User talk:Blackknight12/2013 Archives

Happy 2013
Wish you a Very Happy 2013 filled with joy and happiness. May the blessings of the Noble Triple Gem be with you !!! MediaJet (talk) 18:43, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

MediaJet (talk) 15:57, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

db-move
For future ref: to get Sri Pada (Sri Lanka) moved to Sri Pada, the db-move tag should have been placed on Sri Pada. &mdash; RHaworth (talk · contribs) 13:00, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

Regarding Sri Vikrama Rajasingha's Portrait
Hello Blackknight12 could be clearer but is the Original portrait (or the exact appearance of the King),Thanks :)   MediaJet     talk   06:02, 7 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Hi Media Jet, the image you have uploaded (while being an important and historical one) seems to be a drawing or a painting. The original one is a more widely used portrait of the king and although it is unlikely to be a photograph it is the closest we have to an accurate image. Therefore that is why I reinserted it into the two main articles. Both images should be used throughout Wikipedia.


 * If you don't mind may I ask where you got the image from? Just wondering where this image is in Sri Lanka. :)--Blackknight12 (talk) 06:49, 7 February 2013 (UTC)

Good Day to you Blackknight12 !! Sorry for the late reply :( No friend this is the first and most widely used painting of Sri Vikrama Rajasingha,and this could also be the official photographic painting of the King (I assume so).You can see this same photograph inside this building as well (a small black and white copy of the same) >  and places like Queen's Hotel Kandy etc.This I extracted from the first Lithographic print of the Kandyan Convention.I published the full photograph (with the Convention) in a forum (much low res copy) but I cant trace it now,I have got the original with me,but Its at Home,I will show you soon Thank you :)   MediaJet     talk   08:56, 13 March 2013 (UTC)

Jehankhan
As a bystander, I think it'd be good to explain to Jehankhan what he's doing wrong because I don't think the 3 edits he made were in bad faith. Simply reverting his edits may defer the guy to make constructive edits in the future.  Kinkreet ~&#9829;moshi moshi&#9829;~ 15:15, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

Category:Governors of Western Province
Category:Governors of Western Province, 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. Brown HairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 10:35, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

I think that you forgot
to sign your recent edit at Talk:Galle Face Green, and yes, I was there in the 1950s too and remember it very fondly, especially the kites on a windy day. Einar aka Carptrash (talk) 17:29, 17 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Haha, yes Galle Face is a memorable place, I too remember it that way when I was young. However I only assessed the page., the comment was written by someone else. But thank you for your post! I see that you are also a member of WikiProject Sri Lanka, hope to see you around more often. :)--Blackknight12 (talk) 14:25, 18 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Whooops.Sorry about that.  I have done just a little editing in that project because I carry a lot of emotional baggage that starts bubbling to the surface when I try.  Perhaps I will try again. Carptrash (talk) 15:33, 18 February 2013 (UTC)
 * That's fine. Yeah quiet a few editors seem to get emotional in this WikiProject. I hope you do and any edits will be much appreciated. It was certainly nice to meet you.--Blackknight12 (talk) 16:58, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

File permission problem with File:Bhuvanaika Bahu - One massa.png
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 * Also the following images:
 * File:Sahasamalla - One massa.png
 * File:Dharmasoka Deva - One massa.png
 * File:Vijaya Bahu IV - One massa.png
 * File:Lilavati - One massa.png
 * —Bkell (talk) 03:56, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!
Thank you, this is much appreciated. :)--Blackknight12 (talk) 14:05, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

Ways to improve Parakkamabahu III of Dambadeniya
Hi, I'm Wakowako. Blackknight12, thanks for creating Parakkamabahu III of Dambadeniya!

I've just tagged the page, using our page curation tools, as having some issues to fix. This article has accuracy issues. One of the links mentioned that the subject ruled in 1287-1293 (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lkawgw/gen3000.html)

The tags can be removed by you or another editor once the issues they mention are addressed. If you have questions, you can leave a comment on my talk page. Or, for more editing help, talk to the volunteers at the Teahouse.
 * Hello Wakowako, thank you for your message. Yeah there are a lack of hard sources available over the internet on this topic so these articles are updated as more information is found on them. Also historical date seem to vary a little in this topic. So it shall be updated soon--Blackknight12 (talk) 02:43, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

Coins
Thanks for arranging permission for that impressive collection of coin images.

