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This article is full of archaic POV from the 1911 Britannica and badly needs updating - MPF 11:06, 3 December 2005 (UTC)

I've done a partial rewrite. Still need to sort out or check;

• some of the geography, especially the flora and fauna; this seems to be somewhat unlikely, maybe based on the possible condition of the area a century ago?
• history, probably still is from the original 1911
• the non-Kodava communities

Imc 16:22, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

Contents 1 Map link 2 Coorg or Kodagu?? 3 Vandalism 4 State of Coorg 5 Origins of Kodavas 6 Etymology

[edit] Map link

I think there ought to be two links to maps. The new link points to a map that is very unreadble on my browser. --BostonMA 21:38, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

In connection with the map of kodagu taluka wise, i have such a map from the karnataka state small industries corporation website. can i upload the same ? i dont think this should be copyright infringement.203.199.21.59 04:58, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Coorg or Kodagu??

You KannadigasKodaga people have mental problems. State your full name address and we can meet

[edit] Vandalism

Hi, This article is being vandalised on daily basis, the anon ip has been already twiced warned and again today i left the msg on his talk page. if vandalism keeps continuing we will have to report the matter to admin.

Also this article needs major clean up, lets have a discussion. btw Sham do you live in Coorg?? --Sartaj beary 21:54, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] State of Coorg

Hello. My apologies for not making myself aware that this talk page was being used, before making recent changes. I've only got enough time just now to comment on the 'State of Coorg' section, which I removed yesterday. Previously, I removed the history section, because someone else had already created another History of Kodagu page with the same content. The historic State of Coorg is history, and it belongs there. However, I put in mention of the current autonomy movement. If someone can provide enough material to make it a separate section, then please do so. Imc 07:17, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

To add to the confusion, all the state govt. sites call the district as medikere, neither coorg nor kodagu. Can anyone tell us if the name is officially changed ?Arunk17 05:02, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

No. It is not changed, not even unofficially. It is the lack of knowledge that makes people call it Madikeri. Madikeri is the district HQ -- Wikicheng 04:50, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Origins of Kodavas

I've twice recently removed the suggestions that Kodavas may have originated in the Middle East or with the Greeks. Several other theories exist, most with little evidence. There is a little evidence for the Middle East origin and it could reasonably go in if a clear source stating the evidence was quoted. There is no evidence that I know of for the Alexander's army theory, except repeated conjectures that keep floating round the internet. As far as I can make out, it is just somebody's fancy and probably originate in those Kodava who would like to think of themselves as a little bit European. The unsubstantiated theories have no place anywhere with encyclopaedic pretensions (unless they are examples of thinking without evidence). Imc 22:08, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

We do not care what you have removed, however, fact remains

[edit] Etymology

The DED seems to suggest that the name "Kodagu" possibly has some connection with "west" (The relevant entries are 1649 and 2203). At any rate, the fact that this term seems to go back to Proto-Dravidian (note that it treats "Kurukh" and "Kodagu" as coming from the same root) would seem to rule out the etymologies which this article suggests, so perhaps the best way forward is to remove them unless they're confirmed by a reliable linguistic source? -- Arvind 23:53, 29 September 2007 (UTC)