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DYK for Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Modern Technologies

On 31 March 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Modern Technologies, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Modern Technologies is the home to the largest optical telescope in Sri Lanka? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Modern Technologies.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Panyd^{The muffin is not subtle} 00:04, 31 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the cup of tea.

Astronomyinertia - Thanks for giving me a cup of tea for reviewing your DYK article. I recently wrote my second article that I submitted for DYK: Template:Did you know nominations/Robert Hiester Montgomery . I spent a lot of time researching and writing this article. Time has passed and it has not moved onto the front page. Maybe it is because it got a qualified recommendation. Could you find it in your heart to look over the article and give it a stronger recommendation, if you think it deserves it? Thanks, GroveGuy (talk) 04:04, 31 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewed the article. Seems very interesting to me. Definitely a pass!:) I was thinking whether to add "world's largest accounting firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers.." to the ALT1 but didn't proceed, thinking that it would add an element of bias to the hook. ASTRONOMYINERTIA (TALK) 11:29, 31 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

And I thank you for giving a recommendation to my article. It finally made it to the front page, undoubtably thanks to you! GroveGuy (talk) 03:05, 8 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Dispute resolution survey

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April 2012

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Sockpuppet investigation involving you

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DYK for 1989 Temple of the Tooth attack

On 21 April 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article 1989 Temple of the Tooth attack, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Temple of the Tooth, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Sri Lanka that houses the relic of the tooth of the Buddha, was attacked twice; first in 1989 and then in 1998? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Orlady (talk) 00:04, 21 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for 1998 Temple of the Tooth attack

On 21 April 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article 1998 Temple of the Tooth attack, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Temple of the Tooth, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Sri Lanka that houses the relic of the tooth of the Buddha, was attacked twice; first in 1989 and then in 1998? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Orlady (talk) 00:05, 21 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

"Sri Lanka Demographics" arbitration case declined

Please be advised that the "Sri Lanka Demographics" arbitration case, to which you were named as a party, has been declined. On behalf of the arbitration committee, Lankiveil ^{(speak to me)} 04:56, 22 April 2012 (UTC).[reply]

DYK for Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka)

On 18 May 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Government Gazette (1802) and Sunday Observer (1834) are the oldest newspapers in Sri Lanka? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:18, 18 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for The Sri Lanka Gazette

On 18 May 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article The Sri Lanka Gazette, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Government Gazette (1802) and Sunday Observer (1834) are the oldest newspapers in Sri Lanka? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:19, 18 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

DYK nomination of Angampora

Hello, Astronomyinertia. I have reviewed your nomination of Angampora, but there is an outstanding issue. Could you please look again at your nomination and then let me know when it is ready to be reviewed again? Thank you. Moonraker (talk) 15:29, 22 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

We have a new problem with this expanded article, as Nikkimaria has found some very close paraphrasing from a source, and that is a likely copyright violation. Of course, it may be material which was already there when you started your expansion, but it all needs to be cleaned up. Can you please check for all such passages and rewrite them to deal with this problem? Regards, Moonraker (talk) 03:10, 24 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

DYK issue

An issue has been raised at Template:Did you know nominations/Uthayan. SL93 (talk) 17:57, 23 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Uthayan

On 26 May 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Uthayan, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that Uthayan is the only newspaper in Jaffna which did not cease publication during the Sri Lankan Civil War, amid numerous attacks and threats? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Uthayan. If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:04, 26 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Angampora

On 29 May 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Angampora, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Angampora (pictured), a martial art native to Sri Lanka which incorporates pressure point attacks, was banned by the British who gained control of the island in the early 19th century? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Angampora.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Carabinieri (talk) 00:03, 29 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

You did fantastic work on this article, Astronomyinertia. Thank you. --Vejvančický (talk | contribs) 14:17, 3 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks:) ASTRONOMYINERTIA (TALK) 14:59, 3 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Cheena di

Just saw your work here; great article :). In light of the awesome contributions, as seen here and evidenced above, I'm granting you the "autopatrolled" userright, signifying that your new articles are of high enough quality not to require any kind of check or review. We've got 80,000 editors and only 4,000 autopatrollers; keep up the good work! Ironholds (talk) 03:58, 8 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

A cupcake for you!

