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Leader of the Opposition (Sri Lanka)

You had removed the picture says on non free image policy, I did not upload that picture, It is already a picture of N. M. Perera. I just link the same picture to the Leader of the Opposition (Sri Lanka). I don't understand how it can be OK in one place and not in the other place. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Janakacombank (talk • contribs) 03:26, 6 September 2015 (UTC)

@Janakacombank: Although you did not upload the images you did add it to an article in violation of Wikipedia polices. If free images aren't available we are allowed to use non-free images of dead people on the article about that person (see WP:NFCI) that is why it is OK to use File:DR.N. M. Perera.jpg on N. M. Perera but not on Leader of the Opposition (Sri Lanka) or any other article. This also applies to all of the other non-free images you've added to various articles over the last week. Please don't add non-free images again.--obi2canibe^{talk contr} 10:34, 6 September 2015 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	For putting us on the correct path. Freedombelieverlk (talk) 16:32, 3 May 2015 (UTC)

15th Parliament of Sri Lanka

Could you please tell why did you remove the 11 member from the government side on Changes in party/alliance affiliations, since 11 UPFA are now representing the cabinet and they will sit on the government side they will be government rank members. if you look at the 14th Parliament article it was the same. I have already created the new column for Sep 4th As 116 members on government side, But why did you remove it. Janakacombank

@Janakacombank: The formation of a national government wasn't just supported by the 11 UPFA MPs who were given cabinet positions on Friday. Around 40 UPFA MPs voted for the national government last Thursday. Once I have details of who these MPs were I will update 15th Parliament of Sri Lanka to show that the government has the support of around 145 MPs. Please be patient.--obi2canibe^{talk contr} 10:41, 6 September 2015 (UTC)

MTV Sports

The channel has been renamed.https://www.facebook.com/MTVChannelSriLanka

Saman Kelegama

Thanks for your guidance. The above article is not created by me. I have created other articles as well. I have removed the dead links supported content and content without citations. I have removed the "COI" tag; please feel free to revert if you don't agree.Eesan1969 (talk) 04:11, 25 May 2015 (UTC)

Thanks @Eesan1969:. I added the "COI" tag because User:Saman Kelegama had made numerous edits to the article. Anyway, the article looks much better now that you have removed content without citations or supported by dead links.--obi2canibe^{talk contr} 10:33, 25 May 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for the feedback.Eesan1969 (talk) 12:44, 25 May 2015 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of List of killings by law enforcement officers in Sri Lanka

The article List of killings by law enforcement officers in Sri Lanka has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Redirected to a list of general list containing alleged killings conducted by non law enforcement personal

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

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. Cossde (talk) 18:15, 21 June 2015 (UTC)

Building

I don't understand this: edit Isn't the old Kachcheri building (capitalized in the official discussion here) now the archaeological museum? NotAnOmbudsman (talk) 19:27, 5 July 2015 (UTC)

@NotAnOmbudsman—They're different buildings in cities 100 miles apart. The archaeological museum is in Anuradhapura but Old Park is in Jaffna. There are several old Kachcheri buildings in Sri Lanka.--obi2canibe^{talk contr} 18:21, 6 July 2015 (UTC)

Ahhh, I see. Thank you for the explanation. Why not link Kachcheri from the article then? This would greatly help alleviate any confusion. I don't think that's a familiar term for most English speakers.. NotAnOmbudsman (talk) 05:08, 7 July 2015 (UTC)

Done.--obi2canibe^{talk contr} 18:32, 7 July 2015 (UTC)

Ajith Dabare

You PROD was removed; Ive listed it at AfD.TheLongTone (talk) 12:32, 6 July 2015 (UTC)

Likewise Gamini Fernando. This guy has created a whole string of articles like this. I've slapped speedy deletes on those I've found, a better tactic since a PROD can be removed, whuile a speedy nomination should not be removed by the article creator.TheLongTone (talk) 12:36, 6 July 2015 (UTC)

Thanks @TheLongTone, I was going to WP:BUNDLE these articles if the author removed the PROD. He suffers from acute WP:SCHOOLCRUFT and has created dozens of articles for alumni from his alma mater Nalanda College, Colombo. List of Nalanda College Colombo alumni lists all the articles he has created, most of them of dubious notability.--obi2canibe^{talk contr} 18:27, 6 July 2015 (UTC)

Provinces of Sri Lanka

I don't mean to sound rude by telling you what should've been done, but you've could've just corrected the incorrected information instead of removing it. Which I've noticed in the edit and corrected it. The edit wasn't meant to be precived as vandalism. Seqqis (talk) 01:22, 9 July 2015 (UTC)

@Seqqis:If I'd corrected it you wouldn't have known that you'd added incorrect information. You would have merrily gone on adding incorrect information to other articles. When someone tells you that you've done something wrong, stop and check your work. Don't just re-insert the incorrect information.--obi2canibe^{talk contr} 10:35, 11 July 2015 (UTC)

MTV SPORTS

http://tvradiosrilanka.blogspot.com/2015/07/the-curious-case-of-mtv-sports.html The fact is not yet published on the MTV website, but it was found on this blog. Thx for reminding.

