User talk:Chanakal/Archive 7
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HI there. I represent the Jaffna Stallions. Really Appreciate you trying to stop the misinformation. They keep doing it though, removing Anandan Arnold and putting Brindon Bagirathan on the wiki. It's not just wrong, it's incredibly immoral given the work that Anandan is doing in Sri Lanka. We don't know how to stop it, people have blocked some of us from Wikipedia for trying to tell the truth. Even the media is backing us with multiple citations saying Brindon never was (and will never be) an owner in this team. Can you get in touch with me outside of Wikipedia because for me to edit this page requires me to use someone else's device. You'll notice on the latest changes that you made, the owners are still wrong online 13 and at the end of the article. There are multiple accounts that are doing this, and unfortunately my account got banned permanently from Wikipedia because of these idiots.
Do you have a Twitter I can ping?
DYK for Central Highlands of Sri Lanka
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— Rlevse • Talk • 18:03, 13 August 2010 (UTC)
Re:Image galleries
Quite simply, the English Wikipedia's policies have no bearing on the policies of other Wikipedias. Referencing our policies with regard to other projects doesn't really hold any water (unless, I suppose, they have a policy/guideline that tells you to do so). I'd be inclined to say that the article looks better without them, but that's probably because I'm used to seeing enwp articles without galleries; an argument could easily be made that they are a good thing. Sorry I couldn't be of any more help. J Milburn (talk) 11:27, 20 August 2010 (UTC)
Invitation re Sri Lanka Wiki Project
Thanks Chanaka I have now joined the Wiki Sri Lanka project. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Colomboheat (talk • contribs) 12:12, 22 August 2010 (UTC)
Chanka can you help me with this many years ago I used the previous name but I have now made several contributions over the last few years as Colomboheat. Colomboheat —Preceding undated comment added 10:14, 24 August 2010 (UTC).
Yes I have in the past can they be all fused into one.Colomboheat —Preceding undated comment added 13:09, 24 August 2010 (UTC).
Hellooooo!!
How are you amigo. How is Goodnestone Park? OK? Dr. Blofeld 10:35, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
Perhaps some time you could expand and reference Nuwara Eliya. Shockingly it has no sources!! You're doing a great job on the national parks though. Dr. Blofeld 11:54, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
Yeah we'll get around to that though, right now though we have 11 provinces of Vietnam to complete and I'm unsure whether Nvvchar wants to continue working with me at the moment. It would be good to promote some of your articles to GA I think, Sri Lanka needs more GAs I think. Dr. Blofeld 12:29, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
Hokey dokey. Yala NP we'll take to GA. Incidentally my parents visited there a while ago... Right now though I have a ton of Scottish county locator maps to start amidst my Vietnam provinces.... Dr. Blofeld 12:42, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
Fortunately the map maker already made them to saves me alot of time. I'll look into Yala in a few days after I've worked on those provinces articles. Regards. Dr. Blofeld 13:14, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
Here another that may interest you Zennor Quoit. Dr. Blofeld 16:45, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
Yes that's what I thought. I just salvaged Alghazaleen Tea from speedy. Perhaps you have a source or two to reference it. I was sure it was of some note. Dr. Blofeld 17:52, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
Thanks friend. That's perfect. It now demonstrates notability. Lucky I realised that it was encyclopedia worthy. Dr. Blofeld 09:48, 4 September 2010 (UTC)
dyk credit
Hi - I saw your work on expanding this baby. This DYK credit belongs to you and Testing times. No big deal, but I thought I'd put the record straight. Shiva (Visnu) 04:15, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
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- You too keep up the good work - Sri Lanka is a beautiful and great country and we need to improve its coverage. I'd like to write at least one FA about Sri Lanka. PS - we're gonna beat you tonite (in cricket). Muhahahaha! Shiva (Visnu) 13:05, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
Review request
Thanks for your kind welcome message. Could you please help me with getting these pages reviewed?
