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Latest comment: 4 years ago5 comments2 people in discussion
@Gog the Mild: Hi Gog. I hope, you are well and safe. I have been working on this article since long time. I want to expand it further, and make it GA. I am going to put a request for copy editing on GOCE. Before that, can you please help me in rearranging all the things. Ex. Which text should be kept in which section? Should we create new section for any particular things? No urgency. Thanks. --Gazal world (talk) 15:38, 8 April 2020 (UTC)Reply
Hi Gazal world, I hope that you are keeping well. I am not an expert on literature articles, but so far as I can tell everything is in the correct place. It needs a copy edit, but to me it is ready for it. Gog the Mild (talk) 18:03, 10 April 2020 (UTC)Reply
It looks good. A couple of things that I would tweak, but that's just personal preference. You have received a very good copy edit from FiveFaintFootprints, better than I could have done. It looks more than ready for GAN to me. Gog the Mild (talk) 11:48, 13 April 2020 (UTC)Reply
Latest comment: 4 years ago10 comments2 people in discussion
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influenced by existential philosophy → already linked in the lead
Done (removed link)
Like other existential novels → same article (already linked)
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exploring existentialist ideas such as an obsession with birth and death, dread, alienation, and absurdity → cite sources
I have added citation at the end of each paragraph which verifies whole paragraph. Should I place citation repeatedly in a single paragraph supported by the same citation? If you suggest so, I will do. But I don't see any point in repeating the citation multiple times in a same paragraph when whole paragraph is supported by the same citation. --Gazal world (talk) 17:17, 14 April 2020 (UTC)Reply
Pandurang is estranged from his father, and has been from childhood. → cite sources
Done
the patriarchal value system characteristic of traditional Indian life.→ cite sources
Done
found anything meaningful in his experience of village life. → cite sources
Done
style, reading like a series of diary entries. → cite sources
Done
I have hidden the whole part (two sentences) from the article. This is the only unsourced part in the article. It was added by article creator. --Gazal world (talk) 18:58, 14 April 2020 (UTC)Reply
serves as an instrument revealing his worldview. → cite sources
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which ultimately uncover to them the absurdity and pathos of their condition → cite sources
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including: autobiography, the diary, the novel, Indian folktales, folk narrative, and medieval hagiography. → cite sources
I have used a blog as a reference to prepare a list of translation/translators. I have verified that these translations are available in respective languages. Due to lack of any citation regarding this elsewhere, I have used a blog as a reference. I think this translation table would not require any high quality reference either so please consider this reference as an exception. --Gazal world (talk) 17:18, 14 April 2020 (UTC)Reply
@CAPTAIN MEDUSA: I have removed the blog from the reference, and have added primary sources (the translated books itself) in reference. Still there are three translations left without reference. If you tell me, I will hide them from the table. All other queries have been resolved. --Gazal world (talk) 16:50, 15 April 2020 (UTC)Reply
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