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[edit] My Edit

Hello all...I have edited the article in a few places to make it more informative and have attempted to give good cadence to certain historical sections. I have also corrected a few grammatical/technical errors as well. --Ruckie84 (talk) 04:37, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] STOP Removing Pictures

All of these pictures on the page have been taken from their original source and so there should be no violation of any copyrights whatsoever, after all, proper attribution and credit has been given to the production firms. (May 19, 2008) - Ruckie84

  • I suggest you read this for clarification on Wikipedia's non-free image policy. Polly (Parrot) 21:48, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
  • I have taken note of your concern and I have altered the licensing status for each of the images and hopefully that should rectify any complications as to any possible copyright infringement issues. --Ruckie84 (talk) 01:43, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Enthusiasm

I've been toning down some of the wording in order to keep the POV as neutral as possible. The article is highly enthusiastic about the subject and would benefit from some softening of the tone a bit. For example:

" Rajinikanth', fondly known as "Super Star Rajini", is the most popular Tamil movie star ever.'"

[edit] Bullshit:

I believe the characterizations most and ever require a high bar of justification, including multiple external sources. My goal in making these edits is to keep the article's intent while avoiding having it sound like it was written by the president of his fan club. Tobycat 02:20, 11 May 2005 (UTC)

I've tried to make this as neutral as possible and tried my best not to hurt the sentiments of previous contributor(s). Hope this helps. - srini 19:25, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)


"In reality, Rajinikanth has been a simple, honest, well mannered and down-to-earth human being. When his movie Baba (2002) was not received well and financially unsuccessful (even though it ran for over 100 days, it was not upto the box office standards Rajinikanth's movies has set for themselves), Rajni took the unusual step of paying for the losses to the film's distributors."

I think we should refrain from making statements about the (perceived) personality of celebrities. Also, I would like to see a cite for the claim that Rajnikanth returned money to distributors. --Kingsleyj 03:31, 30 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Clarity

I completely agree with Tobycat about softening the tone of this article. I also think that somebody ought to clean the whole thing up.

"At the age of 56, his latest release was Chandramukhi (April 2005). It was a remake of the Malayalam blockbuster movie Manichitrathazhu starring superstar Mohanlal (also remade in Kannada as "Aaptamithra"). Chandramukhi has broken all the box office records of all movies ever made in Kollywood. It was made after his previous movie Baba (2002) was a disastrous flop! His next film Sivaji is being directed by S. Shankar."

The paragraph above should be re-written, I believe. Also, I would like to know if we are allowed to add things such as "His next film Sivaji is being directed by S. Shankar."

--Bebert 14:55, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Adding External link

Adding a external link to a picture of Naga theatre in bangalore playing Chandramukhi. djinn Thu Jun 30 12:45:48 IST 2005

Adding a external link to the e-Fans association of Rajnikanth http://Rajinifans.com

[edit] Expand section on acting career

This article desperately needs lots and lots of input about major events in Rajini's career. We could split the career section, for sake of convenience, into Seventies, Eighties, Nineties and Noughts like in Ajith article. Senior editors are needed to expand the scope of this section. At present, only punch dialogues are being added day-in and day-out! Anwar saadat 01:41, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Politics

The politics section appears to be very POv, consisting of an original analysis of this person's political activities.ßlηguγΣη | Have your say!!! - review me 05:49, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pruned this article too

I pruned the Ajith article, and another editor told me that the fan editor at Ajith claimed THIS article as his inspiration. So I came here to clean up this one too. I tried to remove all the fancruft. Fans, this is going to be better for him, honest. Readers will tune out anything that reads like a movie column, but they are going to pay attention to a sober, serious encyclopedia article. Zora 15:50, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

Don't blank lines, paragraphs, sections and links without discussion. Its indecent and tantamounts to vandalism. Remember, you have alread been cautioned to cause disruptive edit-revert wars in articles that are not your concern. What knowledge of Kollywood do you possess to randomly select and decide what is POV and NPOV here? Anwar saadat 17:35, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Can proof be provided and also use clean citation templates!

