Ebaran

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July 2008

Welcome to Wikipedia. The recent edit you made to Bandarawela has been reverted, as it appears to be unconstructive. Use the sandbox for testing; if you believe the edit was constructive, ensure that you provide an informative edit summary. You may also wish to read the introduction to editing. Thanks. SJP (talk) 18:20, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

Image copyright problem with Image:Kumar Sangakkara 589060.jpg

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Speedy deletion of Ceylon cold store

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Speedy deletion of Ceylon cold store

A tag has been placed on Ceylon cold store requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a very short article providing little or no context to the reader. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content.

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October 2008

Welcome to Wikipedia. It might not have been your intention, but you removed a speedy deletion tag from Ceylon cold store, a page you have created yourself. If you do not believe the page should be deleted, you can place a {{hangon}} tag on the page, under the existing speedy deletion tag (please do not remove the speedy deletion tag), and make your case on the page's talk page. Administrators will look at your reasoning before deciding what to do with the page. Thank you. Newsaholic (talk) 19:47, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

Shay Laren

What are you doing? More than a dozen edits, and none of them right. Please stop. There's a "Show preview" button to prevent the need for so many unhelpful edits. Valrith (talk) 17:56, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

December 2008

Please stop making test edits to Wikipedia, as you did to Shay Laren. It is considered vandalism, which, under Wikipedia policy, can lead to blocking of editing privileges. If you would like to experiment again, please use the sandbox. Uncle Milty (talk) 18:04, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Shay Laren (porn star)

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Speedy deletion of A 968

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Please stop removing speedy deletion notices from pages that you have created yourself, as you did with A 968. If you continue, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Mayalld (talk) 17:24, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of 100 runs ODI cricket partnerships by Sri Lanka

A proposed deletion template has been added to the article 100 runs ODI cricket partnerships by Sri Lanka, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process because of the following concern:

Lacks context to even identify the subject.

All contributions are appreciated, but this article may not satisfy Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and the deletion notice should explain why (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page.

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Coloured prose

Hi Ebaran. Thanks for creating the 100s/50s table on teh SL players. Hoever please note that the WP:MOS doesn't allow for writing in colour fonts. YellowMonkey (click here to vote for world cycling's #1 model!) 02:31, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Dehiwala Zoo

A tag has been placed on Dehiwala Zoo, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a very short article providing no content to the reader. Please note that external links, "See also" section, book reference, category tag, template tag, interwiki link, rephrasing of the title, or an attempt to contact the subject of the article don't count as content. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content.

Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself. If you plan to expand the article, you can request that administrators wait a while for you to add contextual material. To do this, affix the template {{hangon}} to the page and state your intention on the article's talk page. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Spiesr (talk) 18:46, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Kitana Jade ( porn star)

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May 2009

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Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at Sri Lanka Army, you will be blocked from editing. --♪♫ ĽąĦĩŘǔ ♫♪ ^{walkie-talkie | tool box} 16:31, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

Dehiwala Zoo

First, your edits to this article are nonconstructive. Second you are replacing your edits without giving any explanation whatsoever.

"Visitors can obtain great experience" and "during this allurement moment" are not even correct English!

The other material that talks about the show schedules is promotional. Wikipedia is not a programming guide.

Your edits are nonconstructive, unexplained, incorrect, and contrary to Wiki policies. Piano non troppo (talk) 11:45, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Livestock in Sri Lanka

The article Livestock in Sri Lanka has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Fails WP:NOTABILITY

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Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{dated prod}} will stop the Proposed Deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. The Speedy Deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and Articles for Deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. RP459 (talk) 18:28, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

I tried to clean some of this article up because I found it interesting (knowing little to nothing about Sri Lanka), but I think it could still use some more sources to ensure that it's not later removed or prodded again. CopaceticThought (talk) 06:34, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

University of Peradeniya

Please have a look here for my reply, concerning your total reversion of all my edits to the university article. - Adrian Pingstone (talk) 18:35, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

Dehiwala Zoo

You have reverted my hundred or so edits to this article. You don't realise that, although the information in the article is good, your grasp of English is not, so very major editing was needed. I won't waste my time by providing examples because I provided examples after you reverted all my edits to University of Peradeniya and yet still you revert me.

