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Cities in Sri Lanka

What is the legal definition of a city in Sri Lanka. Look at the List of cities in Sri Lanka I can't help but wonder how a place that has a population of just over 1,500 residents can ever be considered to be a city. I know that a lot of eager novice editors are keen to over-state the importance of their home town however there must be a government definition as to what constitutes a village, town or city. I think that this would greatly assist. Most references I've been able to source indicate that there are only about 24 'cities' in the country. Was wondering if you could help me on this one. Dan arndt (talk) 12:32, 12 November 2016 (UTC)

@Dan arndt: I haven't come across any formal definition of what constitutes a city. The Department of Census & Statistics considers an area governed by municipal or urban council to be an "urban" area, as opposed to rural. I'd suggest we'd use the same. I think the 24 cities refers to the 24 municipal councils but I don't think we should limit the article to those covered by MC as by quirk of history (and political manipulation) there are some large settlements that don't have MC. Might be worthwhile posing the question at WP:LK.--obi2canibe^talk contr 12:49, 12 November 2016 (UTC)

Nomination of Faculty of Business Studies, University of Jaffna for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Faculty of Business Studies, University of Jaffna is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Faculty of Business Studies, University of Jaffna until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 03:42, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

@Piotrus: I do hope you will delete the hundreds of other non-notable university faculty and department articles. Otherwise it looks you are targetting this university (and this editor).--obi2canibe^talk contr 17:29, 20 November 2016 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce, University of Jaffna

The article Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce, University of Jaffna has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

The coverage (references, external links, etc.) does not seem sufficient to justify this article passing Wikipedia:General notability guideline and the more detailed Wikipedia:Notability (companies) requirement. If you disagree and deprod this, please explain how it meets them on the talk page here in the form of "This article meets criteria A and B because..." and ping me back through WP:ECHO or by leaving a note at User talk:Piotrus. Thank you.

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 05:17, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Jaffna

The article Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Jaffna has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

The coverage (references, external links, etc.) does not seem sufficient to justify this article passing Wikipedia:General notability guideline and the more detailed Wikipedia:Notability (companies) requirement. If you disagree and deprod this, please explain how it meets them on the talk page here in the form of "This article meets criteria A and B because..." and ping me back through WP:ECHO or by leaving a note at User talk:Piotrus. Thank you.

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 05:18, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Faculty of Medicine, University of Jaffna

The article Faculty of Medicine, University of Jaffna has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

The coverage (references, external links, etc.) does not seem sufficient to justify this article passing Wikipedia:General notability guideline and the more detailed Wikipedia:Notability (companies) requirement. If you disagree and deprod this, please explain how it meets them on the talk page here in the form of "This article meets criteria A and B because..." and ping me back through WP:ECHO or by leaving a note at User talk:Piotrus. Before deprodding saying that "departments/faculties are notable", check AfD, where such articles are regularly deleted, see WP:SCHOOLOUTCOMES ("Faculties, departments or degree programs within a university, college, or school are generally not considered notable unless they have made significant contributions to their field."). Thank you.

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 03:57, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Faculty of Technology, University of Jaffna

The article Faculty of Technology, University of Jaffna has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

The coverage (references, external links, etc.) does not seem sufficient to justify this article passing Wikipedia:General notability guideline and the more detailed Wikipedia:Notability (companies) requirement. If you disagree and deprod this, please explain how it meets them on the talk page here in the form of "This article meets criteria A and B because..." and ping me back through WP:ECHO or by leaving a note at User talk:Piotrus. Before deprodding saying that "departments/faculties are notable", check AfD, where such articles are regularly deleted, see WP:SCHOOLOUTCOMES ("Faculties, departments or degree programs within a university, college, or school are generally not considered notable unless they have made significant contributions to their field."). Thank you.

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 03:57, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Jaffna

The article Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Jaffna has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

The coverage (references, external links, etc.) does not seem sufficient to justify this article passing Wikipedia:General notability guideline and the more detailed Wikipedia:Notability (companies) requirement. If you disagree and deprod this, please explain how it meets them on the talk page here in the form of "This article meets criteria A and B because..." and ping me back through WP:ECHO or by leaving a note at User talk:Piotrus. Before deprodding saying that "departments/faculties are notable", check AfD, where such articles are regularly deleted, see WP:SCHOOLOUTCOMES ("Faculties, departments or degree programs within a university, college, or school are generally not considered notable unless they have made significant contributions to their field."). Thank you.

