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Sri Lankan Civil War

I just wanted to point out a few things about your last edit on the Sri Lankan civil war:

- first of you, typed <br in the infobox so you have broken the article in that place. Will you please correct that because I am not a registered user and can not edit a protected article

- second, you typed the number of Tigers killed after 2006, it should say after 2007 not 2006, will you please correct that as well, thank you

- third, why did you remove the sourced (referenced) number of overall 80,000 dead from the infobox? An overall number of killed in the war should be put in the infobox even if that other user reasond there is no need because it is already mentioned according to him. So will you please, reinsert that, thank you

- and fourth, you are asking about the 2,685 number, six sources have been given, which you have removed now (which I think you shouldn't have done), when you sum up the numbers of dead in those sources you get 2,685, now please don't yell at me about that Original Research violation, this number based on these numbers was agreed upon among myself user Watchdogb and several other editors more than six months ago, but if you still won't reinsert the 2,695 number that I ask you to please at least reinsert the reference (you deleted) which says that more than 2,500 have been killed since the start of last year (I don't know how you missed it since you said you read all of the references, the reference is [1]) and if you are still open for compromise over the references put 2,600 instead of 2,500 with the addition of this one more reference Srilanka Assessment 2007 which states the individual numbers of dead for the years of 2002 through 2005 (which is exactly 100), hope you make these edits.

In case it will pass several days for you to get this message I will post a message on the discussion page of the article to make a request to make these edits, hope you won't revert them before discussing. Thanks, cheers, and Happy New Year since it's coming up. Bye. 89.216.235.147 (talk) 01:29, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

Is this source acceptable?

I just noticed that tamilnet is being used as a reference for the number of SLA casualties here. Is this accepted as a reliable source? I was under the impression that information like this are not sourced from websites directly related to the parties invloved since they are bound to be biased, aren't they? Chamal ^talk 01:59, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

lanka dissent

Hi snowolf,
I started the whole thread because I myself would not know how to qualify LD in the schema of classes of sources. If you just say "use pro-government" or "anti-government" or any other qualification, that would probably be OK. I found the website quite informative (while it was there), and less clearly biased than some other Lankan publications, but that is of course my personal impression. I suppose that wikipedians with a more thorough knowledge of the Sri Lankan society can detect the biases more easily, which is what I was asking for. I am just trying to understand parts of the Sri Lankan political landscape. So, LD is close to SLFP-M, which is kind of against Rajapaksa, probably also against LTTE, and also against UNP? I must say that I find the frequent reorganizations of Sri Lankan parties very confusing... To cut it short, could you just reply what you believe the political goals of LD are/were? Thank you. Jasy jatere (talk) 00:12, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

thank you for the long reply. I agree with everything you say, and find the closing statement a very viable solution. Jasy jatere (talk) 15:46, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

Welcome to WikiProject Sri Lanka Reconciliation!

Thank you for your application, which has been unanimously accepted. We at WikiProject Sri Lanka Reconciliation are very happy to add you to our member list, and we are looking forward to seeing you in our project area more often. Thanks and Welcome once again! Watchdogb (talk) 19:40, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

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in control of majority area

Thanks for the good work with the commander list. One thing to point out is, 'in control of majority area' is a better term rather than 'driven out'. For example see [this] and [this]. -Iross1000 (talk) 21:44, 23 January 2009 (UTC).

improvement of LTTE intro

I am sure you know about the definitions of WP:MINOR, and you agree that [edit] does not fall under this definition. This is a bit unfortunate, given the delicate nature of the topic. I have undone your edit, not only because it was wrongly marked as minor, but I have modified your editJasy jatere (talk) 18:14, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Snowolf, please refrain from personal attacks, such as "your silly games" when refering to my quoting WP policy. This is unconstructive. Jasy jatere (talk) 18:27, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

my alleged ignorance of policy does not give you the right to be incivil. Not too sure what you want to show with that link BTW. I have nothing against your edits in particular, minor or not. If you just check the box for edits which are indeed minor, there is no problem.

please read Wikipedia:MINOR#When_to_mark_an_edit_as_minor, and the following section, which would apply to your marking as minor your most recent revert.

