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@Godzilla11111:, your edit had removed the following text that I had added in this section —
However, Ramaswamy did make incendiary statements towards the encouragement of violence against the Brahmin community: "Pambaium parpanaium partha parpanai adi" - If you see a snake and a Brahmin, beat the Brahmin.[1][2][3] Ramasamy also claimed, on several occasions, that to eliminate the caste system, driving away the Brahmins was crucial.[4][5] In October 1957, he supposedly called upon his followers to kill Brahmins and set fire to their houses.[6] On 3 November 1957, Dravidar Kazhagam held a convention in Thanjavur under Ramasamy's leadership and demanded that the Government of India delete provisions from the Constitution dealing with religious freedom (which, they believed, gave protection to the caste system and particularly to Brahmins), and if they failed to do so the copies of the Constitution would be burnt, and portraits and statues of Mahatma Gandhi would be broken; if it produced no results, the Dravidar Kazhagam members would be asked to kill Brahmins and burn their residential localities.[7] In 1973 he again called to "kill Tamil Brahmins" in a speech in Karaikudi.[8]
I am concerned that this article no longer meets the good article criteria. Some of my concerns are outlined below:
The article contains uncited statements, including entire paragraphs.
The "Controversies" section has several problems: Its inclusion in the article may go against WP:POV, as the article is stating that these are controversies in wikivoice. The first part is mostly quotes, creating copyright concerns, the award controversy doesn't seem to be about him. I think this can either be removed or the information redistributed throughout the article.
I think the "Comparisons with Gandhi" section is unnecessary in the article: why is Periyar being compared to this particular historical figure? This section also seems to be trying to elevate Preiyar's standing by comparing him to a favourable figure, which I do not think is the role of Wikipedia. If they cooperated together, that can be mentioned in the biography, but it doesn't need its own section here.
level-5 vital article is rated GA-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale.
