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Who was this Robert Arbuthnot?
The first British governor, Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford (1798-1805), proclaimed in 1801 that all rajakariya (royal service) was abolished and replaced it with a tax of one-fifth of their produce on low land and one-tenth on high land. North declared himself head of the salagama caste and appointed Robert Arbuthnot (disambiguation) head of the karava caste. The Judicial Charter limited the governor’s autocracy by establishing the Supreme Court and High Court of Appeal.

Galle Face Green
It was my understanding the the Dutch cleared the Galle Face Green Galle_Face_Green to make a clear field of fire for cannons. There are still cannons at the Green. Anyone know? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Njaneardude (talk • contribs) 11:46, 11 August 2010 (UTC)


 * I dunno who cleared it, the Portuguese, or the Dutch, or the Brits. But cannons are still there for surely. Here is a flickr image-- Chanaka L  ( talk ) 13:13, 11 August 2010 (UTC).

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Lionel Wendt, Dayananda Gunawardena
Two of these article nominated to copyright infringement. Pleases assist to solve this problem http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Lionel_Wendt/Temp , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Dayananda_Gunawardena/Temp

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Contribute to Wikinews Sinhala.
A proposal has been made to Wikimedia for starting a Wikinews in Sinhala language, and a test wiki has been set up to demonstrate how a Wikinews in Sinhala language would operate:

wn/si

I kindly ask all the membors of this WikiProject, who can write in Sinhala, please contribute to the mentioned wiki. --Budhajeewa (talk) 12:42, 13 December 2010 (UTC)

Mahinda Rajapaksa
Lot of controversial contents were added to the article of Sri Lankan president during last week by User:Magnocrusher2007 and those contents were safeguarded and supported by User:Blacknight12. There is an ongoing Sockpuppet investigation against User:Blacknight12 in this regard. Anyone who is interested in this issue can make their comments to help this investigation. --LahiruG (talk) 04:32, 19 January 2011 (UTC) This is a made - up story. As resident of Akkaraipattu, I witnesth that innocent Muslim Farmers were massacred by LTTE in Akkaraipattu. Otherthan this there were many similar incidents happened to Muslims. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mhmfaizal (talk • contribs) 12:50, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

Write the article Hanthana.
&uarr; --Budhajeewa (talk) 15:17, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

meaning of "Maritimepattu"
What does Maritimepattu mean? Does it come from "maritime" and "pattu" (like in" Koralai Pattu" or "Eravur Pattu")? Apokrif (talk) 18:38, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami has been requested to be renamed, see Talk:2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. 184.144.160.156 (talk) 03:26, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

Sri Lankan Caste Articles
Noticed pretty much all the articles in Category:Sinhalese castes are complete original research. I don't know if it'll help, but I made a post on WP:AN about it. -- snowolf D4  (  talk  /  @   ) 22:03, 27 March 2011 (UTC)


 * Yes, this is the case for many of the southern India caste articles, also. I tried to correct one that was up for deletion, and I tried to link it to related articles, but the related articles were mostly badly written, factually incorrect, essays on something. The topic is difficult in the West, and editing South Asian articles tends to be a lonely task on en.wiki. Pseudofusulina (talk) 06:39, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

Deletion of After Election poster
I wish to inform you that has been nominated for deletion. Silver seren C 20:18, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

Eppawala
Hi, I recently added an article on Eppawala, but at the moment it is skewed towards the phosphate controversy from the 1990s rather than the settlement. I am not Sri Lankan so would appreciate help with:


 * Sinhalese translation of the name Eppawala to put in the lead section
 * Population figures for Eppawala. From what I can gather it is in the region of 10,000, but I can't find anything reliable.
 * General fact checking, especially for the non-phosphate material
 * Also, it is hard for me to grasp the size or scale of Eppawala. Various sources talk as if is a recent formation caused by population spill-off from Andhurapura, and others speak as if it is an ancient settlement.

Thanks! --Iae (talk) 15:57, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

The terms for Siddhartha Gauthama in the administration for the food networks for the field services - Sunday, 03rd July 2011

The questions and the issues for the Civil services / Administrative services in the requirements for the field services are to promoted and the projected for the address required in the context of the address either to the civil services or in the address to the administrative services. The field services and the relevant linkages to the civil services or the extended administrative services are both considered as address to the work plans and the corresponding sensitivity to the tasks to be implemented for the seasons or the tasks to be implemented for the seasonal cropping as per the annual cropping plan held in effect in the Department of Agriculture in the Ministry of Agriculture. The services extended by the Department of Agrarian services in the Ministry of Agriculture are to coordinate the organization in the geographical locis in the participation in the seasonal cropping realised through the north east monsoon and in the south west monsoon in the districts and the Binthenna paththuwa in the tropical island Lanka @ 7 south.

