Talk:Pallar

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[edit] A Big Fine Mess

I can barely make head nor tail of this article: duplicate sections with slightly differing wording, no formating to speak of, a mix of lore with fact. The problems are innumerable. I'm going to cut huge swatches from this. I may make mistakes but it is impossible to read in this form. Pig^man 03:25, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

OK, I've made a pass through it and cut duplicate sections and did some minor formatting, mostly to break up the huge blocks of text. I'm not familiar with the subject but there are massive POV problems with it. I'm having trouble differentiating between what seems to be religious (and apparently at least partially legendary) history and concrete history. This article needs an expert and to be refined down to pertinent facts. It rambles and the sections are not properly titled or organized. I may be back to work on it but I doubt it; it's just too overwhelming for me. Pig^man 04:06, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] POV and original research vs. scientific angle

The problem with most articles about Indian castes is that there is too much POV. In an encyclopedia, the article about a people group should be as close to the anthropological/ethnological/ethnographic point of view as possible.

Caste-promotion should be left aside. It is of no interest to the readers, and it reflects social/political agendas that are mostly POV. Signed: Shiva 122.162.165.45 (talk) 13:29, 26 April 2008 (UTC)