) (Fixed.  Subramanian talk 13:07, 19 May 2005 (UTC))
 * Thanks. I had read the lead section and skimmed the rest.  Now to read it in more detail and vote... slambo 15:54, May 19, 2005 (UTC)


 * Support. User:Vadakkan has done a wonderful job that has been well supported by others. -- User:Sundar (talk • contribs) 07:25, May 23, 2005 (UTC)
 * Support Very informative article, and much more significant subject than many other FACs MvR 08:26, 2005 May 23 (UTC)
 * Support. I learned a lot. But I have one Comment: I don't think the labels "classical," "medieavel," etc. really have much meaning outside of Europe.  Is there a better way of describing these periods, e.g. "predynastic," "early dynastic," or something? Dave (talk)
 * Support. Ditto MvR. Beautiful and informative. Per Dave's comment: Actually the terms classical and mediaeval are very well established in Indian historiography. Classical refers roughly to the Sangam period of Tamil literature in South India, and to the golden age of Sanskrit and Prakrit in North India (from the rise of Magadha and the Maurya Empire to the Gupta Empire). In fact, Sanskrit and Tamil are officially recognized by the Indian government as classical languages. As for mediaeval, that's perhaps a less precise term (particularly in South India); but canonically, mediaeval in India means the era from the Delhi Sultanate to the Mughal Empire, when Muslim rulers established themselves in most places of the Subcontinent. QuartierLatin1968 17:58, 24 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Support. We worked quite hard on expanding this article, and as far as I can see it is currently the only comprehensive NPOV encyclopaedia-style article about the Tamil people available on the web.  On MvR's comment: "classical" is an established label for that period in Tamil history.  "mediaeval" is also commonly used, but I take QuartierLatin1968's point about it being less precise in South India.  I've changed it to "imperial and post-imperial periods". Arvind 11:20, 25 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Support: Comprehensive article = Nichalp  ( Talk )= 14:20, May 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * Support. But what about the food/cuisine? Is it no different than neighboring ethnic groups? How has it evolved/stayed traditional over the timeframe in the article? - Taxman 17:09, May 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * Taxman, it's good that you brought this up. Will try to add some info soon. Thanks. -- User:Sundar (talk • contribs) 04:08, May 26, 2005 (UTC)