Talk:Kali

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Comparative scholarship

Hello, @Antiquistik: thank you for expanding this page. It would be more appropriate to move theory about Possible Near Eastern influences to it's own section under "Comparative scholarship" as it is done for Sekhmet and Anat pages. Marvin H. Pope's theory is not widely received since not much has not been much published about this theory since 1970s, therefore Comparative scholarship would be more appropriate here instead of origins.117.198.116.86 (talk) 03:41, 14 May 2023 (UTC)

Additionally, more recent scholarship on Kali on like - "Tantric Kali Secret Practices and Rituals By Daniel Odier" (2016), "Offering Flowers, Feeding Skulls By June McDaniel" (2004), "Encountering Kali In the Margins, at the Center, in the West By Jeffrey J. Kripal, Rachel Fell McDermott" (2003)- Do not make any such claims either or mention it. 117.198.116.86 (talk) 02:49, 14 May 2023 (UTC)

Plus, it can be considered undue weight in Origins since it's not mainstream theory or widely accepted in recent scholarship and comes from single author from 1960s.117.198.116.86 (talk) 10:56, 14 May 2023 (UTC)

I have moved it under Comparative scholarship section which is more appropriate for this topic and it is similar to what is present in Sekhmet and Anat pages.117.198.116.86 (talk) 02:57, 14 May 2023 (UTC)

@117.198.116.86: Yes, I have no problem with that. Antiquistik (talk) 12:10, 15 May 2023 (UTC)

Kali ma photo update

This 1770 image was the WP:LEAD image when this article passed WP:GA.

I am an ardent Kali bhakt and would like to update the pic.

I also monitor this page closely to see if no one write anything bad about Maa. Kalimaa1857 (talk) 14:34, 12 July 2023 (UTC)

Per WP:LEADIMAGE, what image do you suggest? Per WP:Image use policy we can only use public domain/properly licensed images, so random pics found online are often useless in the WP-context. Commons has several that can be used, for example: Category:Paintings of Kali. WP:RNPOV and WP:CODI may be of help to you. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 14:54, 12 July 2023 (UTC)

This previous discussion Talk:Kali/Archive_1#Kali_infobox_image settled on the 1770 image, but people have changed it since then. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 14:57, 12 July 2023 (UTC)

GA concerns

I am concerned that this article no longer meets the good article criteria. Some of my concerns are listed below:

• There is uncited text throughout the article
• The article relies upon block quotes in some sections. This creates copyright concerns and makes the prose more difficult to read and understand. I recommend that this text is summarised instead.
• The "In popular culture" section is written with one- or two-sentence paragraphs, making this seem like a list. This should be better organised with larger paragraphs.

Is anyone willing to address these concerns, or should this go to WP:GAR? Z1720 (talk) 19:21, 7 November 2024 (UTC)

@Z1720 I can help. Eucalyptusmint (talk) 02:00, 22 November 2024 (UTC)

@Eucalyptusmint: Awesome. Feel free to ping me when ready for a new review. Z1720 (talk) 03:01, 22 November 2024 (UTC)

yep! will do. Eucalyptusmint (talk) 19:02, 24 November 2024 (UTC)