Given the size, and the potential for subsequent re-use, I wanted to button up the permission statement more explicitly. You saw my email to the copyright holder, I hope he simply returns it.

I wrote it before I saw the subsequent email, where you had uploaded some specific items. I merged the two, and now both are referred to in ticket # 2013030310003121

We will need a permission statement on each coin, but you and I can handle this without involving Dr Ratnatunga.

I put a temporary template on the coins uploaded so far, this will make sure the deletion happy editors won't pounce on the images.

Once I get the returned permission, I'll add the final permission link.

If you upload more images we will also need the permission template on those images. I am not sure whether you can copy the permission template from one of the existing images or not. Please try, and if it works, fine, if it doesn't either drop me a note at my talk page, or make sure, if you send an email to permissions, to include 2013030310003121 in the subject line, so that the next agent will be able to see the permission statement.-- SPhilbrick (Talk)  13:28, 3 March 2013 (UTC)
 * I saw your email just a few minutes ago so thank you very much for that update. I do intend to upload more images from the site so that is a good idea. Please keep me updated and thanks again.--Blackknight12 (talk) 13:36, 3 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Glad to hear you will be doing more. I glanced around, nice work you are doing on Sri Lanken articles. Keep it up!-- SPhilbrick (Talk)  13:43, 3 March 2013 (UTC)

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Naga Sri Lanka
What is your point about removing referenced materials ? can you please chose what is your point from following 2.


 * Sinhalese are not nagas.
 * Mahallaka naga,... are not sinhalese

Have you ever head about something like siw helaya. Also see the talk page since I have inserted lot of references. Here's another references
 * The nation
 * Island

Here's a foreigner wrote book Legend of Ram–Retold By Sanujit Ghose

or simply search google. there are lot

Lambakanna are lived in Nagadeepa. Vasaba who found Lambakanna dyn is from Nagadeepa. A gold ‘Sannasa’ (plate) which was discovered in a land close to the Vishnu Devale of Vadamarachchi refers to this fact. Vasaba

--Himesh84 (talk) 11:47, 19 March 2013 (UTC)
 * I think you need to start using more serious references and read things other than vaguely related articles.--Blackknight12 (talk) 13:35, 19 March 2013 (UTC)
 * I will do that. That's why I am asking. What is unclear to you from above 2. This is just to provide information. Believe me I can --Himesh84 (talk) 14:57, 19 March 2013 (UTC)

Common name rule policy
Please redirect me to the common name rule policy of WP state by you in here --Himesh84 (talk) 17:07, 19 March 2013 (UTC)

Thanks
Good Day to You !!! Thank you for your appreciation. Cheers :)  MediaJet     talk   16:32, 21 March 2013 (UTC)

Tamil Muslims
The term 'Tamil Muslim' is an abstract term but more or less refers to those who are Muslims having Tamil lineage and traditions.The Sri Lankan Moors, like you said do not feature in your government statistics as Tamils, but the motive behind that agenda was highly suspected by the world community in the pre-war times.

The Sri Lankan Moors' traditions are composite and are entirely different from the Muslims of Arabian peninsula whom you relate them to with.Their culture and practices are closest only to those of the broader Muslim community living in Tamil Nadu, Kerala etc.

Their cuisine and food habits, architecture(mosques), funeral rites all are only identifible with Tamil Muslims, rather than any other Muslim community in the globe.

Arwi is a derived dialect from Tamil, common to some Muslims even in Tamil Nadu.There are many other such dialects in TN and Kerala, but a dialect does not mean they have a separate lineage as you claim them to be.If they came from Arabia then home come they speak only Tamil(including those who live in majority Sinhalese area).

It cannot be a meer co-incidence that the Muslims of Tamil Nadu in India and Sri Lanka share the same lingua franca,cuisine and more cultural habits. The only logical conclusion is that the first few Muslims in Sri Lanka indeed must have landed from Tamil Nadu for which we do have records as any Tamil Muslim family from Kayalpatnam-kilakarai belt would be able to testify. For ages, our ancestors have been trading along the coast of Sri Lanka right across the Batticaloa regions.