To be continued > Kalaranji Maheswaran Signed on Sunday, 03rd July 2011 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kala Maheswaran (talk • contribs) 06:16, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

Pahan Silu
I accidentally stumbled upon an article on an american band named pahan silu which contains a lot of non-cited information and false references to artists such as bathiya and santhush. I find it to be against the wikipedia guidelines as it appears to be a self made article and therefore suggest someone review and take appropriate action — Preceding unsigned comment added by Malithyapa (talk • contribs) 18:45, 1 September 2011 (UTC)

Cossde and Nalanda College Colombo
Your behaviour and attitude towards Nalanda College Colombo is appauling. I know that you are a highly decorated and awarded wikipedian. This time you even put "Nalanda Central College Colombo". What's next name on the list ? (Masu7 (talk) 22:58, 17 October 2011 (UTC))

I am reporting about User: Cossde He is deliberately attacking this web page and this time gone too far (Nalanda Central College Colombo). He seems to think that he only knows English and every thing he writes only is correct. I have gone through the pages that he had edited most and he is mostly inclined towards slinging mud towards a good looking and well written page like Nalanda College Colombo. Can a single user just because he is got highly decorated awards by wikipedia keep doing like this ? Nalanda College Colombo has got a high rate given by the viewers too. May be this guy is jealous of this. Will keep writing useful translations to SINHALA as well. In reality this school has it's own web pages nicely done on internet too.(Masu7 (talk) 01:29, 18 October 2011 (UTC)).

Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. Thanking you so much. Well my question is "Why is this user Cossde is not allowing me to name this article as Nalanda College, Colombo. He is always reverting it back to either Nalanda Vidyalaya or Nalanda Maha Vidyalaya and this time have been so smart and added (Nalanda Central College Colombo) within brackets. This shows what his attitude even though he is won so many awards from wikipedia. In that case I myself (I am talented and fluent in English too although my native language is not English) too have immensly contributed so many pages both in Sinhala and English even though I have no user page created for myself. Cossde may think that he is the only person who knows correct English and he is the only person who is honest and reporting extremely accurately. I strongly suggest that a senior administrator should keep an eye on his editing and attitude as well.(Masu7 (talk) 02:15, 18 October 2011 (UTC)). (Masu7 (talk) 02:19, 18 October 2011 (UTC)).

Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at Administrators' noticeboard regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you.

[|Interesting info regarding award winning user - Cossde](Masu7 (talk) 06:53, 18 October 2011 (UTC)).

This link was posted to Cossde's talk page where an IP user has logged a page of disgruntled posts detailing their naming dispute. It's basically an attack page on how Cossde has been changing the references of Old Royalists to Alumni of various colleges in Sri Lanka back in Nov 2010. (I might nominate this for MfD) Basically this is boiling down to a content dispute which hasn't actually been discussed on any talk page. Masu7 has posted the same text they posted here on Cossde's talk page, which reeks of bad faith and ownership of the article. Having a look at Masu7's contribs, they're obviously a WP:SPA, not in a bad way, devoted to editing anything related to the Nalanda college. The problem is that this user has been here since 2007 and has a few thousand edits of which I can count on barely two hands the number of times they've used an edit summary. I suggest that Masu7 actually talk to Cossde and discuss the edits before hurling accusations at them. --Blackmane (talk) 08:40, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

Hi, since I was named here, just wanted to say that my recent edits have been to rectify a naming anomaly on the articles since the name used in the Sri Lankan Governemnt Gazette [63]. The name stated Nalanda Maha Vidyalaya, translated to English it means Nalanda Big College, however Maha Vidyalaya is the name given to a form of government run schools known as central colleges hence the Nalanda Maha Vidyalaya would mean Nalanda Central College. Since it appeared so on the Sri Lankan Governemnt Gazette I renamed the articles accordingly as its a government school. Cossde (talk) 13:05, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

