GIDevi

February 2013

Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at Goa, you may be blocked from editing. — Abhishek  ^Talk 13:38, 8 February 2013 (UTC)

I would like to know exactly how you believe that the Goa page has been vandalised. You post is quite threatening, which I don't think was needed. The reason for the edits was placed on the Talk page which I see that neither you nor other editors have replied to.

I carefully placed citation needed tags in all the places where I believed that they were needed. As you may not see the point that I am making, if I have not been clear, then I hope you continue reading this post to understand (my well meant) changes.

For example, in which source is it written that Ptolemy called Goa by the name Aparantha? What is the name of the piece of writing composed by him or even the secondary source? For even verifiable claims such as the Portuguese landing in the 16th century there are no references to any reliable source. Instead there are citations at the very end of the paragraph that lead to websites about the end of Portuguese rule in Goa, which is clearly misleading. In addition, where is it mentioned that Portuguese was the sole official language during Portuguese role? Was it ever an 'official' language and if so for how long? Why is there a link to a Facebook page in the language section? How is the architecture a combination of Indian, Islamic and Portuguese styles? Does it refer to the civil architecture or the architecture of the temples and churches?

This continues throughout the entire article for most of the points made. There are also sections missing such as a literature section of which there is a great deal in Konkani, Marathi, Portuguese and English. Natak should be explained more as should Tiatr. The map needs to be updated and a table with the populations of cities/towns would be useful since it is such a small state by population. The tourism section reads like a travel guide, which is against wikipedia guidelines.

I don't mean to be offensive, but if I and other future editors are to be able to help in improving this article then our edits including our criticisms should not be dismissively threatened as vandalism.

I wish to help in improving this article, but unhelpful editing by people protective over their own edits, without discussing them on the talk page, is not going to help.

I will not make further edits in the next 24 hours unless there is a reply here and/or on the talk page. GIDevi (talk) 15:22, 8 February 2013 (UTC)

São Paulo, São Paulo

Hello, this is a reply to your explanation for this edit. I do know that there is a difference between São Paulo (city) and São Paulo (state) but I really don't think it is necessary to include both as the city implies the state. If you look at the articles in Category:People from São Paulo (city), many are given simply as São Paulo, Brazil. However, I do not wish to revert your edit so I leave it up to you to decide. Regards, Peroxwhy2gen ^Talk 06:07, 5 July 2013 (UTC)

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