There are some issues related to the second page above which I've mentioned in its discussion page, mainly to do with a previous (still existing) page with some major mistakes. The content of the first is mine; the second is not. Thanks! --Foresterr (talk) 05:16, 4 September 2010 (UTC)
- That was quick! Thanks for the review and yes, by the time I had realized (actually, learned - I'm new to these things) it was a move that was needed for the second page, the damage was already done :s Live and learn, I guess. A move request has been made. --Foresterr (talk) 06:13, 4 September 2010 (UTC)
I have updated the Katukurunde Nanananda Thera article significantly, and thought it deserves a C-Class rating. In more ambitious moments I think it's probably B-Class too. Could you be so kind as to do a reality check for me? Many thanks. (Btw, my obsession with this article is due to a huge debt of gratitude I owe to that Venerable Thera.) --Foresterr (talk) 13:04, 5 September 2010 (UTC)
- Stupidly marked the above request a minor edit. Took me a while to realize what they really are, even after the explicit link to an explanation. Just adding this to make sure you'd get a notification, in case you'd set to ignore minor edits. --Foresterr (talk) 14:10, 5 September 2010 (UTC)
- Thank you for the kind comments. Vanity got the best of me there regarding the self-assessment: I knew it wasn't an advisable thing to do. I guess the article will have to remain C-Class (which I still think is justified) as the Venerable Thera opposes to his picture being taken (he, being just skin and bones, once pointed out a skeleton to one requester and asked her to take a photo of that instead), and I'm not sure about the copyright status of the one photo found online. I would honour his wish anyway and keep the article photo-less. Thanks for pointing out the Buddhism in Sri Lanka template. --Foresterr (talk) 05:06, 6 September 2010 (UTC)
- Thanks for the DYK reminder. I've nominated the article under September 5 as that's when it was finalized, although the work started on the 2nd.
- Regarding the requested move for Ven. Nanarama Mahathera, I'm OK with the content replacement as the edits are minor and can be redone. The article is in need of some serious overhaul anyway :S I see that almost all the Pali names in the bios are anglicized and not in Roman Pali, so it would be best for consistency to have the names without diacritics. This is also better for general web searches as a google search for nanarama would not show up a Ñāṇārama page, I guess (or does a redirect take care of that?). We can state the name in its full diacritical glory in the lead section, as has been done for Katukurunde Nanananda Thera. --Foresterr (talk) 06:18, 7 September 2010 (UTC)
- The Katukurunde Nanananda Thera page got in to DYK. Thanks for your kind help! --Foresterr (talk) 01:43, 14 September 2010 (UTC)
See Wikipedia_talk:Did_you_know#File:Maduru_Oya_National_Park.jpg — Rlevse • Talk • 14:52, 4 September 2010 (UTC)
DYK for Somawathiya National Park
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DYK for Flood Plains National Park
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DYK for Maduru Oya National Park
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— Rlevse • Talk • 18:02, 6 September 2010 (UTC)
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| You are still at it, and it is still appreciated. :) Moonriddengirl (talk) 18:06, 15 September 2010 (UTC) |
- Moonriddengirl, Thanks very much for the award and the encouragement. Regards--Chanaka L (talk) 01:51, 16 September 2010 (UTC)
Your attention is requested
Hi, There's a discussion over at WT:Copyright problems#Bundala National Park regarding some of your recent edits - I believe you may have inadvertently retained too much language directly from the Green report. I made some suggestions for possible fixes, but you may want to weigh in yourself. Best, MLauba (Talk) 00:42, 19 September 2010 (UTC)
Angampora Wikipedia Page
Hi. I'm Nelliwinne and I have studied about Angampora Art for my university project. I saw that the Angampora page in Wikipedia is blank and I need to help to develop that page. I am writing a good artical on this and once I finished I need to upload it. I have a little knowledge on Wikipedia Editing and all. So please help me to do this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nelliwinne (talk • contribs) 18:03, 23 September 2010 (UTC)
Hi. This article came up for review on today's copyright problems board (here). I'm sorry to see one of your articles there; I know you care about copyright concerns and keep an eye out for them. As you know, I only recently dropped by to thank you for it. :) So I know that your problem here is inadvertent, and I will do what I can to help you learn to avoid it in the future. I have removed most of the material that was closely paraphrased. I'm afraid it followed much too closely for us to retain it without it being rewritten from scratch. :/ I know it's a serious pain in the neck to rewrite factual material like that, but I'm afraid we have no choice.
