Iwazaki

thanks

well done iwazaki for sticking up for the sinhalese and being proud of the true sri lankan culture and history especially in the talk page of prabhakaran. i am very new to wikipedia but not new to the havoc a tyrant like him has caused. thanks again. kohomahari api sinhalayo koti wa iwarakarala daamu.

Last chance to demostrate good will

Iwazaki, your last edit damaged existing messages in two places on my talk page, and I'm therefore reverting it. I noticed it also included another long POV pushing rant.

I am sorry, you are completely missing the point. This is not about POV. It is about basic Wikipedia policies, as explained above and on my talk page. I don't see how this can still not be clear to you, but I will give you one last chance to demostrate good will. Please therefore refrain for the next two weeks from any

• reversions of opposing POV;
• insertions of information about living people that is not from verifiable sources;
• misleading edit summaries.

If I still see you doing any of the above then I will have to report you. I am sorry that it has come to that; my nonviolent communication skills are not advanced enough to see another way for handling this.

If you have any concrete and specific questions about these three policies that you can not find or inquire about on the policy pages, then I'm still open to answering them on my Sri Lanka talk page. But please spare me your POV pushing rants. I will either ignore or delete such edits, even if they do not damage other messages on this page. — Sebastian 21:30, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

It's now half a day later, and I'm not feeling angry anymore. So I just had an idea: You have so many other interesting things to offer: Japan, reggae, cricket, table tennis, computer, ... How about if you contributed to some of these areas for a while? — Sebastian 03:36, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for your good reply on my talk page. This is what I was hoping for; it opens the stage for a productive, mutually respectful discussion. I'll reply there. — Sebastian 06:02, 11 January 2007 (UTC) I moved the talk to User talk:SebastianHelm/Sri Lanka#Sebastian's reply of 11 January. — Sebastian 09:13, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

Hey bro

There's no any section for Sri Lanka here machan. :-( --♪♫ ĽąĦĩŘǔ ♫♪ ^{Walkie-talkie} 09:29, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

Happy King Day

I'm fulfilled in what I do... I never thought that a lot of money or fine clothes — the finer things of life — would make you happy. My concept of happiness is to be filled in a spiritual sense. - Coretta Scott King (attributed)

Struggle is a never ending process. Freedom is never really won; you earn it and win it in every generation. - Coretta Scott King (attributed)

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  From Commons. NinaOdell Talk 13:13, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Akira Makino

Hey. I added the prod tage because i felt that, regardless of whether or not Akira Makino is notable, the page failed to assert his notability firmly enough. If you disagree, by all means remove the tag, I was just expressing a concern. Goodnightmush 14:20, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Sri Lanka POV

I looked over your contribs, and you appear to be extremely interested in this subject. When I see an editor that spends so much time editing articles on a particular subject, that leads me to believe that they might be pushing a particular POV. So, let me just state for the record that I really don't care about Sri Lanka, nor do I really have any idea who the heck LTTE is or what their politics are.

That being said, the reason for my edit was because it looked to me like somebody was committing a whitewash of an event, and was basing this solely on the results of a 1999 Sri Lankan government investigation. In order to maintain a NPOV, I made changes to include some information to balance the official government position. The sources for this information included the BBC and AHRC. There was no reason to remove it. The only part I removed was the claim that since the 1999 investigation "only" found evidence for a smaller massacre, that this proves that nothing happened.

None of my edits are personal. I just don't like one-sided articles created by people with a POV to push. -- Big Brother 1984 00:10, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

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Lets move this discussion to Talk:State terrorism in Sri Lanka so we can get input from other editors -- Big Brother 1984 03:38, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Work for you

I have tagged a number of articles dear to you [1] based on your correct tagging oflist on Mylanthanai massacre. Please respondRaveenS 21:42, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

About the book

First dont threaten me that you are going to do this or that. Wikipedia will take care of that but pal all what you had to do was do a search on Amazon.com. See [2] It is available for a mere US $6.00. Either you did not look or you want to figure out a way to delete articles. Buy it, read it. RaveenS 23:38, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

[3][4] --♪♫ ĽąĦĩŘǔ ♫♪ ^{Walkie-talkie} 04:16, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Never heard of Veddas speaking Tamil

Just read this [5] or may be it is hoax too ? RaveenS 16:08, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

:-(

[6][7] --♪♫ ĽąĦĩŘǔ ♫♪ ^{Walkie-talkie} 17:34, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Ratnajeevan Hoole versus Rajan Hoole

THe VC is Ratnajeevan Hoole brother of Rajan Hoole who received death threats because he is the brother of Rajan Hoole and had to abandon his job.