Yes you are named here (a complaint about user Cossde) no doubt. This user seem to make words according to his/her own wish and still dominate and specifically target Nalanda College Colombo. It is extremely interesting to read user Cossde history pages [It's basically an attack page on how Cossde has been changing the references of Old Royalists to Alumni of various colleges in Sri Lanka back in Nov 2010. (I might nominate this for MfD) - please do so if Wikipedia has got a proper administration, I request as any one who understands English and read this page can understand what Cossde's motive is]. This is a classic clear cut of this user's [Cossde] ATTITUDE (specially towards other schools other than Highly Esteemed Royal College Colombo). I am amazed as to how this user got so many awards from Wikipedia. I am [user Masu7] not a super speaker of English or have no super understanding of millions of rules that are on Wikipedia web site (I think majority of users are in same boat as me).(Masu7 (talk) 01:25, 19 October 2011 (UTC)).

(Masu7 (talk) 03:06, 19 October 2011 (UTC)).


 * First of all, do not keep putting up the ANI notice template at the start of each of your posts. I've just done some map searching on Google Maps. The two names refer to different locations. A search for Nalanda College Colombo locates to central Colombo (next to Ananda as the article says) while a search for Nalanda Maha Vidyalaya locates to separate girls and boys schools in Minuwangoda. To make things even mroe confusing, there is another Nalanda Maha Vidyalaya article for an obscure school in Elpitiya which Google maps locates to another Ananda College. I think the editors need to hash out which schools they're talking about before going back to the article. Masu7 please refrain from attacking editors when you have not attempted to discuss the article content at all. Also, Cossde's "awards" are not from Wikipedia, they are signs of appreciation of their work by other editors here. Any editor can place an "award" on any other editor's user page. Please read this policy. --Blackmane (talk) 11:34, 19 October 2011 (UTC)

You are right about the Google Maps search. Wiki Article in question is the one that locates to central Colombo (next to Ananda as the article says). I am talking about Nalanda College in Colombo and below are the related sites both in English and Sinhala: If for example Royal College is searched you get a Royal College Panadura, Royal College Polonnaruwa etc. If some one wants to carry on the debate it will be never ending. It is not confusing. This is not a personal attack on any editor at all. It is just a fact that I am presenting to Wiki Administrators regarding none other than editor Cossde. If the administrators go through this users actions it is not hard to understand at all. I too appreciate the good work done by editor Cossde but not his attitude specially focussed to the site that I am concerned.(Masu7 (talk) 00:42, 20 October 2011 (UTC)).
 * In English - Nalanda College Colombo, List of Nalanda College Colombo alumni, Ananda-Nalanda, Malalasekara Theatre
 * In Sinhala - නාලන්දා විද්‍යාලය, කොළඹ, ආදි නාලන්දියයන්, ආනන්ද - නාලන්ද මහා ක්‍රිකට් තරගය, මලලසේකර රඟහල


 * You do not have to be a genius to understand what my initial issue is. According to my research on wikipedia there should only be one Royal College in Sri Lanka. Below paragraphs are found on Royal College, Colombo that say (without any credible references):

Royal and other Schools - Royal College's maintains a century old rivalry with S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia as well as close ties with Trinity College, Kandy. Royal has long had a familial relationship with C.M.S. Ladies' College, Colombo : several families who chose to send their sons to Royal also chose to send their daughters to Ladies College, and many Old Royalists over the years have married alumni of C.M.S. Ladies' College, Colombo.

In 1945, Minister of Education C. W. W. Kannangara began the establishment of central colleges (Madhya Maha Vidhyala) as part of the Free Education policy to provide secondary education for the rural masses, he modeled these schools on the general structure of Royal College. Although there are several schools in parts of the island that have adapted the name Royal College in the post-independence era; none have links to Royal College Colombo nor have been received formal permission to use the Royal prefix.

This makes sense why editors like Cossde are trying their best to make any school coming up as Royal on wikipedia to be renamed as Rajakeeya (this is the name in Sinhala for Royal) or to isolate from Royal College Colombo.

On Cinnamon Gardens page it tries to isolate Thurstan College that is located just closer to Royal College (when a map searching is done on Google Maps) being added.

If such a statement is added to one of the other schools it will be deleted immediately saying that "Wikipedia is not for promotional activity". Why double standards and policies ?. Who monitors activity on Royal College, Colombo ?. (Masu7 (talk) 08:53, 20 October 2011 (UTC)).

