Talk:Akbar/Archive 1

message: November 5 of what year did Akbar defeat Hemu??
Who says Hemu was low-caste warrior?  He was a high caste Bainiya- Jain.Johnhardcastle 05:09, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: When did he defeat Hemu?

message: I seem to recall in an earlier version of Wiki [Crushing by elephant]  a reference to Akbar the Great's practice of using his favored elephant as judge for criminal trials. The defendant would place his head on a pedastal, the elephant would place it's foot on his head, some ceremony of statements, then the elephant would decide whether or not to crush the head of the prisoner. If he chose not to, the prisoner was set free. Perhaps this was removed do to historical unprovableness, but I think it is an interesting factoid. Also it would be interesting to know the name of the elephant.
viz  quote [...is Akbar's "Elephant Judge" story from Ein-e-Akbari or from British accounts? --Das]
:Name of elephant: probably 'Kal-yug ka Hathi!' (joking). Interesting life for an elephant, probably remembered every guys face it smashed to pudding :)
:hydkat 09:05, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  akbar's elephant judge/executioner 

message: Is the reference to a comic strip (Life in Hell) about gay rabbits appropriate in the See also section for a historical figure? It seems very strange. Ornil 04:52, 3 Dec 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Assuming honest intentions, it was probably intended as a sort of disambiguation link to the Matt Groening comic strip character named Akbar. But there's probably a better way to disambiguate these two figures... Pinkville 16:02, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Life in Hell 

message: I don't know who added all of the obnoxious little accent marks, but it was a pain to get rid of them. First of all, a MACRON is used to signify the long a in Persian and Urdu, not an accent égu. Secondly, I'm not sure if I should've bothered ot replace them, as neither is explicitly necessary for non-phonetic orthography. Should I just change thme to regular letters? 
Dlayiga 22:10, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Guilty as charged.  When I read the article they were there in some places and not others.  I won't do it again! Gwaka Lumpa 12:08, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Accent Marks 

message: Hello, 
:This part of the article just eulogises the man, it repeats praises heaped on him by old and contemporary authors. Could someone give something more substantial with citations?
:I could paste my 9'th class history textbook section on akbar.. but then you won't be able to tell the difference- its written the same way. It does have a additional bit that says his favorite hobbies were hunting with cheetas and flying pigeons... I'm serious!
:hydkat 19:58, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  I hope i have added something --IndianCow 08:51, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: eww! what kind of a sick twisted person would put that up in a history encyclopedia article??
hydkat 07:38, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Personality of Akbar 

message: Please use the following style for your references...with this you have type it only once and need not have to set up the link at the bottom. Where ever you want to place the reference just copy paste format and instead of --Type the Reference Text and Link --  please type your reference text and provide external link, if available online.

<ref>--Type the Reference Text and Link --</ref>

The best example is article Khalistan--IndianCow 08:52, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Reference and Notes

message: From the article:
Even Abul Fazl has highlighted his majesty's love for wine and women. Historians have different opinion on the text mentioned in Ain-i-Akbari. Many refer it as the mention of Emperor's care and affection to protect women, especially virgins. His administrative excellence to manage the affaris even though he had permitted wine and prostituion near the palace. However his critics does not subscribe to these views, many consider him otherwise.
".. His majesty has established a wine shop near the palace ... The prostitues of the realm collected at the shop could scarcely be counter, so large was their number .. The dancing girls used to be taken home by the courtiers. If any well known courtier wanted to have a virgin they should first have His Majesty's [Akbar's] permission. In the same way, boys prostituted themselves, and drunkeness and ignorance soon lead to bloodshed ... His Majesty [Akbar] himself called some of the prostitutes and asked them who had deprived them of their virginity?" 
translation of selected text from Ain-i-Akbari written by Abdul Fazal in Persian. Translated by H. Blochmann [2]''
affaris == affairs?
prosituion == prostitution?
However his critics does not subscribe to these views==
His critics do not subscribe to these views? 
prostitues == prostitutes?
counter == counted?
soon lead to bloodshed == soon led to bloodshed?
asked them who had deprived them of their virginity? == asked them who had deprived them of their virginity. (period, not question mark?)
Can someone who has the source material verify these apparent misspellings, and either correct them, or put (sic) after them, thus indicating that the misspellings are thus in the source. Like:
:The prostitues (sic) of the realm...
::I apologize it was my mistake. Typo ;). Well, While typing all that stuff in a hurry.. I messed it up. Hope it looks better now. I thank  for bringing out these errors. IndianCow 14:14, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Accuracy (and Relevance) of Quote?? 

