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States and union territories of India was nominated as a Social sciences and society good article, but it did not meet the good article criteria at the time (March 29, 2024, reviewed version). There are suggestions on the review page for improving the article. If you can improve it, please do; it may then be renominated.

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Contradiction in list of Former states

In the list of States_and_union_territories_of_India#Former_states, the geographical region of "Andhra State" is shown in two maps simultaneously during same time period - "Andhra State" (1953-56) and "Madras State" (1950-65). Please provide with sources and confirm. --Rubber Duck (☮ • ✍)

GA Review

Unsuccessful. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 16:19, 29 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Nominator: Magentic Manifestations (talk · contribs)

Reviewer: Generalissima (talk · contribs) 16:19, 29 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

So, this is a good article, and primairly meets the GA criteria. However, I think this would be far better suited for Featured Lists; in the GA Criteria, lists are given as an example of what cannot be a featured article. Since this is primairly enumerating the different states and territories over time, rather than an in-depth dive into the functioning of administrative divisions throughout India, I think FL is the way to go here.

However, if you want a GA in this field, I think splitting "State (India)" and/or "Union territory (India)" off into their own seperate articles which talks about their administrative functions and roles would be very possible GAs, and possibly allow for a Good Topic alongside this. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 16:19, 29 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.