The references section looks a mess. I don't see anything but a list of links. No name of link, no when it was accessed. You can use this citation which is most commonly used for web citations:


{{cite web
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All Citation Templates
It would be much easier to understand what the links are for if you use citation templates such as the one I have previously mentioned. A very wonderfully cited article is Sivaji: The Boss, where G Ganesh and me have done a lot of work on (currently G Ganesh does a LOT of the work). ~~ AVTN T CVPS 14:33, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] I'm giving this article a full restyle.

The progress log can be seen here: Rajinikanth Article Progress Log

If you have any requests or questions please leave me a message here or on my talk page. ~~ AVTN T CVPS 18:04, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Citations Needed

"Rajinikanth has the largest fan club, and the most powerful one at that"

Can any citation be given for this comment? There are also several grammatical errors which need to be rectified. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Rodude (talk • contribs) 21:01, 4 May 2007 (UTC).

Well, this is from the multiple magazines which say that. ~~ AVTN T CVPS 10:01, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Multiple changes

I am copyediting this article. Just letting everyone know that I am making multiple short edits, so don't be alarmed to see many edits within a short period. I am also formatting the article with some sections and moving text around. I am also trying to tone down the language to be more "neutral" sounding. ɤіɡʍаɦɤʘʟʟ 23:50, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Cleanup still ongoing. Need some help with references for the politics section. Please look for good references such as newspaper articles etc. Blogs and other private websites are not good enough. ɤіɡʍаɦɤʘʟʟ 01:05, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
Seems like multiple mass removals to me. :P ~~ AVTN T CVPS 10:02, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
Don't think the site listed as official site is indeed the official one. It has Google ad words. -- Arunan (talk • contribs) 06:22, 13 May 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Punch dialogues

Why do we need this section at all? Seems utterly non-encyclopedic to me. If nobody has a serious objection, I want to remove it. Lotlil 19:36, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

I agree. - KNM Talk 19:49, 22 July 2007 (UTC)
I agree, albeit, partially. The thing is, people all over TN feel that his movies have punch dialogues. So, I suggest removing the section, but making a mention of his punch dialogues (possibly including one or two of them, too - after gaining editor consensus on the talk page) would be worthwhile and informative. aJCfreak yAk 07:48, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
I agree that the section is totally unencyclopedic. Its a 'punch' only to fans and no one else. And while we're at this, pls take a look at Punch dialogue. An entire article! Sarvagnya 09:06, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
Just voted in the AfD. Lotlil 13:44, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
Ajc, Yes I agree it's a notable part of all his films. But, so are his mannerisms (cigarette flips, sunglass flips, etc.). And, the non-punch but "characteristic dialogues" like jujubee, ippudu choodu, idhu eppadi irukku etc. and "theme stunts" like fighting without landing on ground, fighting without being touched by the goondas etc. What if some over-enthused fanboi wants to make each of these into separate sections ? I'm afraid the article could end up being the standing joke around here. But you do have a point, we should probably summarise all these features into one or two sentences. Lotlil 13:55, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
Lotlil, mebbe we could create a separate article for all of those Rajini-specific traits titled Characteristic traits of Rajnikanth's movies or a section in this article where we simply make mention of the various well-known characteristics. After all, reliable, verifiable sources are required for disputed content. If there is general consensus among editors that these facets of Rajni films exist, then we can include them. aJCfreak yAk 06:36, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] ojeez

ojeez + rajni Padhiyar + ojeez developer + software engineer


rajni_cby@hotmail.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rajni cby (talk • contribs) 11:27, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hyderabad, Karnataka?

Is there a Hyderabad in Karnataka? Since Hyderabad was a link to a disambiguation page (which should not exist), I corrected it to "Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh", but I don't think that this is correct. It would be great if somebody could check and correct this. WolfgangFaber (talk) 19:19, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Rajinikanth filmography or Rajinikanth (filmography)

Hello. I've begun a discussion at Talk:Rajinikanth (filmography) regarding this. Please join in. aJCfreak yAk 19:19, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] A few concerns

