Talk:Burka Avenger

This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the Burka Avenger article.
This is not a forum for general discussion of the article's subject.

Put new text under old text. Click here to start a new topic.
New to Wikipedia? Welcome! Learn to edit; get help.

Article policies

Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

This article is written in Pakistani English, which has its own spelling conventions (colour, realise, travelled) and some terms that are used in it may be different or absent from other varieties of English. According to the relevant style guide, this should not be changed without broad consensus.

This article is rated Start-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale.
It is of interest to the following WikiProjects:

Animation: Asian / Television Low‑importance

	Animation portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Animation, a collaborative effort to build an encyclopedic guide to animation on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, you can edit the article attached to this page, help out with the open tasks, or contribute to the discussion.AnimationWikipedia:WikiProject AnimationTemplate:WikiProject AnimationAnimation
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.
	This article is supported by the Asian animation work group (assessed as Low-importance).
	This article is supported by the Animated television work group (assessed as Low-importance).
	This article lacks sufficient references and adequate inline citations. Once the references are added, please remove the `\|unref=` parameter from this template.
	An editor has requested that an image or photograph be added to this article.

Television Low‑importance

	Television portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Television, a collaborative effort to develop and improve Wikipedia articles about television programs. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page where you can join the discussion. To improve this article, please refer to the style guidelines for the type of work.TelevisionWikipedia:WikiProject TelevisionTemplate:WikiProject Televisiontelevision
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.
	An editor has requested that an image or photograph be added to this article.

Pakistan Low‑importance

	Pakistan portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Pakistan, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Pakistan on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.PakistanWikipedia:WikiProject PakistanTemplate:WikiProject PakistanPakistan
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

A fact from Burka Avenger appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 17 August 2013 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the Burka Avenger is Pakistan's first animated female superhero?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2013/August. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Burka Avenger.

Wikipedia

Reception

Here are the references suggested by Ayso21 to expand and improve the reception section:

6 Lessons Disney Could Learn From Pakistan's 'Burka Avenger'

“We think Disney could learn a thing or two about what a female protagonist should look like from the fearless Burka Avenger.”

Why we need the Burka Avenger

“Burka Avenger meets the local challenges of a nation that struggles with female education and, subsequently, empowerment.”

Don't mess with the lady in black: Pakistan's 'Burka Avenger

“When the world needs a hero, one steps forward.”

BurkaAvenger promotes girl power in Pakistan

“The Urdu-language show premiered Sunday evening to rave reviews in Pakistan for its colourful animation, pro-education message and cross-generational appeal."

BurkaAvenger, Pakistan’s new superhero

"Pakistan’s new superhero makes the hoop-skirted, Prince Charming-obssessed Disney princesses look downright antiquated.She was not born into royalty. She does not obsess about her beauty. And shedefinitely does not want or need to be whisked off on some white horse or magiccarpet.No, Jiya, or the Burka Avenger, istoo busy defending women’s rights and education for all. Now that’s what I call a role model for girls.”

Burka Avenger: Pakistan's cartoon super hero battling for girls' education

“This all sounds a bit worthy to me…..I'm sold!”

These references will be great for devising new language for the reception section. We probably shouldn't use all of the quotes, but could incorporate maybe one or two. I'm open to suggestions for how to change the wording or for what to add. I'm less keen on comparisons to Disney Princesses but like that the WaPo piece referred to her as a role model. Gobōnobō ^c 21:23, 21 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I would like to suggest these changes because the page is right now giving the impression that there has only been criticism about the show, which is not true. The show has been very well received in Pakistan and globally. The show was screened at SOS village in Rawalpindi, where children said that they loved the show and Burka Avenger is a great role model to be. I am based out of Pakistan and working with the Burka Avenger team for their social media management and would like to point out that all of the responses quoted in this article were before the show went on air. It has been on air for a month now and a lot of people are saying its a great way to change perceptions.

Some of these links and quotes can really help to balance out the article and make it more factual/ realistic instead of focusing only on the negative. Burka Avenger has been talked about a lot globally, just a few mentions from negative articles do not really give the whole picture. My request is to include more references and cite in quotes that have appreciated the concept as well. Ayso21 (talk) 11:46, 31 August 2013 (UTC)Ayso21[reply]

Hi Ayso21. Since you work with the Burka Avenger team for their social media management, I'd like to point you towards our conflict of interest guideline. Rewriting the article to erase any negative commentary like you did here comprises the quality of Wikipedia and violates our neutral point of view policy. Gobōnobō ^c 12:31, 1 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I understand Gobonobol which is precisely why I am requesting a wikipedian to make the changes after evaluating the coverage of the show globally. I am not attempting to make any changes myself anymore and I am not even asking you to revert back to the revision I made. I was not aware of the rules and as soon as I was informed, I have asked for help from you. I insist that the Wikipedia page is still giving out a negative perception and if you purpose is to keep it neutral then that is not the case at the moment. I look forward to your response. Ayso21 (talk) 05:49, 2 September 2013 (UTC)Ayso21[reply]

External links modified

Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified 2 external links on Burka Avenger. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:

When you have finished reviewing my changes, please set the checked parameter below to true or failed to let others know (documentation at {{Sourcecheck}}).

This message was posted before February 2018. After February 2018, "External links modified" talk page sections are no longer generated or monitored by InternetArchiveBot. No special action is required regarding these talk page notices, other than regular verification using the archive tool instructions below. Editors have permission to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the RfC before doing mass systematic removals. This message is updated dynamically through the template {{source check}} (last update: 5 June 2024).

If you have discovered URLs which were erroneously considered dead by the bot, you can report them with this tool.
If you found an error with any archives or the URLs themselves, you can fix them with this tool.

Cheers.—InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) 23:06, 10 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

External links modified

Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified 2 external links on Burka Avenger. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:

Corrected formatting/usage for http://www.iemmys.tv/awards_nominees.aspx
Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20160415141558/http://e.thenews.com.pk/newsmag/mag/detail_article.asp?id=8134&magId=11 to http://e.thenews.com.pk/newsmag/mag/detail_article.asp?id=8134&magId=11

When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.

This message was posted before February 2018. After February 2018, "External links modified" talk page sections are no longer generated or monitored by InternetArchiveBot. No special action is required regarding these talk page notices, other than regular verification using the archive tool instructions below. Editors have permission to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the RfC before doing mass systematic removals. This message is updated dynamically through the template {{source check}} (last update: 5 June 2024).

If you have discovered URLs which were erroneously considered dead by the bot, you can report them with this tool.
If you found an error with any archives or the URLs themselves, you can fix them with this tool.

Cheers.—InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) 16:51, 27 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]