Talk:Sasural Simar Ka

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Okay, raise your hand if you thought "Supernatural cast" was a good idea. Never mind, I found it here. It was added by 27.58.25.231 in April 2016. Surely we're not to believe that there are actual ghosts and vampire actors performing roles on this series. So that leaves me to believe that we're talking about supernatural characters, in which case, the sections are irritatingly mislabeled. Per

In this edit I attempted to clean up some of the weird parentheticals in the Cast section. I'll never understand why parentheticals are used instead of regular ol' sentences, but sentences should be used. There are some issues in need of clarification. We have random phrases like "Chand's (moon) Mani" Non-Hindi speakers have no idea what this means. I happen to know that chand = moon, but that still doesn't explain what Moon's Mani means, or how it relates to the character. We are missing context. Contributors seem to be taking for granted that only Hindi-speakers would read this article, but this is the English Wikipedia, and sufficient context must be presented. Since there is an element of the supernatural in the series, I imagine it has something to do with that, but if that's the case, it needs to be explained properly in English before we add the Hindi equivalent. For instance, if the character is a angel or something:

Vindhya Tiwari as Chandramani/Chanda Prem Bharadwaj – Chandramani periodically transforms into an angel of light. Her name, Chandramani means Moon Jewel in English.

Obviously that's just me guessing, but my point is that context needs to be included for our global readership. Imagine if you were unfamiliar with Mexican entertainment and you came across:

Roberto Gómez Bolaños (Chespirito) (Little Shakespeare) as El Chavo (Lad)

You'd be scratching your head wondering what the hell any of that meant. Does Chavo mean Lad? Is Little Shakespeare a character he plays or a nickname? What's Chespirito? Same thing here. We need clarity. There's also the issue of the slashes. Why are there two names separated by a slash for Tiwari? Are these two unique roles, or two personalities she plays? Or just the name and nickname for one person? More thought needs to go into how this is conveyed. Also, per

Other stuff in need of clarification: "Simar's opponent at Hong Kong". What does this mean? By "Hong Kong" do we mean the country? If so, it's unclear why someone would have an opponent in a country. Typically we have opponents in sports matches or other competitions. Is it a company? Again, we're lacking context. It's just words stuffed together. If there was some more information, it would be more clear: "Simar's rival at XYZ corporation after Simar moves to Hong Kong". There's a difference. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 21:09, 16 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The cast section is a hot mess. Per

And, in this edit I had to remove the massive interpretive labels "antagonist", "protagonist", "main female lead", etc. See

This article has suffered a lot of disruptive edits, especially to the plot summary section. Unfortunately they are overlapping and mixed up with legitimate edits, and as the article is under-referenced to begin with, it needs the attention of someone who actually knows something about the subject to clear it up. Kbseah (talk) 19:23, 30 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Kbseah: - Looks like some of it came from this guy, who has been blocked. I'll restore an older version of the plot. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 20:35, 30 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

It also appears some of the North Korea stuff, and the notion of trolling this article is about a year old: Note this article. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 20:43, 30 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for dealing with this, and also for pointing out the article you linked. Who knows, maybe the trolling might have given the scriptwriters some more ideas ;) Cheers, Kbseah (talk) 20:47, 30 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Cyphoidbomb: I tried to clean the Cast section [1]. I think too many characters are listed and it needs further cleanup. Sid95Q (talk) 04:34, 27 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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