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:The following is an archived discussion of a featured list nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured list candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The list was promoted by PresN via FACBot (talk) 23:32, 10 November 2017 (UTC) [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Featured_list_candidates/M._G._Ramachandran_filmography/archive1&diff=809710420&oldid=809565341].

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=[[M. G. Ramachandran filmography]]=

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:Nominator(s):  — Ssven2 Looking at you, kid 17:17, 17 October 2017 (UTC)

I am nominating this for featured list because M. G. Ramachandran, popularly known as MGR, is one of Tamil cinema's biggest icons (alongside Sivaji Ganesan) and a very important figure in Dravidian politics. His body of work encompasses 130-odd films. He has been in the industry for 42 years. Constructive comments are most welcome.  — Ssven2 Looking at you, kid 17:17, 17 October 2017 (UTC)

;Comments from Aoba47

  • In the following sentence (In the latter he featured in dual roles, as a king and a commoner, for the first time in his career.), add a comma after “In the latter”.
  • In this phrase (Also made in Tamil with the same title) in the “Films” table, I would provide a link for “Tamil”.

Great work with this list. I have only have two relatively minor comments so I will support this. Good luck with this. Aoba47 (talk) 20:02, 19 October 2017 (UTC)

:{{re|Aoba47}} Your two comments have been resolved. Thanks again, Aoba. Your thoughts and comments are greatly appreciated.  — Ssven2 Looking at you, kid 09:31, 20 October 2017 (UTC)

;Comments from Pavanjandhyala

  • "On approaching M. Kandasamy Mudaliar, father of actor M. K. Radha, for a role in Ellis R. Dungan's 1936 film Sathi Leelavathi, Mudaliar requested the film's producer Marudachalam Chettiar to give him the role of a police inspector. Chettiar agreed and thus Ramachandran made his cinematic debut with this film." -- To be honest, this detailing is too much for a filmography list. Any specific reason for this inclusion?
  • A footnote for zamindar would help non-Indian readers.
  • "In 1969, he appeared as a prince who brings down a tyrant who usurps his throne and mistreats his people in K. Shankar's historical fiction film Adimaippenn, and as a government clerk who masquerades as a billionaire to bring down the corrupt trio of a doctor, a builder and a merchant in Nam Naadu (1969)." -- brings down repeats twice in the same sentence.

{{mdash}} Pavanjandhyala (talk) 16:05, 20 October 2017 (UTC)

:{{re|Pavanjandhyala}} Your comments have been resolved.  — Ssven2 Looking at you, kid 09:08, 21 October 2017 (UTC)

::Thanks for the timely response. I support this nomination's promotion to FL. Regards, Pavanjandhyala (talk) 09:29, 21 October 2017 (UTC)

:::{{re|Pavanjandhyala}} Thank you, Pavanjandhyala. Your thoughts and comments are greatly appreciated.  — Ssven2 Looking at you, kid 10:40, 21 October 2017 (UTC)

Comments from FrB.TG

  • Ramachandran made his cinematic debut in Ellis R. Dungan's 1936 - I would scrap 'cinematic' since film is the only thing he seems to have done (professionally).
  • In addition to social dramas, Ramachandran received positive feedback and commercial success for his fantasy swashbuckler films such as Alibabavum 40 Thirudargalum (1956) - from "his" I am assuming he directed these films?

:{{re|FrB.TG}} No, he starred in them.  — Ssven2 Looking at you, kid 10:56, 24 October 2017 (UTC)

  • I would de-link comedy drama.
  • where he featured as twins of stark opposite natures, one a coward and the other courageous - that's a little too much for a filmography.

:{{re|FrB.TG}} I have removed "stark". I specified this as Enga Veettu Pillai is one of his most significant films.  — Ssven2 Looking at you, kid 10:56, 24 October 2017 (UTC)

  • with his role in the latter also garnering him acclaim → also garnering acclaim for the latter
  • I would wiki-link rickshaw. Also, if it is auto rickshaw he drives in the film, I would be more specific.
  • The following year, he received the National Film Award for Best Actor for his role as a rickshaw driver in Rickshawkaran, making it the first film and him the first actor from South Indian cinema to do so - first actor from South Indian cinema to win the NFA or play a rickshaw driver? The former seems more likely but it can mean any of it the way it is phrased at the moment.
  • a scientist and a Central Bureau of Investigation officer - just CBI would do, I think. – FrB.TG (talk) 10:25, 24 October 2017 (UTC)

:{{re|FrB.TG}} I have hopefully resolved your remaining comments, Frank.  — Ssven2 Looking at you, kid 10:56, 24 October 2017 (UTC)

  • Support on prose. – FrB.TG (talk) 13:27, 24 October 2017 (UTC)

:{{re|FrB.TG}} Thank you, Frank. Your thoughts and comments are greatly appreciated.  — Ssven2 Looking at you, kid 14:28, 24 October 2017 (UTC)

::No problem. I would appreciate some comments on the FLC of Beyonce videography (which has stalled) although I appreciate that it might not be of interest to you. – FrB.TG (talk) 20:37, 24 October 2017 (UTC)

:::{{re|FrB.TG}} Not that it wouldn't be of interest to me. I'm on a break from reviewing anything now as per my talk page statement. Hope everything pans out well with your FLC.  — Ssven2 Looking at you, kid 09:44, 25 October 2017 (UTC)

;Comment from BeatlesLedTV

  • My only comment or concern is I think the year column should be centered. However, most of the other filmography featured lists don't have the year column centered so if you don't want to I think you'll be just fine.

Support – My comment is very minor so I'll support now. Great job! BeatlesLedTV (talk) 21:20, 5 November 2017 (UTC)

:{{re|BeatlesLedTV}} Thank you, BeatlesLedTV. Your thoughts and comments are greatly appreciated.  — Ssven2 Looking at you, kid 10:57, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

  • Source review – All of the references appear to be to reliable sources, and the link-checker shows no problems. While the references are generally well-formatted, there are a couple of minor issues that should be looked at. First, reference 15 has some improper all caps in the title that need to be fixed. Second, a couple of the full book cites have 10-digit ISBN numbers, when 13-digit numbers are the preferred style. There are ISBN converters you can search for online that will find the 13-digit numbers for you and make this easy to resolve. Giants2008 (Talk) 21:08, 8 November 2017 (UTC)

:{{re|Giants2008}} Thank you, Giants2008. I have resolved your queries. Your thoughts and comments are greatly appreciated.  — Ssven2 Looking at you, kid 09:30, 9 November 2017 (UTC)

::I'd say this source review is a pass, in that case. Giants2008 (Talk) 23:01, 9 November 2017 (UTC)

;Source review

One issue where the publisher looked like the url (DBSJeyaraj.com, not dbsjeyaraj.com), but the rest is fine and I just did it myself. Promoted. --PresN 22:10, 10 November 2017 (UTC)

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