User talk:MediaJet/Archive 1

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Sinhalese in the English Wiktionary, if you are interested
Hi,

I wonder if you could make some small Sinhalese contributions to the English Wiktionary. The Sinhalese contents is extremely low and even very basic words are missing and online resources are poor. There's a lot to do, not just entries and translation and any help would be appreciated, although the entries and translations should follow some basic standards (very different from Wikipedia). Wiktionary:Sinhalese_transliteration needs attention.
 * wikt:Category:Sinhalese_nouns have 44 entries.
 * wikt:Category:Sinhalese_adjectives - 11.
 * wikt:Category:Sinhalese_verbs - 4.

Please pass this along if you know a Sinhalese editor who might be interested. --Anatoli (talk) 01:12, 25 January 2012 (UTC)


 * I can be contacted here: User_talk:Atitarev@English Wiktionary. --Anatoli (talk) 01:16, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

Sri Vikrama Rajasinha - Edit Conflict
Hi MediaJet,

I thought I'd get in touch with you have made constructive edits to this article in the past. It would be great if we could all work together to get the article back to version where there content isn't politically motivated or subject to historical revisionism.

There seems to be an unconstructive edit war over the name of this article. I think it's time the matter was resolved by an administrator. The article was previously entitled, "Sri Vikrama Rajasinha of Kandy". "Sri Vikrama Rajasinha" was the most common name by which the last king was known as per both Sri Lankan and European records, a perusal of books on the Kanydan period will confirm this. Yes, "Sri" is an honorific prefix, but it is also the most common name by which he was known. The prefix "Mother" appears in the wikipedia entry on "Mother Teresa", this is in accordance with MOS:HONORIFIC: "Where an honorific is so commonly attached to a name that the name is rarely found without it, it should be included". Secondly, Tamilian101 has been attempting to add "Prince Kannusamy" to the king's name. Pre-coronation titles should appear in the article, but certainly not in the title of the article. Addressing a king by the lower title, "prince", is incorrect and disrespectful. The article on Queen Elizabeth does have "Princess Elizabeth" appended the the article's title for this reason. Regardless of your politics, historical revisionism is unhelpful. Prince Kannusamy Nayaka, a member of the Madurai royal family, chose the name "Sri Vikrama Rajasinha" upon his coronation (aged 18), and that is the most common name by which he was known throughout his life.

Furthermore, adding the name of the king in three separate languages on the English Language version of wikipedia clutters up the page with information that it largely uninformative for the vast majority of readers. It should be noted that Sri Lanka's inhabitants at the time also included Burghers and Moors (who spoke Dutch and Arabic among other languages), listing his names in all these languages is unnecessary clutter. This is why Queen Elizabeth's name does not appear in Welsh, Gaelic or any other language on the wikipedia entry, because it is uninformative on an English language encyclopedia and adds unnecessary clutter. I have added this information the article's and Tamilian101's talk page in the hope that he would see reason, but it is clear that he is trying to engage in politically motivated historical revisionism. I stated that adding "Prince Kannusamy" (a previous and more junior title) before the actual name of the king on the image and his completely unnecessary (we don't see Princess Elizabeth preceding "Queen Elizabeth II" on her wiki entry). My revisions have all been reverted without the reasons being addressed on the talk page.

This is an important article on one of the most interesting periods of Sri Lankan history, so please let's work together to make it more informative an accessible without quibbling over unconstructive modifications. If you have the time, I would really appreciate your input on how to go about getting the article back to into it's former, more accurate, version.