And last, Muslims are not a separate ethnic group nywhere in the world perhaps except for Sri Lankan census, everywhere else they have ethnic connections to a broader community.Even Myanmar accepts the Muslim Rohinyas to be descendants of Bengali origins.And same way Moors of Sri Lanka who share most of their culture with mainstream Tamil-speaking Muslims, it is fair to place them in the article.With this I hereby revert back your edit, with which if your unhappy may present your justification against it here.--CuCl2 06:24, 29 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Firstly you should have started this discussion on the article's talk page and not here.
 * You seem to have missed the fact that there are more than just one Muslim group living in Sri Lanka and all of them either speak Sinhalese or Tamil. The group you are speaking of are Indian Moors, a completely different and separate ethnic group to the Sri Lankan Moors. Indian Moors are like the Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka they were brought to Sri Lanka from India for the same reasons as the Indian Tamils, as labourers to the plantations. see Indians in Sri Lanka and this.
 * Sri Lankan Moors do not have Tamil lineage, they are Arab descendants who have assimilated and now speak and share many similarities with the Sinhalese and Tamil people.
 * You have not given any evidence or reliable references to your POV therefore I will revert back to the good version, and if you want to continue this discussion do it on the talk page.--Blackknight12 (talk) 07:04, 29 March 2013 (UTC)


 * I have opened the discussion in the talk page as well as reverted back your edit to the previous version as it had been.You have neither answered any of my queries nor provided with evidence to oppose it.


 * Firstly realize we are not debating about from which country these Muslims have landed from.Whether Indian or Arabian, it makes no difference to this article.Tamil Muslim cult is distinct, and Sri Lankan Moors predominantly are more inclined towards it rather than an Arabian or Sinhalese cult(which does not exist as you claim).


 * Indian Tamils are just those whose origins are traced back to India, yes different from the local Sri Lankan Tamils of your island, but that does not mean they are not Tamils at all because they did not originate from your island like the latter.Same thing applies for the Moors who may.may not have an Arab descent but more or less have gained a Tamil 'lineage' by adopting their culture.


 * Its not like you can say the descendants of Indian Tamils are non-citizens of Sri lanka because their ancestors have come from a different country hundred years back.Same way its ridiculous if you associate Sri lnkan Moors with Arabs just because their disputed ancestry was supposed to be as such according to your version.


 * Many sources say, Arab influx was only restricted in small nos. perhaps to Beruwala and Mannar alone and it was the local conversions and Migration from South India in the 13th Century onward that led to a rapid growth to the Muslim populace here.Some others say Arabian traders married with local Tamil women and settled down their lives here.So of what context do you restrict SL Moors having Tamil lineage to only 'Indian Moors' that have no context here.


 * The above argument is anyway irrelevant to the topic, as Tamil Muslim is not discussing the ancestry of any community but rather their culture and fascia which are unique (from (sic) Arab or Malay) and are commonly practiced by Muslims across South India,Sri Lanka and Malaysia as well.


 * You cannot suggest your version to be the 'good' version, the older version has existed for a good long time here and its only fair that you change it to your 'good' version only if you can provide acceptable proof to justify doing so.--CuCl2 09:23, 29 March 2013 (UTC)

Barnstar
Thank you very much. :)--Blackknight12 (talk) 09:45, 29 March 2013 (UTC)

Lanka
These "&hellip; people of Sri Lanka" redirects should not be deleted: a) they currently have incoming links and b) since the targets of the redirects are not new, they do not count as "recently created" redirects, c) they are being used - see this report for example. &mdash; RHaworth (talk · contribs) 09:58, 29 March 2013 (UTC)

Deletion discussion about List of towns in North Western Province, Sri Lanka
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Thanks, Luke no 94  (tell Luke off here) 12:04, 29 March 2013 (UTC)

Deletion discussion about List of Towns in North Central Province, Sri Lanka
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Thanks, Luke no 94  (tell Luke off here) 12:05, 29 March 2013 (UTC)

Missing template
Hi. Please could you create Template:House of Vijaya? Deb (talk) 14:05, 29 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Done, Thanks for reminding me--Blackknight12 (talk) 14:17, 29 March 2013 (UTC)

Edit warring
You are repeatedly engaging in edit warring when the subject has been mutually taken care of.A citation tag has been placed in the article already regarding the number and yet you keep vandalising the article with your ethnicity claims.