You must be hungry after working on List of international cricket centuries by Kumar Sangakkara? Do you think it meets the FL criteria? Dipankan ^{(Have a chat?)} 06:32, 11 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks!! I am trying to upgrade it to the FL status. But it needs more eyes to iron out possible glitches. Can you please look into the article, especially the prose section? ASTRONOMYINERTIA (TALK) 08:52, 11 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Would you like to fix the article 2012 LinkedIn hack? Dipankan ^{(Have a chat?)} 10:36, 12 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Uthayan

Thanks for your DYK nomination and doing the necessary bits to qualify.--obi2canibe^{talk contr} 19:28, 11 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Talkback

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Dipankan ^{(Have a chat?)} 06:32, 12 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

List of Pakistan Twenty20 International cricketers

Wikipedia:Peer review/List of Pakistan Twenty20 International cricketers/archive1 needs your help for improvements. Zia Khan 20:27, 12 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

List of Sri Lanka Twenty20 International cricketers FLC

Hi, since you already have a FLC process going on I suggest you to withdraw the new one. —Vensatry _{(Ping me)} 16:08, 15 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Is there a requirement to do so? I was not aware of that. If so, I'll withdraw the latest nomination. Thanks for notifying. ASTRONOMYINERTIA (TALK) 16:10, 15 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding PD-Sri Lanka Template

Hello Astronomyinertia...I stand corrected on the issue of PD-Sri lanka Template.Under the template that stated "Photographic works or applied art: 25 years from the making of the work." I uploaded some photographs based on the terms and condition mentioned herein. However, this template has been amended, by you, to read as "Photographic works or applied art: During the life of the author and 70 years after his death."

Given the above, I will now have to delete a certain amount of photographs.

Deletion of photographs that come under the earlier template purview includes...(please refer below)

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Young_Denzil_Kobbekaduwa.jpg

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sunil_Santha_%281915-1981%29.jpg

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mahagama_Sekera_%281929-1976%29.jpg

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portrait_Of_Most_Venerable_Narada_Maha_Thera_%281898-1983%29.jpg

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Most_Venerable_Narada_Maha_Thera_%281898-1983%29.jpg

However certain works, I presume,falls under the purview of "laws and decisions of courts and administrative bodies:No copyright." What is your opinion on this?...(please refer below)

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Don_Richard_Wijewardana_%281886-1950%29.jpg

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Patrick_De_Silva_Kularatna_%281893-1976%29.jpg

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Martin_Wickramasingha_%281890-1976%29.jpg

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gunapala_Piyasena_Malalasekera_%281899-1973%29.jpg

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sir_William_Ivor_Jennings_%281903-1965%29.jpg

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Professor_Senarath_Paranavithana_%281896-1972%29.jpg

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Professor_Seneka_Bibile_%281920-1977%29.jpg

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Don_Alwin_Rajapaksa_%281905-1967%29.jpg

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dudley_Senanayaka_%281911-1973%29.jpg

This will affect the “30 Sinhalese People” montage as well.

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:30_Sinhalese_People.png

What should I do now,let me know your idea on this issue please,Thanks in advance MediaJet (talk) 10:49, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I think the photographic works belong to a category of their own. To me, these images have nothing to do with Laws and decisions of courts and administrative bodies. But we can use some of these images under the fair use rationale. Since you are working with images quite often, please read that policy and familiarize yourself. Here is a list of copyright tags to claim fair use. I find this tag quite useful for historic-subjects that are practically impossible to represent with free images (example). Right now, I'm little too busy to check these images individually. But I will see as soon as possible. ASTRONOMYINERTIA (TALK) 18:17, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

