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Adjacent and nested sets of brackets are quite clunky and usually avoided on the encyclopedia. I suggest:
This is certainly within bounds for the prolixity of the lead sentence, but wouldn't mind condensing the wording slightly. The local names could be kept within one set of brackets, but then we probably shouldn't have nested sets for the IPA and respelling. Alternatively, could we perhaps safely omit those pronunciations, since they're fairly intuitive to unfamiliar readers? — RAVENPVFF · talk · 10:02, 30 August 2023 (UTC)
special:diff/1174837358 — for some reason a certain someone thinks that it's a good idea to avoid participating in discussions and blindly revert anything they don't like. Summer talk 16:58, 11 September 2023 (UTC)
Why is the Ganga river referred to as the Ganges in this article? The world doesn't revolve around the British. The original name is Ganga and should be referred to as Ganga only. It's an Indian river, so there's no need to name it as the Ganges just because some British mispronounced it. TheDarkKnight433 ( talk) 19:03, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
According to Wikipedia's guideline WP:NOINDICSCRIPT , for Hinduism-related articles, the use of Indic languages is permitted. Therefore, for topics such as the The Ganges, which is related to Hinduism, the use of Indic languages is acceptable. So, I propose to add this information.
TheDarkKnight433 ( talk) 01:32, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
I have to agree that saying this article is "about Hinudism" would be too much of a stretch. I wasn't around when the original decision was handed down, but it looks like there was a sort of knock-down fight about this issue that ended with a quite blanket avoidance of adding Indic scripts. To change that, you'd need to re-open the issue generally and not make weak arguments that one or another article which can be related to Hinduism, but not all that directly, is somehow not subject to the policy. Please drop this quest. — jmcgnh (talk) (contribs) 03:28, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
Under the Geology section, after "The Indo-Gangetic Plain is geologically known as a foredeep or foreland basin.[36]" I suggest to add "The basin is tectonically active and has the potential to generate large earthquakes". The reference for this statement is here: https://www.nature.com/articles/ngeo2760
Under the Hydrology section, before "Before the late 12th century the Bhagirathi-Hooghly distributary was the main channel of the Ganges and the Padma was only a minor spill-channel", I propose to add. "A large, M 7-8 earthquake at 500 BCE caused the Ganges River to abruptly abandon its former course in the central delta". The reference for this statement is here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-47786-4 80.61.14.71 ( talk) 07:46, 19 June 2024 (UTC)
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Adjacent and nested sets of brackets are quite clunky and usually avoided on the encyclopedia. I suggest:
This is certainly within bounds for the prolixity of the lead sentence, but wouldn't mind condensing the wording slightly. The local names could be kept within one set of brackets, but then we probably shouldn't have nested sets for the IPA and respelling. Alternatively, could we perhaps safely omit those pronunciations, since they're fairly intuitive to unfamiliar readers? — RAVENPVFF · talk · 10:02, 30 August 2023 (UTC)
special:diff/1174837358 — for some reason a certain someone thinks that it's a good idea to avoid participating in discussions and blindly revert anything they don't like. Summer talk 16:58, 11 September 2023 (UTC)
Why is the Ganga river referred to as the Ganges in this article? The world doesn't revolve around the British. The original name is Ganga and should be referred to as Ganga only. It's an Indian river, so there's no need to name it as the Ganges just because some British mispronounced it. TheDarkKnight433 ( talk) 19:03, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
According to Wikipedia's guideline WP:NOINDICSCRIPT , for Hinduism-related articles, the use of Indic languages is permitted. Therefore, for topics such as the The Ganges, which is related to Hinduism, the use of Indic languages is acceptable. So, I propose to add this information.
TheDarkKnight433 ( talk) 01:32, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
I have to agree that saying this article is "about Hinudism" would be too much of a stretch. I wasn't around when the original decision was handed down, but it looks like there was a sort of knock-down fight about this issue that ended with a quite blanket avoidance of adding Indic scripts. To change that, you'd need to re-open the issue generally and not make weak arguments that one or another article which can be related to Hinduism, but not all that directly, is somehow not subject to the policy. Please drop this quest. — jmcgnh (talk) (contribs) 03:28, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
Under the Geology section, after "The Indo-Gangetic Plain is geologically known as a foredeep or foreland basin.[36]" I suggest to add "The basin is tectonically active and has the potential to generate large earthquakes". The reference for this statement is here: https://www.nature.com/articles/ngeo2760
Under the Hydrology section, before "Before the late 12th century the Bhagirathi-Hooghly distributary was the main channel of the Ganges and the Padma was only a minor spill-channel", I propose to add. "A large, M 7-8 earthquake at 500 BCE caused the Ganges River to abruptly abandon its former course in the central delta". The reference for this statement is here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-47786-4 80.61.14.71 ( talk) 07:46, 19 June 2024 (UTC)