Balraj
The title of the page is Kandiah Balasegaran but in the article the name is written "Balasegaram Kandiah", are both names correct? Apokrif (talk) 17:41, 14 November 2011 (UTC)

fraudulent acts by Prestigious and Elite Schools alumni
Deshamanya Lalith Kotelawala educated at Prestigious Royal College Colombo remanded for the misappropriation of 26 billion rupees of investments from the failed Golden Key Credit Company in Sri Lanka.

Raj Rajaratnam (Tamil: ராஜ் ராஜரத்தினம்) Sri-Lankan Tamil educated at S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia was a former hedge fund manager was arrested by the FBI on allegations of insider trading, was found guilty on all 14 counts of conspiracy and securities fraud and was sentenced to 11 years in prison. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.64.146.136 (talk) 22:10, 16 November 2011 (UTC)

Raj Rajaratnam was educated at the Kollupitiya school not the Mt Lavinia one. Although both are run by the Anglican Church and part of that 'family of schools' they are separate schools as are those at Banadarawela and Gurutalawa. I have been educated at Ananda and have no vested brief. I do not wish to enter into any acrimonious debates on class and privilege but would like to see accuracy in what is effectively one if not the most consulted encyclopaedia. May I suggest you edit your comment to " Raj Rajaratnam (Tamil: ராஜ் ராஜரத்தினம்) Sri-Lankan Tamil educated at St Thomas Preparatory School Kollupitya " Vishwakoshaya (talk) 17:00, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

Editor Cossde - Prestige of Royal College or simply ROYAL in Sri Lanka
Keep up your prestige and work hard and all the best.


 * Royal College, Colombo (Sinhala:රාජකීය මහා විද්‍යාලය) කොළඹ.


 * Rajakeeya Maha Vidyalaya, Polonnaruwa or Royal College Polonnaruwa (Sinhala:රාජකීය මහා විද්‍යාලය) පොලොන්නරුව.


 * Rajakeeya Maha Vidyalaya, Telijjawila or Royal College Telijjawila (Sinhala:රාජකීය මහා විද්‍යාලය) තෙලිජ්ජවිල.


 * Panadura Rajakeeya Vidyalaya or Royal College Panadura (Sinhala: රාජකීය මහා විද්‍යාලය) පානදුර.


 * Rajakeeya Mawatha, Royal Avenue or Royal Mawatha (Sinhala: රාජකීය මාවත, රාජකීය ඇවනිව්) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.185.249.125 (talk) 01:19, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

Cossde wikipedia's sick editor from Prestigious Royal College, Colombo
Cossde you are a sick person with no other job than dumping copied poorly referenced articles to wikipedia specially Royal College, Colombo and it's related pages.

You may be another Prestigious Old Royalists that suffers from Prestigious Royal Fever. It is a disgrace. You are one of the worst editors on wikipedia.

You are an idiot who is trying to save the Prestige of Royal College, Colombo in current Sri Lanka. Your Prestigious Royal status is no more in Sri Lanka. That era is gone.

You chosed with your sick mind wikipedia to sling mud at other schools thinking that you are the owner of wikipedia and creating multiple divisions amongst school in Sri Lnaka basically to promote your Prestigious Royal College, Colombo because you know it is hard to maintain the prestige in current Sri Lanka.

You will love this site too Thurstan College sick Old Royalist editor, Cossde.

Check your Prestigious Page Ratings for your Colombo 7 (Sinhala:කුරුඳු වත්ත)  Prestigious Royal College, Colombo.(81.170.234.182 (talk) 00:30, 23 December 2011 (UTC))

Cossde Royal Prestige
Cossde thinks he is Sri Lankan Wikipedia RoyalKing.

It was Alumni of Royal College Colombo or (Sinhala Rajakeeya Maha Vidyalaya Colombo)Colombo Chetty ChristianJ.R Jayewardene, Christian Ranil Wickremasinghe, ChristianRavi Karunanayagam who dragged Sri Lanka for a prolonged war for 30 years by bowing down to western countries.

It was Alumni of Royal College Colombo or (Sinhala Rajakeeya Maha Vidyalaya Colombo) Christian DeshamanyaDrLalith Kotelawala who cheated millions of innocent Sri Lankans by stealing their hardly earned money.

Idiots like Cossde might say "Although other schools in Sri Lanka have wikipedia webpages written in english none have, links to Royal College Colombo or have been received formal permission by the Government to use english as a language.