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 03:57, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Faculty of Arts, University of Jaffna

The article Faculty of Arts, University of Jaffna has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

The coverage (references, external links, etc.) does not seem sufficient to justify this article passing Wikipedia:General notability guideline and the more detailed Wikipedia:Notability (companies) requirement. If you disagree and deprod this, please explain how it meets them on the talk page here in the form of "This article meets criteria A and B because..." and ping me back through WP:ECHO or by leaving a note at User talk:Piotrus. Before deprodding saying that "departments/faculties are notable", check AfD, where such articles are regularly deleted, see WP:SCHOOLOUTCOMES ("Faculties, departments or degree programs within a university, college, or school are generally not considered notable unless they have made significant contributions to their field."). Thank you.

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 03:57, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Faculty of Science, University of Jaffna

The article Faculty of Science, University of Jaffna has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

The coverage (references, external links, etc.) does not seem sufficient to justify this article passing Wikipedia:General notability guideline and the more detailed Wikipedia:Notability (companies) requirement. If you disagree and deprod this, please explain how it meets them on the talk page here in the form of "This article meets criteria A and B because..." and ping me back through WP:ECHO or by leaving a note at User talk:Piotrus. Before deprodding saying that "departments/faculties are notable", check AfD, where such articles are regularly deleted, see WP:SCHOOLOUTCOMES ("Faculties, departments or degree programs within a university, college, or school are generally not considered notable unless they have made significant contributions to their field."). Thank you.

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 03:57, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Faculty of Agriculture, University of Jaffna

The article Faculty of Agriculture, University of Jaffna has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

The coverage (references, external links, etc.) does not seem sufficient to justify this article passing Wikipedia:General notability guideline and the more detailed Wikipedia:Notability (companies) requirement. If you disagree and deprod this, please explain how it meets them on the talk page here in the form of "This article meets criteria A and B because..." and ping me back through WP:ECHO or by leaving a note at User talk:Piotrus. Before deprodding saying that "departments/faculties are notable", check AfD, where such articles are regularly deleted, see WP:SCHOOLOUTCOMES ("Faculties, departments or degree programs within a university, college, or school are generally not considered notable unless they have made significant contributions to their field."). Thank you.

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 03:57, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

User group: New Page Reviewr

Hello Obi2canibe.

Based on the patrols you made of new pages during a qualifying period in 2016, your account has been added to the "New page reviewers" user group, allowing you to review new pages and mark them as patrolled, tag them for maintenance issues, or in some cases, tag them for deletion. The list of articles awaiting review is located at the New Pages Feed.

New page reviewing is a vital function for policing the quality of the encylopedia, if you have not already done so, you must read the new tutorial at New Pages Review, the linked guides and essays, and fully understand the various deletion criteria. If you need more help or wish to discuss the process, please join or start a thread at page reviewer talk.

• Be nice to new users - they are often not aware of doing anything wrong.
• You will frequently be asked by users to explain why their page is being deleted - be formal and polite in your approach to them too, even if they are not.
• Don't review a page if you are not sure what to do. Just leave it for another reviewer.
• Remember that quality is quintessential to good patrolling. Take your time to patrol each article, there is no rush. Use the message feature and offer basic advice.

The reviewer right does not change your status or how you can edit articles. If you no longer want this user right, you may ask any administrator to remove it for you at any time. In case of abuse or persistent inaccuracy of reviewing, the right can be revoked at any time by an administrator. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:34, 19 November 2016 (UTC)

ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open!

Hello, Obi2canibe. Voting in the 2016 Arbitration Committee elections is open from Monday, 00:00, 21 November through Sunday, 23:59, 4 December to all unblocked users who have registered an account before Wednesday, 00:00, 28 October 2016 and have made at least 150 mainspace edits before Sunday, 00:00, 1 November 2016.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2016 election, please review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:08, 21 November 2016 (UTC)

New Page Review - newsletter

Hello Obi2canibe,

Breaking the back of the backlog

We now have 811 New Page Reviewers! Most of you requested the user right to be able to do something about the huge backlog. Now it's time for action.

Mid July to 01 Oct 2016

If each reviewer does only 10 reviews a day over five days, the backlog will be down to zero and the daily input can then be processed by each reviewer doing only 2 or 3 reviews a day - that's about 5 minutes work!
Let's get that over and done with in time to relax for the holidays.

