Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Dravidian civilizations

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Maybe someone here could help me with the request posted here at hi.wiki? Thanks in advance is so. :-) —  SMcCandlish   Talk⇒ ʕ(Õلō)ˀ  Contribs. 17:47, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

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Offer of pictures and help
Recently, I saw the movie Vanaja, which is made with a deep respect and concern for the preservation of rural culture in Andhra Pradesh. I sent mail to the director, Mr Rajnesh Domalpalli, and he answered very nicely. He was excited about this WikiProject. He offered to release pictures that would be of use to us, and wrote further "[WP:DRAVCIV] must be a wonderful effort. I'd be happy to help them in any way I can, and give them whatever they need." Since part of what I enjoyed about this movie was the excellent photography, I'm grateful for this offer. But since I'm not an expert, I would appreciate if some participants could look at the movie website (in particular, , , and - or better yet, watch the movie itself, as it is even possible to obtain pictures that haven't been posted yet) and point out any pictures that would help our coverage on Dravidian civilization. From the image descriptions, I came up with the following list of articles that could be improved or created with the pictures and descriptions. Of course, you're the experts, so it's up to you to decide which of these make sense, and you probably (hopefully) will have some other ideas:

&mdash; Sebastian 06:40, 9 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Thillana – (picture)
 * Burra katha - (picture)
 * Voni (garment) – that actually doesn’t exist yet. Is that the same as Chunni?
 * Igiri Nandini - (picture): There is no article on Igiri, but one on Nandini. Not sure if it would make sense to add this picture, since there is already an excellent article on Durga.
 * Katti-peeta or Gona-Sanchi – no articles yet (picture – crop to left half) It’s probably a stretch to use that picture for these items, but it's up to you.
 * Chaapa – also just a minor item; similar case as for previous. (picture)
 * fishing boats (picture): what is the name of this type of boats?
 * Goodu (No article) (picture).
 * Vottulu (No article) (picture, unfortunately the object is out of focus, but maybe we can ask for another one).

Thai Pongal
Thai Pongal is currently tagged for needing more references, and according to the rules at Selected anniversaries, must be omitted from the Main Page on January 15, 2012, unless the issue can be addressed. There are a little over 12 days to go, so hopefully that gives editors enough to time to take care of this. Thanks!  howcheng  {chat} 20:06, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

WikiWomen's History Month
Hi everyone. March is Women's History Month and I'm hoping a few folks here at WP:Dravidian civilization will have interest in putting on events (on and off wiki) related to women's roles in within Dravidian society. We've created an event page on English Wikipedia (please translate!) and I hope you'll find the inspiration to participate. These events can take place off wiki, like edit-a-thons, or on wiki, such as themes and translations. Please visit the page here: WikiWomen's History Month. Thanks for your consideration and I look forward to seeing events take place! SarahStierch (talk) 19:10, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

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To make metro pal city ar Sivaganga!
Any description abot that? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sivagangaamar (talk • contribs) 06:19, 17 April 2014 (UTC)

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