List of Pakistan Twenty20 International cricketers

Please have your comments at Wikipedia:Peer review/List of Pakistan Twenty20 International cricketers/archive1. Zia Khan 11:55, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for not being able to comment on your peer review. Since I'm little too busy these days with stuff in my real life, I won't be able to make anything but most urgent edits until next Sunday (at least). Nevertheless, I see that you've got some great reviews from very experienced editors, which would help a lot. I'll try my best to make some contributions when I get some time to breathe. Btw, thanks again for commenting on Sangakkara's FLC:) ASTRONOMYINERTIA (TALK) 16:41, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Articles for deletion

Hello, could your opinion on this, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/National Anthem of Northern Province.--Blackknight12 (talk) 06:13, 25 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Talkback

Hello, Astronomyinertia. You have new messages at Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of international cricket centuries by Kumar Sangakkara/archive1.
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There are some issues which require your help. Your help is most welcome. Dipankan ^{(Have a chat?)} 16:14, 27 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

My previous Changes to the Angampora Page

The changes I've made a knowingly and which were not angampora stuffs. one information is Velayudaya. Vel or Velayudaya is a type of Hella not a weopon what some fake teachers mentioned in some references who are originally chenadi teachers.

http://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%9A%E0%B6%BD%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%94%E0%B6%B0%E0%B6%BA

Also you have removed angampora.info weblink I've put. And other chinadi stuffs. I have proofs for what I'm talking. So please reply with your reason to undo.

--Angam 12:38, 2 July 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Angampora (talk • contribs)

Hmm. Going through your comments, I feel that you are quite knowledgeable of the subject. But the thing is, we can't take your word for fact because all the facts, figures, lists presented in a Wikipedia article should be reliably sourced with suitable references. That a core policy here, that you cannot bypass. In general, an article in another Wikipedia (Sinhala Wikipedia in this case) is not considered as a good source for an article in English Wikpedia. I couln't find reliable sources (RS) in the Sinhala Wikipedia article either. You can help improve the Angampora article by adding content with RS that I may have missed. Btw, I don't have the slightest idea which form/tradition of Angampora is the purest. You may not agree with guys who are promoting the art at Angampora.org on technical grounds, but don't remove the content attributed to them. Instead, please help improve the article, pointing out differences between the competing traditions, since both traditions claim to represent the same art. Your contributions in this field are most welcome. Thank you. ASTRONOMYINERTIA (TALK) 14:57, 2 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Got it. I will make some changes to the page without removing their things. But I Need world to understand that there are conflicts and the truth is far away from prevailing fake. The words like Velayudaya is the well known word to sri lankans. They can't fool the whole world. This is not angry. But we need world to know the real art not the fake representation. I think you will help me to develop the english wikipedia stuffs with real facts. --Angam 08:17, 4 July 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Angampora (talk • contribs)

I'm waiting to see your contributions to the article. Again, finding good source(s) is the key. ASTRONOMYINERTIA (TALK) 16:38, 9 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

List of international cricket centuries by Kumar Sangakkara

I'll see what I can do, but it may not be today or tomorrow. Bencherlite ^Talk 06:37, 3 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

	The Teamwork Barnstar
	Thanks for collaborating and promoting the article List of international cricket centuries by Kumar Sangakkara to a FL. Absolutely brilliant work. Dipankan ^{(Have a chat?)} 05:59, 7 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thumbs up! Thank you too Dipankan:) That was a great effort. And much of the thanks also goes to Bencherlite. ASTRONOMYINERTIA (TALK) 19:41, 7 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

A pleasure, and thanks for the barnstar. Congratulations on the FL! Bencherlite ^Talk 08:45, 9 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

AFD

Hello, I would like to hear your opinion on this: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/History of Sri Lanka: pre-Colonial era (500 BC – 1505 AD). :)--Blackknight12 (talk) 17:32, 10 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Sort order

Since no one answered your help desk question, try asking at WP:VPT.— Vchimpanzee · talk · contributions · 18:40, 13 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I've already asked it at VPT. ASTRONOMYINERTIA (TALK) 15:04, 14 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