Thanks 124.148.180.226 (talk) 06:30, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks MediaJet, your recognition is much appreciated!--Blackknight12 (talk) 10:26, 27 April 2012 (UTC)

Jacqueline Fernandez
A source would be nice. BollyJeff ||  talk  01:52, 29 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks. BollyJeff  ||  talk  00:26, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

Thank you
for identifying SWRD Bandaranaike in that picture. I added that to the caption. Einar aka Carptrash (talk) 20:46, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

Happy New Year
Thank you very much for your message MediaJet. I hope you have a memorable 2013 full of success. Please pardon my delay. :)--Blackknight12 (talk) 16:43, 11 January 2013 (UTC)

Sarath Gunapala
I reported the IP user on this article for a possible COI. Andrew327 14:10, 29 January 2013 (UTC)

thanks a lot. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hashini rangika (talk • contribs) 02:41, 9 March 2013 (UTC)

Thank you MediaJet
Thank you MediaJet for your welcome message. Long live your good work on wiki.චතුමධුර (චතුමධුර (talk) 01:40, 6 April 2013 (UTC)).

you are welcome චතුමධුර :) MediaJet   talk   17:40, 6 April 2013 (UTC)

rollback
Hi MediaJet. After reviewing your request for "rollbacker", I have [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=rights&user=&page=User%3AMediaJet/Archive_1 enabled] rollback on your account. Keep in mind these things when going to use rollback: If you no longer want rollback, contact me and I'll remove it. Also, for some more information on how to use rollback, see New admin school/Rollback (even though you're not an admin). I'm sure you'll do great with rollback, but feel free to leave me a message on my talk page if you run into troubles or have any questions about appropriate/inappropriate use of rollback. Thank you for helping to reduce vandalism. Happy editing! User:MediaJet (talk) 16:17, 13 September 2016 (UTC)Beeblebrox (talk) 20:01, 6 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Getting rollback is no more momentous than installing Twinkle.
 * Rollback should be used to revert clear cases of vandalism only, and not good faith edits.
 * Rollback should never be used to edit war.
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Personal attacks
Please don't escalate our dispute on Bodu Bala Sena into personal attacks. Comments like "you act like an extremist" and "I know that you are a LTTE sup" are enough for me to report you but I will give you a chance to act civil - like a real Buddhist.-- obi2canibe talk contr 18:51, 7 April 2013 (UTC)

So go ahead and Report I dont care,I dont want your chances,What I said is the truth.MediaJet   talk   06:18, 8 April 2013 (UTC)


 * A very disappointing attitude.-- obi2canibe talk contr 15:28, 13 April 2013 (UTC)

I Love our Tamils (Sri Lankan Tamils) but hate so called Eelam Tamils SEPARATISTS.MediaJet   talk   15:50, 13 April 2013 (UTC)


 * You hate people just because of their views? That's very un-Buddhist.-- obi2canibe talk contr 17:39, 13 April 2013 (UTC)

Truly speaking I dont cultivate hatred towards them,rather disgust them all,I had many Tamil friends in Kandy they never thought or talked about an Eelam,some of them were from Jaffna,Thivakaran a Tamil Brahmin from Jaffna was my best friend,those days we both used to go Kovil and he used to visit our Temple,that's how we lived,our Cultures are not that diverse too,Why want to Separate,lets unite :)  May the blessings of the Noble Triple Gem be always with you !!! :) MediaJet    talk   18:57, 13 April 2013 (UTC)

Sinhala & Tamil New Year wishes
Hi MediaJet,

Thank you for your Sinhala & Tamil New Year wishes & I too wish you the same. I admire the art work that you had done on the greetings.

Anuradha

අනුරාධ (talk) 15:45, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

Thanks Mr Anuradha :) <font color="6600FF">MediaJet  <font face="matura mt script capitals"> talk   18:03, 20 April 2013 (UTC)

New year wises
Wish you the same. Cossde (talk) 16:30, 17 April 2013 (UTC)



Happy New Year
I wish you the same... Thanks for the greetings. Nishadhi (talk) 16:43, 17 April 2013 (UTC)



Honorifics
Do you understand why your edit at Zakir Naik was wrong? You put 'Dr.' in front of his name, which leads me to think you need to read WP:HONORIFICS and WP:CREDENTIALS. No big deal as long as you are going to follow our guidelines here. I'm mentioning this as you have applied for Review rights and you need to understand our polices, obviously, but I also think knowledge of our guidelines, esp for biographies, is important. Dougweller (talk) 11:03, 20 April 2013 (UTC)