Second set of eyes

Not only are New Page Reviewers the guardians of quality of new articles, they are also in a position to ensure that pages are being correctly tagged for deletion and maintenance and that new authors are not being bitten. This is an important feature of your work. Read about it at the new Monitoring the system section in the tutorial.

Getting the tools we need - 2016 WMF Wishlist Survey: Please vote

With some tweaks to their look, and some additional features, Page Curation and New Pages Feed could easily be the best tools for patrollers and reviewers. We've listed most of what what we need at the 2016 WMF Wishlist Survey. Voting starts on 28 November - please turn out to make our bid the Foundation's top priority. Please help also by improving or commenting on our Wishlist entry at the Community Wishlist Survey. Many other important user suggestions are listed at at Page Curation.

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BBC 12-hour Editathon - large influx of new pages & drafts expected

New Page Reviewers are asked to be especially on the look out 08:00-20:00 UTC (that's local London time - check your USA and AUS times) on Thursday 8 December for new pages. The BBC together with Wikimedia UK is holding a large 12-hour editathon. Many new articles and drafts are expected. See BBC 100 Women 2016: How to join our edit-a-thon. Follow also on #100womenwiki, and please, don't bite the newbies :) (user:Kudpung for NPR. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:55, 7 December 2016 (UTC))

New Page Review - newsletter #2

Hello Obi2canibe,

Please help reduce the New Page backlog

This is our second request. The backlog is still growing. Your help is needed now - just a few minutes each day.

Getting the tools we need

ONLY TWO DAYS LEFT TO VOTE

• Improve the tools: Vote here.
• Reduce your review load: Vote here

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That scout article

I think your critique of the article is valid, as you will have seen from my !vote.

One thing I have found over many years is that an AfD runs better and generally has a better outcome the quieter the nominator can be. By 'better outcome' I mean better for Wikipedia, not what the nominator wishes or does not wish to happen. Please may I commend to you the idea of allowing the scouts to continue to state the the bronze wolf award is awesomeness personified, and to stand back and leave it to the closing admin's judgement over the argument presents. It is not the volume, but the quality of the arguments that ought to win the day.

The actual outcome probably matters little. If it is deleted, that is fine, moved to draft is fine, too, and retention is fine, though it does lack decent referencing Fiddle Faddle 11:56, 20 December 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for the advice.--obi2canibe^talk contr 15:22, 20 December 2016 (UTC)

List of Royal College Colombo alumni

Its a massive task so you can reward me when I finally finish. By converting the list to a wikitable I'm hoping to:

• standardise the various subheadings
• weed out some of the non-notable individuals
• remove the unnecessary honorifics
• remove the duplications (listing them under their most notable achievement rather than every achievement)
• create a sortable list, which can be ordered alphabetically

I still need to look at the lead as well.

What that means is that it can be used as an exemplar for other lists such as List of Ananda College alumni, List of Mahinda College alumni, List of Nalanda College Colombo alumni, List of Trinity College, Kandy alumni and probably the worst of the bunch List of St Peter's College, Colombo alumni. Have already worked through most of the small lists of alumni but its a hard slog.

Luckily enough I haven't run into much resistance at this stage but the year is still young. Dan arndt (talk) 01:14, 21 December 2016 (UTC)

• Just completed a total re-write of List of St Peter's College, Colombo alumni. Time now to head back to Royal College alumni list. Dan arndt (talk) 03:56, 9 January 2017 (UTC)

Have just encountered my first significant resistance whilst working on List of Mahinda College alumni with an editor insisting on reading a number of non-notable alumni. Dan arndt (talk) 09:01, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

Formal mediation has been requested

The Mediation Committee has received a request for formal mediation of the dispute relating to "Sri Lanka Matha". As an editor concerned in this dispute, you are invited to participate in the mediation. Mediation is a voluntary process which resolves a dispute over article content by facilitation, consensus-building, and compromise among the involved editors. After reviewing the request page, the formal mediation policy, and the guide to formal mediation, please indicate in the "party agreement" section whether you agree to participate. Because requests must be responded to by the Mediation Committee within seven days, please respond to the request by 12 January 2017.

Discussion relating to the mediation request is welcome at the case talk page. Thank you.
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Tamil Singaporeans

I am of the opinion that above page should not be redirected to Indian Singaporeans.

