User talk:Morquendi

Hi. Actually, we want to be moving & merging all that material &mdash;except what you deleted&mdash; into the History of Sri Lanka article. Thanks. El_C 08:36, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Hi, not everybody believes the Mahavansa and the Deepavansa to be accurate historical records. That's like saying the Bible is an accurate historical record. It shouldn't be there. Not right at the top. Which is why I have put it under 'written history' which allows a read to judge for themselves.

Morquendi 09:03, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

El C, all the right wing Sinhala nationalist guys in Sri Lanka jump around about how the Mahavansa is proof that the Sinhala people are the owners of this land and that the Tamil people shold at best be subjugated, or at worst be kicked or killed.

So it's a very very sensitive political issue here. To add credence to the claims that the Mahavansa is a credible written record is a very bad idea. I'm not saying trash it as a big fat book of lies. It is an interesting historical document, but the fact remains that we just don't know how credible it is.

So I suggest keeping it under 'written history' and stashing it there with the Mahabharatha and the Ramayana so that anyone reading it will understand that maybe it's not very credible.

Morquendi 09:09, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

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Kandyan Dance looks great; could you please cite the reference(s) you used for the article? Melchoir 13:08, 17 March 2006 (UTC)