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Deshastha Brahmin was one of the Social sciences and society good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

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Date	Process	Result
August 23, 2010	Peer review	Reviewed
September 13, 2010	Good article nominee	Not listed
September 29, 2010	Peer review	Reviewed
December 20, 2010	Good article nominee	Not listed
February 9, 2011	Good article nominee	Listed
July 25, 2018	Good article reassessment	Delisted
Current status: Delisted good article

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GA Reassessment

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Closing as Delist per this. AIRcorn (talk) 10:05, 25 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Factually accurate

This is a quickfail criteria for WP:GA. The article has far too many unsourced statements, as indeed it did at the three GA nominations. Cirt failed the first two, and the third was initially failed for the same reason but then Zuggernaut managed to push it past the reviewer, who appears to have been new to the process. - Sitush (talk) 07:39, 16 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Neutrality and stability

My own recent edits, let alone those of other contributors, amply demonstrate that the article is not stable. Those edits also suggest that it may not be neutral and certainly indicate that a fair number of sources were misrepresented. - Sitush (talk) 07:39, 16 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. Also, the recent edits(last 24-48 hrs) by the IP address user have further deteriorated the quality. Please see the new section in the talk page for examples. Thanks Acharya63 (talk) 06:51, 31 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

opinion from non-admin: I am not an admin hence I do not know if I am allowed to edit here. I have been trying to cleanup this article for the last one year, and trying to add sources to some outsourced content. This article as it stands currently is definitely not WP:GA and needs a lot of fixes. I agree with Sitush. Thanks Acharya63 (talk) 13:44, 29 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your thoughts. Anyone can comment at a Good Article Rewview or indeed a GA Nomination. Same applies for Featured Articles. I'll let this run a few more days but I would be surprised if anyone thinks its listed status is viable. As you may have seen, I did mention this review at WT:INB on 16 May. - Sitush (talk) 16:47, 29 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Sitush: in case this has been forgotten. AIRcorn (talk) 07:27, 27 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Deshastha and Marriage

The article says, and I quote, "The Deshasthas are historically an endogamous and monogamous community for whom marriages take place by negotiation. The Mangalsutra is the symbol of marriage for the woman. Studies show that most Indians' traditional views on caste, religion and family background have remained unchanged when it came to marriage, that is, people marry within their own castes, and matrimonial advertisements in newspapers are still classified by caste and sub-caste." Sources cited for the above (Bahuguna, and Srinivasa - Raghavan) are both from Hindu businessline website.Is that considered a reliable source / publication? If not that we will have to look for alternate sources. Thanks. Jonathansammy (talk) 17:26, 16 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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please remove marriage alliance between deshasthas and telugu and kannadiga brahmins. There is no proof of such a thing. The link does not give any proof. It is just a statement without any proof. Kindly remove it 2607:FEA8:8DB:6CA0:79B2:DDB4:F7BF:9C1 (talk) 10:05, 30 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done The source clearly mentions it (page 45). The source is Maharashtra Government Gazette, which is proof enough. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 11:59, 30 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Deshastha And Major Figures

iMO why is purnaiah and tanjore madhavarao only thought of as deshastha icons. there as others like KB Hedgewar or Ramchandrapant amatya or dnyaneshwar or manohar joshi and devendra fadnavis. it is not correct in my view to put only tanjore madhavarao and purnaiah as the major deshastha icons as there are others who have contributed more like the the ones mentioned . My request to the mods is to remove them (Purnaiah and Tanjore Madhavarao) and instead put Ramchnandrapant amatya or KB Hedgewar. Even if we are looking from a perspective of power then somebody like ramchandra amatya should be there rather than purnaiah simply because he wielded more power than him as hukumat panha. So hence I dont understand why only those icons are put. in my view ramchandrapant amatya and tatya tope wielded more power and ones like dnyaneshwar and eknath are more famous than purnaiah and tanjore madhavarao. If you disagree can you please tell me the reason. This post is not intended to cause offence or degrade anybody or any figure and . Just my view. 2607:FEA8:8DB:6CA0:5CB5:61B6:CF20:B878 (talk) 07:09, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

First of all, I would request you to open a Wikipedia account rather than editing as IP.

There is no bar on you adding images of Dnyaneshwar, Eknath, Ramchandrapant Amatya, or Hedgewar to the article. Devendra Phadnis being alive may be problematic per wikimedia BLP policies, and India related rules.I hope this helps. Jonathansammy (talk) 16:03, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]