There are similar pages like Tamil Canadians, Tamil Americans and Tamil Malaysians,

I am of the opinion Singapore Tamils should be redirected to Tamil Singaporeans.

I need your opinion on the talk page of the above articles.Shankar2001 (talk) 16:38, 5 January 2017 (UTC)

Request for mediation rejected

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Talkback

Hello, Obi2canibe. You have new messages at WP:DRN.
Message added 16:31, 14 January 2017 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

I have replied to your note. JustBerry (talk) 16:31, 14 January 2017 (UTC)

Shelton Ranaraja

Appreciate the rewrite however your edits come fairly close to copyright violations (particularly from the Daily Mirror, including the image used), rather than report this can you please address these issues. Dan arndt (talk) 22:45, 14 January 2017 (UTC)

@Dan arndt: If you believe there has been any violation of copyright policy you should seek the advice of WP:CP.--obi2canibe^talk contr 12:08, 15 January 2017 (UTC)

ANI

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. TimothyJosephWood 14:23, 15 January 2017 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of File:Shelton Ranaraja.jpg

A tag has been placed on File:Shelton Ranaraja.jpg requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section F9 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the file appears to be a blatant copyright infringement. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted content borrowed from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Dan arndt (talk) 09:26, 16 January 2017 (UTC)

@Dan arndt: Now that you've got this image deleted using a spurious WP:F9 please go and find a free image of Ranaraja.--obi2canibe^talk contr 20:26, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

Calm down Obi2canibe, it wasn't a spurious WP:F9. The image was published in 2011 and is copyright of the newspaper. I did raise concerns earlier and you suggested that I if I believed that there had been any violation of copyright policy I should seek the advice of WP:CP - which I did. As an experienced editor I thought you might want to deal with it yourself rather than using a Speedy Delete. Please don't take this as a personal affront - like you all I'm trying to do is improve WP, particularly Sri Lankan articles. I hope we can collaborate on future articles. Dan arndt (talk) 05:18, 18 January 2017 (UTC) has extended an olive branch of peace.

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@Dan arndt: I don't see any discussion at WP:CP, nor was I informed of any discussion. I never expected you to speedily delete anything. You're wrong to to assume that the image is the copyright of a newspaper (presumably the Sunday Times). It's earliest appearance is on dbsjeyaraj.com, dated 12/08/2011 whereas the Sunday Times article is dated 21/08/2011, nine days later. Even if it were copyrighted to the Sunday Times WP:NFCI#10 allow its use on Wikipedia as long as it complies with WP:NFCCP. Neither the Sunday Times or the Daily Mirror are press/photo agencies - they are news outlets which source content, including images, from press/photo agencies. You are making too many errors because you are making assumptions. Don't jump in with size 12 boots. Always check what you are doing and above all comply with policies.

Anyway, I have stared a WP:DRV here if you wish to comment.--obi2canibe^talk contr 19:56, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

Merger discussion for 1990 massacre of Sri Lankan Police officers

An article that you have been involved in editing—1990 massacre of Sri Lankan Police officers—has been proposed for merging with another article. If you are interested, please participate in the merger discussion. Thank you. Dan arndt (talk) 03:30, 29 January 2017 (UTC)

New Page Review - newsletter No.2

Hello Obi2canibe,

A HUGE backlog

We now have 811 New Page Reviewers!
Most of us requested the user right at PERM, expressing a wish to be able to do something about the huge backlog, but the chart on the right does not demonstrate any changes to the pre-user-right levels of October.

Hitting 17,000 soon

The backlog is still steadily growing at a rate of 150 a day or 4,650 a month. Only 20 reviews a day by each reviewer over the next few days would bring the backlog down to a managable level and the daily input can then be processed by each reviewer doing only 2 or 3 reviews a day - that's about 5 minutes work!
It didn't work in time to relax for the Xmas/New Year holidays. Let's see if we can achieve our goal before Easter, otherwise by Thanksgiving it will be closer to 70,000.

Second set of eyes

Remember that we are the only guardians of quality of new articles, we alone have to ensure that pages are being correctly tagged by non-Reviewer patrollers and that new authors are not being bitten.

Abuse

This is even more important and extra vigilance is required considering Orangemoody, and

1. this very recent case of paid advertising by a Reviewer resulting in a community ban.
2. this case in January of paid advertising by a Reviewer, also resulting in a community ban.
3. This Reviewer is indefinitely blocked for sockpuppetry.