  1. Of late I can't help notice an edit war on the language scripts. I reckon it is fair enough to include all languages that his film career extended and of course Marati, since that was his Mother tongue by birth. We need to get scripts of Telugu and Hindi to be there too.
  2. The images, doesn't seem to be of proper licence. For eg., Image:Moondrumudichu.jpg, Image:Rajni12.JPG, Image:Sriraghavendrarajini.jpg and Image:Padaiyappa.jpg are clearly taken from other websites and probably copyrighted. There is no information onto if the editor has obtained aproval on using them.
Cheers Wiki San Roze †αLҝ 17:53, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
The edit war on language scripts is totally unwarranted. Unless we can provide valid reasoning for the Kannada (and Telugu and Hindi, as suggested) for not being included in the article, they should be there. The images need to be removed and properly sourced, licensed, free images need to be uploaded.
If this is the greatest film star in the Tamil film industry, then how come no one has photos taken of him? Please... Do upload a few completely free images, that we could use in the article. aJCfreak yAk 15:45, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
Its best to ask some Telugu and Hindi editors to enter the scripts and put them in alphabetical order. I shall remove the pictures and tag them. Cheers Wiki San Roze †αLҝ 16:01, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
Noticed one more anomaly. How come his first film (Kannada) was in 1976 and introduced in Tamil in 1975?? Wiki San Roze †αLҝ 16:15, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
I'm going ahead with editing the anomaly regarding his first film - it couldn't have been in Kannada, unless and until he had a lead role in it, which may mean that his first lead role in a film, was in a Kannada film. However, I have no knowledge of this. If references are provided, we can re-write it in that manner. Till then, we're gonna have to set right the anomaly. aJCfreak yAk 17:03, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] language scripts

i need answers for few questions??

  1. Why languages scripts are added in every actors ,actress page???
  2. What is the rule to be followed?? [ if scripts is really needed ]
  3. Rajni is born 'marati' then why kannada & tamil scripts is added?? why i am asking this question is just bcoz, there is no hindi script in 'aishwarya rai' page although she is bollywood actor acted in 50+ hindi movies & also she is in mumbai with abhi... she is a world famous actor than rajni....


i need answers from only experts and admins.....

newbies plzz stay off... Surya.SK007 (talk) 10:22, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Hey Surya,
Your concerns are pretty valid and I appreciate that somebody is ready to take this to the talk page rather than editwaring. Rajni is more known as a Tamil actor than a Marati. My North Indian friends were suprised when I once told them so. Hence, given that he is a more prominent as a South Indian actor rather than a Marati born, his name should be in all those scripts. Id est by acting in various languages, he has made himself a star of those language cinemas. This may not be valid for dubbed movies. He is known is Japan too, but to add Japanese here is, as per my opinion, pushing it. I reckon that Aishwarya's entry should include Hindi and other languages she acted in. She is a star of all these languages. PS:I am not an expert, nor an admin. Neither am I a newbie, nevertheless if you need expertise you should ask on a project page or go fish for them.Cheers Wiki San Roze †αLҝ 10:54, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
okie..mine only intention is too add hindi script in aishwarya page..but no one is supporting me in there...that is why i asked those 3 questions to clear my doubts... Surya.SK007 (talk) 14:23, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

You are giving a lone example of aishwarya rai. why not you go and see the wiki pages of sharukh, salman, amir, saif, rekha, hemamalini, sridevi, esha deol, vidya balan etc. The language scripts of their mother tongue and their main career industry is only displayed. If one has to add the language scripts of the all the languages an actor appeared on the screen, then Kamal hasan's wiki page should have atlease eight scripts. so apply common sense and display only their mother tongue and main career industry's. I wish some one add aishwarya's script in Hindi since her main career role is in that industry. without doubt, she was brought up in the film industy by Tamil and she herself told that she can communicate in Tamil. But I don't want to add Tamil script for her coz it's not her career industry.

And finally, to the thread starter, I am not a newbie and ve been around in wiki for about 2 years. User:Yasirian (talk)