Rajan Hoole of UTHR left Jaffna in 1989/90 soon after Rajini Thiranagama and the student Manoharan were killed 64.201.162.1 17:50, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for your nice message

Now that I'm moving it to my Sri Lanka talk page I realize that you may not have noticed that I had replied to you earlier. See you around! — Sebastian 20:53, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

Hiroko Hatano

こんばんは。I came across your Hatano Hiroko page and switched the article title to the Western naming order based on the style guide for Japan-related articles (WP:MOS-JP). I did some cleanup as well. I also noticed that you stated the ability to release the photos which you uploaded for the article into the public domain. However, they appear to be official photos that are probably owned by someone else. I have listed them at Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images, so if you have further information on the sources of the images, please present an explanation there. よろしくお願いします。 Dekimasuが... 14:32, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Re:Walpola Rahula

Hi, feel free to replace the whole article if you wish. I started the article with very limited knowledge and english source. Hope more can be written about this significant person. Thnks. --Vsion 14:45, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Image copyright

Hi, I saw your comment on the copyright problems page ([8]). No chance. All these photographs are the property of the photographers who took them or their agencies. And since these seem to be from professional photoshoots, not some random snapshots, it's highly likely they were not made by some anonymous fan either. We can't use them unless we have a written statement from the photographer himself that they are licensing them under GFDL. Please don't re-upload them - I'd have to block you if you did. Fut.Perf. ☼ 15:48, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Well You seemed not to know the situation here..Fan events and talk shows drags hundreds of fans and with the modern cameras they poses coupled with image soft wares any one can create perfect professional looking photos..I can accept your argument about the first photo, even though that one is certainly　not copyrighted..unless you prove that later photos are copyrighted,I don't think your threatens going to stop me from adding them,rightfully, I would say.thanks --Iwazaki 16:00, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Don't. Serious warning. It's not me that needs to prove they are unfree, it's you that needs to prove they are free. Nothing less than a plausible written statement by the photographer himself will do. And your statement that even the first (where we know the source!) is "not copyrighted" just goes to show you don't know what you're talking about. Sorry for being blunt, but, seriously mate, don't. Fut.Perf. ☼ 16:07, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Notability

Yo, is Ilayathambi_Tharsini notable enough to have an article on Wikipedia? I would think we don't have an article about evry single person rape victim in the world. AFD??? --snowolfD4^{( talk / @ )} 01:44, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

You helped choose Rwandan Genocide as this week's WP:ACID winner

AzaBot 23:05, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

Loooooooodz of work

Seems we have lots work over here. That article is full of nonsense and truly identical to his chubby figure. I'm pretty sure that Hon.V Prabhakaran will get confuse if he read this article . --♪♫ ĽąĦĩŘǔ ♫♪ ^{walkie-talkie} 04:08, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Hmmm true, first of all finish your presentation[9] --♪♫ ĽąĦĩŘǔ ♫♪ ^{walkie-talkie} 04:26, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

You helped choose Black hole as this week's WP:ACID winner

AzaBot 01:36, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

hi

A user keeps using random Eelam figures to try and "prove" that the VHP supports the Tigers. If you lok at Anton Balasingham's bio, you will see criticism of himfrom a prominent Conservative Hindu politician (and Tamil) Subramaniam Swamy. Do take a look, becasue AFAIK the Eelam and the Sinhala govt are secular. There are Hindus, Catholics, Muslims, and Buddhists on both ethnic groups.Bakaman 02:34, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Translation

Would you like do Japanese and English translations in Wikipedia? --♪♫ ĽąĦĩŘǔ ♫♪ ^{walkie-talkie} 05:23, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Padahuthurai bombing

I appriciate you for notifying me about the problem. Please let me know if I make any mistakes anywhere. Thanks a lot for looking out. Also I would like to inform you that I am not a Sri lankan or a south asian for that matter and that I DO NOT ENDORSE LTTE. I might have been seen changing some articles about LTTE but thats to clean wiki and not fo propandaga like some others (you know who I mean). Anyway thanks Watchdogb 15:05, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Assasinations of LTTE members attributed to Sri Lankan government

I have added a "{{prod}}" template to the article Assasinations of LTTE members attributed to Sri Lankan government, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but I don't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and I've explained why in the deletion notice (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may contest 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. Also, please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. snowolfD4^{( talk / @ )} 16:20, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

The article has been successfully deleted on March 13th. --snowolfD4^{( talk / @ )} 18:10, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Template substitution

