Talk:Adi Shankara/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Chiswick Chap (talk · contribs) 15:30, 29 November 2019 (UTC)

This is a detailed and well-structured article and I expect to have only minor comments to make. Chiswick Chap (talk) 15:30, 29 November 2019 (UTC)

Minor comments

• Ātman is normally capitalised, it seems.

• The lead has "Shankara travelled": why don't we name him "Shankara" throughout, except for the first time when we give the name in full?

• "He is also known as Adi Shankaracharya, Shankara Bhagavatpada, ...": this isn't needed in the lead. It could be a footnote immediately after the name at the top of the lead.

Done.

• Do not need to say " Comans (aka Vasudevacharya)" repeatedly, nor should there be a redlink in the parentheses even once.

• "Adi Shankara has been varyingly called as influenced by Shaivism and Shaktism". Perhaps ".. has been described as .." would be better.

• "one of the most cited Shankara hagiography by Anandagiri" - needs rewording.

• "by scholars such as Max Müller, ... , and others." Either drop the "such as" or the "and others".

• I wikilinked Madhyamika.

• I wikilinked 'Smarta tradition' to the article of that name.

• I removed some terms already linked in the text from 'See also'.

Comments

"Adi Sankara is believed to have died aged 32" in 'Death' clashes with the much vaguer discussion in 'Birth-dates' which actually gives death-dates also. Suggest merging (and renaming) the sections.

One small question: an editor recently removed "although some texts suggest the birthplace to be Chidambaram in Tamil Nadu.{{sfn|Isaeva|1993|pp=69–82}}{{sfn|Pande|2011|pp=75–76}}" calling this an "improper citation", though there are 2 citations here and both appear to be well-formed. Should it go back in or be explained further?

Images

All licensed (one is due to be transferred to Commons) and appropriate for article.