I agree with Yasirian,removing kannada script is valid one.
proceed.... Surya.SK007 (talk) 14:07, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
Ok, thats a valid point too. I think it is better to take it to a proper discussion and get to an umbrella ruling on what scripts are to be added. As for adding more language scripts is not a big deal. I know atleast one article which has loads of scripts. Do you think the editors there didn't use their common sense? I don't know. Just including the mother tongue and main career industry sounds a good compromise for now. But I would still recommend this to be sorted once and for all. Cheers Wiki San Roze †αLҝ 11:26, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
BTW Surya, I do have more than 1000 mainspace edits [1] although I don't qualify as one of those Wikipediholic. :) Cheers Wiki San Roze †αLҝ 11:43, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
Ok chaps, I have posted a message here to initiate a discussion. I think this will help solve the issue. Good luck Wiki San Roze †αLҝ 11:35, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
Surya.SK007! Seems like you have just one edit so far, id est the message you have posted on top!!! Seems like a single purpose account / sock that was started just to get a point across. Wiki San Roze †αLҝ 11:56, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
well,i am just a reader not an editor....usually i read articles in wikipedia everyday,from past 2 days i've seeing an edit war is going on in rajnikant page...it is funny to see those comments made by 2 diff ip's 135.xx.xx.xx & 59.xx.xx.xx
i created this account today afternoon to post message in talkpage just to clear my doubts...i promise i'm not sock, this is my only account on wikipedia...one more thing I'm not supporter of either kannada or tamil bcoz my mother tongue is hindi[I'm from DELHI]..he he... Surya.SK007 (talk) 14:12, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
I shall keep a watchful eye on your edits and the person I doubt this may be a sock of and also emergence of new such accounts with similar interests. BTW you don't need an account to post a question! Ciao Wiki San Roze †αLҝ 14:27, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Too many pictures

I feel there are just too many unnecessary pictures in the article.Many of them like "Rajnikant Desperado Style" are absolutely not needed.Seems like someone who considers Rajnikant his god has written the article.Please someone edit this page to a more encyclopedic look.Sugreev2001 (talk) 15:02, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

  • Sugreev, I'm sorry you think the article appears to be biased towards one point of view. I must kindly beg to differ with you because I did edit some portions of the article to give it a more flowing narrative and I attempted to give it a better cadence as well and I see no prejudice whatsoever. I laid out the known staid objective facts with regards to Rajinikanth and his story; perhaps you are not familiar with the story and therefore misunderstand and/or misconstrue certain facts as the fabrications of a raving fanatic, but let me assure you, if you read his recently released biography by Dr. Gayathri Srikanth and are familiar with his history, then you would know that whatever I wrote is accurate and true. But of course, if you enter into this whole affair with an intransigent mindset with regards to Rajinikanth and only wish to make sure to denigrate and obfuscate anything pertaining to Rajinikanth through your veiled facade of attempting to make sure "objectivity" is maintained, then my friend, I cannot really help you. So please, refrain from attempting to imbue the already objective article with your own personal point of view in the guise of protecting the neutrality of the article. And with regards to the images I uploaded, I think it is fine because they do serve a purpose. Again, I'm sensing some sort of inherent prejudice here againist Rajinikanth for some unknown reason whereby you are nitpicking issues which otherwise would not really matter. And let me make it clear, I have not added those pictures for purely aesthetic and/or cosmetic purposes, let me say this: Rajinikanth is not exactly the most known film personality in the world; there are many people who exist out there who want to know more about him, who want to see what makes him what he is and those pictures simply serve to corroborate the same; so please do not give me the "critical commentary" argument. Finally, it is palpably clear that the images I have uploaded will not inhibit and/or diminish the ability of the original copyright holders to profit from their original work. I hope this rectifies the issue at hand and I look forward to continue adding to the page to make it more concise, relevant and informative for the many folks out there who want to know more about the subject. --Ruckie84 (talk) 22:20, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Protection

I have fully protected the page to end the Tamil/Kannada revert war. Please use the talk page to come to a resolution of this issue. If necessary, use dispute resolution to get wider opinions. CIreland (talk) 13:12, 26 April 2008 (UTC)


Mr. CIreland! The display of kannada script is not needed here. I have given a number reasons in my above explanation why kannada script is not required. Rajini is a Tamil actor. He is a marathi by birth. These are the only scripts which can be displayed in this wiki page.

1. Kannada superstar Dr. Rajkumar was born and brought up in Tamil Nadu. His wiki page has no Tamil script in it.

If Kannada script should be added for the reason Rajini was born in Karnataka could some kannada fanatic explain why should n't we add Rajkumar's name in Tamil script.

2. Aishwary Rai started her career in Tamil industry and has acted in three tamil movies, all very important movies in her career, which helped her to achieve a star status in Bollywood. She can also speak Tamil language, yet no Tamil script for her in her wiki page.