When using certain template tags on talk pages, don't forget to substitute with text by adding subst: to the template tag. For example, use {{subst:uw-test1}} instead of {{uw-test1}}. This reduces server load and prevents accidental blanking of the template. Thanks. --♪♫ ĽąĦĩŘǔ ♫♪ ^{walkie-talkie} 09:43, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Interesting

Thought you would be interested in this.Bakaman 19:10, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

O and btw, see when it is acceptable to label someone a terrorist, Balasingam is not a terrorist, though most of his ragtag gang probably are.Bakaman 19:13, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

The Sri Lanka conflict, game theory and mediation

I'd like to pick up some of the more general points from our conversation on Talk:Riots and pogroms in Sri Lanka. When you write "This is not the only article over wikipedia which was made with the sole purpose of defaming Sinhalese", it seems to me you're missing my point. I'm not denying that you can see it that way. Just let's follow that thought and see where it leads. It is obvious to me that, by the same token, what you're writing can be seen as defamation of Tamils. I'm not saying that it is, but when I grant you the right to take offense, I have to give that right to everyone. (I'll write a bit about concrete examples below; for the moment, please just accept that this is one possible way to see it.) So, where does that lead you and the angry Tamil? You'll keep hurting each other, and in the end you both lose big time.

Now I understand that this may be the rule that governs the world in which you grew up, but it is not the only possible rule. Here on Wikipedia, we have rules such as WP:AGF, and we have them for a reason: Because they work. There is a fundamental reason why they work. Do you know about game theory? One basic mathematical fact is that not all "games" are zero-sum. Which means, you can both lose big time, or you can both win. Of course, there are such games, too. Such a game may have a payoff matrix like the following:

You \ Other Editor	AGF	No AGF
AGF	0 \ 0	-70 \ +70
No AGF	+70 \ -70	0 \ 0

In such a game, any point you win is a point your opponent loses. (So we could as well just write only one number in each cell because the second is just the additive inverse of the first. This is called skew symmetry.) In other words, you always have to harm the other person in order to win. This is the model that's hammered into our heads all the time by action movies and by all those who gain by lying to us, because in reality they are the ones who win from war and conflicts. When they can, they set up systems so that they approach this payoff matrix, as when the British put the Tamils in power; by making the weaker part stronger they made the payoff matrix skew-symmetric.

Anyway, Wikipedia is different. Wikipedia has a vital interest in cooperation. It is therefore set up so that we have approximately a payout matrix like this:

You \ Other Editor	AGF	No AGF
AGF	+100 \ +100	-50 \ +20
No AGF	+20 \ -50	+1 \ +1

The numbers show the effect (total of influence points gained, added for all readers over the lifetime of your edit) you can achieve by investing one hour of your time. The small numbers in the lower right quadrant is mainly because non-AGF edits stay only very short and carry a risk of being blocked, which means you need to resort to and worry about sock puppets and all those complications. The numbers also assume that you prefer your country looking good over others looking bad. This distinction is crucial, it is why we need two numbers in each matrix.

This shows, what you're already very much aware of, that when you assume that the Other Editor does not AGF, your best strategy is to also not AGF. That way, you can avoid the tremendous loss of 50 points and at least gain one point. That's the best you can do under that assumption.

Now, that's where mediation comes in. You have the luxury of having a mediator in residence. The mediator tries as hard as he can to move both sides to AGF. There's of course no guarantee, but it makes it more likely that the Other Editor AGF. And BTW, we are currently at that point. As of last week, it were people like Sharz who initiated the voluntary "Cease Edit War" pledge, and Watchdogb is also being very considerate. Please respect that this is a success of mediation, not of a no-AGF strategy.

So, back to our topic: Thanks to mediation, you now can reasonably expect that the Other Editor will AGF, which means, you use the left side of the matrix: Your strategy decides between a 20 point gain (without AGF) and a 100 point gain (with AGF). Too good to be true? No. All it takes is a shift of focus. Think about what makes you happy, rather than what makes others unhappy. Of course, if your priority is really to make others unhappy, you could abuse this, make the other side lose a staggering 150 points by choosing the 20 \ -50 option; but you wold lose, too, albeit "only" 80 points.

Since the other party currently is applying an AGF strategy, it is now vital that you respect that and not abuse it. Please help me by strengthening the case for AGF. — Sebastian 22:47, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

Smile

James, La gloria è a dio has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

Have a nice week and god bless :) --James, La gloria è a dio 19:39, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

RE:NOTE!