Cossde is a sick minded simply Royal idiot desperately trying to promote prestige using wikipedia.(81.170.234.182 (talk) 01:49, 24 December 2011 (UTC))

Well said
Well said mate. Cossde is a timid scare monger amongst Sri Lankan wikipedia pages. Just like King. May be a poor Old Royalist who is jobless.(66.180.193.219 (talk) 02:26, 24 December 2011 (UTC)).

Faculty of Royal College Colombo
Faculty of Royal College Colombo Royal the great. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.0.234.27 (talk) 06:27, 7 January 2012 (UTC)

Categories for discussion nomination of Category:British civil servants to Ceylon
Category:British civil servants to Ceylon, which is under the purview of this WikiProject, has been nominated for discussion. 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) 04:26, 18 January 2012 (UTC)


 * The discussion has been relisted here. Participation by editors who are knowledgeable about the subject would be most welcome. Thank you, -- Black Falcon (talk) 00:51, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

WikiWomen's History Month
Hi everyone. March is Women's History Month and I'm hoping a few folks here at WP:Sri Lanka will have interest in putting on events (on and off wiki) related to women's roles in Sri Lanka's history, society and culture. We've created an event page on English Wikipedia (please translate!) and I hope you'll find the inspiration to participate. These events can take place off wiki, like edit-a-thons, or on wiki, such as themes and translations. Please visit the page here: WikiWomen's History Month. Thanks for your consideration and I look forward to seeing events take place! SarahStierch (talk) 21:43, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

Except Royal College Colombo other schools do not hold a Royal Charter or consent according to Cossde
Check this link [] according to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Cossde Royal College Colombo is the only school that has Royal charter or consent to use Royal prefix in Sri Lanka (Masu7 (talk) 10:27, 7 March 2012 (UTC))
 * Okay, if that's true, to add to the Royal College Colombo article, it 1) needs a source, and 2) needs to be written differently. You can't put two different sets of parenthesis next to each other. Finally, even if all of that were fixed, I think it's probably not important enough for the lead, and definitely not important enough for the first sentence. Qwyrxian (talk) 10:54, 7 March 2012 (UTC)

Please. Stop adding the claim that Royal College Colombo is the only college that can "officially" use the word "Royal" in Sri Lanka until you have a reliable secondary source that verifies this claim. Period. This is a disputed point (obviously, by the simple fact that other colleges have the word and the government has never tried to stop them). So you need a rock solid source, and even then we'll have to phrase in terms of "Source X has argued that ..." But until you have that source, it cannot be in the article, per WP:V. Qwyrxian (talk) 02:14, 8 March 2012 (UTC)

It was the user super accurate Cossde who had mentioned about this on Royal College Colombo article. In fact he dominates or all users and wants to have only one school that uses "Royal" prefix in wikipedia (saying it is only Royal College Colombo who is entitled and got the consent to use the Royal prefix by Royal charter without absolutely no references at all. Infact this user may be thinking that Royal College Colombo although situated in Colombo Sri Lanka is located in United Kingdom.


 * Royal College Panadura
 * Royal College Telijjawila
 * Royal College Polonnaruwa

His prestigious bullying attempts can be clearly seen on Cinnamon Gardens article as well and attempts to avoid Thurstan College Colombo being added.(Masu7 (talk) 02:59, 8 March 2012 (UTC)).(Masu7 (talk) 03:08, 8 March 2012 (UTC)).(Masu7 (talk) 07:16, 8 March 2012 (UTC)).

Royal Colleges
You know, at first I was just going to wait and see if you responded, but I figured I should courteously let you know in case you're not watching it: I've moved Panadura Rajakeeya Vidyalaya to Royal College Panadura. My explanation is on the article's talk page. I was finally shown the extent of your argument, and I see now that your position simply does not meet our policies. We use the English title of a subject, unless it does not have one. Period. If they call themselves Royall College Panadura in English, that is what we call them, even if you believe that name is legally incorrect. Feel free to voice your concerns there. Please note that should you object, I will take the matter to formal discussions. Qwyrxian (talk) 03:27, 8 March 2012 (UTC)

