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Did you know... that the Lekhapaddhati, a guidebook written in
Sanskrit, includes specimens of letters and documents intended to be used by administrators during
Chaulukya rule in
Gujarat, India?
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Nizil Shah:@
Utcursch: Thank you for reviewing the article and suggestion on nominating it on DYK. I do have a hook in mind for dyk, I am planning to nominate it by tomorrow. I would like to know, whether I can post a draft of a DYK hook here and get your inputs and refine it, or it's not allowed according to wp policy? Thank you again.
Santoshdts [TalkToMe]18:05, 3 June 2020 (UTC)reply
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Santoshdts:, Drafts cannot be submitted for DYK. The article must be in mainspace. The new article must be submitted within 7 days od its creation. See all rules at
WP:DYK. Regards,
Nizil (
talk)
03:07, 4 June 2020 (UTC)reply
You can nominate multiple DYK hooks there. You can discuss and refine them there too. You can propose it here and then nominate too but should be done within time.
Nizil (
talk)
03:10, 4 June 2020 (UTC)reply
Did you know nomination
The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as
this nomination's talk page,
the article's talk page or
Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
... that Lekhapaddhati written in
Sanskrit during
Chaulukya rule in
Gujarat, served as a guidebook with specimens of letters and documents intended to be used for administrative and private transactions? Source: Prasad, Pushpa (1998), ""Lekhapaddhati" Documents and Chaulukya Inscription:A Comparative Study", Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, 59: 1050,
JSTOR44147080
ALT1:... that around hundred leaves of Lekhapaddhati a guidebook written in
Sanskrit for administrative and private correspondence between 8th and 15th century AD in
Gujarat, was first compiled and edited by C D.Dalal and G K.Shirgondekar in 1925? Source: "Preface",
Lekhapddhati, Central Library, 1925
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Santoshdts: Welcome to DYK! The article is new enough and long enough, AGF on sourcing. I needed to do some copyediting for missing definite articles and the like, which I suspect is just Indian English in action. You only have one credit right now, so you are QPQ-exempt. ALT0 slams against the 200-character limit and needs some copyediting and ALT1 is way over (and not interesting at all). I'd like to suggest a new version of ALT0 that is less wordy and hopefully more interesting:
Raymie (
t •
c)
06:21, 1 July 2020 (UTC)reply
ALT0a: ... that the Lekhapaddhati includes specimens of letters and documents intended to be used by administrators during
Chaulukya rule in
Gujarat, India?
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Raymie: Thank you for reviewing the DYK nomination and suggesting a new hook. The new new hook looks fine and interesting. However, I would like to know your opinion on the following alteration to your suggestion:
ALT0b:... that the Lekhapaddhati, a guidebook written in
Sanskrit, includes specimens of letters and documents intended to be used by administrators during
Chaulukya rule in
Gujarat, India?
Hello, I've just nominated the article for
DYK. request you to take a look and refine it if you feel necessary. But, strangely the prose size script on my system is considering only the Lead and not the whole "readable text" in the article. Could this cause an issue while DYK review? Thank you
Santoshdts [TalkToMe]11:14, 4 June 2020 (UTC)reply
A fact from Lekhapaddhati appeared on Wikipedia's
Main Page in the Did you know column on 12 July 2020 (
check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that the Lekhapaddhati, a guidebook written in
Sanskrit, includes specimens of letters and documents intended to be used by administrators during
Chaulukya rule in
Gujarat, India?
This article is within the scope of WikiProject India, which aims to improve Wikipedia's coverage of
India-related topics. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page.IndiaWikipedia:WikiProject IndiaTemplate:WikiProject IndiaIndia articles
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Middle Ages, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of
the Middle Ages on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join
the discussion and see a list of open tasks.Middle AgesWikipedia:WikiProject Middle AgesTemplate:WikiProject Middle AgesMiddle Ages articles
@
Nizil Shah:@
Utcursch: Thank you for reviewing the article and suggestion on nominating it on DYK. I do have a hook in mind for dyk, I am planning to nominate it by tomorrow. I would like to know, whether I can post a draft of a DYK hook here and get your inputs and refine it, or it's not allowed according to wp policy? Thank you again.
Santoshdts [TalkToMe]18:05, 3 June 2020 (UTC)reply
@
Santoshdts:, Drafts cannot be submitted for DYK. The article must be in mainspace. The new article must be submitted within 7 days od its creation. See all rules at
WP:DYK. Regards,
Nizil (
talk)
03:07, 4 June 2020 (UTC)reply
You can nominate multiple DYK hooks there. You can discuss and refine them there too. You can propose it here and then nominate too but should be done within time.
Nizil (
talk)
03:10, 4 June 2020 (UTC)reply
Did you know nomination
The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as
this nomination's talk page,
the article's talk page or
Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
... that Lekhapaddhati written in
Sanskrit during
Chaulukya rule in
Gujarat, served as a guidebook with specimens of letters and documents intended to be used for administrative and private transactions? Source: Prasad, Pushpa (1998), ""Lekhapaddhati" Documents and Chaulukya Inscription:A Comparative Study", Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, 59: 1050,
JSTOR44147080
ALT1:... that around hundred leaves of Lekhapaddhati a guidebook written in
Sanskrit for administrative and private correspondence between 8th and 15th century AD in
Gujarat, was first compiled and edited by C D.Dalal and G K.Shirgondekar in 1925? Source: "Preface",
Lekhapddhati, Central Library, 1925
@
Santoshdts: Welcome to DYK! The article is new enough and long enough, AGF on sourcing. I needed to do some copyediting for missing definite articles and the like, which I suspect is just Indian English in action. You only have one credit right now, so you are QPQ-exempt. ALT0 slams against the 200-character limit and needs some copyediting and ALT1 is way over (and not interesting at all). I'd like to suggest a new version of ALT0 that is less wordy and hopefully more interesting:
Raymie (
t •
c)
06:21, 1 July 2020 (UTC)reply
ALT0a: ... that the Lekhapaddhati includes specimens of letters and documents intended to be used by administrators during
Chaulukya rule in
Gujarat, India?
@
Raymie: Thank you for reviewing the DYK nomination and suggesting a new hook. The new new hook looks fine and interesting. However, I would like to know your opinion on the following alteration to your suggestion:
ALT0b:... that the Lekhapaddhati, a guidebook written in
Sanskrit, includes specimens of letters and documents intended to be used by administrators during
Chaulukya rule in
Gujarat, India?
Hello, I've just nominated the article for
DYK. request you to take a look and refine it if you feel necessary. But, strangely the prose size script on my system is considering only the Lead and not the whole "readable text" in the article. Could this cause an issue while DYK review? Thank you
Santoshdts [TalkToMe]11:14, 4 June 2020 (UTC)reply