OK, let's wait before changing the article's title.--obi2canibe^{talk contr} 19:39, 11 July 2015 (UTC)

Nomination of List of people assassinated by Sri Lankan government forces for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article List of people assassinated by Sri Lankan government forces is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of people assassinated by Sri Lankan government forces until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. LahiruG ^talk 07:46, 12 July 2015 (UTC)

Bodu Bala Sena

Hi, could you please tell me why the word "extremist" has been removed from the BBS article? I lost track of everything going on the talk page. Last time I checked it was backed up with several reliable sources and there was an ongoing discussion on the talk about the "extremist" situation. I suppose it was simply removed as an outcome of that consensus? or was it by someone who has an external relationship with subject? -- Chamith (talk) 08:15, 21 July 2015 (UTC)

@ChamithN: The term "extremist" was removed with this edit following this discussion and this discussion.--obi2canibe^{talk contr} 11:47, 26 July 2015 (UTC)

S. Natesan

Hi, S. Natesan is categorized under Category:Sri Lankan people of Indian descent. Also, Category:Tamil politicians is a container cat, subcats only, no articles. If your revert of my edit is indeed valid, please fix both of these issues. --Slivicon (talk) 23:34, 2 August 2015 (UTC)

@Slivicon: Natesan is from Tamil Nadu and didn't migrate to Sri Lanka until he was an adult. Therefore he doesn't qualify for Category:Sri Lankan Tamil politicians which only used for people of Sri Lankan Tamil descent. He doesn't qualify for Category:Tamil Nadu politicians as he was never a politician in Tamil Nadu. So I have put him under Category:Indian Tamil politicians of Sri Lanka.--obi2canibe^{talk contr} 12:25, 8 August 2015 (UTC)

Twinkle

Thanks for the advice - have been editing lately over a number of different platforms which is why I've done things manually - will check it out. Recently I've noticed that there have been a number of contributions by DilJco, whilst I generally support the addition of new articles, most of these have questionable notability and the sole aim appears to be to populate the List of Nalanda College Colombo alumni. What are your thoughts... Dan arndt (talk) 05:57, 3 August 2015 (UTC)

I have been aware of User:DilJco's antics for a long a long time - he is competing with User:Cossde to see who can create most articles about alumni from their schools - Nalanda College, Colombo and Royal College, Colombo respectively. Both editors suffer from acute WP:SCHOOLCRUFT. I also suspect that User:DilJco is a sock puppet of User:Masu7. I generally don't like deleting articles which is why I haven't nominated any of User:DilJco's additions until recently. I will have a look at your Afds.--obi2canibe^{talk contr} 12:39, 8 August 2015 (UTC)

@obi2canibe & all concerned - User:DilJco is not competing with any one. User:Cossde is Cossde not DilJco. Nalanda College, Colombo has no competition with Royal College, Colombo or any other school on WP. As long as WP/Internet are there any human member on earth can edit WP. I have noticed some smart users (just like me) comments such as Seemingly this article was created to benefit a specific audience. Of course List of Nalanda College Colombo alumni as title clearly says (so as any such list), consist of alumni of Nalanda College Colombo. For example Obi2canibe user page on WP will not mention about Dan arndt rather it will mention about Obi2canibe's talents. Benefit or other wise is up to the person. DilJco (talk) 02:52, 10 August 2015 (UTC)

Wow, that was just pure uppity, just what I expected to hear from someone who is suffering from WP:SCHOOLCRUFT. Apparently, you haven't even bothered to read What Wikipedia is not. In this revision you said "How Silly (created to benefit a specific audience)! as title clearly says (so as any such list), this list consist of alumni of Nalanda College Colombo". If you just check the template data you might see that it's the template we use for overly detailed lists/articles, and obviously List of Nalanda College Colombo alumni is bloated and seems like a stats book of alumni, which Wikipedia is not supposed to be. Anyhow, given that you have something against that template I've substituted {{very long}} instead. And also, you were right about Wikipedia. Anyone can edit it as long as they comply with its policies. Don't forget that last part, that's crucial. -- Chamith (talk) 04:12, 10 August 2015 (UTC)

• Nice to know that I wasn't the only one that thought that DilJco might be another sockpuppet for Masu7, particularly given the type of articles created and the time that the account was created, which roughly coincides with when Masu7 was blocked indefinetely. Anyway no specific proof so I'll leave it there.