Cossde - Show the world your entitlement and consent to use Royal prefix to your Royal College Colombo before claiming that other schools that use Royal prefix do not have entitlement and consent by Royal charter to be called Royal. You also always try to sling mud at Nalanda College Colombo. Do you think that the students from Nalanda College Colombo do not have the entitlement or consent to talk and write English by Royal charter ?. I also have clearly seen your desperate attempts to avoid Thurstan College Colombo being added to Cinnamon Gardens page. Shame on you Royal College Colombo. Do you think that you own Wikipedia ? Check your page ratings at the bottom too.(Masu7 (talk) 04:40, 8 March 2012 (UTC)).(Masu7 (talk) 07:17, 8 March 2012 (UTC)).
 * Please note: I did NOT post the above message to this userboard. I posted that messsage to on User Talk:Cossde. Masu7 copied it here, completely inapporpriately, and is copying his own attack message in numerous other locations. The fact that I think that some Sri Lankan Colleges are named wrongly does not mean that I support Masu7's inappropriate and, if repeated any more, blockworthy attacks. Qwyrxian (talk) 11:48, 8 March 2012 (UTC)

Invitation to Cossde from Nalanda College Colombo / (Sinhala: Cossde හට කොළඹ නාලන්දා විද්‍යාලයයේ සිසුන්ගේ විවෘත ආරාධනාව)
(Sinhala: පරගැති සුද්දාට අප ශ්‍රී ලංකා මව්බිම පාවාදුන් පරපුරකින් එන ඔබවැනි රාජකීය කලු සුද්දනට කොළඹ නාලන්දා විද්‍යාලයයේ සිසුන් වීකිපීඩියාවෙන් භිය වැද්දීමට නොහැක. රාජකීය මහ විද්‍යාලය පිහිටා ඇත්තේ තර්ස්ටන් විද්‍යාලයට යාබදව කොළඹ කුරුඳු වත්තේය. රාජකීය මහ විද්‍යාලය එංගලන්තයේ පිහිටි පාසැලක් බවට පෙන්වන්නට ඔබ ගන්නා දැඩි උත්සාහයට අපගේ සුභ පැතුම්. රාජකීය මහ විද්‍යාලය එංගලන්තයේ පිහිටි පාසැලක් නොවේය. නවීන විද්‍යාගාර, පිහිනුම් තටාක දැන් රටපුරා බොහෝ පාසැල්වල ඇත. අතිමහා නම්බුකාර රාජකීය නාමය, කුරුඳු වත්ත රාජකීය වලව්ව රැක ගැනිමට ඔබට සෑහෙන වෙහෙසක් ගැනීමට සිදුවනු ඇත. එය රෝයල් චාටර් මායාවෙන් කල නොහැක. ප්‍රෙස්ටීජියස් රෝයල් විකිපීඩියාවෙන් රෝයල් චාටර් කර ගැනීමට කොළඹ නාලන්දා විද්‍යාලයයේ සිසුන් සමග වාදයට එනුමැන ප්‍රෙස්ටීජියස් රෝයල්) Cossde.(Masu7 (talk) 11:09, 8 March 2012 (UTC)).(Masu7 (talk) 11:13, 8 March 2012 (UTC)).


 * If this is in any way an attack (I'm assuming someone else here on this project can read Sinhala), please immediately remove it (and you can remove this comment from me to), and let me know on my talk page. Qwyrxian (talk) 11:49, 8 March 2012 (UTC)

Korran Pittan an SL Tamil king? Need to get references verified/book pages
As many of us have experienced, all too often we come across articles with distorted "truths" and sometimes references are given to hard to get out of print books, to backup this "truth". This is one such instance and I would greatly appreciate it if someone can check one of the references in this article called Korran for me. The reference I want checked is:
 * South India and Ceylon, by Kolappa Pillay Kanakasabhapathi Pillay. (1963). University of Madras. pp. 39
 * Link to full information on about the book at Worldcat

All the relevant literature state that this king/chief was a Chera chief who commanded the Chera army. Somehow it is twisted and made into a Jaffna Tamil king with a flourishing emporium in Mantota (ofcourse called Mantai) etc. The well known embassy to Rome is supposed to have been sent by a Jaffna king and the freedman Pliny mentions, is supposed to have learnt to speak Tamil!!! I'll edit those in the coming weeks. Hope someone can check the reference for me. Alternatively he/she can mail me a scan of the page or upload it to an image sharing site. Regards --SriSuren (talk) 03:27, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

I need some input
Is this article Makara (Hindu mythology) the same subject as Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Makara (The Dragon in Sri Lanka)? It doesn't seem quite the same to me, the one is about the creature in the Hindu pantheon, the other is about a creature important to Sri Lankan culture (using Buddhist images), but I really don't know. Any input/thoughts/feedback welcomed. Thanks, Shearonink (talk) 01:35, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

User:Hillcountries's claim that king Vijaya was not Sinhalese
There is currently a discussion going on about the ancestry of Sri Lankan monarchy on Talk:Prince Vijaya. Please comment.--Blackknight12 (talk) 07:40, 20 April 2012 (UTC)

Facebook Game
This concerns a new game (3/2012) on Facebook, Disney Playdom's Blackwood & Bell Mysteries. It's a hidden object game set in the 19th century.

