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Featured articleHyderabad is a featured article; it (or a previous version of it) has been identified as one of the best articles produced by the Wikipedia community. Even so, if you can update or improve it, please do so.
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January 2, 2012Peer reviewReviewed
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August 11, 2013Featured article candidatePromoted
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Current status: Featured article

Semi-protected edit request on 26 July 2024

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Hyderabad, initially known as Gollaconda, which was a shepherd hillock, later a mud fort was constructed by Kakatiya Dynesty rulers and from then it is called as Golconda. The mud fort reconstructed with stone by the Qutub Shahi dynesty 2405:201:C012:8043:4506:D9C2:CDDE:3596 (talk) 09:39, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 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. --Ferien (talk) 09:57, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hatnote

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Please make sure the hatnote directly links to Hyderabad, Sindh. That is a city of over 2 million people that is named "Hyderabad"--when people type Hyderabad, they should not have to go to the disambiguation page to find what they were looking for. Red Slash 01:45, 24 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Naming, Toponomy

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The first stanza discusses naming firstly indicated its after Captain Ali Talib (Haydar) Then it goes on to speculate itwas after the supposed title "Haydar Mahal" taken by the founder's wife Only one can be correct and I am pretty sure the the last line is the mistaken legend, the name was after her named Bhag Nagar in the earlier Hindu years, then named "Haider Abad" after the Sultan, it cannot be both since the hindu girl probably lived much him JackDurden01 (talk) 07:51, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The article already explains this. DrKay (talk) 07:58, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 1 April 2025

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Misspelling: affluent -> effluent Change

   This shortage is further exacerbated by inadequately treated affluent discharged from industrial treatment plants polluting the water sources of the city.

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   This shortage is further exacerbated by inadequately treated effluent discharged from industrial treatment plants polluting the water sources of the city. Ixonstater (talk) 14:19, 1 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
 Done Thanks for pointing out the error. RegentsPark (comment) 14:52, 1 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 15 April 2025

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I am very concerned at the erasure of Urdu from this article, which is a very important language in Hyderabad. Could someone please reinstate the Urdu pronunciation at the top. Thank you. April15th (talk) 18:20, 15 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done WP:INDICSCRIPT. DrKay (talk) 19:11, 15 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]