User talk:Rks2018

Visa articles
Hi. First of all welcome to Wikipedia! I have noticed that you've made a lot of edits in visa requirements articles. Please note that in visa requirements articles all disputed areas which range from Kosovo and Crimea over Taiwan to Palestine and Abkhazia are to be listed under subsection for territories together with autonomous areas. The reason is that we can't judge in these disputes. The only objective question that we try to answer when we decide is - "Is territory X disputed?" (and not "Is territory X a country or not?") so if it's a "yes" then it goes to Territories section and if it's a "no" then it goes to the main section. Anything else is out of scope for visa requirements articles, luckily for us who edit those articles. Also a dispute should really be relevant, for example Azerbaijan does not recognize Armenia but that's not relevant as both countries are UN member states. Thank you for your time, and happy editing!--Twofortnights (talk) 20:05, 7 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Also please make sure that you properly close the table. Have a look - .--Twofortnights (talk) 20:58, 7 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Also please have a look at the WP:NOTGUIDE policy. You should not write "You can visit..." in encyclopedia as it is not a tourist guide.--Twofortnights (talk) 15:48, 8 December 2018 (UTC)

Hi, please make sure not to make arbitrary changes to visa requirement rankings that are not factually supported with the source given. Thank you.--Twofortnights (talk) 17:16, 8 December 2018 (UTC)
 * I have to underline this again, please do not make such edits as it may be understood as deliberate insertion of inaccuracies to articles.--Twofortnights (talk) 22:59, 8 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Please do not continue to add false inaccuracies of this kind. If you continue to do so after three warnings there could be sanctions against you which could make you unable to make further edits temporarily or even in some cases permanently. Thank you.--Twofortnights (talk) 11:44, 15 December 2018 (UTC)

Kindly note that there is a grammatical error in your mass added submissions. The text should not read "Do not need a visa a holder of a valid biometric residence" but rather "Visa is not required for holders of a valid biometric residence" or "Holders of a valid biometric residence do not need a visa".--Twofortnights (talk) 17:24, 8 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Hi. I have noticed that you had fixed some of the erroneous additions, but then you continued adding the version which contains a grammatical error today - .--Twofortnights (talk) 22:07, 12 December 2018 (UTC)

Wikipedia and copyright
Hello Rks2018, and welcome to Wikipedia. All or some of your addition(s) to Visa requirements for Sri Lankan citizens have been removed, as they appear to have added copyrighted material without evidence of permission from the copyright holder. While we appreciate your contributions to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from sources to avoid copyright and plagiarism issues here.


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