Let's look at a few examples from the text I removed.
The source says:
The sanctuary is the home of every species of waterbird resident in the country, and, during the northern winter, it is the final destination for countless numbers of waders of most species recorded in Sri Lanka.
The article said:
Bundala is the home of every waterbird species resident in Sri Lanka. The park is the final destination for many waders recorded in the country, during the northern hemisphere winter.
This combines bits and pieces of their language and their structure. I've bolded your version to make it easier to see how closely the language follows. Some of the language was moved or removed, but I've only bolded what was used in the source, even if rearranged.
Another example, the source says:
Bundala is the most important wetland for birds in Sri Lanka outside the Northern Province. Its lagoons are among the most important wintering areas for migratory shorebirds in the country, regularly accommodating over 15,000 shorebirds at any one time.
The article said:
Bundala is the most significant wetland for Sri Lankan birds outside the Northern Province. The park's lagoons are among the most important wintering ground for migratory shorebirds in the country. Bundala is regularly accommodating over 15,000 shorebirds at any one time.
Perhaps seeing them side by side, again with the bolding added, will help clarify why such content needed to be removed.
While facts are not copyrightable, creative elements of presentation - including both structure and language - are. When we follow too closely on these in our sources, we run the risk of creative derivative works, which are forbidden under the U.S. copyright law that governs us unless we have permission of the original copyright holders. Avoiding this is challenging, especially when you are writing factual articles. The essay Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing contains some suggestions for rewriting that may help avoid these issues. The article Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-04-13/Dispatches, while about plagiarism rather than copyright concerns, also contains some suggestions for reusing material from sources that may be helpful, beginning under "Avoiding plagiarism".
Again, I appreciate the work you do in guarding against copyright on Wikipedia. Now that you've run up against one of our more difficult copyright concepts, I want to be sure to do whatever is necessary to keep you from inadvertently running afoul of copyright yourself. I am very sure that you have no intentions of doing so.
I'm watchling your talk page so we can talk about this further. Just let me know. :) --Moonriddengirl (talk) 14:08, 27 September 2010 (UTC)
- Thank you Moonridengirl, for your detailed explanation. Your note is very cordial as they have ever been. I feel really sorry, I know that as a copyright cleanup helper, I must be careful on my own work. I know, It is very difficult to write factual statement in one's own words, especially Original Researching guidelines in your mind. Seems like I have worried too much of Original Researching. I determined to do well to refrain from the offense in the future. I am really sorry, if I have let you down after you've awarded me a barnstar. Regards--Chanaka L (talk) 03:57, 28 September 2010 (UTC)
- In spite of this, you deserve that barnstar. :) We have cleaned so many copyright violations because of you, and that hasn't changed. I still appreciate all you do. :D --Moonriddengirl (talk) 15:39, 28 September 2010 (UTC)
- That's very solacing. Looking forward to contribute in this area and will try my best to stay away from trouble. Thanks for kind words. Regards--Chanaka L (talk) 03:21, 29 September 2010 (UTC)
Frederic Waldock
Thanks for the note. I'm not sure there's enough "different" about him to make a DYK as it stands: the Somerset team of the period was often bulked out by amateur players whose main place of work/residence was one or other of the then colonies or dominions. What I couldn't find locally here is any information about his family interests in Sri Lanka. I presume he's something to do with Waldock Mackenzie, the Sri Lankan bank, but I can find little information on the company and none on his role within it, if he had one. Perhaps you're in a better place to find out such things than I am! Kind regards. Johnlp (talk) 12:49, 28 September 2010 (UTC)
