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Happy editing! Cheers, Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 05:37, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

Thank you. Kalanishashika (talk) 05:18, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

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TarnishedPath^talk 15:02, 31 May 2024 (UTC)

@TarnishedPath, thank you for letting me know. Please let me know any non-constructive edits I have done. So I can avoid such in the future. Kalanishashika (talk) 15:13, 31 May 2024 (UTC)

Edit war warning

Hi Kalanishashika! I noticed that you have reverted to restore your preferred version of Tamil genocide several times. The impulse to undo an edit you disagree with is understandable, but I wanted to make sure you're aware that the edit warring policy disallows repeated reversions even if they are justifiable.

All editors are expected to discuss content disputes on article talk pages to try to reach consensus. If you are unable to agree at Talk:Tamil genocide, please use one of the dispute resolution options to seek input from others. Using this approach instead of reverting can help you avoid getting drawn into an edit war. Thank you.---Petextrodon (talk) 14:33, 10 June 2024 (UTC)

@Petextrodon, thank you for bringing this to my attention. However I feel that you are equally guilty since you have reverted three times withing a 24 hour period [1], [2], [3]. Kalanishashika (talk) 03:29, 12 June 2024 (UTC)

@Kalanishashika My reverts are within the limits and they were justified as you yourself have now admitted you cited the wrong explanation to support your revert.---Petextrodon (talk) 10:00, 12 June 2024 (UTC)

@Petextrodon, are you saying that what you did was correct? As you may say please show me the Wikipedia policy that says so. Kalanishashika (talk) 14:55, 12 June 2024 (UTC)

Hi both @Kalanishashikaand @PetextrodonI wondered if you might be open to speaking to me about sock-puppet accusations on Wikipedia? I'm not sure how to message Wiki editors though! Margimurphy (talk) 02:05, 16 September 2024 (UTC)

Notice of edit warring noticeboard discussion

Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion involving you at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring regarding a possible violation of Wikipedia's policy on edit warring. Thank you. Petextrodon (talk) 12:02, 12 June 2024 (UTC)

June 2024

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Tamil genocide. This means that you are repeatedly changing content back to how you think it should be although other editors disagree. Users are expected to collaborate with others, to avoid editing disruptively, and to try to reach a consensus, rather than repeatedly undoing other users' edits once it is known that there is a disagreement.

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1. Edit warring is disruptive regardless of how many reverts you have made;
2. Do not edit war even if you believe you are right.

If you find yourself in an editing dispute, use the article's talk page to discuss controversial changes and work towards a version that represents consensus among editors. You can post a request for help at an appropriate noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, it may be appropriate to request temporary page protection. If you engage in an edit war, you may be blocked from editing. With Special:Diff/1230184596, Special:Diff/1230184834 and Special:Diff/1230185235 you've made three reverts within 24 hours. Please be mindful not to violate WP:3RR TarnishedPath^talk 09:59, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

• A series of consecutive edits only counts as one revert, for the purposes of the 3RR rule. Walsh90210 (talk) 15:28, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

  Thank you both for your comments. I was warned of edit waring earlier and there for careful. I didn't think the content changes I did fall under edit waring since I gave exact reasons for newly added content removal. However, I feel Oz346's revert with accusations against me is both disruptive and uncivil. Hope you could look into it. Kalanishashika (talk) 16:26, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

  @Kalanishashika removing sourced material, where the author is a subject matter expert, with edit summaries such as "Removed newly added content since there is no agreement that the source is reliable in RSN" is disruptive. Your subjective view that there was no consensus does not make a source unreliable. Further Wikipedia:WikiProject Sri Lanka Reconciliation/Sources is not the point of truth on whether community consensus determines sources to be reliable or not. Such discussion occur at WP:RSN. Kind Regards, TarnishedPath^talk 04:33, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

  @TarnishedPath, I agree on all points mentioned above. Doesn't Wikipedia:BOLD, revert, discuss cycle state that content that has been added if contested needs to be agreed on and although reliability sourced material needs included with WP:INDISCRIMINATE, relevant information should go to the relevant article. Wikipedia:Verifiability says that the editor who introduce the content needs to prove that the source is reliable, I took the source to RSN and it was not confirmed as a reliable source. I was quoting the Wiki Project since other editors used it to justify other sources used in the article. If you say it's not the point of truth, I am ok with it. However, then we will have to reclassify a lot of sources referred to it. Should we take all of these to RSN? Kalanishashika (talk) 12:01, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

  The WikiProject may be useful insofar as it gives the opinions of some editors, however I'd note that what I saw just from looking at a screen full was a bunch of discussions with extremely limited participation. I don't know that it's particularly useful for determining community consensus. Now at the same time I wouldn't suggest taking every source to WP:RSN because there may be sources which upon a reading of WP:RS the reliability is clear and no one in talk disagrees. Please also note that BRD is an explanatory essay and is not compulsory. The compulsory policies are WP:EPTALK and WP:EW. TarnishedPath^talk 12:53, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

  @TarnishedPath, I agree with you, and have mentioned this in the talk page [4]. So don't want to repeat it here. Kalanishashika (talk) 15:29, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

Notice of Arbitration Enforcement noticeboard discussion

Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a report involving you at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement regarding a possible violation of an Arbitration Committee decision. The thread is Kalanishashika. Thank you.---Petextrodon (talk) 22:11, 5 October 2024 (UTC)

Notice that you are now subject to an arbitration enforcement topic ban

The following topic ban now applies to you:

You are indefinitely topic banned from ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka, broadly construed.

You have been sanctioned as a result of this AE report

This topic ban is imposed in my capacity as an uninvolved administrator under the authority of the Arbitration Committee's decision at Special:Permalink/1219893542#Sri_Lanka_motion#Final decision and, if applicable, the contentious topics procedure. This sanction has been recorded in the log of sanctions. Please read WP:TBAN to understand what a topic ban is. If you do not comply with this topic ban, you may be blocked for an extended period, by way of enforcement of this sanction—and you may also be made subject to further sanctions.

You may appeal this sanction using the process described here. I recommend that you use the arbitration enforcement appeals template if you wish to submit an appeal to the arbitration enforcement noticeboard. You may also appeal directly to me (on my talk page), before or instead of appealing to the noticeboard. Even if you appeal this sanction, you remain bound by it until you are notified by an uninvolved administrator that the appeal has been successful. You are also free to contact me on my talk page if anything above is unclear to you. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 11:58, 11 October 2024 (UTC)

@ScottishFinnishRadish, before I can appeal this, if I wish to do so. Can you please, explain to me the reason for the banding, as in the violation I have done. Kalanishashika (talk) 12:32, 12 October 2024 (UTC)

Reverting to your preferred version without consensus and thereby engaging in slow edit warring. Although you can appeal if you wish, a unanimous consensus of administrators placed this sanction, so it is exceedingly unlikely that an appeal will be successful. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 21:32, 12 October 2024 (UTC)