Kannada fanatics are saying Rajini has acted in Kannada movies so adding his name in Kannada script is valid, then why not Tamil script for Aishwarya? we Tamils think it would be a crap to seek publicity for Tamil language out of her.

Like this, there are numerous examples I can give in wiki regarding the usage of language scripts for famous persons. It's pity that these Kannada people want to associate their language with a person who gives a damn to Kannada. Without doubt, kannada is a great language, but I don't understand why these people need cheap publicity for their language out of a famous Tamil actor? user:Yasiriantalk13:48, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Ok lets cool down! I'm a Tamil myself (if you want you can check out my contributions). Actually you yourself sent me an email of appreciation not very long ago. So please do not brand all as Kannada fanatics. The best way to go about this will be to take the discussion here so that all articles under question can be dealt with. There is a thin line between beeing fair and being a fanatic. Lets try to work for wikipedia and not for our own motives. This article is not something of my interest too. I did some minor edit long time ago on Rajni and it stayed in my watchlist. So people interested in this article can take it to the relevant place, since as Yasirian yourself pointed out, there are several articles under question and best discussed in a common place. Ciao Wiki San Roze †αLҝ 14:23, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
As for as this article, I guess it is safe to start with Tamil script, since he was Christened Rajnikanth by K. Balachander for a Tamil language film[2], then Marati, being his mother tongue at birth followed by other languages. CheersWiki San Roze †αLҝ 22:08, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
Personally, I'm sick and tired of being accused of Kannada-ism. I am a Tamilian, have been so all my life. For references, you can chk my userpage at the Tamil wikipedia (Same username - Ajcfreak) I know nothing of Kannada, or of the claims of trying to gain publicity for it. This is Wikipedia, people. I am really fed up of people edit warring. I am not blaming any particular sect of people, as I've seen editors from every part of the world doing this - but ever since I started getting involved with the Sivaji article back in June 2006, I've seen too many edit wars over Rajinikanth-related articles. Frankly, I'm starting to lose my faith in the concept of Wikipedia, which I really thought was awesome. I defer to give an opinion or edit on any Kannada/Tamil-related articles (including Bangalore) until I feel that the Wikipedian community is more conducive to accept straightforward, honest comments and edits, without name-calling and blatant, biased accusations. aJCfreak yAk 16:43, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
JC, there is no need to be fed-up. We shall wait if Yasirian comes with some logical explanation for his stance. Or else, we do have a consensus here that non-Tamil scripts can stay here too. Cheers Wiki San Roze †αLҝ 17:09, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

Machans! jcfreak and wikiality, when I said Kannada fanatics, I did not aim at you guys. After all, I appreciate your(->wikiality) good work in maintaining Hogenakkal falls wiki article. Never I thought you guys were kannadigas as well. It's the person with the IP address 59.92.223.61, that I was accusing of being fanatic as he was repeately editing the article to include kannada script. Appavum, ippavum, eppavum, I am against Kannada script in this article coz it is not needed here. I have given numerous reasons why Kannada script is not needed here. So, wikiality please remove the kannada script in this article if you have the rights to do that. I also would like to make it clear that I am not against any language or ethnicity whether it's kannada or hindi. Yasirian (talk) 21:41, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

Yasirian, you need to cool down mate! As I said earlier, he has acted in reasonable good number of Kananda movies. So Kannada script can stay here. Let me clarify, it is not mandatory, but alowed if people want to. When you are saying that you are worried about one IP, I'm concerned about another IP that seem to come from Middlesex. We all have our own worries I guess. What is more logic is a person who was born as Shivaji Rao is known to the world as Rajinikanth because of a Tamil movie and Tamil could most likely be the first script to be expressed, followed by other languages he acted and then Marathi. No downgrading Marathi here, but only that he was not known as Shivaji Rao as a Marathi chap. I reserve the right to change my mind if someone shows some logic otherwise, but as of now I can strongly say that there is no need to remove Kannada script. Edit warring on a trivial issue such as this is unwarranted. There are loads of things you can do to this article and expand it. The article looks nothing like what one would expect of a person with such a huge loyal fan following. Look at entries of Shahrukh Khan for example. Shahrukh's career started much after Rajini's, and Rajini was already a top paid actor in Tamil film land and a superstar by then. But, look at the state of the article. Everyone of us have personal preference, but thats for ourselves. Yasirian, I really think that you can contribute much better than this to wikipedia. I hope and pray that you won't let my hopes down. Ciao Wiki San Roze †αLҝ 22:17, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

