Talk:Pidakala War

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Did you know... that the Pidakala War is a cow dung fight held every year?

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The result was: promoted by Red-tailed hawk (talk) 05:29, 4 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the Pidakala War is a cow dung fight held every year?

sources:	[1] https://archive.today/20230528215847/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/ushering-in-ugadi-by-hurling-cow-dung/article34321362.ece
	[2] https://archive.today/20230528215703/https://www.clickorlando.com/news/2019/04/24/holy-flying-cow-pies-wild-video-captures-dung-fight/

reviewed: 1978 Avon International Marathon
comment: i am admittedly not sure how accurate "every year" needs to be. the festival is considered a yearly tradition, but i do not know if any year has ever been skipped. i believe sources tend to state that it has been held every year without explicitly stating that there has been no interruption. notably, it was held in 2021, during the pandemic, which drew much criticism online.

created by dying (talk). self-nominated at 23:11, 4 June 2023 (UTC).[reply]

Looks good!

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: This is something that can benefit from an image. Do you think you can find one that can be used on Wikipedia? If not, that's fine too. Alaexis_¿question? 07:26, 28 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Dying: please let me know if you can find an image - if not I'll approve the nomination as is. Alaexis_¿question? 07:16, 3 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Alaexis, i agree, it would be nice if there was an image of the fight to include in this article, but unfortunately, i was unable to find one on commons. i had considered using images of the gods, but sources seem to refer to them differently, and i do not know enough about them to be able to tell if the illustrations i would select are actually appropriate depictions. in any case, i have now added links to two pictures and a video to try to help readers get a better sense of the festival. please let me know if there is anything else i should address. dying (talk) 18:29, 3 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, in that case

. Alaexis_¿question? 20:37, 3 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Cow dung or mud

there is quite a back and forth about the substance that's being thrown in this fight. The sources cite cow dung, many people are editing that to mud and then other ones edit it back to cow dung. I think it makes sense to discuss here the sources and afterward take a final position on the matter. Mario.galante7 (talk) 14:28, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The projectiles used during the festival are without doubt cow dung, there are no sources which reference mud, all of the available literature references cow dung and some reference cow dung mixed with urine. 148.252.147.194 (talk) 18:04, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Request page protection

This page has and edit war, please can someone request a page protection? I don't know how to do it Zezo39 (talk) 16:21, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Keeping the Wiki relevant

Some editors seem insistent on delving into the religious makeup of the village in which this festival occurs. Not only are there no sources to back these claims up, but the demographic breakdown is irrelevant to the Wiki which is about the festival.

The festival is Hindu in nature, therefore the only relevant religion is Hinduism. 148.252.147.194 (talk) 18:06, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 31 October 2024

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1. Remove reference to Muslims, it's false and unverified information, there is no source to suggest Muslims partake, the festival is Hindu in origin. And none of the references mention Muslims.

2. The demographic of the village it occurs in is not relevant to the topic and there is also no source to verify this, this information belongs on a Wiki about the village and not a festival that occurs in the village. For example the wiki for the tomato throwing festival in Italy doesn't break down the demographic of the town. 148.252.146.85 (talk) 10:50, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The sources show clearly that all communities partake in the celebration. It is relevant information to the event, to show that it is transcultural and includes all communities of the village. Mario.galante7 (talk) 13:48, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Only one article talks about it and it has no claims to it. Islam ain't some folk but a religion. What they celebrating is disbelief (shirk) and highly forbidden in Islam. That's why we ask for serious references or atleast corrections to just indian/hindu. 2001:9E8:43C:5900:79C3:D9F4:EFF6:51E7 (talk) 16:57, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: The page's protection level has changed since this request was placed. You should now be able to edit the page yourself. If you still seem to be unable to, please reopen the request with further details. Shadow311 (talk) 21:09, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 5 November 2024

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Can you mention the sources for muslim participation in these festivals? Your sources just talks about indian people not specifying hindu and muslim. Just because two religion coexist in one region doesn't mean they both participate in the same activities. 2001:9E8:43C:5900:79C3:D9F4:EFF6:51E7 (talk) 16:42, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Shadow311 (talk) 21:07, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]