Talk:Coimbatore

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[edit] Page title

Koyamutthoor? Why has this page been moved? Koyamutthoor gets 4 Google hits, compared to 309,000 for Coimbatore. Angela . 08:44, May 2, 2004 (UTC)

An anon user tried to move it back using cut and paste so I've merged the page histories back together, and returned it to this title (Coimbatore) as there was no explanation for the move. Angela . 09:42, 31 May 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Now OK

Dear Angela it is fine now. Thanks for avoiding confusing names. I like your wit..ie ref no of google searches for the term!

Chella 14:36, 2 Jun 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Educational Institutions

Its been mentioned that there are many colleges in coimbatore but no seperate section is devoted to education. I'll try to get as much

info about colleges and make a new section for it. The article seems biased towards TNAU.

The other name for coimbatore like "koyamuthur" and "kovai" can be mentioned in the intro section

Arunkrishnan 11:00, 25 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] more info needed

On history, demographics,industry, cuisine etc. Would love to make it equal to chennai page. Arunkrishnan 11:08, 25 May 2005 (UTC)

Go ahead and make it a featured article!

[edit] Improvements

This entire article is incoherent nonsense. This page needs more information about the history and culture of Coimbatore and less information about how well the city is suited for IT outsourcing. Parts of the page have even been degaded into cheap advertising.
I would like to see this develop into an authoritative and useful article,like the Chennai page. Will try to push it in that direction as much as I can.
--Dstar2 18:22, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

I took a stab at improving the grammar and tone in the introduction paragraph and the History section. However there was almost nothing there for the period after India's indpendence. Someone who is interested in the subject should fill that out a bit. WmLGann 14:45, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Featured Article

Coimbatore should be made a Featured article, like the Chennai and Mumbai ones.

Sure, you're welcome to bring it up to the mark. I can help you with small formatting needs, but you've to bring the content with proper citations. -- Sundar ^{\talk \contribs} 04:51, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] How many language

It appears strange: in how many languages one will write the name of the article - one, two or all languages of India. --Bhadani 15:59, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

Legend has it that coimbatore was originally known as "Koni-amman-putthur".

[edit] Coimbatore Exporters/Manufactures - Some of them

- Some exporters/manufacturers of Coimbatore listed here

[edit] References and Pictures

We need more references and pictures. Please do not add pictures obtained from image searches on the internet. The article is beginning to take shape. ɤіɡʍаɦɤʘʟʟ 00:53, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Help needed with this image

Can somebody please replace this image with something more clear and small :) Jisha (Talk)

[edit] Spirituality

Someone has added a section on spirituality. I do not believe that Coimbatore is "known" for spirituality, at least thats not what it is best known for. Also, I do not think this needs a separate section. Need some help from someone with insight into this subject. ɤіɡʍаɦɤʘʟʟ 17:51, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

I have edited and merged the text with the Culture section. I'm still not sure about the "Siddhar" stuff. Need good reason (and references) to keep the lines in. ɤіɡʍаɦɤʘʟʟ 18:05, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Tnlogo.png

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BetacommandBot 04:56, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

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Wiki Raja 11:21, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Too many details

As I look into the article, the article has too many details about schools, colleges and ATMs. These details can be put some where else. What do you say? Guruparan18 (talk) 11:37, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Removed unwanted lists =

Hello all, I have removed the extensive ATM location lists and the long list of Educational Instutions.Anybody arguing for such lists should bear in mind that Wikipedia is not the place for listing more than what is revelant/informative for a encyclopedia.And those friends should remember that no one is going to waste their time in reading what ATM/School /college is where or what?.If that user feels the need to communicate such information,then its better recommended to start his own page (a free server) and put those information around.

- - People who come to these pages are intrested only in the brief info/history/a taste of what teh place is ..so on... on the city,and such boring lists will be a real turn off any new reader who visits this page.

Southernstar (talk) 16:31, 6 February 2008 (UTC)