Machan! you cool down! I am least worried about this script issue. I have always made my contributions to wiki in the past and will definitely contribute in the future. No doubt about that. I wanted to remove kannada script based on the things I have seen in wikipedia for similar articles. Now, I want to have my final say here on this issue and no more bull shitting from my side henceforth on this talk page. what irked me was, if a language script has to be added for an actor/actress because he/she was born in some state, then Rajkumar and shilpa shetty, both have to have their names in Tamil script in addition to their mother tongue. Former was born in TN and the later was born in TN and has also acted in Tamil movies. However, none of them seem to have their names in Tamil script in their articles and even if we add, you know what would be the result. So, why not you apply the same logic here machan? Anyways, if you think it has to stay, let it be here. It's not my head ache. Adieus! Yasirian (talk) 22:51, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

You should also be thinking on how much of fan following does the people you mentioned have in TN. Close to zero! How much of fan following does Rajini enjoy in Karnataka. If you blur out the torching of cine halls, then you would see that there are loads. May not be as much as one would find in TN, but defo loads. Wiki San Roze †αLҝ 22:58, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
Okay. I guess that a few edit-wars on Rajinikanth-related articles, including certain comments at Talk:Bangalore, irritated me way too much. I'm sorry for blasting out here, it's something I don't usually do. I generally follow the 1 revert rule, and get too worked up by edit-warring, I guess. It also pissed me off when an anon IP came to my talk page and insisted that I go write Rajkumar's name in Tamil script since he was born and brought up in Tamil Nadu. As a Tamilian, that was news to me! Anyways, I'll continue to monitor Rajinikanth-related articles, but don't know how far I'm going to be involved, atleast for the next few days/weeks. aJCfreak yAk 22:59, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

PS: I wrote that up prior to the previous two comments. :) aJCfreak yAk 23:01, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

With the permission of all the stalward editors of this article, I would like to add the telugu script too for his name. This guys has a huge fan following all over the southern states and tamilians do not have exclusive right to be his fans.

Reasons:

  • The opening statement of this article states that he is a telugu super star too.
  • Most of his recent movies have been released simultaneously in Tamil and Telugu.
  • His Telugu versions have been box office hits. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gthorvey (talk • contribs) 01:08, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
Although am not a stalwart of anykind, I do back your stance on adding Telugu. I remember when Sivaji was released here, half the crowd was Telugus. My Telugu friends look at Rajini second to Chiru. I guess it is only fair enough that Telugu is there as well. Cheers Wiki San Roze †αLҝ 07:03, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
Neither am I a stalwart, but I back the adding of his name in the Telugu script even more than the Kannada script addition - his movies have a special nod towards Telugu language/film industry/culture. If I remember correctly, in Sivaji, he dressed up as yesteryear stars of the Telugu film industry.... instead of the yesteryear stars of Kollywood that he dressed up in, for the Tamil-language version of the film. This is significant. aJCfreak yAk 09:52, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

@Yasirian: Shilpa Shetty is of Tulu Descent. Though born in TN, and having some tamil movies, I agree with Wiki San Roze on the fan base aspect. Adhering to this format, her name doesn't have a tamil script. Also since Tulu doesn't have a stable script as of now[ a different issue altogether], her name in Tulu is written with the kannada script. What's more amusing is that there is no Hindi script entry to her name. Possible Reasons:

  • People consider her to be a global icon after the whole Big Brother Issue
  • People don't bother.
  • We take the fan spirits too high, in what otherwise would just be two or three words of simple wiki syntax.

I vote for 3. Lets concentrate on getting this article some gfdl, or nearly equivalent licensed images. And, try to tone down the text. Incidentally,[[Dr. Rajkumar]'s page is already marked as a fan-site-esque article, and has many citation warnings. We wouldn't want that here, do we? Logik (talk) 22:12, 29 May 2008 (UTC)