Also you have completely vandalised a new section that I have created.

If you fail to discontinue your actions, you shall be reported to the WP:ANI.--CuCl2 10:26, 30 March 2013 (UTC)


 * While your edits are not vandalism (which I will advice Copperchloride), you do need to stop edit warring. As far as I can tell, the status quo had the information in a the order that CuCl2 is reverting to, so we should maintain that order until consensus is reached on the talk page. Qwyrxian (talk) 13:54, 30 March 2013 (UTC)
 * I wasn't intending on edit warring, I know it is a fine line, but only reverting a citation I added, which I am sure is fine.--Blackknight12 (talk) 14:00, 30 March 2013 (UTC)

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Have an Enjoyable New Year !!!

 * Thanks, Happy New Year to you too.--Blackknight12 (talk) 08:47, 19 April 2013 (UTC)

Sri Lankan banknotes
Hi. You uploaded several Sri Lankan banknotes. These are being considered for deletion as fair use overuse at Files_for_deletion/2013_April_21. Please see that discussion if you wish to opine. --B (talk) 16:35, 21 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the notification, I will have a look soon.--Blackknight12 (talk) 01:18, 27 April 2013 (UTC)

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Ribes hirtellum ?
Hi, about your addition of the Sri Lanka project to the talk page of this American fruit species, would Dovyalis hebecarpa be a better match? Unfortunately, there isn't a photo available in commons.wikimedia.org, but there are some related species shown in category:Dovyalis. We don't yet have a photo of Ribes hirtellum fruit, but there is one here for comparison. Sminthopsis84 (talk) 13:23, 18 May 2013 (UTC)

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Reverts
TamilNet is an highly credible media source in Nationalist and Anthropological views as claimed by the Anthropological Quarterly itself headed by Richard Grinker for your information. Moreover it is widely accepted in Wiki as a NPOV unless something more reliable you can back your claims regarding this.Hence you have no business to remove cited content in articles unless you can prove your counter-claims such as how Tamil Eelam was never a part of Tamilakam. Basically If you continue more of this spurt of removing/adjusting referenced and cited content to your own interpretations, it would only befitting to take this to the ANI or to another neutral admin's notice with this regard. --CuCl2 11:23, 26 June 2013 (UTC)
 * If you fail to see that TamilNet is not a neutral source and is highly pro LTTE and highly anti Sri Lanka, I extremely doubt you should be editing on Wikipedia, let alone anywhere. I suggest you read Wikipedia's policies and guidelines and get to know them much better that you do now, and also what a credible and reliable source is. I would also suggest you read Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 64. I highly doubt your claim that TamilNet is a credible Nationalist and Anthropological media source as viewed by the Anthropological Quarterly, let alone anywhere. You have not even given a source to back up your claim which any editor, serious enough in their work here on Wiki, would know to do as the burned of proof is on the claimer. Also just to clarify on your knowledge of history, Tamil Eelam is and was never was a state or political entity, it was only a proposed one by the LTTE. Tamil Eelam was never a part of Tamilakam, as Tamilakam existed only in India. You should know as you reverted well sourced information on the topic claiming vandalism.--Blackknight12 (talk) 05:49, 29 June 2013 (UTC)

TemplateData
Hey Blackknight12

I'm sending you this because you've made quite a few edits to the template namespace in the past couple of months. If I've got this wrong, or if I haven't but you're not interested in my request, don't worry; this is the only notice I'm sending out on the subject :).

So, as you know (or should know - we sent out a centralnotice and several watchlist notices) we're planning to deploy the VisualEditor on Monday, 1 July, as the default editor. For those of us who prefer markup editing, fear not; we'll still be able to use the markup editor, which isn't going anywhere.

What's important here, though, is that the VisualEditor features an interactive template inspector; you click an icon on a template and it shows you the parameters, the contents of those fields, and human-readable parameter names, along with descriptions of what each parameter does. Personally, I find this pretty awesome, and from Monday it's going to be heavily used, since, as said, the VisualEditor will become the default.