OK, sorry for that one Jasy jatere (talk) 18:55, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

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Thank you for archiving

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Mahinda Rajapaksa

Im afraid what you think can be considered as POV. If we dont back these trivial facts with refs how can we remove controversial claims by other that are trying to put them on this page. I am reverting them. Time was given since the cites were requested and removal. If you think these are accurate I see no problem in you readding them, if you could add them with refs. And another issue I see in this article is that most of the sources are partisan sources, we should find more independent ones. Please dont forget we should make a article that is encyclopedic and would be taken seriously. Cheers Cossde (talk) 05:51, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

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wording of LTTE intro

There is currently a discussion taking place on the LTTE talk page which could profit from a pro-SL point of view. I suspect you are busy in RL, but leaving the talk page to one pro-LTTE person and two "neutrals" (as far as neutrality exists, that is) does not seem a good course of affairs either. So, please drop by if you find the time Jasy jatere (talk) 12:51, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Sri Lanka

I have reversed your deletion but added few bits which I believe make that section more balanced. If you are not happy with this amendment, then I will not reverse it until consensus is reached through discussion. Please make a reply to the comment I made in the talk page. Vapour (talk) 11:32, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

Article naming on the Mount Pedro article

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Assistance with the BIA article

Good day, I just want to ask you for your assistance regarding an issue i discussed about on the BIA talk page. Please refer to my posting regarding the [edit] links. Cheers. Pilotofthefuture1 (talk) 14:23, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

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Sinhalese People page edit war

Two users keep deleting entire passages in the Genetic Studies section claiming that my sources are not verifiable. My sources are the most detailed of the entire genetic studies section and they are studies conducted by the University of Stanford. Need your help to stop the vandalism and edit war. Edwards Scholar (talk) 17:35, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

Dress You Up

Could you post this file for deletion? 150px it was used on the virgin tour page. A file showing the singer during the tour is already used but some user keeps reverting it and ading his file. Alecsdaniel (talk) 20:38, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

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Vandalism

Hello machan how have you been? Hey could you check out this users edits, he has been adding and removing information which seems to be with a racial intent on the articles related to the northern regions of Sri Lanka such as Northern Province, Sri Lanka ‎, Mannar District and others. I have told him to stop vandalising the page but he continues, and has used unreliable sources like this [2], he also seems to be a member of WikiProject Sri Lanka. I have also told him to explain his edits on the talk page before he edits the article, and it is turning into a edit war. Could you please tell this person to stop his vandalism and follow the proper wikipedia protocaol. Thanks Blackknight12 (talk) 06:39, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

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Talk humbly

Can u explain what unsourced material i added to Srilanka, also please behave urself and talk politely here..... its not Sri Lanka to threaten the others... okay...--BlueLankan 20:55, 4 August 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by BlueLankan (talk • contribs)

Sri Lanka

Hello, Have you seen the this edit and others by User:Hemanshu. Seems to be this guy has a history of disruptive edits. I found those statements are sourced by this site. Believing you wrote the original text, I suggest detagging and restoring to previous state. Agree?--Chanaka L (talk) 05:57, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

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Hello

Hey, how have you been? Its been a long time since you have edited regularly, just wondering why that would be? Anyway WikiProject Sri Lanka could use a valued member like you again, things have been getting slow lately, hope you'l come back to edit. Take care--Blackknight12 (talk) 05:29, 28 November 2009 (UTC)

Sri Lanka Reconciliation WikiProject

Please see an important notice at WT:SLR#Should we close down this project? — Sebastian 08:23, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

Sri Lankan presidential election, 2010

[3] Yes, I know he has more than 50%, but without the official result we can't really say he has won. There is an indication that he's winning, and that's what the media is reporting. That's not the same as the official result saying he has won. What's your hurry? ≈ Chamal ^talk ¤ 08:35, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

Etisalat (Sri Lanka)

Hi, Will you be making the page a stub? As soon as I find reliable & good third party sources I will improve it. So far only Tigo stuff is there. Thanks. csesl (talk) 15:45, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. csesl (talk) 15:50, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

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Wave

Just a friendly wavehowl from a fellow polar wolf ;-) Snowolf ^{How can I help?} 10:30, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

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TamiNet citations

Please stop removing TamilNet citations. According to WP:SLR TN is a Qualified Source "which fulfills WP:RS".