Please try to address the issue rather than blindly reverting it..I am not disputing the event it self..But what's written in the article is kinda deceiving.Hope you understand this.Iwazaki ^{会話。討論} 09:55, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

If that is the case, then the article needs to be as NPOV as possible then. You can go ahead and revert it back now. Sorry for the confusion. Wiki Raja 10:04, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

But before you revert back, can you answer the questions you have posted or post any referenced material to back your questions? Wiki Raja 11:01, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

I guess not. Wiki Raja 20:08, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Raja, please calm down , you are showing your emotions way tooooooo much these days.And no we don't accept tamil-something sites as reliable sources..I don't mind having them in the articles dedicated to terrorists or Suicide bombers, But not in notable events like Jaffna Library burning.Iwazaki ^{会話。討論} 00:39, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

one more thing, please don't talk to your self, as you did in my talk page coz it only makes me laugh thus discouraging me from replying you..Since I was asking questions from you, why would I answer them ?? It doesnt make any sense to me, could you please elaborate that at the article-talk page ?Iwazaki ^{会話。討論} 00:42, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

I am calm and cool as a cucumber. Why is it a problem to use Tamil sites that talk about the Jaffna library burning down? After all it is a Tamil library right? Also, why would you only accepte Tamil sites which talk about terrorism? Your statement is truly biased, and prejudiced. And what do you mean by showing my emotions way too much these days? Are you a stalker? Send me another message like this and I will kindly report you. Have a nice day. Wiki Raja 05:50, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

What do you mean by showing my emotions way too much these days? We have only been corressponding for the past couple of days. You talk like you have known me for a while or something. Wiki Raja 14:01, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Haha

Dude I'm laughing so hard. Have you ever seen citations requested for what someone said on a talk page? [10]. I think if you don't cite what you said the text may get deleted!!! This is up there among the silliest things I've seen on Wikipedia. I don't know whether to laugh or be sorry for the fellow. --snowolfD4^{( talk / @ )} 20:29, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

You helped choose Vladimir Lenin as this week's WP:ACID winner

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Comment

Of course I will keep on fighting vandals here. Just to let you know I am not Roman Catholic, I am Anglo-Catholic:) You keep up the good work also :) God bless:) --James, La gloria è a dio 22:05, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

Need your response

Talk:Assassinations_and_murders_attributed_to_the_LTTE#redirect please respond on this ŇëŧΜǒńğëŗ^Talk 14:24, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

Comment

I am currently fighting the atheists who believe Evolution is a fact. I do not care that they think that but there POV should not get in the way of wikipedia being NPOV. They are going to be in for quite a fight:) I am not going to give in on a just cause. If I get blocked because of it I do not care. Even though it will hurt my chances of ever becoming a admin. Doing what is right is more important to me than that. Peace:) --James, La gloria è a dio 23:37, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Your response required in achieving consensus

Hi please respond here --> Talk:Assassinations_and_murders_attributed_to_the_LTTE#Consensus_to_redirect —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Netmonger (talk • contribs) 06:38, 26 March 2007 (UTC).

Russel Arnold

His real name Russel Premakumaran Arnold, I dont know go figure, before you put a hoax tag on his article go check this one [11] and ask them to change the midle name if you think it is wrong. RaveenS 17:29, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Please do not attack

Please do not attack me saying I am a sockpuppet of a user who has been banned from wikipedia. You are breaching NPA and Civil with these attacks. I am asking you kindly to stop thanks. I have allready asked you to stop numerous times. Thank you Watchdogb 17:42, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

if you have frgotten the link is here "way to go Elalan, with your hilarious editing.They were immediately reverted.Actually I am kinda surprised that You talk about AGF here while condemning Our country,Wikipedia Admins, several of Wiki Editors before..I still remember what You wrote at your Talk page ^_^ . "

NOTE Remove meaningless remarks from my talk pageIwazaki ^{会話。討論} 08:49, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

May I remind you that personal attacks are not meaningless, Iwazaki. Your continued accusation of sockpuppetry by Watchdogb needs evidence, otherwise please do not refer to him that way. --KZ ^{Talk • Contribs} 22:08, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Do not remove NPOV dispute tag

Do not remove NPOV tags from the Tamil Tigers article. This tag has been there for over a year and there are a number of editors who feel that article is biased and factually incorrect. You may only do so when an agreement has been reached. For further discussion leave a comment on the article's talk page. - Share Bear 22:11, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Russel Arnold

Here is proof not only that Russel Arnold is Tamil.. but has proudly said that in an interview..

http://specials.rediff.com/cricket/2003/jul/18arnold.htm?zcc=ar

Read that and make up your mind.

