Talk:Kochi

Lead section is a mess

1. can someone pls shorten the third paragraph of the lead section? There are too many company names.

2. Kochi is a city with amazing history and culture, none of which are mentioned anywhere in the opening section. add something related to it in the first/2nd paragraph Nerdypanda4125 (talk) 10:26, 28 August 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 27 November 2021

I would like to add content to the Kochi page, the amenities, and the various places available that can be listed in your Kochi Wikipedia page Nikoinn (talk) 12:03, 27 November 2021 (UTC)

 Not done: this is not the right page to request additional user rights. You may reopen this request with the specific changes to be made and someone will add them for you, or if you have an account, you can wait until you are autoconfirmed and edit the page yourself.  melecie  t - 12:37, 27 November 2021 (UTC)

GAR

Kochi

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Result: Lack of improvement means that the article fails GA criterion 2. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 16:42, 28 January 2023 (UTC)

A GA from 2018. Pretty Recent. Anyways, the usual case of there being multiple cases of uncited content that must be addressed. Onegreatjoke (talk) 02:03, 10 January 2023 (UTC)

Please mention the uncited contents which you found out. Shady59 (talk) 13:08, 10 January 2023 (UTC)

"The Ernakulam Lok Sabha constituency elects six members to the state Legislative Assembly. Out of this, five constituencies, namely Kochi, Ernakulam, Thripunithura, Thrikkakara and Kalamassery represent the city."

"Kochi's historical reliance on trade continues into modern times, as the city is a major exporter of spices and is home to the International Pepper Exchange, where black pepper is globally traded. The Spices Board of India and World Spice Organisation are headquartered in Kochi."

"and is the world's first fully solar energy powered airport."

"SH 15, Ettumanoor-Ernakulam Road, connects the city to Kottayam, Pala, Kumily, Changanacherry, Pathanamthitta etc. SH 41, Palarivattom-Thekkady Road, provides a corridor to the eastern parts of the district. SH 63, Vypeen Pallipuram Road and SH 66, Alappuzha – Thoppumpady road are coastal roads that serve the narrow sliver of land between the backwaters and the sea."

"Kochi is one of the few cities to be granted the new-generation air-conditioned low-floor and non-air-conditioned semi-low-floor buses under the JNNURM city transport development project. KURTC and private buses operate frequent schedules to neighbouring areas of Nedumbassery, Perumbavoor, Aluva, Muvattupuzha, Kothamangalam, Cherthala and Poochakkal. Taxis and auto rickshaws (called autos) are available for hire throughout the day."

"Kochi has the highest population density in Kerala with 7139 people per km². As of 2011, Kochi had a metropolitan area population of 2,117,990. The female-to-male ratio is 1,028:1,000, significantly higher than the all-India average of 933:1,000. Kochi's literacy rate is 97.5%. The female literacy rate lags that of males by 1.1%, amongst the lowest such gaps in India."

"Malayalam is the main language of communication and medium of instruction for primary education, although a number of schools do offer English medium education. The higher education is invariably in English medium, and it is the preferred language in business circles. Tamil and Hindi are widely understood—albeit rarely spoken."

"The people are also increasingly fashion-conscious, often deviating from the traditional Kerala wear to western clothing."

"The Maharajas of Kochi (then Cochin) were scholars who knew the epics and encouraged the arts. The paintings at the Hill Palace and the Dutch Palace are testimony to their love for arts."

"Other leading managerial institutions include Rajagiri Centre for Business Studies, Kochi Business School, Amrita School of Business, Albertian Institute of Management and Toc-H B school."

"The School of Legal Studies (SLS), CUSAT is one of the leading graduate, post-graduate, and research institutes in the country. The National University of Advanced Legal Studies (NUALS) is located in the city, which is a premier law university in India and the only Law college listed in CLAT (Common Law Admission Test) in Kerala."

"A number of financial publications are also published in the city. These include The Economic Times, Business Line, The Business Standard and The Financial Express. Prominent magazines and religious publications like the Sathyadeepam, The Week and Vanitha are also published from the city."

"There are over 50 cinema halls that screen movies in Malayalam, Tamil, English and Hindi. The city hosts Kerala's first cine multiplex, at the Oberon Mall with four screens. Gold Souk Grande also has a cine multiplex operated by Q cinemas with four screens. PVR with 9 screens is another national multiplex brand that has presence in Kochi and is based out of LuLu International Shopping Mall. Cinepolis at Centre Square Mall with 11 screens is the first international megaplex brand in the state. 16 more multiplex screens are expected in the city in the near future."

"The FACT Grounds at Udyogamandal, Sacred Heart's College Grounds, HMT Grounds at Kalamassery and St. Albert's College Grounds are the other major training facilities for various games like volleyball, badminton, cricket etc."

Along with some other miscellaneous sentences here and there. If you can fix them that'd be great. Onegreatjoke (talk) 17:38, 10 January 2023 (UTC)

@Shady59: Onegreatjoke (talk) 18:42, 10 January 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for your effort. Will fix them soon. Shady59 (talk) 11:55, 11 January 2023 (UTC)

Shady59, do you intend to continue to work on the article? ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 11:31, 22 January 2023 (UTC)

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