Mandakini River was a Geography and places good articles nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There may be suggestions below for improving the article. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake. | ||||||||||
| ||||||||||
A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on December 6, 2020. The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that 25 million tourists—more than twice the population of the entire state—visited the Mandakini River in Uttarakhand in 2011? |
This article is currently the subject of an educational assignment. |
This article is rated B-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale. It is of interest to the following WikiProjects: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Note: ((WP India)) Project Banner with Uttarakhand workgroup parameters was added to this article talk page because the article falls under Category:Uttarakhand or its subcategories. Should you feel this addition is inappropriate , please undo my changes and update/remove the relavent categories to the article -- TinuCherian (Wanna Talk?) - 13:46, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
Hello, FiertlA, and welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages you might find helpful:
Article states "The Mandakini is also subject to heavy rainfall especially during monsoon season. The annual rainfall within the surrounding region is 1,000–2,000 millimetres (39–79 in) which is elevated almost 170% in monsoon (late July-October)." It is not possible for 170% of annual rainfall to occur in one season! This needs to be reworded. (t · c) buidhe 18:34, 16 November 2020 (UTC)
Yes thank you, but an error on my part! FiertlA (talk) 23:20, 16 November 2020 (UTC)FiertlA
The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 02:38, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
Created/expanded by FiertlA (talk). Self-nominated at 10:44, 16 November 2020 (UTC).
References
GA toolbox |
---|
Reviewing |
Reviewer: Chipmunkdavis (talk · contribs) 16:15, 12 March 2021 (UTC)
Will review this soon. CMD (talk) 16:15, 12 March 2021 (UTC)
There are a few issues that still need to be addressed before this article reaches GA. Items listed below per the Wikipedia:Good article criteria.
In general the prose is well-written. There's a couple of pieces of odd phrasing however. For example, "In Marathi-English, Mandākinī translates to 'the milky way' or 'the galaxy'" is about the meaning of the Marathi name, rather than being a term in a particular form of English.
Currently, the lead does not serve as a summary of the article, per WP:LEAD. It includes novel information that is not found in the article body. Examples include the exact number of 2011 tourists, information about the wildlife sanctuary, and the average rainfall levels.
This requirement is met, all references are well-formatted.
While many sources are good, I am unconvinced by the reliability of what appears to be an independent youtube channel. Some of the papers don't seem too well-written but aren't covering very controversial points.
Doing spot checks I found there may be issues in the article with text-source integrity. For example, the statement "The Mandakini region is seismically and ecologically fragile due to its position along a collision zone" doesn't seem to be within the source cited. I also can't see where "The Madakini's rich pious significance dates back to its mention in the Srimad Bhagavad" is covered by the source used. I don't see how "Its plethora of ancient Hindu temples, including the Jagdamba temple and Shiva temple, also contribute to its holy significance. Over 10,000 pilgrims travel the main 16 km (9.9 mi) Kedarnath trek along the Mandakini every year to reach the Kedarnath temple. The trek can be completed on foot or on a mule's back for a small fee" relates to the soil erosion source cited for it.
"Well exposed crystalline rock groups in the Higher Himalayas and surrounding Kedarnath form the oldest crystalline base in the Himalayan region" is almost the same as the source's "the well exposed central crystalline rocks groups in the Higher Himalaya of Kedarnath valley form the oldest crystalline basement of the Himalaya".
The article is quite short, and it seems even from the existing sources that there is a lot more that could be said. The Ecology section is particularly short, with little indication of wildlife present. The lead includes a note on a wildlife sanctuary, so there's clearly a decent topic here. There's also some information about ecology scattered in other areas that should be pulled here.
While the overall article isn't unfocused, individual sections seem to meander. The Ecology section seems to cover more river course and general environmental information than information on Ecology. The Courses section goes into more information about the general environment than the course of the river. The History section seems more a current picture than a historical one, and includes information that would better fit in Etymology and Courses. The Environmental impacts section is a mixture of various affects and general background. There should be a previous section covering the general Geography/Environment. The overlaps among sections means there's some redundancy in the current text.
The article does appear neutral, stable, and well-illustrated. For further development ideas, there are several FA river articles which could serve as broad models. Best, CMD (talk) 04:15, 13 March 2021 (UTC)