Talk:Iyarkai

Good articleIyarkai has been listed as one of the Media and drama good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.
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December 18, 2022Good article nomineeNot listed
February 27, 2023Good article nomineeListed
May 21, 2023Guild of Copy EditorsCopyedited
Did You Know A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on April 4, 2023.
The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that Iyarkai is based on the true story of a man who got lost in the Mediterranean Sea and never returned?
Current status: Good article

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I removed the following quote box from the article because it doesn't appear to be relevant to the Production section. This is also WP:UNDUE. See article history for full attribution.

"To me, Jhananathan sir will always remain the 'captain'. I still remember the evening when he excitedly walked into my room in Tuticorin while shooting for Iyarkai. He said that the first song from the film was ready and asked me to give it a listen. [...] It was the haunting melody, 'Kadhal Vandhal Solli Anuppu'. I was instantly hooked on to the song. I was so impressed by it that I told him 'from this moment, I will listen to everything that you say'. I started addressing him as 'captain'.

 — Shaam on the film, 2021[1]

References

  1. ^ Sangeetha, P. (14 March 2021). "Shaam: Being his first hero, Jhananathan sir always had a special place for me in his heart". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 2 November 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2021.

Baffle☿gab 21:09, 28 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Reviewer: Veera Narayana (talk · contribs) 12:24, 26 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Here are some of my concerns with this article. Please resolve them and let me know. Veera Narayana 12:39, 26 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  • I would suggest you inform the readers first that the film is based on a book and then summarise what the film is about, instead of the other way aroudn we see in this article.
  • Please do not mention low budget in the lead, and write the actual budget itself. We need not make such mentions, unless it is a no-budget film like Christopher Nolan's Following.
  • "Marudhu befriends Nancy and helps her search for Mukundan but when Marudhu reveals that he loves Nancy, she distances herself from him. They reconcile and become friends." -- This line can be phrased better. I leave it to you how, but for the way it is, the line is very clumsy.
  • "The story is based on Jananathan's friend's uncle, who right after getting married, went alone on a boat voyage in the Mediterranean Sea and got lost while his wife awaited his return." -- So, the film is not based on a book? If yes, please provide a vlid reference and the details of the subplots inspired from that book. Or remove those details from the lead entirely, and replace them by a summary of the Production section.
  • Mention who Ramkumar Ganesan is. As in, a filmmaker or a film producer and distributor etc.
  • If i get it right, "Kutti" means small or young in Tamil. Please let non-Tamil readers knwow the same.
@Veera Narayana: I have tried to address all of your concerns. Since I could not find any source to support the fact that "the subplot involving a man having unrequited love for a woman" is based on the book "White Nights", I have removed it. DareshMohan (talk) 23:24, 26 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
In my honest opinion, this article would need more expansion. Having said that, my own searches gave very limited results, and from what you managed to gather here is definitely a good work. Recognising such work here is of paramount importance, hence i promote this one. In the future, though, do try to expand this article whenever you can. Congratulations! Veera Narayana 06:06, 27 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)

  1. It is reasonably well written.
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    d. (copyvio and plagiarism):
  3. It is broad in its coverage.
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  4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.
    Fair representation without bias:
  5. It is stable.
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Did you know nomination

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Cielquiparle (talk) 22:07, 24 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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  • ... that despite a disappointing box office response, Iyarkai was not a box office failure due to its shoestring budget? Source: https://www.rediff.com/movies/2006/oct/17jan.htm
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Improved to Good Article status by DareshMohan (talk). Self-nominated at 02:32, 28 February 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Iyarkai; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough

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  • Cited: Yes
  • Interesting: Yes
  • Other problems: No - Hook is unclear.
QPQ: None required.

Overall: There are verbatim segments from Tamil MDB in the plot summary. ([1]) While the copyvio is obviously the main issue, I'd also propose some cleaning up of the hook itself: ALT2: ... that despite a disappointing box office performance, Iyarkai made a profit? Wracking 💬 08:33, 1 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  • @Wracking: Did you see this alternate hook : ... that Iyarkai is based on a true story of a man who got lost in the Mediterranean Sea and never returned? Source: https://www.rediff.com/movies/2006/oct/17jan.htm Will try to fix plot issues. DareshMohan (talk) 01:03, 2 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • I see it now! I like it. My only concern then is to make sure that point is clear in the article. As it stands, the article itself does not clearly say that the man never returned, even though the source does. I think just adding that bit to the article would help. Once the copyvio issues are fixed, just let me know! Wracking 💬 02:33, 2 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Wracking: Thanks, I have fixed the copyvio issues and added that bit to the article. DareshMohan (talk) 02:55, 3 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • @DareshMohan: rechecked for copyvio and it turned out good! for ALT1 and ALT2, with a preference for ALT1: ... that Iyarkai is based on a true story of a man who got lost in the Mediterranean Sea and never returned?
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