- That looks promising. I'll look forward to seeing where you get. Johnlp (talk) 15:03, 28 September 2010 (UTC)
- That's very interesting, and there seems to be a sporting connection all the way through, with Keell and Waldock coming together through their membership of the hockey and football club and through rugby union. Both Frederic and his brother Harold won blues at Oxford for rugby; Harold died in Colombo in 1923 aged just 24. Johnlp (talk) 08:02, 29 September 2010 (UTC)
- More background is at http://anatpro.com/index_files/f2.htm#f212 (rather a wordy site, but the Waldocks are near the bottom of this page) and then, by links from that page, at http://anatpro.com/index_files/f2.htm#f183 where you get Frederic's grandparents who go to Sri Lanka as Baptist missionaries in 1862 and produce eight children. Frederic's younger brother has a Wikipedia entry: Humphrey Waldock. Johnlp (talk) 23:22, 29 September 2010 (UTC)
- That's very interesting, and there seems to be a sporting connection all the way through, with Keell and Waldock coming together through their membership of the hockey and football club and through rugby union. Both Frederic and his brother Harold won blues at Oxford for rugby; Harold died in Colombo in 1923 aged just 24. Johnlp (talk) 08:02, 29 September 2010 (UTC)
Dear Friend could you please solve this problem and rewrite this article ? Thanks--Wipeouting (talk) 13:21, 5 October 2010 (UTC)
I got some information through internet, why do you say that there is copy write problem ? --Wipeouting (talk) 13:40, 5 October 2010 (UTC)
please see this new version of this article--Wipeouting (talk) 16:14, 5 October 2010 (UTC)
Dear Friend , Could you please remove the Copy write violation Tag on this article ?--Wipeouting (talk) 14:29, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
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Witch one is correct? "Sitha Amman Temple" or "Seetha Amman Temple"?
Hi friend, This is regarding the article you have written about Hakgala Botanical Garden.There you have used the name "Sita Amman Temple". I created another separate article for "Sitha Amman Temple" with the page title of "Seetha Amman Temple". Question I have is the correct way of spelling "Sitha Amman Temple". I saw in many web sites name of the place is spelled as "Seetha Amman Temple"(Two 'ee' s instead of 'i').What is the correct way of spelling that word? Is it 'Seetha' or 'Sitha'? Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Buddhika.jm (talk • contribs) 18:19, 30 January 2011 (UTC)
hi
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Thank you for correcting me, I thought it was vandalism but ended up being my ignorance. Best regards, FkpCascais (talk) 20:00, 18 July 2017 (UTC)
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Template:2019–20 coronavirus pandemic data/Sri Lanka
I reverted your edit because there was an error with day and its complementary number that indicating the number of patients. As we are taking the data for this chart from the Epidemiology Unit of the Ministry of Health we can not put the data for today (26). Ex: Yet we don't know about the number of patients today recorded. We have to wait until 10.00 HRS tomorrow to know about that value.--L Manju (talk) 11:41, 26 March 2020 (UTC)
- @L Manju: I think you got wrong diifs, I am afraid, I didn't enter today's recoveries. Your current version is wrong, That's why I reverted you earlier. Total patients for March 14th is three, not four, please check.--Chanaka L (talk) 11:53, 26 March 2020 (UTC)
- @Chanakal: See the last pdf released by the Epidemiology Unit (Situation Report 59 ( 10 : 00 HRS). The total patients count for March 14th was 11. See the graph--L Manju (talk) 12:05, 26 March 2020 (UTC)
@L Manju: That's not how you should refer. For 14th March you should refer 14th march report.--Chanaka L (talk) 12:14, 26 March 2020 (UTC)