There have been a number of attempts (which you have taken part in) to classify TN as an unreliable source (Wikipedia talk:Identifying_reliable sources/Archive 14#What kind of a source is Tamilnet?, Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive255#Removal of RS sources, Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive264#Allegations of state terrorism in Sri_Lanka. Each attempt has failed as neutral editors have concluded that TN is a WP:RS.

You may not like TN nor want it mentioned in a prominent article. That does not give you a right to remove TN citations unilaterally without any discussion or courtesy for other editors.--obi2canibe^{talk contr} 21:59, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

It is a qualified source, so when citing controversal facts, one has to say according to Tamilnet. Kanatonian (talk) 17:51, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

The citations were for non-controversial facts therefore adding "Pro-rebel Tamilnet reported" would be ridiculous. We should use some common sense, not blindly apply what has been agreed in WP:SLR across all articles. Besides, with end of the civil war the term "pro-rebel" is redundant. Removing the TamilNet citations would in some cases leave the Daily News and MahindaRajapaska.com as the only source. These two can hardly be called unbiased. The Daily News, as you say here, is "often biased, but they don't make up fake news". The same could be said about TamilNet. Some TamilNet articles are biased but most, such as in this case, are reliable. That's why the world's leading media organisations use them as a source. Anyone with some nous should be able to differentiate between what's reliable and what's not. We should judge each TamilNet article individually, not condemn every TamilNet article as biased, unreliable or pro-rebel.--obi2canibe^{talk contr} 19:15, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

Clearly we're not going to agree on this. I go back to my first point: TamilNet is WP:RS. Neutral editors have repeatedly concluded this. I don't believe that TamilNet is on any official Wikipedia "blacklist". I don't believe that such a list even exists.--obi2canibe^{talk contr} 14:43, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

PTGTE

Thanks for correcting, me . I am new to wiki myself. But its clearly not neutral to call a democratic organization as 'remnants of LTTE' . Its op sided GOSL analysis, substantiated with what ? Indian media. The article is about PTGTE and not LTTE. Please remember that. Anyhow the first para does mention that The PTGTE has been called a "ploy to perpetuate terrorism" by the government of Sri Lanka.

None of my edits removed that . Lets leave it at that. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Truthtriumph (talk • contribs) 07:36, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

New article

International Indian Film Academy Awards (IIFA) 2010 : Colombo - Sri Lanka

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Sinhala Wikipedia

Are you active in Sinhala Wikipedia ? There was a poll for a new admin in Sinhala wikipedia. Haven't noticed any response from you in that poll. You are listed as an inactive admin there? Your user page also seems to be vandalized.

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Bandaranaike International Airport

Hi there, could you please revert/change all these edits by an IP as they are not per project guidlines and are unsouced. Thanks, —Abhishek ^{Talk to me} 15:25, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

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SriLankan Airlines destinations

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Dr. Shirani A. Bandaranayake

Hi,

Thanks for the encouragement. Yes, she is the 43rd, this was verified by her personally. Also, I would upload more info and images as and when they become available.

The information I entered earlier was edited/deleted stating copywrite infringement with www.supremecourt.lk. However, the information on the site in question was provided by me to the admin. They have taken it from the Wikipedia page. I mentioned this in a reedit I did today. I would be grateful if you could undo any deletion of such mass chunks of information. I can verify that the details are accurate.

Thanks for all the assistance and getting the ball rolling :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mojomentalist (talk • contribs) 13:27, 22 May 2011 (UTC)

Hey

Hey long time no see, how are you doing?

I think you might find this article a little funny, Kudiramalai, have a look at it as well as some of the user's other articles.