The thing that generates the human-readable names and descriptions is a small JSON data structure, loaded through an extension called TemplateData. I'm reaching out to you in the hopes that you'd be willing and able to put some time into adding TemplateData to high-profile templates. It's pretty easy to understand (heck, if I can write it, anyone can) and you can find a guide here, along with a list of prominent templates, although I suspect we can all hazard a guess as to high-profile templates that would benefit from this. Hopefully you're willing to give it a try; the more TemplateData sections get added, the better the interface can be. If you run into any problems, drop a note on the Feedback page.

Thanks, Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 21:43, 28 June 2013 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the notification, I will definitely have a look through this.--Blackknight12 (talk) 05:51, 29 June 2013 (UTC)

Hello! There is a DR/N request you may have interest in.
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Speaking for yourself?
Please stop your disruptive editing. Your edits have been reverted or removed. Do not continue to make edits that appear disruptive until the dispute is resolved through consensus. Continuing to edit disruptively may result in your being blocked from editing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Coppercholride (talk • contribs) 08:17, 29 June 2013 (UTC)
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Re: Tamil Buddhism
Dear friend, Due to a family emergency, I might not be able to access Wikipedia at least for a week or two. Therefore, I have decided to handover the facts that I have gathered so far.

As far as I have gathered it is also known as “Leiden Plates” [] Here is the link to the Epigraphia Indica and the translations are given in pages from 267 .[] However I couldn’t find a single reference to a ‘Kasiba Thera’. Pls verify again. (Pdf is poor quality. Sorry, this was the best I could find) Again not a Tamil script. its Sanskrit ‘closely resembling pallava Grantha’. According to that the two merchant guilds were north Indian (Thapassu and Balluka). Correctly, as Lord Buddha was from north India. The two guilds mentioned in the reference by Meera Abraham are Manigramam and Ayyavole. [] ??? Manipulated facts. But better to verify with the original article by Meera.
 * Under Tamilnadu “Animangalam Copperplate” of Kulothunga chola notes that ‘Kasiba Thera’…”
 * Nagas were not Tamils. Talk page Tamilakam.
 * Vallipuram script is not written in Tamil []
 * Thiriyaya script here. From Epigraphia Zeylanica [] P151.
 * Kadiramalai - can't declare as a Tamil Buddhist site. It was a Sinhala site as well. most probably a multiethnic site [] p 67
 * Peter Schalk is a poor source. He has publicly declared his political affliations. [][][]

I may have missed things. So Pls go through the evidence again. By the way I found this article too. WP:WINWAR

Regards and take care

Nishadhi (talk) 19:40, 7 July 2013 (UTC)


 * Hello, I hope your family is ok? I havent been editing much on that page, as the disruptions are just escalating. I will get more involved soon. Thanks for the note. Regards--Blackknight12 (talk) 06:29, 13 July 2013 (UTC)

Unreverts
Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at 2013 ICC Champions Trophy, you may be blocked from editing.

Disruptive editing
When does someone reach his limit, and should be noticed at ANI for disruptive editing? Joshua Jonathan  -  Let's talk!   14:28, 12 July 2013 (UTC)
 * I have been thinking about this myself. I think I have had the last straw and will be doing it soon, as it is widespread and irrational. I think you should go ahead too as he has been warned enough times.--Blackknight12 (talk) 06:35, 13 July 2013 (UTC)

FYI
Joshua Jonathan  -  Let's talk!   10:22, 21 July 2013 (UTC)

Meetup
Hi, I'm Saqib, from Pakistan currently admin on Wikivoyage. I'm planning to visit Sri Lanka next week. I was wondering if we could arrange first meetup of Wikipedians in Sri Lanka during I visit there? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 139.190.158.139 (talk) 14:16, 6 August 2013 (UTC)

Heads of State of Ceylon and Sri Lanka
What is wrong with having the Ceylon and Sri Lanka template. Look at the Tanzania template. Mr Hall of England (talk) 17:06, 10 August 2013 (UTC)
 * The template is unnecessary. Heads of State is not an office used in either of the Sri Lankan eras. Nor is it an office used in any other country. Heads of State is the title of the function that is provided by the office of the President. That is whether the office is held by a military dictatorship or democratic government the office is still the President and the function is still the Heads of State. In cases of monarchies, especially British Ceylon a Crown colony, they had representatives of the king/queen such as the Governor or Governor-General of Ceylon, who acted as head of state in their absence. There already exists a template for that. The Tanzania template is one you have heavily edited yourself, in fact upon further inspection before you made your intervention it was a template on Template:TanzaniaPresidents. Exactly what you have done here. I would argue the same for the Tanzania template, and every other Heads of State template. Also it seems you have only been creating these Heads of State templates and articles for a specific number countries while ignoring others. I urge you to discuss before you make controversial edits and stay away from edit warring, which will be better for everyone. Thanks--Blackknight12 (talk) 03:35, 11 August 2013 (UTC)