Coordinator election

Kudpung is stepping down after 6 years as unofficial coordinator of New Page Patrolling/Reviewing. There is enough work for two people and two coords are now required. Details are at NPR Coordinators; nominate someone or nominate yourself. Date for the actual suffrage will be published later.

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Sri Lankan cricketers

Hi. I see from edits on several Sri Lankan cricketers, you are in an edit-war with another user. As far as I can tell, no attempt has been made to discuss these edits on any user's talkpages or article talkpages. I strongly recommend that you make no further edits to any of these articles until a discussion has taken place. Please be aware your next revert will probably lead to a block. For the record, I don't want that to happen, but consider this a warning of what could happen if you continue. Articles include, but are not limited to:

• Yashodha Lanka
• Nisala Tharaka‎
• Thikshila de Silva‎
• Sithara Gimhan‎

The edit histories of these articles speak for themselves. Please start talking with the other editor on their talkpage to avoid any problems. Thanks. Lugnuts ^Precious bodily fluids 08:44, 15 February 2017 (UTC)

New Page Review-Patrolling: Coordinator elections

Your last chance to nominate yourself or any New Page Reviewer, See Wikipedia talk:New pages patrol/Coordination. Elections begin Monday 20 February 23:59 UTC. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:17, 19 February 2017 (UTC)

New Page Review - newsletter No.3

Hello Obi2canibe,

Voting for coordinators has now begun HERE and will continue through/to 23:59 UTC Monday 06 March. Please be sure to vote. Any registered, confirmed editor can vote. Nominations are now closed.

Still a MASSIVE backlog

We now have 811 New Page Reviewers but despite numerous appeals for help, the backlog has NOT been significantly reduced.
If you asked for the New Page Reviewer right, please consider investing a bit of time - every little helps preventing spam and trash entering the mainspace and Google when the 'NO_INDEX' tags expire.

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WikiProject Tamil civilization

Hello! I thought you may be interested in joining WikiProject Tamil civilization. We work on creating, expanding and making general changes to Tamil related articles. If you would be interested in joining feel free to visit the Participants Page! Thank You.

Vatasura 14:00, 06 March 2017 (UTC)

Merger discussion for St. Thomas' College, Matale

An article that you have been involved in editing—St. Thomas' College, Matale —has been proposed for merging with another article. If you are interested, please participate in the merger discussion. Thank you. Dan arndt (talk) 05:06, 24 March 2017 (UTC)

List of terrorist incidents in Sri Lanka

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. --LahiruG^talk 11:10, 30 March 2017 (UTC)

April 2017

Playing victim

This is your only warning; if you make personal attacks on others again, as you did at Liberation_Tigers_of_Tamil_Eelam, you may be blocked from editing without further notice. Comment on content, not on other contributors or people. The comments you made in your edit summary were not acceptable. Please modify your tone when addressing other editors. Spacecowboy420 (talk) 06:41, 3 April 2017 (UTC)

WP:WIKIHOUNDING

Please don't follow me to other articles. Two minutes after reverting me on the ragging articles, you followed me to the tamil tigers article and reverted me there.

No more stalking please. Spacecowboy420 (talk) 11:11, 3 April 2017 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of COLOMBO OVERSEAS SCHOOL,COLOMBO 8

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A tag has been placed on COLOMBO OVERSEAS SCHOOL,COLOMBO 8, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations for more information.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator. Dan arndt (talk) 02:29, 5 April 2017 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of S. J. V. Chelvanayakam

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article S. J. V. Chelvanayakam you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Vanamonde93 -- Vanamonde93 (talk) 08:01, 22 April 2017 (UTC)

Harassment by unexplained content removal

Hello, I have noticed that you have removed the categories I have added to the articles Ambalangoda, Polonnaruwa and Ampara without giving a proper reason. Also you have made significant changes to the categories I have created recently (Category:Tangalle, Category:Polonnaruwa,Category:Landmarks in Kurunegala, Category:Monaragala etc.) only giving a '+' sign in the edit summary, clearly as an harassment to me. If you continue to wikihound me and change my edits to demoralize me, you will be reported without any further notification. --LahiruG^talk 09:51, 22 April 2017 (UTC)

@LahiruG: You're paranoid doc. I have better things to do than hound you.--Obi2canibe (talk) 11:06, 23 April 2017 (UTC)

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