News relating to your VPT enquiry last month:

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Thanks for notifying. ASTRONOMYINERTIA (TALK) 15:42, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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	Thank you for the awesome article Ridi Viharaya! Zanhe (talk) 17:52, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks!:) ASTRONOMYINERTIA (TALK) 04:59, 5 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Ridi Viharaya

On 5 August 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Ridi Viharaya, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Ridi Viharaya (pictured), a Buddhist cave temple in Sri Lanka, was built by Dutthagamani of Anuradhapura in gratitude that the cave's silver helped him achieve one of his dreams? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ridi Viharaya. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Graeme Bartlett (talk) 00:02, 5 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Undoing my Edits

first of all refer the last page of http://www.doenets.lk/exam/docs/ebooks/Symposium-2011-new.pdf. You better decide how much fair to say that you "dominated the Central province in GCE O/L and A/L examinations during this period." (Think twice... What ever your faith it is wrong to hide the truth. If the truth degrades you, atleast let don`t speak of it. Let it remain as it is.) Next regarding Hon. William Gopallawa. He was not in yours school(middle school) for more than three years. Still you tend to say that he was one of your old members. You have a funny way of counting your alumni. When someone comes to you from another institute you call him as one of yours (which is alright). Even someone leaves you and join another still you call him as one of you. What I have to say as my conclution is same as before. Therefore it leaves me a question whether any of my above edits need to be reverted? I admit my fault in making some text bold and underlined to give prominence. Still I don`t see any ethical violation because the words your people have used (for example - premier) could give a wrong impression unless they accompany the words which I made prominent. There fore I reverted your edit and removed my bold markings and underline markings and saved the rest. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Correctbymyself (talk • contribs) 19:22, 28 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Please refer to the definition of "Alumnus" at Merriam-Webster and Macmillan Dictionary. They clearly define alumnus as "a person who has attended or has graduated from a particular school, college, or university". Further emphasis is unnecessary in sections at which you have edited, especially in the lead section. However I agree with you on the exam results issue. I have copyedited the section removing the peacock terms and reducing the undue positive impression on examination results. ASTRONOMYINERTIA (TALK) 15:28, 29 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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hi sup??? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 61.245.172.58 (talk) 07:01, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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ArbCom elections are now open!

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Proposed deletion of Faculty of Veterinary Medicine & Animal Science, University of Peradeniya

The article Faculty of Veterinary Medicine & Animal Science, University of Peradeniya has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

The coverage (references, external links, etc.) does not seem sufficient to justify this article passing Wikipedia:General notability guideline and the more detailed Wikipedia:Notability (companies) requirement. If you disagree and deprod this, please explain how it meets them on the talk page here in the form of "This article meets criteria A and B because..." and ping me back through WP:ECHO or by leaving a note at User talk:Piotrus. Thank you.

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Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 09:59, 23 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Merger discussion for 1990 massacre of Sri Lankan Police officers

An article that you have been involved in editing—1990 massacre of Sri Lankan Police officers—has been proposed for merging with another article. If you are interested, please participate in the merger discussion. Thank you. Dan arndt (talk) 03:41, 29 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Wikimedia Community User Group Sri Lanka

Dear Astronomyinertia,

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!

Reh man 01:02, 29 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned non-free image File:Sri Lanka Eye Donation Society Logo.jpg

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Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 13:45, 13 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

TFL notification

Hi, Astronomyinertia. I'm just posting to let you know that List of international cricket centuries by Kumar Sangakkara – a list that you have been heavily involved with – has been chosen to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured list for October 5. The TFL blurb can be seen here. If you have any thoughts on the selection, please post them on my talk page or at TFL talk. Regards, Giants2008 (Talk) 22:23, 14 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Ranasinghe Premadasa portrait

Hi, I was wondering if it would be possible to add the portrait of R. Premadasa to List of presidents of Sri Lanka page? Killswitch 125 22:59, 9 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned non-free image File:Ranasinghe Premadasa.jpg

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