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Provincial election templates
I have, for now, removed from Sri Lankan provincial council election, 2013 the three templates you created earlier today because all the links on them were red links. They can be re-inserted when the articles on the templates have been created.-- obi2canibe talk contr 13:43, 22 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Thats seems reasonable. Are you planning on creating those articles?--Blackknight12 (talk) 13:57, 22 September 2013 (UTC)


 * I don't think so - there isn't enough content to justify separate articles.-- obi2canibe talk contr 14:02, 22 September 2013 (UTC)
 * There should be at least its own section on the election of each council separately, there is enough information on that, and redirect should suffice for the template for now.--Blackknight12 (talk) 14:10, 22 September 2013 (UTC)

What should I do?
Dear friend,

These two discussions (Talk:Chola rule in Sri Lanka Talk:Jaffna) are going no where. CuCl2 is just dragging the discussions with baseless arguments, threats, accusations and conspiracy theories. Its very disheartening and a waste of valuable time. What should I do?

Thanks. Nishadhi (talk) 02:26, 21 October 2013 (UTC)


 * Hello Nishadhi,


 * I think that was expected when getting into an argument with CuCl2. It is an extreme waste of valuable time, but I don't think we can leave these articles based on wrong information. I usually run into this road block and the advice I normally get from an admin is Third opinion, Requests for comment or Dispute resolution noticeboard, but maybe we can invite User:Joshua Jonathan as a neutral party as CuCl2 seems to have something against us, or at least me.--Blackknight12 (talk) 04:28, 21 October 2013 (UTC)


 * I'll have a look at it... Greetings,  Joshua Jonathan   -  Let's talk!   19:04, 21 October 2013 (UTC)

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Angampora
Hi Blackknight, you seem to be under the impression that I removed information from the angampora article without explanation. The truth is I didn't remove any information at all. Everything was simply reworded and re-arranged because, frankly, the article is full of grammar mistakes and was generally badly written. If you want, I am willing to justify and explain every change I made to the article. Morinae (talk) 14:35, 8 November 2013 (UTC)


 * Hello Morinae, thank you for discussing instead of reverting first. However Ideally you should have written this in the articles talk page. I have undone your edit because there was large chunks of sources information removed without any explanation. I have to disagree with you that the article is full of grammar mistakes and was generally badly written because I don't think it is. I have worked with editor who wrote this article and he does not seem to have a problem with grammar. The article is also thoroughly researched and its content is well sourced there is really no need to change the content. Thanks--Blackknight12 (talk) 06:25, 9 November 2013 (UTC)


 * I beg to differ with you on that point; there is a real need to alter the writing of the content. I will not make any edits yet, but I hope we can continue this discussion on the talk page first. Morinae (talk) 17:39, 9 November 2013 (UTC)

Hello again, my friend. Can we please discuss our edits on the talk page rather than simply reverting? That was the reason I did my edits one by one so you could point out specifically what it is you disagree with and I could either change it or explain my reasons to you. I am interested to know why you feel that particular image is "better" for the infobox. I will leave that photo where it is for now, but I will have to make two changes to your revision. First, as I have said in my edit summary, images should generally be placed on the right side, especially at the beginning of a paragraph. As you can see here, this is because it makes it harder for readers to find the beginning of the text. If an image is on the left, it should really be after the first paragraph of a section. In such a short article as the one we are dealing with, this means we have less space for images. And perhaps more importantly, I will be changing the captions back to my previous version. I hope I won't have to argue about this because there is absolutely no way any objective reader or editor can say "Male and female combat" is a good caption. Morinae (talk) 16:25, 4 December 2013 (UTC)


 * Hi, sorry I will reply soon, I have been preoccupied on another project right now. Thanks for your patience.--Blackknight12 (talk) 07:47, 12 December 2013 (UTC)