Good Day to you !!! Hii Dougweller,I know that what I did was wrong,actually I have read these guidelines sometime back and I am quite familiar with them though I just copy and pasted the Photo caption without thinking much,Its a silly mistake,Hope I will not do such a thing again.Thanks for pointing out the mistake :) <font face="matura mt script capitals"><font color="6600FF">MediaJet  <font face="matura mt script capitals"> talk   16:50, 20 April 2013 (UTC)


 * We all make mistakes, nothing to worry about. Thanks for the quick response Dougweller (talk) 17:07, 20 April 2013 (UTC)



Thanks
For your reply about honorifics, which I missed. No problem at all. Dougweller (talk) 15:07, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

WP:AN/I discussion notice
Hello. There is currently a discussion at Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. --Shirt58 (talk) 08:51, 5 June 2013 (UTC)

Don’t get disheartened
Dear friend,

Some people are systematically trying to discourage us. Just ignore them. We value your contributions to WP Sri Lanka and we need you.

Take care.

Nishadhi (talk) 16:50, 6 June 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) 14:17, 6 August 2013 (UTC)

Hii Saqib,This is something very interesting,however I am busy with an Uni Project these days,so its extremely hard to find a free time to participate,Thanks :)Have a good time in Sri Lanka.<font face="matura mt script capitals"><font color="6600FF">MediaJet  <font face="matura mt script capitals"> talk   05:09, 7 August 2013 (UTC)

Change in Ravana page
Hi, I had made a small change at Ravana page in the infobox of the first picture of the article. In the line "Ethnic", it's mentioned Legend, thamizhan. But thamizhan word link which i had removed actually points to a tamil movie and in no way connected or related with Ravana page. But you have reverted the change, please could you please check again and remove the error. Work2win (talk) 16:07, 3 February 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for the speedy reply. Work2win (talk) 16:59, 4 February 2014 (UTC)

April 2014
Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to violate Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy by adding commentary and your personal analysis into articles, as you did at Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, you may be blocked from editing. ''Calling the LTTE a terrorist organisation in Wikipedia's voice is a clear violation of WP:NPOV. Not even Al-Qaeda is described as a terrorist organisation in Wikipedia's voice. We can mention that LTTE is labelled as terrorist organisation by various governments but this must be done using in-text attribution as per WP:TERRORIST.

You have been editing on Wikipedia long enough to know that neutrality is one of the core content policies.''  obi2canibe talk contr 14:59, 18 April 2014 (UTC)

Sinhala & Tamil New Year wishes
Hi MediaJet,

Thank you for your Sinhala & Tamil New Year wishes & I too wish you the same.

Anuradha

අනුරාධ (talk) 05:22, 24 April 2014 (UTC)

Hi MediaJet
this is regarding "Religion in Sri Lanka" page. as you have commented that fake information still there and i have tried to delete the line 2 times. but the same person revert backs. do you know how to inform to wiki on this and do you have any related website belongs to government? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lankeshwara (talk • contribs) 08:25, 19 June 2014 (UTC)

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File:Maithripala Sirisena.jpg
I just checked the nomination page and I'm sure that it was nominated by a mistake. Sorry for my hasty reversion. I thought it was copyright violation situation. Lots of people added copyrighted images to that article without providing a proper license. But I'm happy to see that article finally received an infobox image. Subject is very important as he is the current president of the Sri Lanka. Cheers!- Chamith  (talk)  13:41, 1 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Yes indeed Thanks--<font face="matura mt script capitals"><font color="6600FF">MediaJet   <font face="matura mt script capitals"> talk   01:22, 2 February 2015 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!
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Proposed deletion of Sunflowers (band)


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Hi. , while a very good one to have on wikipedia, is just too long- I have no idea how no one's brought this up, seeing as you appear to have put it on the Kandyan Convention page nearly three years ago.

I've taken the step of cropping the image so only the first page is shown- that way, it can be put in an infobox at least, which is how wikipedia articles for historic documents are usually handled. I'll try and upload the other pages as separate images when I get some free time next weekend. - ක - (talk) 16:58, 8 October 2017 (UTC)

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