The only Tamilian from the strife-torn region of Jaffna in Sri Lanka, he is proud of his pedigree.

"I am the only true tiger in the team," he jokes.

can we assume you were lying when you said Arnold does not consider himself Tamil?

either way an apology is due for removing the Arnold/Tamil stuff. This interview is as solid as it gets. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 62.31.119.59 (talk) 21:39, 4 April 2007 (UTC).

Your comments at User talk:Chidis

Iwazaki, you made a comment at User talk:Chidis that Chidis should not "really care about the above warnings". I feel that comment was made in poor judgment, especially considering that Chidis' edits have consisted of the introduction of deliberate factual errors (including repeated vandalism of numbers), modifying direct quotes, and other blatant vandalism. This editor's actions constitute the worst series of vandalism I've seen for months and which it took me over an hour to revert. That sort of behaviour should not be encouraged under any circumstances. If you were not aware of the vandalism I've linked to above, I can understand, but still think you should have done preliminary research before dismissing Watchdogb's and RaveenS's warnings. -- Black Falcon 17:34, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

I have replied to your comment at my talk page. Cheers, Black Falcon 19:40, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

You helped choose Ludwig van Beethoven as this week's WP:ACID winner

— Pious7_Talk^Contribs 10:32, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Your use of the hoax tag

Iwazaki, your use of the hoax tag appears to border on vandalism. None of the articles that you placed it on could be considered a hoax. They may not be very well referenced articles, but that is nowhere near the same thing as a hoax. Simple Google searches for the relevant terms will bring up enough information to show that a hoax has not been perpetrated on Wikipedia (which is what the hoax tag is for). A hoax tag is not appropriate on an article that may have incorrect statements or unverified claims--it is for articles that are complete fiction, and are intended to entirely deceive the public through Wikipedia. To include the hoax tag, you will have to make a prima facie case that it is a hoax first, and not just say "I think it's a hoax".

If you find that an article is not encyclopedia-worthy, you are entirely free to submit it to AFD. But further addition of the hoax tag to articles whose subject you disagree with is unacceptable. Lexicon (talk) 13:58, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

State terrorism in Sri Lanka

Hey Iwazaki! Following your logic, the whole article has to be deleted. The point is that security or army personnel commited a cruel crime against civilians without being prosecuted. That implies that the government (or the state) if not supports these actions, at least condones them. That qualifies for "state terrorism" in the sense used here. BTW, I would prefer an article on "Human rights violations in Sri Lanka", where all the cruelties by both sides are listed without pointing fingers. But looking at your history of editing, I don't believe you will be of any help. Krankman 17:02, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

I am not talking about factual stuff here, that's often disputable, especially with the censorship in SL. I am talking about your inability to discuss problems, see other editors' points of view, state your arguments in a plausible and--above all:-- obliging manner and give in--at least once in a while--for the sake of good cooperation. You add lots of stuff and you keep deleting and reverting like there's no tomorrow, but still aren't able to explain to anyone (except your friends with the ame agenda) thoroughly why you are doing it in a way that a majority of editors, neutral and POV, could understand. Yours is an example of bad WP editing. Your presence here is disruptive to the process of developing an online encyclopedia. Only once have I met a user as stubborn as you. Sorry again, but that's the way I see it. Krankman 19:22, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

WP:SLR#Cool editing

How about stop reverting for a while and adding {{biased source}} for the disputed sources? --♪♫ ĽąĦĩŘǔ ♫♪ ^{walkie-talkie} 14:57, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

Great and thanks for the Barnstar :) This msg will replace with a long reply later --♪♫ ĽąĦĩŘǔ ♫♪ ^{walkie-talkie} 14:09, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

snowolfD4^{( talk / @ )} has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy editing!
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Thanks machan, you keep up your awesome work too :) --snowolfD4^{( talk / @ )} 18:21, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

Dispute at Duraiappa stadium mass grave

I notice that you've once again reverted the article - I request that you refrain from further editing (as I myself will also do) until the dispute has been resolved, one way or another. As you can see at Talk:Duraiappa stadium mass grave, I have created a section at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Sri Lanka Reconciliation so that we can find a larger audience to give input on this issue. As it stands right now, I and others are adding the information, and you're simply deleting it - we're going nowhere. We need to find a consensus among a larger group before further editing can be productive. PaladinWhite 05:47, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

You say that "we live in different parts of the world, and completely different time zones," and that you are "very busy these days," so you may not read what I've written right away... I have no problem with that - I don't hold you accountable to provide a swift reply to anything I post, or anything posted by any other editor, for that matter. However, I do believe that it is your responsibility to review any new discussions surrounding the dispute before making changes to the article; that is what you failed to do, and that is why I posted on your talk page. Let me say that I consider that particluar issue a moot point as of now, as the administrator FayssalF has protected the article until we get things worked out.