- @Chanakal: No Chanaka, 14th March report gives us the update until 13th March. I saw the 14th March pdf (සිංහල). It has the update as follows, "නව කොරෝනා වෙෙරස් අාසාධනය දෙෙනික වාර්තාව 2020.03.14. පෙ.ව. 10. - ශ්රී ලංකාවේ තත්වය, තහවුරු කරන ලද 6 රෝගියා 13.03.2020. දින රෝහල් ගත කරන ලදී. (ලාංකික 5. විදේශික 1)". So the 14th March report mentions the last patient as the one who was found on 13th March. Therefore, on the 13th March we should have 6 patients on our graph. So current version has 6 patients on 13th March with one recovered patient (that Chinese woman).--L Manju (talk) 12:27, 26 March 2020 (UTC)
- @L Manju: Found the cause of the discrepancy. The Sinhala and English versions of PDF are not tallying. I think we should stick to English pdf then. As an English source preferred to a Sinhala source for English speaking readers.--Chanaka L (talk) 12:33, 26 March 2020 (UTC)
- @Chanakal: Both Sinhala and English versions give same details. See what is on the 14th March report: "Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) - Situation Report – 14.03.2020 – 10.00am - Local Situation quarantined: Last confirmed patient identified on 13/03/2020, Total number of confirmed – 6 (1 foreign, 5 SL)". Both gives same.--L Manju (talk) 12:40, 26 March 2020 (UTC)
- @L Manju: I must have mixed up the dates. Sorry about that. However, total for the 13th march should be three, not four.--Chanaka L (talk) 03:38, 27 March 2020 (UTC)
- @L Manju: Why the total of 14th March is 11. Good gracious, Have you backdated data?--Chanaka L (talk) 03:43, 27 March 2020 (UTC)
- @Chanakal: Please see the graph given in the 27.03.2020 Situation Report 60 ( 10 : 00 HRS) English version. I prepared a complementary table for that graph as follows,
- @Chanakal: Both Sinhala and English versions give same details. See what is on the 14th March report: "Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) - Situation Report – 14.03.2020 – 10.00am - Local Situation quarantined: Last confirmed patient identified on 13/03/2020, Total number of confirmed – 6 (1 foreign, 5 SL)". Both gives same.--L Manju (talk) 12:40, 26 March 2020 (UTC)
- @L Manju: Found the cause of the discrepancy. The Sinhala and English versions of PDF are not tallying. I think we should stick to English pdf then. As an English source preferred to a Sinhala source for English speaking readers.--Chanaka L (talk) 12:33, 26 March 2020 (UTC)
| Date | New patients | Total patients | notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 28 | 1 | 1 | Chinese national (1st phase) |
| Mar 11 | 1 | 2 | (beginning of the 2nd phase) |
| Mar 12 | 2 | 4 | |
| Mar 13 | 2 | 6 | |
| Mar 14 | 5 | 11 | |
| Mar 15 | 8 | 19 | |
| Mar 16 | 10 | 29 | |
| Mar 17 | 13 | 42 | |
| Mar 18 | 11 | 53 | |
| Mar 19 | 13 | 66 | |
| Mar 20 | 6 | 72 | |
| Mar 21 | 6 | 78 | |
| Mar 22 | 9 | 87 | |
| Mar 23 | 10 | 97 | |
| Mar 24 | 5 | 102 | |
| Mar 25 | 0 | 102 | No new patients were recorded |
| Mar 26 | 4 | 106 | |
| Mar 27 | ? | ? | Still to be recorded |
March 14, the total number of patients was 11. Please now tell me where are the wrong data?--L Manju (talk) 06:45, 27 March 2020 (UTC)
I stopped at this point. @L Manju:--Chanaka L (talk) 11:26, 27 March 2020 (UTC)Date New patients Total patients notes Jan 28 1 1 Chinese national (1st phase) Mar 11 0 1 Second patient not included in this reprt, must have reported after 10 am. Mar 12 1 2 second patient accounted. no new cases for this day. Mar 13 1 3 third patient reported. second patient's frend. "Third confirmed patient identified on 12/03/2020. Total number of confirmed – 3" Mar 14 3 6 "Total number of confirmed – 6" Mar 15 5 11 Total number of confirmed – 11
- @Chanakal: Mar 11 report (Situation Report 44(10 : 00 HRS))contains the data recorded on 10 March. So the patient who detected on 11 March must be recorded in the report published on the next day, that means 12 March report. The Mar 12 report clearly states that the second patient was detected on 11 March - "Second confirmed patient identified on 11/03/2020". See that report. Now take a look at your table above. It says that Mar 11 there was no any patient recorded. See the Mar 14 report (Situation Report 47 ( 10 : 00 HRS)). It says- "Last confirmed patient identified on 13/03/2020 - Total number of confirmed – 6 (1 foreign, 5 SL)". Mar 13-See my table and yours--L Manju (talk) 15:59, 27 March 2020 (UTC)
- @L Manju: You are fucking unbelievable machan.