The "quest" that started Wednesday, June 6, 2012, involves Sri Lanka. There's a narrative with each new chapter. This is Chapter 13: The Case of the Emerald Buddha: Siam. One the buildings is named Dutch Church with this explanation, "A stately reminder of Dutch influence in the Kingdom of Kandy." So I turned to Wikipedia to find out what the Kingdom of Kandy is. RaqiwasSushi (talk) 05:40, 6 June 2012 (UTC)

Richmond College (Sri Lanka)
According to our article, Richmond College (Sri Lanka) has a long and notable history - which I have no reason to doubt. Unfortunately, it seems impossible to persuade those who edit the article that it actually needs WP:RS sources to back it up. Can anyone from this WikiProject help out with this? Even verification of the basic facts would be an improvement... AndyTheGrump (talk) 00:44, 29 October 2012 (UTC)

Dravidians as black people?
An rfc on whether the black people article should discuss Dravidians, Australian Aborigines, Gypsies and other relatively dark-skinned populations around the world, or whether it should be reserved for discussion of individuals with Black African ancestry is presently taking place. Members of this WikiProject are encouraged to participate here. Soupforone (talk) 22:46, 27 November 2012 (UTC)

File:Royal College Colombo Cadet Corps.jpg
File:Royal College Colombo Cadet Corps.jpg has been nominated for speedy deletion -- 70.24.247.127 (talk) 21:10, 24 December 2012 (UTC)

Caste in biographical articles
Hello! A discussion on inclusion of caste in biographical articles is going on at Village Pump. Your comments are welcome at Village pump (policy). §§ Dharmadhyaksha §§ {T/C} 18:39, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

Mi-35p.JPG
file:Mi-35p.JPG has been nominated for deletion -- 76.65.128.43 (talk) 04:12, 21 January 2013 (UTC)

Proposed merger

 * I propose This Article should be merged with Human_rights_in_Sri_Lanka, as it is more suitable there. It will provide appropriate due weight to each section in the history of human rights in sri lanka, and provide the reader with a more comprehensive coverage of Human rights in Sri lanka. Similar to what has to be done with Human_rights_in_the_United_States Eng.Bandara (talk) 21:49, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

File:WikiProject Sri Lanka logo.svg
Wouldn't it be better to have a vertical orientation for the flag, instead of this horizontal orientation, for the outline? -- 65.92.180.137 (talk) 00:43, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
 * I dont think it would be proper to show the flag of Sri Lanka distorted.--Blackknight12 (talk) 01:57, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
 * WikiProject Sri Lanka already uses the outline image shown in this section, which you added. If you don't want a distorted flag, then why change the image? -- 65.92.180.137 (talk) 01:59, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
 * The image is called a flag map, it is a type of image used in wikipedia for all countries, I only uploaded a better version--Blackknight12 (talk) 02:21, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Several country projects don't use flagmaps, they use other things, such as a regular flag, or some national symbol. And may country-stubs don't use flagmaps either, for similar reasons. Though SriLanka-stub uses a flagmap.
 * What I'm saying is that a 90-degree rotation of the flag so that it appears in a different orientation, would make a better basis for a flagmap, since it would show more of the flag, and a flag hanging down is a common way to display a flag (such as from the side of a building) -- 65.92.180.137 (talk) 02:29, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
 * The flag is usually not hung vertically because the lion is supposed to be shown standing upright (if you really want to read the long list of rules for displaying the flag, you can find them here). "Distorting" the national flag is kind of a big deal in Sri Lanka (just do a quick google search and it'll show news articles about people being arrested for that) so I'd expect some complaints if we put it vertically here. Chamal T •C 03:04, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
 * The flag is already distorted, by making it a flagmap. If we're to avoid distortion, then the stub-template and project-template should revert to the flag image and not be a flagmap. -- 65.92.180.137 (talk) 09:12, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