Regarding your comment, "I am not a member of the Sri Lanka reconciliation I am not obliged to reply there..Well I prefer to discuss at either my/your talk page/s or at the articles discussion page": you are correct; you are not obliged to reply at the reconciliation page, however, our personal talk pages are not the place for discussion related to the dispute. That dialogue should remain either at Talk:Duraiappa stadium mass grave or at the reconciliation article. The problem with keeping it at the article's talk page is that the two of us are just going back and forth and going nowhere; the third step at Wikipedia:Resolving disputes includes "Discuss with third parties," and that is what I've done - brought in a larger audience to give input on the dispute. As I said, no, you are not obliged to engage in discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Sri Lanka Reconciliation; however, if a consensus is reached there, you are obliged to abide by it. On that note, it is probably most helpful to you, to the article, and to the community as a whole if you take a few moments to present your view there.

Here's hoping we can get this worked out soon. PaladinWhite 21:10, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

RFM Chemmani

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Barnstar

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		This barnstar is for being a very friendly user. James, La gloria è a dio 21:45, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

Closed AFD Debates

Please do not re-open closed AFD debates as you did here. If you disagree with the outcome, you need to use WP:DRV. Thanks. -- JLaTondre 12:02, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

You should have received an edit conflict message upon saving if you were editing it when the debate was closed. I recommend watching out for those in the future. As for the closing date, AFD's run 5 days. This one was opened on 23 May and closed on 29 May. That is not an early close & definitely not by a few days. If you have concerns on the closing rationale, you should address those with the closing admin or WP:DRV. Thanks. -- JLaTondre 13:12, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

Barnstar

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Happy Vesak

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A Happy Vesak (according to the Vietnamese calendar) to you Iwazaki. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 02:11, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Why are you reverting it

I added a few statements with Ref why did you revert it .thank you . Harlowraman 01:23, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Sri Lankan Civil War Mediation

Wikipedia:Requests for mediation/Sri Lankan Civil War

Hi, you added yourself as a party to this mediation. If you still want to participate, discussions have started at Wikipedia talk:Requests for mediation/Sri Lankan Civil War. Drop by when you have a moment. WjBscribe 07:24, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

A note

Hi Iwazaki. As you are an established editor, we would really appreciate if you could stop accusing editor(s) w/ whom you disagree of sockpuppetry and leave the WP:RFCU do its job. As you notice, a few admins are dealing w/ the dispute(s) and we would be glad if this never happen again. Wait for the CU outcome. Thanks. -- FayssalF - ^{Wiki me up®} 01:57, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

My good Moroccan friend, Was it about the message i posted at steels talk page ? It was merely because he was the one who blocked that user in the first place, hence i thought things will be easier if he can get involve in this again.My friend, please take a look at the contributions of some of those users. From the very first day they know how to vote in AFD's , they know how to post at ANI, and so on, unthinkable for new users !! Have you seen those barnstars, given to people who have done absolutely nothing other than helping that tamil nation/net journalist to push POV and evade 3RR rules ? Wikipedia is been used for cheap propaganda by some elements, and I don't think we should allow that ?

Plus, there are more pathetic sock puppeteers who are disrupting Wikipedia and If I am not busy I would have filed more cases already(i am planning to do them when i ).Take user Lustead for an example, having read his contributions and the way he write(now i sure he is not Elalan, but there is no doubt about watchdogb), I have absolutely no doubt that he is none other than User Rajasingham, whom you blocked and later unblocked due to his various acts. And he is now hiding under a new name, trying to deceive everyone. And people who have exchanged wiki passwords and may have edited using his account are now giving him barnstars!!! I trust Wikipedia and I hope one day all these vandals and disruptive sock puppets vanish for good, with the help of good Wikipedians like you. Many thanks.Iwazaki ^{会話。討論} 07:53, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Iwazaki, thanks for the response. What i want is to see contributors respecting process. If you have requested a CU then why not wait for the outcome? We need to chill out and act rationally and avoid confrontations whenever possible. I hope your patience wins over impatience. Happy editing. -- FayssalF - ^{Wiki me up®} 11:46, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for mediation/AMG Chemmani

Hello Iwazaki,

Firstly, my apologies for the delay in progress on this case, as explained at Wikipedia:Requests for mediation/AMG Chemmani.