- "Now take a look at your table above. It says that Mar 11 there was no any patient recorded." Nope, You have mistaken. I meant no new patients for 12th March.
- "Last confirmed patient identified on 13/03/2020 - Total number of confirmed – 6 (1 foreign, 5 SL)" mean total as 14th March is six, not six more patients tested positive on that day. Unbelievable. I am gonna request for comment from other editors.--Chanaka L (talk) 10:07, 28 March 2020 (UTC)
- @Chanakal:: Shame on your language. I am tired with you. Ask other editors to involve as mentioned. I think some one without an account is doing the same mistake on the template following your foot prints --L Manju (talk) 16:19, 28 March 2020 (UTC)
- @L Manju: While I am disappointed with your carelessness in the matter, I don't doubt intentions mate. We both want to improve the article. I wouldn't stop collaborating with you. Cheers--Chanaka L (talk) 05:13, 30 March 2020 (UTC)
- @Chanakal: I showed my point. The following bar chart was extracted from the "Situation report 65 ( 10 : 00 HRS)" by Epidemiology Unit, Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka. Please explain why the official data in that graph is not comparable to the Wiki template that you are editing. --L Manju (talk) 05:43, 2 April 2020 (UTC)
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- @L Manju:
- First of all, the first three dates of the chart is wrong. We know by 13th March there were three patients. We can even name them. The Chinese national, The tour guide, his friend the second tour guide. So chart is wrong.
- Why should you use the chart anyway. That is not how you source the wiki chart. You come each day, read the total for that day given in the report, use it in the chart, pretty easy. This is what happens when you try to use data retrospectively. Cheers--Chanaka L (talk) 13:02, 2 April 2020 (UTC)
- @L Manju:
- @Chanakal:
- Please tell me from where did you take that count as 3 for 13 March ?. Because, this chart is still correct. By the 13 March totally we had 5 patients (with the Chinese it was 6) reported. Not 3 as you are saying - See this press release (Three more test positive for Corona) However, there is a deviation in the graph that may due to the releasing time of the Situation report.
