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The present image may not be the best image we have of Ambedkar. It is unusually close-up for a portrait and is of side profile. If we agree to change the image, then this I feel is a good candidate. Consider taking part in the consensus.
Oppose (
Summoned by bot) – The relevant pages here are:
Wikipedia:Image use policy (in particular,
WP:IMGCONTENT), and the guideline
Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Images (especially
MOS:IMAGERELEVANCE), and ideally any decision to keep or change the image should be based on them. I don't agree with the description above that the current image is a side profile (it's more like 3/4). The fact that the proposed image has been artificially manipulated means it may not represent reality but a colorising editor's preference. Based on
MOS:LEADIMAGE which says, "Lead images should be natural and appropriate representations of the topic" and the fact that the colorised image is not natural, I oppose changing the image. (Even if it were not colorised, I would still oppose the change, as I believe the current image is a
better quality representation.)
Mathglot (
talk) 20:17, 14 October 2021 (UTC)reply
Appu, just a procedural note: this Rfc
lacks an Rfc question at the top. Please read
WP:RFCBEFORE about preparing for an Rfc, and
WP:RFCNEUTRAL about writing the Rfc question. In my opinion, the Rfc should start with a simple question, such as: "Should the current image of Ambedkar at the top of the article be replaced with
File:Colorised Ambedkar.png?". Your argumentation in favor of one position or the other goes in a separate comment beneath the neutral statement that opens the Rfc, usually as a bullet item and the word Support or Oppose in bold font. Don't worry, you're still pretty new and you can't be expected to know everything right away, but just try to keep it in mind for next time. Thanks,
Mathglot (
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Oppose (
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Appu: In addition to above concerns, which I share to some degree, can you please provide evidence that the photo is licensed under a compatible license? The source image is public domain, but colourisation by hotpot.ai is likely to be a transformative work, which would put the colourised version under new term of copyright. Based on an (admittedly) casual look at the service's website, I was unable to ascertain that images produced by the service are licensed under a compatible license.
Melmann 21:40, 14 October 2021 (UTC)reply
Oppose (
Summoned by bot) apart from any copyright issues which MAY apply, it's a poor image and inferior to the current B+W photo.
Pincrete (
talk) 05:49, 15 October 2021 (UTC)reply
Oppose - Current image is fine. I really don't see any reason to change it, especially with a picture that doesn't actually look as good as the current one.
PraiseVivec (
talk) 14:37, 16 October 2021 (UTC)reply
Oppose - Okay with the current image.
Sea Ane (
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Oppose - Current image is way better. Peter Ormond 💬 15:24, 5 November 2021 (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.
Name
Wouldn't be correct transcription of the name Bhimrav … ? Regards, —
Mykhal (
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Request for change in IPA transliteration of 'Babasaheb'
The IPA transliteration given for Babasaheb is incorrect. The word is written in Marathi as well as Sanskrit as बाबासाहेब, which when converted to Latin script through ISO 15919, results in 'Bābāsāheb', and when compared with Help:IPA/Sanskrit, gives the correct IPA transliteration as [baːbaːsaːɦeb].
Therefore I request that [bʌbəsɑheb] be changed to [baːbaːsaːɦeb]. Thank you
SomePacifisticGuy (
talk) 11:53, 17 November 2021 (UTC)reply
Central Provinces
@
Fowler&fowler: The text of the article says: Ambedkar was born on 14 April 1891 in the town and military cantonment of
Mhow (now officially known as Dr Ambedkar Nagar) in the
Central Provinces (now in
Madhya Pradesh).[1]
The source cited for this does not mention that it was in
Central Provinces. The source says: Bhim Rao Ambedkar was born on April 14, 1891 in Mhow, a garrison town close to Indore–the capital of a princely state of the same name which was to be incorporated into the province of Madhya Bharat (contemporary Madhya Pradesh) after independence. Please can you make a suitable correction.--
Toddy1(talk) 20:21, 18 February 2022 (UTC)reply
The latter is correct, but sidesteps the Central India Agency question.
Indore State was a part of the
Central India Agency, commonly just called "Central India," just as
Jaipur State was a part of
Rajputana Agency, commonly called "Rajputana," or Porbandar a part of
Kathiawar Agency; all the "Agencies" were groupings of
princely states, which the British oversaw with residents. "Madhya Bharata" was the name given to Central India during the period of the Dominion of India (from 1947 to 1950, and probably for some time thereafter until Madhya Pradesh came into being which incorporated both Central Provinces and Central India and maybe a few other small political units. You may view its map in
Dominion_of_India#Dominion_Constitution_and_Government. Mhow on the other hand was a British garrison town in a princely state. I'll check if it had any independent existence outside of CIA; if it did, it might explain why Jaffrelot is resorting to that circumlocution. Thank you.