I am writing to you because, as a party to this case, your input is required before mediation can begin, to do with an offer by an experienced non-Committee member to mediate. Please see the Parties' agreement to Tariqabjotu's offer section and provide your input, so that this case can progress. Voting will remain open for seven days, and further elaboration is provided at that link.

For the Mediation Committee, Daniel 04:06, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

The mediation process, starting with opening statements, has begun on Wikipedia talk:Requests for mediation/AMG Chemmani. If you do not have the page watchlisted, I would recommend you add it to your watchlist when you get the chance. I probably won't be notifying each involved editor at every step, and the talk page should be quite active over the course of the mediation. Thanks again for waiting. -- tariqabjotu 22:53, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Hello Iwazaki. I interpreted this comment as an assention to Tariqabjotu's mediation, and I added your name for you. It has since surfaced that some people interpreted it more ambiguously than I did. Hence, it'd be great if you could read what I wrote directly above and comment for yourself. Cheers, Daniel 07:29, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

I'm doing another update for those currently involved in the request for mediation. There are currently three compromises on the table at the moment; your comments on them would be appreciated. You are also welcome to add a compromise of your own and/or continue commenting on the starting points. -- tariqabjotu 05:12, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

I'm providing yet another update on the mediation. A few of the editors recently involved on the mediation page appear to have come to an agreement on one of the compromises. Thus, especially as the pace of the mediation has slowed, I have posted a possible resolution that echoes the sentiment of the quick agreement. Please post a statement of agreement or disagreement to the resolution as soon as you are able, preferably within the next five (or seven) days. If after a reasonable period of time there is a general consensus on the resolution, the request for mediation may be closed (even if a few of the parties have not posted their statements). -- tariqabjotu 17:05, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

Sri Lankan Civil War

Wikipedia:Requests for mediation/Sri Lankan Civil War

I was holding off further discussion in this mediation until the outcome of the deletion debate on Commons. Given that the image that was the subject of the dispute has now been deleted due to copyright issues, is there any reason to keep this mediation open? If none of the parties express a wish to continue with the process, I will close the mediation in a few days. WjBscribe 01:33, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

State terrorism

I've responded on the article Talk: page. Jayjg ^(talk) 16:03, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

Taprobanus and Racism

You have, by implication, called Taprobanus a racist in several edit summaries recently. Please refrain from this sort of behaviour, as it is a severe violation of WP:CIVIL and WP:NPA. Thank you. Lexicon (talk) 17:54, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

• absolutely unnecessary ranting and promptly deleted..Person should go through the lines and fathom what I have said more clearly. Also instead of giving hilarious warnings, he must, first ask his friends not to write to racist web-sites. If he does that then I would take whatever he says seriously..Iwazaki ^{会話。討論} 11:08, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

Machan the case referred to is this one. --snowolfD4 ^{( talk / @ )} 18:18, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

Rajini Thiranagama

Could you see this edit at article Sri Lankan Civil War

• 20:37, 4 August 2007 Harlowraman (Rajini Thiranagama has a separate article her killing is not notable in the context of Sri Lankan Civil War.Hence Removing it)

Thanks,

--Lanka07 20:49, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

Vadamarachchi Operation

Hi Machan,

We need your contribution to new article Vadamarachchi Operation.

Thanks,

--Lanka07 17:51, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Japan taskforces

In order to encourage more participation, and to help people find a specific area in which they are more able to help out, we have organized taskforces at WikiProject Japan. Please visit the Participants page and update the list with the taskforces in which you wish to participate. Links to all the taskforces are found at the top of the list of participants.

Please let me know if you have any questions, and thank you for helping out! ···日本穣^{? · Talk to Nihonjoe} 08:48, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

Urgent

Machan,

The user:Watchdogb is attacking the articles like,

• Eelam War IV
• Eastern Theater of Eelam War IV

Could you please have a look into this matter.

Thanks,

--Lanka07 20:26, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

Warning

I will not warn you again about making personal attacks like this one against other editors. Claiming that another editor wants to see more Tamils dead is grossly incivil and your attitude has clearly not improved since your last block on this account. This is your final warning on the subject. --Haemo 05:38, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

I doubt the accuracy of this warning, so I have brought it up on ANI here. --snowolfD4 ^{( talk / @ )} 14:12, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

Following this report at the ANI you have been blocked for a period of 78h for violation of WP:CIVIL and WP:NPA after being warned for the same reason on another issue stated above by admin Haemo. Please try to remind civil and avoid confrontation as much as possible. There are plenty of ways to resolve your disputes but certainly not the way you do it. -- FayssalF - ^{Wiki me up®} 20:34, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

Iwazaki (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

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Request reason:

reason

Decline reason:

Per below. — Haemo 00:14, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

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If you want to make any further unblock requests, please read the guide to appealing blocks first, then use the {{unblock}} template again. If you make too many unconvincing or disruptive unblock requests, you may be prevented from editing this page until your block has expired. Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.

