Talk:Myanmar architecture/Archive 1

Archive 1

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Environment, Women scientists, and India. V00d00Child (talk) 05:02, 22 March 2017 (UTC)

I realize now our WikiProject proposals must be related to our article (go figure.) New proposals include Myanmar, architecture, and Asia. V00d00Child (talk) 15:04, 22 March 2017 (UTC)

Hmm

OK, yeah, there's work that needs to be done. Copyedits, but that's not the biggest deal. One thing to do is to consolidate these references--you got individual footnotes to cite individual pages, with the entire article in that note. I always use a version of MLA to tackle that, but there are fancier methods; a few days ago an editor made a simple edit that took care of that, but I forgot what it was. At any rate, I suggest you make a separate bibliography, and then have a section for footnotes. Look at today's featured article, Donnchadh, Earl of Carrick; that article does it that way (with that crazy bibliography...). And that article, by the way, was written/promoted by some of the best writers we have on Wikipedia.

As for the article as a whole--Xanthomelanoussprog, Shock Brigade Harvester Boris, you two are pretty clever and can better judge an overview than I can; would you mind helping a fellow Wikipedian out a bit, with some hints and tips? This article makes or breaks the student's grade, so no pressure, moral or otherwise. Dr Aaij (talk) 03:29, 19 April 2017 (UTC)

• Mandalay Palace needs a mention (couldn't see it) as the major example of wooden architecture. Mention of Myanmar's extensive natural resources (timber- teak- and precious stones- I think the Shwedagon stupa has some massive rubies on top, just like the cherry on a Bakewell tart). One of the stupas at Bagan has a big crack in it caused by earthquake- this could be put in the section on threats to architecture, also WW2 damage to the palace. There's probably some notable rail and road bridges and viaducts (Burma Road and Ledo Road). There's some mosques in Islam in Myanmar. Use of gold in architecture. I did have a big book on Shwedagon (unfortunately sold it) but as far as I can remember, it gets repainted every so often in a different colour (reds and saffron orange type of thing). Also although the majority of the statues had that naive look, some of the "angels" had an Art Nouveau look, like the ones in the Palau de la Música Catalana. So maybe there were some Burmese looking towards Western developments in the 1910s, 1920s. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 07:14, 19 April 2017 (UTC)

• This topic is waaaaay outside my limited area of competence, but I have a few suggestions. One is to convert the three historical sections (Early Indian / Bagan / Colonial) into subsections of a larger "History" section. Another is to briefly explain some of the statements made in passing. For example, you say "This architectural change also affected the social interactions between those who lived in colonial-era residential buildings." The relationship between the built environment and social interactions is an important topic, but we're left wondering just how "social interactions" were affected by the architectural changes: Were traditional meeting places demolished? Was access to other neighborhoods impaired? You don't need to go into a lot of detail but a few words of clarification would help.

Overall I think the article is interesting and well structured. Shock Brigade Harvester Boris (talk) 03:34, 21 April 2017 (UTC)

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