Fowler&fowler«Talk» 20:44, 18 February 2022 (UTC)reply
The Census of India, 1891, the year Ambedkar's birth, mentions Central India and Mhow in paragraphs 14 and 15 in volume 1, Intro, published 1890,
page 177. This is not a reliable source but gives a feel for that time, at least in the official document.
Fowler&fowler«Talk» 21:11, 18 February 2022 (UTC)reply
And the enumeration, published 1892, says on
page 22], that Mhow (cantonment), Indore State, Central India, increased in population by 4.5K from the previous census of 1881. I wonder if baby Bhimrao was counted in it.
Fowler&fowler«Talk» 21:17, 18 February 2022 (UTC)reply
I see, (I was going to remove that [Central Provinces] though went per article body) but agencies have not been added in infoboxes and with other details such as district et al are just
WP:OVERLINKING (all of which were recently added). Reduced them from infobox per MOS and removed the mention of Province from body.
Gotitbro (
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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.
ScottishFinnishRadish (
talk) 13:15, 15 March 2022 (UTC)reply
School segregation
In early life section, it says They were not allowed to sit inside the class. In his book Waiting for Visa, he says For instance, I knew that in the school I could
not sit in the midst of my class students according to my rank but that I was to sit in a
corner by myself. This suggests that he was allowed inside the class but had to sit in corner.
Either the sentence can be removed, since the line before it mentions untouchable children were segregated, or rewritten that Ambedkar was made sit in corner by himself.--
Krutarth (
talk) 17:30, 15 March 2022 (UTC)reply
He's been hagiographed to death and unlike Gandhi he was a grandiose figure; it is hard to know what the truth was. He was after all the recipient of an elite education (Elphinstone Bombay, Columbia, LSE); the discrimination was very likely not so extreme as have deprived him of an education altogether which was the case with most Dalits, even the very talented ones.
Fowler&fowler«Talk» 21:15, 15 March 2022 (UTC)reply
But, regardless, being a Dalit in late 19th-century early 20th-century India, he had to have experienced discrimination, perhaps even a more humiliating kind than one of merely having sit outside the classroom. Dalits are still discriminated against in manifold ways. Will look for sources. Thanks for posting.
Fowler&fowler«Talk» 21:56, 15 March 2022 (UTC)reply
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Change "literary translation" to "literal translation" in the intro.
Jānis Barbans (
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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. I don't see that prose in this article.
ScottishFinnishRadish (
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@
Politicscurator: We can't really add it to the article main body, as it is a primary source. I am delighted to add it to the external links. I read much of that file and was impressed by how highly his professors rated him. A man of considerable genius he certainly was, one in a million. Thank you for posting this and for the link.
Fowler&fowler«Talk» 09:57, 7 April 2022 (UTC)reply
The local description of this page is Former minister of law and justic in india But it should be 'The Father of Indian Constitution'. Please do this change.
Shreyas143 (
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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. –
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Babasaheb Dr. B.R. Ambedkar did not get his surname from a Marathi Brahmin Teacher whose surname was Ambedkar. There is evidence for proving that. Babasaheb got his surname from his village's name.Babasaheb Dr.B.R. Ambedkar's elder brother Bala also had this surname which is mentioned in the official documents. so, please remove this error of information from the Wikipedia Dr. B.R. Ambedkar's page's Early life Part. This can lead to a controversy also because it is fake information that is present on that Wikipedia page.So, change the information that Babasaheb Dr. b.R. Ambedkar got his surname Ambedkar from a Marathi Brahmin Teacher whose surname was Ambedkar to the information that Babasaheb Dr. B.R. Ambedkar got his surname Ambedkar from his village's name "Ambadawe".
43.231.55.155 (
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Babasaheb Dr. B.R. Ambedkar did not get his surname from a Marathi Brahmin Teacher whose surname was Ambedkar. There is evidence for proving that. Babasaheb got his surname from his village's name.Babasaheb Dr.B.R. Ambedkar's elder brother Bala also had this surname which is mentioned in the official documents. so, please remove this error of information from the Wikipedia Dr. B.R. Ambedkar's page's Early life Part. This can lead to a controversy also because it is fake information that is present on that Wikipedia page. The change should be done from Wikipedia page named Dr. B.R. Ambedkar's Early life Part.
Please change "His Marathi Brahmin teacher, Krishnaji Keshav Ambedkar, changed his surname from 'Ambadawekar' to his own surname 'Ambedkar' in school records" to "His original surname was Sakpal but his father registered his name as Ambadawekar in school, meaning he comes from his native village 'Ambadawe' in Ratnagiri district."
43.231.55.155 (
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Not done: please provide
reliable sources that support the change you want to be made.
Lightoil (
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Not done for now: The
Mooknayak article needs some substantial work; until it's clear that it's notable as a separate subject from
B.R. Ambedkar, linking it may not make sense.