Basically I'm not a big supporter of deleting articles particularly where they could be improved and notability established however I believe that the correct approach is if they are tagged then editors (particularly their creators) should make the improvements to justify their retention. Unfortunately a lot of these articles simply identify that the subject existed - using passing mentions of them in references - without actually addressing whether they are notable enough. Maybe instead of the mass creation of articles the editors in question should spend time making sure the one article they create complies with WP policies and is well reference and notable. Dan arndt (talk) 05:27, 10 August 2015 (UTC)

Category:Burgher sportspeople

Category:Burgher sportspeople, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. SFB 22:28, 6 August 2015 (UTC)

Unreliable and questionable sources

User:Obi2canibe, you have tagged several sources I have used recently as unreliable and questionable. But you haven't provided links to those pages where Wikipedia have blacklisted them as troublesome sources. It will be helpful if you can provide links to those pages/noticeboards where those sources are categorized as such, because I couldn't find those places yet to check and replace them with suitable ones. --LahiruG ^talk 06:20, 13 September 2015 (UTC)

You'll have to be more precise than that. I have tagged dozens of articles for different reasons, I don't keep a record of which editor was responsible for the issues.--obi2canibe^{talk contr} 11:10, 13 September 2015 (UTC)

You surely don't have to keep a record but have to provide evidence. i am talking about the tags used in pages Terrorism in Sri Lanka, Terrorist incidents in Sri Lanka, Aluth Oya massacre etc. -- LahiruG ^talk 10:47, 27 September 2015 (UTC)

As you are well aware WP:SLR has classified a few sources. Lankaweb and Sinhalaya are amongst sources that have been classified as "Unreliable sources". South Asia Terrorism Portal (SATP) is amongst sources that have been classified as "Qualified sources". These three are sources that you are very fond of using.

Wikipedia itself does not have a central repository of "blacklisted" sources but provides guidelines in identifying reliable sources. The guidelines classes sources with poor reputation for checking the facts, or with no editorial oversight and sources which express extremist views, or which rely heavily on rumours and personal opinions as questionable sources. Lankaweb, Sinhalaya, SATP, Society for Peace, Unity and Human Rights (SPUR), vgweb.org, Amazing Lanka and Sri Lanka Watch are all questionable sources going by these guidelines. Sadly you favour using such sources because they pander to your pungent Sinhala Buddhist supremacist views.--obi2canibe^{talk contr} 18:33, 3 October 2015 (UTC)

As an experienced editor, you must be aware that your personal attacks are irrelevant when it comes to decision making on reliable sources that can be used in Sri Lankan war related pages. It is not me who has a COI here and some of the sources you have named as questionable (eg. amazing Lanka), are not listed as such at Wikipedia:WikiProject Sri Lanka Reconciliation/Sources. Surprisingly you are not interested to attribute pro LTTE, Tamilnet in your work, but you insist me to attribute sources according to WP:SLR. I don't mind your double standards, but you have to follow the instructions of WP:TAGGING policy before placing tags on content that you personally dislike due to your POV. --LahiruG ^talk 07:14, 11 October 2015 (UTC)

If you believe I have a COI you are welcome to report me to the relevant board.

Just because a source isn't listed in WP:SLR doesn't mean it is a WP:RS - they only classified a few sources relevant to the conflict. As I stated in my previous comment, the starting point in judging whether a source is reliable is to follow the guidelines on identifying reliable sources. Amazing Lanka is a site developed and maintained by a single individual with a passion for the beauty and the heritage of Sri Lanka - this is not a reliable source. vgweb.org is run by Victor Gunasekara, a well known Sinhala Buddhist chauvinist who cannot open his mouth without spitting poison - this is not a reliable source.

WP:SLR has classed TamilNet as a "Questionable Source" which means that it fulfils WP:RS but other sources should be found to back up the which claim, otherwise the "pro-LTTE" attribution should be included. In your petty WP:TAGGING of List of people killed by Sri Lankan government forces you ignored the fact that numerous other WP:RS had been given to back up the claims that your war heroes are psychotic murderers and rapists.

When you use a "Questionable Sources", such as South Asia Terrorism Portal, you never provide WP:RS to back up your claims. This is because you want to push the particularly perverse POV portrayed by these "Questionable Sources".

All the tags I have placed are accordance with Wikipedia polices. The tags you've placed are just for revenge.--obi2canibe^{talk contr} 11:07, 11 October 2015 (UTC)

Tamil National Alliance

Pls avoid from undoing my edits in the Tamil National Alliance page on the stance on HR abuses during the war. I moved it to another section and added some info but its still incomplete and there are few more things on the TNA side that will be added soon. You are free to add any info you can find but do not remove the info. Cheers.--UMDP (talk) 16:47, 20 September 2015 (UTC)

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Mahadeva Achchirama Children Home

Is it possible you to fix the above copyvio problem?UmakanthJaffna (talk) 14:55, 27 October 2015 (UTC)