Undid a revision
I undid a revision of yours from the page Sports in Sri Lanka. Plz hear my side of it. "the" is not required in front of the name of stadia. Places in which stadia are located are added now. The list of sports should not be in the alphabetical order rather it should be listed on the basis of importance and popularity for that game. Rameshnta909 (talk) 16:37, 8 November 2013 (UTC)


 * Hello Rameshnta909, you should have taken this discussion to the talk page. I have made some changes according to what you have said here. Please don't revert again but discuss in the talk page what you think should change. Thanks--Blackknight12 (talk) 06:41, 9 November 2013 (UTC)

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Basnahira North cricket team
What do you mean by "back to good ver"? They look identical. The page is also not transcluded anywhere. Bgwhite (talk) 20:16, 9 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Hi, sorry just realized what I did. I will revert it back.--Blackknight12 (talk) 07:50, 12 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Thank you. I was worried I was missing something. Bgwhite (talk) 08:46, 12 December 2013 (UTC)

Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
You added some unsourced content to the page Supreme Court of Sri Lanka, add sources to verify the information. You also removed an image of supreme court building from the page, it's unnecessary plz insert the image.Rameshnta909 (talk) 17:20, 11 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Could you please specify what content you are talking about? The article is under construction it will be added soon.--Blackknight12 (talk) 07:57, 12 December 2013 (UTC)


 * I am referring to the 'table of current justices' you added to the article. If the page is under construction you can use 'under construction' tag. You have also deleted the 'supreme court of sri lanka building' image from the article for inserting the logo of the sup court. You should look into that too.Rameshnta909 (talk) 15:41, 13 December 2013 (UTC)

Ethnic groups templates
I note that there are two navigation templates for the various Sri Lankan ethnic groups: Template:Ethnic groups in Sri Lanka and Template:Immigration to Sri Lanka. I think it would be better if we only had just one template, particularly as the former only has three entries. I've merged the two into one on my sandbox. What do you think?-- obi2canibe talk contr 21:24, 23 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Actually I think the current formation is best, it is much clearer, simpler and more organized. Also the Immigration to Sri Lanka template will expand in the future, which is also a whole topic on its own. More over we should keep in mind Moors, Indian Tamils, Malays, Burghers etc. are 4th, 5th, 6th... generations of immigrants to Sri Lanka, which comes under the scope of Immigration to Sri Lanka.--Blackknight12 (talk) 05:58, 24 December 2013 (UTC)


 * I'm afraid you are opening the native/immigrant genie by having two templates, classifying all Tamils in Sri Lanka as diaspora and removing Category:Ethnic groups in Sri Lanka from the Category:Sri Lankan Moors,  Category:Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka‎, Category:Sri Lankan Malays, Category:Burgher people, Category:Colombo Chetties and Category:Bharatakula people.


 * Classifying a group as an ethnic group does not mean they are classified as native - have a look at Template:Ethnic groups in Australia, Template:UK census ethnic groups, Template:Ethnic groups in Malaysia, Template:Ethnic groups in South Africa. All it means is that they have been identified as distinct ethnic group. All of the groups from whom you removed Category:Ethnic groups in Sri Lanka are classed as ethnic groups by the Sri Lankan government.-- obi2canibe talk contr 12:52, 24 December 2013 (UTC)
 * There hasn't seem to be any conflict on it so far. And yes I would like to avoid it. I understand what ethnic group means, the reason I removed the cat was because all the article were already in or fell into a ...diaspora in Sri Lanka subcat. So essentially they are still in the Ethnic groups in Sri Lanka cat. The fact that they are classed as an ethnic groups by the Sri Lankan government doesnt exclude the fact that they are immigrant populations. Please parden that harsh sounding sentence, I am not a xenophobe or anything, just stating a fact. I can assure you all ethnic groups in Sri Lanka, with a wiki article, are categorized under Category:Ethnic groups in Sri Lanka or a subgroup within it.
 * I think this edit is fine, all it suggests is that the Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora are a part of Tamils of Sri Lanka.--Blackknight12 (talk) 13:45, 24 December 2013 (UTC)


 * I disagree with the differentiation between ethnic groups and immigrants - they are not mutually exclusive - and particularly the classification of Sri Lankan Tamils as immigrants but I am not going to pursue that matter.-- obi2canibe talk contr 12:19, 26 December 2013 (UTC)