Good to see you back. :)--Blackknight12 (talk) 11:34, 25 August 2011 (UTC)

Sri Lanka

Hey, there is a discussion at the Dispute resolution noticeboard on the Sri Lanka article.--Blackknight12 (talk) 15:13, 12 October 2011 (UTC)

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Flag of Sri Lanka - History

Dear Sir/Madam,

please note that the part under the paragraph History you have mentioned the arrival of Vijaya from India as 486 BC.

But according to the chronicles the year is to be 543 BC.

Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 61.245.173.253 (talk) 05:46, 13 August 2014 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Kumaran Pathmanadan.jpg

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Moving Burma to Myanmar - new 2015 poll

You participated in a Burma RM in the past so I'm informing you of another RM. I hope I didn't miss anyone. New move attempt of Burma>Myanmar Fyunck(click) (talk) 09:02, 7 August 2015 (UTC)

Rajkumar Kanagasingam

Some time ago you participated at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rajkumar Kanagasingam. As the article has recently been recreated, and nominated again for deletion, you are invited to participate in the new discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rajkumar Kanagasingam (2nd nomination). —Psychonaut (talk) 10:49, 24 October 2015 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!

Hi,
You appear to be eligible to vote in the current Arbitration Committee election. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to enact binding solutions for disputes between editors, primarily related to serious behavioural issues that the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the ability to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate, you are welcome to review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. For the Election committee, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:07, 23 November 2015 (UTC)

Asian 10,000 Challenge invite

Hi. The Wikipedia:WikiProject Asia/The 10,000 Challenge has recently started, based on the UK/Ireland Wikipedia:The 10,000 Challenge and Wikipedia:WikiProject Africa/The 10,000 Challenge. The idea is not to record every minor edit, but to create a momentum to motivate editors to produce good content improvements and creations and inspire people to work on more countries than they might otherwise work on. There's also the possibility of establishing smaller country or regional challenges for places like South East Asia, Japan/China or India etc, much like Wikipedia:The 1000 Challenge (Nordic). For this to really work we need diversity and exciting content and editors from a broad range of countries regularly contributing. At some stage we hope to run some contests to benefit Asian content, a destubathon perhaps, aimed at reducing the stub count would be a good place to start, based on the current Wikipedia:WikiProject Africa/The Africa Destubathon which has produced near 200 articles in just three days. If you would like to see this happening for Asia, and see potential in this attracting more interest and editors for the country/countries you work on please sign up and being contributing to the challenge! This is a way we can target every country of Asia, and steadily vastly improve the encyclopedia. We need numbers to make this work so consider signing up as a participant! Thank you. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 02:59, 21 October 2016 (UTC)

Wikimedia Community User Group Sri Lanka

Dear Snowolfd4, Thank you for your contributions to the Wikimedia Projects. As an editor from Sri Lanka, you are warmly invited to join the official Wikimedia Community User Group Sri Lanka and to subscribe to its mailing list, Wikimedia-LK. The user group currently includes volunteers from Wikipedia and other projects, from the English, Sinhala, and Tamil speaking communities. It is the Wikimedia-approved platform for editors from Sri Lanka to enable wider collaboration, for both online and offline projects. With your support, we hope to organize cross-project content improvement drives as part of online projects, as well as organize in-person edit-a-thons, training sessions, photowalks, and other such activities, in the near future. The ultimate goal(s) of these initiatives is to improve the overall coverage and quality of topics relating to Sri Lanka, as well as encourage new editors to join the Wikimedia community, while simultaneously empowering and retaining our existing team of editors. There are no mandatory obligations for members who choose join the community, other than the usual editing rules for online projects, and the friendly space policy for in-person projects. You may also (or instead) subscribe to the mailing list, where any member could initiate discussions with volunteers across projects, notify members of events and meetings, stay up to date with competitions, organize your own events, and so on. See you on board, and Happy Editing!

Rehman 08:53, 29 July 2017 (UTC)

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Nomination for merging of Template:Infobox militant organization

Template:Infobox militant organization has been nominated for merging with Template:Infobox war faction. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you. PPEMES (talk) 14:37, 19 March 2020 (UTC)