Lizthegrey (
talk) 17:47, 14 May 2023 (UTC)reply
""On 25 November 1949, Ambedkar in his concluding speech in constituent assembly said:[74]
"The credit that is given to me does not really belong to me. It belongs partly to Sir B.N. Rau the Constitutional Advisor to the Constituent Assembly who prepared a rough draft of the Constitution for the consideration of the Drafting Committee."
To
“…however good a Constitution may be, it is sure to turn out bad because those who are called to work it, happen to be a bad lot. However bad a Constitution may be, it may turn out to be good if those who are called to work it, happen to be a good lot.
…The Constitution can provide only the organs of State such as the Legislature, the Executive and the Judiciary. The factors on which the working of those organs of the State depends are the people and the political parties they will set up as their instruments to carry out their wishes and their politics.”"
Ericbana19sdk (
talk) 14:46, 19 June 2023 (UTC)reply
seems like this page is a deliberate attempt at misrepresenting and dismissing Ambedkar of his achievements. The most important part is omitted while the most popular tweets by idiots are taken as references. This is not only not intellectual honesty, but intellectual suicide.
Ericbana19sdk (
talk) 14:48, 19 June 2023 (UTC)reply
Not done No reason provided to replace the verified quotation. Aman Kumar Goel(Talk) 17:22, 19 June 2023 (UTC)reply
Have already given the reason. The quote misreprents Ambedkar's position as the top Constitution authority and influence. His comment is only partial and not full. Why is only that part which he credits his team and BN Rau prominently displayed and not the whole quote, which is much more contextual is helpful?
Again a very sad and deliberate mischief.
103.76.57.20 (
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The heading written is wrong. So please take note of that it's not only B.R.Ambedkar but it is Dr.B.R.Ambedkar. Because Man's reputation is considered by its Educations. And we Indians inspired from Dr.B.R.Ambedkar through his Education.
So I hope you can change the heading in correct manner.
Thank you.
112.79.73.64 (
talk) 09:22, 11 October 2023 (UTC)reply
Looking at your edits, it looks like you are deliberately omitting the mention of Ambedkar's barrister degree, why? Your edits -
6 August 2023 and
22 January 2024.
It's a little different in the UK. They may study there, but being called to the bar does not mean earning a degree. A Barrister-at-Law is a profession, not a degree.
GuardianH (
talk) 23:05, 22 January 2024 (UTC)reply
OK. But Ambedkar studied law at Gray's Inn, and that should be mentioned in the article's infobox, along with Columbia University and LSE.
2409:4042:806:ACAA:ADD4:7751:95CC:297A (
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My understanding is that the Inns of Court are not usually displayed in the infobox, unless the subject spent more than the usual amount of time there. It's more like gaining an accreditation there rather than receiving a formal education. When I added it to the infobox originally, I thought it might add some value, but it just extends this rather long infobox.
GuardianH (
talk) 18:29, 23 January 2024 (UTC)reply
Who helped in 1952
You should mention which party elected ambedkar as rajiyasabha member. Jana santha parent party of bjp.
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The Two tallest statues of B. R. Ambedkar must be included in the article
On 14 April 2023, a 125 feet tall
statue of Ambedkar was installed in
Hyderabad city of Telangana, which is situated on a 50 feet high base building.[1] On January 19, 2024, a 125 feet tall "
Statue of Social Justice" of Ambedkar was installed in
Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, which stands on an 81 feet high platform.[2] The Ambedkar statues in Hyderabad and Vijayawada are the fifth and fourth
tallest statues in India respectively. In May 2026, a 450 feet tall "
Statue of Equality" of Babasaheb Ambedkar will be ready at Indu Mill in
Mumbai,[3] which will be the second tallest statue in India and the third tallest in the world.[4]
Hello @
Capitals00:, Thank you for adding the information about the statue in Vijayawada to the article.
Looks like you didn't add the Hyderabad statue information on the talk page into the main article. The article already has some information about the Hyderabad statue, but it is insufficient. The article does not mention the height of the statue, nor the height of its base. Also
wiki linking is not done.
The article should also have photos of both the Ambedkar statues in Hyderabad and Vijayawada. Please think positive.
"We should remove the whole paragraph where Indira, the wife of jagjivan Ram mentioned that ambedkar persuaded jagjivan Ram to talk to Mahatma Gandhi for the giving him a post in a cabinet of Nehru ministry. It has no any valid evident it's just a personal view even jagjivan Ram never mentioned that.
We all know how ideologically both Ambedkar and jagjivan Ram are different poles apart."
Callmehelper (
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Not done. It is accurately attributed and reliably sourced. Ratnahastin(
talk) 02:43, 2 June 2024 (UTC)reply