Talk:List of Sri Lankan Tamils

Removal of people
Please discuss this activity to reach concensus as to whether such removals area cceptable or not Taprobanus 12:20, 20 May 2007 (UTC)


 * please add the name of Zeus under the list of Greek People and Shiva under the list of Indians. Then I would not object having his name here. Iwazaki  会話. 討論 17:19, 20 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Eelathu Poothanthevanar is not a mythical figure, he poems are still available for people tio read. He is less a mythical than King Vijaya of Sri Lanka.


 * About Richard De Soyza. Read Sanjaya an Indian-Italian-American American Idol candidate. He is both Indian American and Italian American hence Richard De Soyza will be Tamil Sri Lankan as well as Sinhalese because of his parentage.


 * There is no way you can remove these people without finding concensus. This list will outlast you, so people will keep adding these people even when you are no more in this world. Remember that, wikipedia is a documentation project, not your mothers personal website, just beacuse you remove a person here or there to imagine that somehow you will be able to get away vandalizing a Tamil list is not possible. More and more editors will keep coming and keep adding. Taprobanus 22:02, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

Agree with the idea on Richard De Soyza. Same applies for Karupiah Raveendra Pushpakumara, the Sri Lankan Test cricketer. He should be Tamil due to paternal lineage and sinhala due to maternal lineage. Petty racists cannot vandalize trying to own unique Sri Lankans by assigning to one ethnic group while they belong to both. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gunathilake (talk • contribs) 14:20, 7 July 2012 (UTC)

SriSuren I cannot understand why these historical figures were removed, They ruled Sri Lanka. Not fractions. They ruled the whole island or some parts. They are Sri Lankan Tamils though they belonged to ancient era.


 * Just because they ruled Sri Lanka and they were Tamil does not mean they were Sri Lankan Tamils. Only those borne in present Sri Lanka, or those descended from someone borne in present Sri Lanka should be included in this article.-- obi2canibe talk contr 14:40, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Manicasothy Saravanamuttu
I have just added Manicasothy Saravanamuttu - Editor of  The Straits Echo in Malaya (1931-1941) credited with 'saving' Penang during Japanese invasion in 1941. I created a page for him last night and this morning there is already a tag for proposed speedy deletion. Very distressing. Could all of you who are involved in the topic of Sri Lanka Tamils speedily take a look at the page for Manicasothy Saravanamuttu and provide some feedback? Whether you think it should be removed or not. Thank you. Penang Pioneer Penang pioneer (talk) 01:32, 10 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Done and saved, keep up the good work, nothing personal.Kanatonian (talk) 05:58, 10 November 2011 (UTC)

Australians bussines list
Can someone add Maha sinnathamby  the property developer and business magnet into the australians business persons list. http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/05/24/1085359552381.html Thanks--Sria 00:42, 5 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Why dont you create an article on him first seems notable, then we can add him to this list. Thanks Taprobanus 13:49, 5 July 2007 (UTC)


 * This should be the correct Google link to check the Ghits. -- ♪♫ ĽąĦĩŘǔ ♫♪  walkie-talkie  16:24, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

Sri Lankan business people
I have created the category "Business people" in the Sri Lankan section and added Mr. Kandiah Balendra and Ratnam Sivaratnam to the list. Miss p r (talk) 19:00, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

Reverse move
The move of this page should be reversed: per the guideline for stand-alone lists like this one, "notable" is assumed and so should not be part of the article's title. Accordingly, I am going to kick off the move back to the original title. UnitedStatesian (talk) 21:13, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Agreed 100%Taprobanus (talk) 22:05, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

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