message: Was the Star Wars character only included because he might have been named after Akbar? I have never seen his name even misspelt this way... elvenscout742 17:33, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Disambig notice... 

message: Was one of his son called Daniel Doctor Bruno 17:01, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, and it is spelled and pronounced "Daniyal." Please put comments at the bottom of the talk-page (not the top). ImpuMozhi 19:11, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  OK. Just learning the rules of the game. Sorry for the trouble. Doctor Bruno 13:34, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Family

message: I believe adding this category is a bias. He was a Mughal Emperor, and like most ruler s in his category had a harem. Polygamy in its real sense wasn't a choice he made, it was simply the way things were. --hydkat 16:46, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  removing [[:Category:Polygamists]] 

message: I've started an approach that may apply to Wikipedia's Core Biography articles: creating a branching list page based on in popular culture information.  I started that last year while I raised Joan of Arc to featured article when I created Cultural depictions of Joan of Arc, which has become a featured list.  Recently I also created Cultural depictions of Alexander the Great out of material that had been deleted from the biography article.  Since cultural references sometimes get deleted without discussion, I'd like to suggest this approach as a model for the editors here.  Regards, Durova 17:16, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Cultural depictions of Akbar]] 

message: Hi. Forgive me for not knowing what I'm doing, but I want to alert more capable editors that there's been vandalism here. A subtitle should say something like "early conquests," and on the editing page it does, but on the reading page it says "suck it leah." I don't know how to fix that. 
- well, maybe I've fixed it, to my surprise! 
Wyote, November 58.233.70.208 17:13, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  vandalism 

message: I am failing this due to lack of references. The lead contains more then the body
* still stands[2], external jump
* Several one sentence paragraphs
* Akbar in media - is basically a trivia section convert it from a list to a paragraph or two
* Three citation needed tags
Try get a reference for every paragraph. M3tal H3ad 02:53, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: GA Fail

message: I be real Akbar. Akbar Abdul Mohammad Mohammad. Why dis Akbar get article and no me? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.52.148.49 (talk) 17:06, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dis Bullshit 

message: I think we can have an infobox about the Mughal Empire/Emperors. It might help bring things into perspective.--Madhu 17:15, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Infobox

message: It is mentioned that he founded a new religion, Dheen Ihahi. Why this article is categorized as Muslims ? --59.93.35.82 05:08, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Akbar's religion 

message: I changed the first sentence because it conveyed an implication inconsistent with the article (and common sense).  The dependent clause “Though only 13 when he ascended to the throne” suggests that Akbar’s impressive reputation is surprising, given that he was made king so young.  Why should this be the case?  According to the previous sentence, he ruled for over 50 years.  Indeed, a conjunction of “greatness” and “early ascension” would only be surprising if he had died or been deposed in adolescence. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by The blackbird is involved (talk • contribs) 17:45, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  First Sentence 

message: This article doesn't have enough references and there's unreferenced tag. So it should be failed on the basis of Wikipedia:Reviewing good articles#How to review an article.--Sa.vakilian(t-c) 04:04, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Quick-failed

message: Why do you keep moving the article? It's completely pointless. number29(Talk) 06:36, 16 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Akbar -> Akbar the Great

message: Substituted at 20:13, 2 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Assessment comment