Talk:Ladakh

Infobox images

Template:Photomontage The Rangdum image of just about half a megapixel (MP) size, from 2011, is a nice composition but horrible quality. When this image was added, there were few images available from the region. That is no longer the case, we now have more than a dozen featured pictures and hundreds of quality images of Ladakh. The Shyok image, while of much bigger size (14MP), is extremely noisy, oversharpened and unbalanced in light and composition.

Only two images are allowed in the infobox per 2019 consensus, but that doesn’t mean they have to be so dismal. I’ve chosen two images of excellent quality and composition—one a featured picture, and the other a quality image—to replace the outdated, unappealing and low quality images. The first image [1] (by Tagooty) is a view of the Himalayan range near Padum (visible in the lower left corner) in west-central Ladakh (district Kargil), which was unanimously elevated to featured picture status earlier this year. The second [2] (by Eatcha) is a 2018 image showing Changthangi goats (well-known for pashmina) near the famous Pangong Lake in east-central Ladakh (district Leh), judged a quality image at commons. The first one is of exceptional quality and the second has high educational value, each from different districts/regions of the territory. If there are any other comparable images, those can be used instead. -- UnpetitproleX (talk) 16:35, 17 October 2024 (UTC)

The photomontage on the right is how they will appear. --UnpetitproleX (talk) 16:42, 17 October 2024 (UTC)

They are nice. Thanks for finding them. -- Kautilya3 (talk) 16:03, 18 October 2024 (UTC)

Hi @UnpetitproleX, can you please share the link to the 2019 infobox consensus discussion for reference purposes? 456legendtalk 01:10, 19 October 2024 (UTC)

I'll try to look for it. If I remember correctly from the last time I read it (I wasn't part of that discussion), it was a narrow consensus reached for the lead paragraphs and infoboxes of J&K, PAJK, GB and Ladakh (this article). UnpetitproleX (talk) 05:31, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

Okay, thank you very much! 456legendtalk 07:45, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

First sentence

Perhaps this has been discussed to death, but is there a possibility of reworking the first sentence? Ladakh is a region administered by India as a union territory and constitutes an eastern portion of the larger Kashmir region that has been the subject of a dispute between India and Pakistan since 1947 and India and China since 1959. This is long and clunky, and the structure of the sentence doesn't exhibit good Parallelism (grammar). It also doesn't say much about the location.

What if it said "...is a region on the edge of the Himalayas administered by India as a union territory. It constitutes..." This is more specific without getting into any political issues, and breaking it into two sentences resolves the length and parallelism problems. 123.243.102.170 (talk) 01:45, 2 January 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 2 January 2025

The section entitled "Language" discusses several languages, including two that are each used by more than 30% of the population. Please rename the section "Languages", i.e. plural. Thank you. 123.243.102.170 (talk) 02:02, 2 January 2025 (UTC)

File:Yes check.svg Done cyberdog958^Talk 09:06, 2 January 2025 (UTC)

edit request

remove the word "exquisite" before shawls, it's editorializing. 173.222.1.143 (talk) 06:10, 12 April 2025 (UTC)