If this vandalism continues I will apply for a block on you so that you canot edit Wikipedia for a period. Your contributions are valued but only if you allow others to edit your English. - Adrian Pingstone (talk) 07:54, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

Courtesy

Ebaran, you must have seen my above two entries, it is normal to give an answer, please - Adrian Pingstone (talk) 07:38, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

Coloured text

Could you please not colour in the text in Wikipedia articles. Thanks YellowMonkey (bananabucket) 07:51, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

Category:Tourism in Sri Lanka

I removed Category:Tourism in Sri Lanka from the national parks articles, Because Category:National parks of Sri Lanka is a sub category of above category. That implies national parks necessarily are visitor attractions.Best--Chanaka L (talk) 03:22, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

WikiProject Sri Lanka

Hello! Ebaran, I thought you may be interested in joining WikiProject Sri Lanka. We work on creating, expanding and making general changes to Sri Lanka related articles. If you would be interested in joining feel free to visit the Members Page! Thank You. Blackknight12 (talk) 10:05, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

WikiBirthday

I saw from here that it's been exactly two years since you joined the project. Happy WikiBirthday! Keep up the good work, rʨanaɢ ^talk/_contribs 22:15, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

Udawalawe National Park

Hello, I removed the image you added to above article per MOS:IMAGES and WP:NOTREPOSITORY. Although you can add it to another article or to the commons. Best--Chanaka L (talk) 05:32, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

August 2012

Please do not remove content or templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did to List of events named massacres, without giving a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Your content removal does not appear constructive and has been reverted. Please make use of the sandbox if you'd like to experiment with test edits. Thank you. obi2canibe^{talk contr} 19:34, 18 August 2012 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Sugarcane cultivation in sri lanka

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Wikimedia Community User Group Sri Lanka

Dear Ebaran, Thank you for your contributions to the Wikimedia Projects. As an editor from Sri Lanka, you are warmly invited to join the official Wikimedia Community User Group Sri Lanka and to subscribe to its mailing list, Wikimedia-LK. The user group currently includes volunteers from Wikipedia and other projects, from the English, Sinhala, and Tamil speaking communities. It is the Wikimedia-approved platform for editors from Sri Lanka to enable wider collaboration, for both online and offline projects. With your support, we hope to organize cross-project content improvement drives as part of online projects, as well as organize in-person edit-a-thons, training sessions, photowalks, and other such activities, in the near future. The ultimate goal(s) of these initiatives is to improve the overall coverage and quality of topics relating to Sri Lanka, as well as encourage new editors to join the Wikimedia community, while simultaneously empowering and retaining our existing team of editors. There are no mandatory obligations for members who choose join the community, other than the usual editing rules for online projects, and the friendly space policy for in-person projects. You may also (or instead) subscribe to the mailing list, where any member could initiate discussions with volunteers across projects, notify members of events and meetings, stay up to date with competitions, organize your own events, and so on. See you on board, and Happy Editing!

Rehman 02:09, 29 July 2017 (UTC)

Merger discussion for Buffalo curd

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May 2020

Please do not remove maintenance templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did to Bandarawela, without resolving the problem that the template refers to, or giving a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Your removal of this template does not appear constructive, and has been reverted. Thank you. Obi2canibe (talk) 16:42, 24 May 2020 (UTC)

Need your help

Hi. I am Gihan Jayaweera, one of Sri Lankan Wikipedian. There is a article deletion discussion going on in the article Piumi Hansamali made by me. So I need your help and support to "KEEP" the article, without deleting it. It will be a great to a Sri Lankan Wikipedian to another Sri Lankan Wikipedian. Thank You. Gihan Jayaweera (talk) 22:36, 26 January 2021 (UTC)