Talk:Padparadscha

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Article Grading: The following comments were left by the quality and importance raters: (edit · refresh) This article needs a ton of work in cleaning up. POV Reads like a buying guide by an enthusiast, not an expert - no matter what the content SauliH 02:07, 2 February 2007 (UTC) This was a very interesting article. I was happy to find it and to read it. The author, however, should distinguish between "treatments," which are NOT acceptable and should always be disclosed to the buyer and "enhancement," which are accepted and need be disclosed only if the buyer asks.
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[edit] Wikification

This article reads like an essay to me. We all like essays (don't we?) but that is not what we understand Wikipedia to be about. I like Padparadscha sapphires very much too. There is some good information here that needs to follow the format of the other gemstone articles. Right? T.E. Goodwin 11:42, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

I've been considering cleaning this one up, but there's a problem, there's just not a whole lot of information out there about this color of sapphire. A sentence or two in most gemology books at best. Kinda makes one think that maybe this shouldn't have its own page. What info I have found so far is on the treatment method that has made these stones a bit more common than the current article would indicate. I think the pricing info should go, as even if its accurate- which I highly doubt- its bound to be temporary, and more appropriate to a buying guide than an encyclopedia. --Olneya 00:56, 2 April 2007 (UTC)