File:John Murdoch, LL.D.jpg
File:John Murdoch, LL.D.jpg has been nominated for deletion -- 65.92.180.137 (talk) 04:34, 4 March 2013 (UTC)
 * It has been renominated for deletion -- 70.24.250.103 (talk) 03:00, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

B-class criteria parameters
I suggest to add B-class criteria parameters to WikiProject Sri Lanka assessment template. -- PHEONIX  TER  16:36, 16 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Go ahead Pheonixter.--Blackknight12 (talk) 10:05, 19 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Dear friends, Just to clarify... In my opinion, some of our B class articles do not meet this new check list requirements. eg. Burning of Jaffna library, Prince Vijaya (some of the sources), Kingdom of Kandy (coverage - there are some empty sections) etc. Are we suppose to re list them as C class? Thanks. Nishadhi (talk) 18:07, 21 March 2013 (UTC)
 * After filling the checklist if it doesnt meet the criteria, we should re-list them. -- PHEONIX  TER  17:09, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

Sri Lankan notes
A large number of Sri Lankan banknotes are up for deletion, see Files_for_deletion/2013_April_21 -- 70.24.250.103 (talk) 00:30, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Sri Lankan coins
A large number of Sri Lankan coin images are up for deletion, see Possibly_unfree_files/2013_April_26 -- 70.24.250.103 (talk) 23:52, 27 April 2013 (UTC)

Bibiladeniye Mahanama - help needed with sources
I have been copyediting this biographical article and formatting the references. However, many of the English language sources were found to be spurious in that they did not verify the claims made, and in fact completely failed to mention the subject at all. Many of other claims which are unreferenced appear to be exaggerations, e.g. the subject's compositions being used in "short films", which are actually private wedding videos. I have removed the spurious references (although not the claims themselves). However, several major biographical claims are sourced to websites which are in Sinhalese only. Could someone check those references and let me know if they actually verify the claims to which they are attached. They are references 1, 2, and 7. Best wishes, Voceditenore (talk) 13:38, 4 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Many thanks to User:Pheonixter (a member of this project) for his prompt help with this one. Voceditenore (talk) 07:22, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

Dinesh Subasinghe - help needed with sources
This article, like the one above, has had a lot of referencing problems. I and another editor have rectified most of them. However, there are several sources in Sinhalese. Could someone check to see if a. they are reliable sources, b. they verify what they allege to verify, and c. they are not simply duplicates of the English sources already in the article. The references in question are 2, 8, 9, 23, 24, 26, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, and 37. Best, Voceditenore (talk) 07:22, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

coins up for deletion

 * File:Vijaya Bahu IV - One massa.png has been nominated for deletion -- 65.94.76.126 (talk) 05:39, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
 * File:Sahasamalla - One massa.png has been nominated for deletion -- 65.94.76.126 (talk) 05:41, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
 * File:Lilavati - One massa.png has been nominated for deletion -- 65.94.76.126 (talk) 05:47, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
 * File:Dharmasoka Deva - One massa.png has been nominated for deletion -- 65.94.76.126 (talk) 05:53, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
 * File:Bhuvanaika Bahu - One massa.png has been nominated for deletion -- 65.94.76.126 (talk) 06:01, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

Viscount Soulbury image files
file:Herwald Ramsbotham, 1st Viscount Soulbury.jpg and image:James Ramsbotham, 2nd Viscount Soulbury.jpg have been nominated for deletion -- 65.94.76.126 (talk) 05:59, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

Sinhala phonology
These two articles, Sinhala phonology and Sinhala language seem to have some duplicate coverage of phonetics, but they don't seem to agree. Can some one who knows please check them? &mdash;Anne Delong (talk) 18:18, 5 June 2013 (UTC)
 * I will have a look.--Blackknight12 (talk) 03:34, 4 August 2013 (UTC)

National animal
What is the National animal of Sri Lanka? Need for National symbols of Sri Lanka. --Anton017 (talk) 06:41, 30 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Im not quiet sure about this, I know the Sri Lanka Junglefowl is the national bird and there is also a national butterfly, however the lion and elephant are seen as important national animals.--Blackknight12 (talk) 03:47, 4 August 2013 (UTC)

AfC submission
This submission is relevant to this project. Regards, FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 19:31, 3 August 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia meetup
Hi, I'm Saqib, from Pakistan currently admin on Wikivoyage. I'm planning to visit Sri Lanka for tourism 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 139.190.141.225 (talk) 23:29, 5 August 2013 (UTC)