- Let's bring this discussion to the talk page Talk:2020 coronavirus pandemic in Sri Lanka - L Manju (talk) 18:37, 2 April 2020 (UTC)
Denominator when calculating the percentage increase - Re Covid 19
Hi Chanakl, I think the denominator when calculating the percentage increase should be the previous day cumulative value. So I changed your edit accordingly. Please correct me if I'm wrong. Thanks :). Nishadhi (talk) 18:08, 1 April 2020 (UTC)
- @Nishadhi: Your calculation is correct, My bad. Cheers!--Chanaka L (talk) 04:24, 2 April 2020 (UTC)
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I began a machine translate of Door County, Wisconsin and have been working on it at si:විකිපීඩියා:වැලිපිල්ල (beneath the ipad stuff). How it is now it is about the best I can do, so if you ever feel up to completely rewriting something, feel free to join in.--Epiphyllumlover (talk) 19:46, 29 May 2020 (UTC)
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jaffna stallions
Hey, can you please let me know why you are making those changes to the Jaffna Stallions page? They're inaccurate. Brindon B was never an owner, never invested, and is NOT the CEO. The CEO is Anandan Arnold. This is widely known --- and you are basically spreading misinformation. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.181.174.154 (talk) 14:36, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
Your edit is in good faith and I don't doubt it. But you have interlaced it with duplicating some content. Do not copy/paste from the team's website too. Edit with a reliable source. Cheers--Chanaka L (talk) 14:51, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
Chanaka, while I understand what you're saying - take a look at the edit history on this page, it's horrible. They are removing Anandan Arnold, the actual co-founder/CEO's, name - the guy who has dedicated the second chapter of his life to bring cricket to young kids in Jaffna. He invested his life savings into this! They're instead putting in a guy name Brindon Bagirathan who went around claiming he was an owner - he never was, never has been, he even tweeted it yesterday.
So we made the change, sited Brindon's official twitter stating he is NOT nor has he ever been an owner, and people are now removing that paragraph specifically. This is unbelievable. This is hardly promotional crap man --- it's factual information. Justfactts (talk) 18:19, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
Re: Sinhalese names
Thank you indeed for your post on my talk page. That information is very valuable, so I went bold and created a stub article on this topic. You are more than welcome to expand/correct it, but please do cite reliable sources. Materialscientist (talk) 11:10, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
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Dear Chanaka L ,
I appreciate you. You're right. #72 not #71 Thank for the helpful advice!
Mithila Gunathilaka 12:02, 21 January 2021 (UTC)
- @Mithila Madawa Gunathilake: Since you have not corrected your edit, I checked GDP per capita PPP and is also incorrect. I am afraid, therefore, I had to undo your edit.--Chanaka L (talk) 06:13, 22 January 2021 (UTC)
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For Create Article
Hi Chanakal ,
I would like to create my article. Please contact me soon
Thank you!
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- @Astro valiy: I am afraid, that would be considered a conflict of interest in English Wikipedia.--Chanaka L (talk) 14:44, 20 August 2021 (UTC)
Thank you! Although you answered quickly. Can I get your whatsapp number or email? The easiest is whatsapp number Astro valiy (talk) 14:56, 20 August 2021 (UTC)
- @Astro valiy: A couple of things,
- If you write an article about yourself that would be an autobiographical concern.
- If I wrote it for you, it would be a conflict of interest as mention above, and by the way, I am someone who vehemently opposes paid editing in Wikipedia.
- Even if I or someone else wrote it very objectively, without any COI, there is a big WP:Notability issue. At the moment I don't see a way of getting past this matter. I can see that User:331dot has explained this to you at WikiProject Articles for creation/Help desk.
- I am not belittling you or your career anyway. It is just Wikipedia is not the place for self-promotion. I respectfully advise you to do it on some other platform. Cheers--Chanaka L (talk) 16:02, 20 August 2021 (UTC)
Apologize
Hello, you contected me on my talk page a couple months back saying my edits were disruptive. All I did was take a dying article and spruced it up a bit, which, as far as I'm concerned, "fixes it". If you come at me like that again, I'll be forced to bring the issue to the attention of WP:ANI. நல்ல நாள்Americanfreedom (talk) 17:04, 30 August 2021 (UTC)
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RSN
Please see WP:RSN#Sri Lanka. tgeorgescu (talk) 06:48, 6 September 2021 (UTC)
IP block
Chanakal (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))
Request reason:
Caught by an open proxy block but this host or IP is not an open proxy. My IP address is 123.231.107.109. Chanaka L (talk) 08:00, 22 September 2021 (UTC)
Decline reason:
Confirmed proxy. Yamla (talk) 10:29, 22 September 2021 (UTC)
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