• First of all haemo has retracted his earlier warning when editors proved it was in fact based on misunderstanding.If you take a look at the following link he even has apologised for his mistake. I therefore retract it, with my apologies. So if your block, as you have stated above based on the earlier warning,I think you decision is in error.
• And it seem I was once again blocked for calling, some web sites racist.If a web-site is racist, and some is writing to it, How come it be a uncivil and npa, to say, some one who write to racist web-site? No where here I am directly calling anyone racist, I am merely saying there are some racist web-sites(and please take a look at those disputed web-sites, they are extremely racist web-sites).I think it is extremely unfair to block me, as I have not indulge in any personal attack and the whole things based on misinterpretations.As I believe block is unfair, I am kindly asking to unblock me as soon as possible. Thank youIwazaki ^{会話。討論} 02:04, 13 October 2007 (UTC)
• Allow me to add one more thing to this, since all this episode came to being after I wrote,Once again, I reiterate, any consensus should be made among the free-wikipedian writers, not some people who does full time writing in racist web-sites and then bring their POV here to defame the good name of Wikipedia. And I would kindly requested any one who looking into my block to take a look at this, as the writers involvement in those racist web-sites were proven beyond doubt by many others, including distinguished wikipedian personal such as User:Blnguyen.ThanksIwazaki ^{会話。討論} 02:30, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

I'll unblock you, but on one condition — I want you to agree to stop these kind of comments. They're needlessly inflammatory and add nothing to the discussion. Furthermore, they definitely imply that another user is a racist, whatever your opinion is. The key thing here is that I want you to comment on contributions not contributors. You should not have cause to talk about what websites a user contributes too, unless they directly put them in a conflict of interest. Because someone has a strong POV and contributes to sites off-Wiki which you feel to be racist has no bearing on their contribution here, and is not a reason to systematically discount their POV. Your racist website is his nationalistic forum. --Haemo 06:14, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

Iwazaki, the bottom line is that you have violated WP:CIVIL and WP:NPA several times now and it is really clear that you have to keep it cool. You are also violating WP:BATTLE. Remember that the judgment of admins can be different one from another but it is generally accepted among admins that is not necessary for warnings to be issued at every single violation. You got two admins w/ you here and it seems that there is a consensus that you have to remind civil when commenting at talk pages. I'll agree w/ Haemo to unblock you since you heard the essential story and therefore the "reason" behind this block. I also "want you to agree to stop these kind of comments." If you feel stressed please consider taking a break even for a day or so. Thank you. -- FayssalF - ^{Wiki me up®} 19:23, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

FayssalF,

I have seen that you have blocked some of the SL editors based on the similarities on their IP addresses. Well, Fayssal,I think you have heard many times about the DHCP and dynamic allocation of IPs. In SL the only ADSL provider is SL Telecom and they provide IPs dynamically. And even in the wikipedia, it says In current practice, an IP address is less likely to be an identifier, due to technologies such as:Dynamic assignment'. So even wikipedia says, IPs alone should not be used to identify users due to Dynamic allocation. Please take a look a netmonger and lahiruK, do you think they are the same ? Look at their contributions, time of edits,written style, they can never be the same. This is an unjust to SL based editors who are doing a very good work here. Please reconsider your decision, because even according to the wikipedia article, this should not be a reason to block editors. Thank you Iwazaki ^{会話。討論} 02:20, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

Hi Iwazaki. I have no problem in having a Netmonger block review. We can even discuss this in an ANI thread to gather the community opinion on the issue of allocated portable though Chaser made it clear at Netmonger's talkpage.

Having said that, i believe Lahiru k's case is clear. The account had many abusive socks in the past and it is quite clear to me that User:Kaushini is Lahiru k. Anyway, it will be preferable to discuss all these issues at the ANI where we can have many opinions. Cheers. -- FayssalF - ^{Wiki me up®} 14:54, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

Fayssalf my good Moroccan friend ,Thank you very much for your comment.Could you please also take a look at this.This actually is a good proof how the IPs are dynamically allocated and how this alone should not be used to(as the wikipedia articile) identify the users. There are 32 Ips all,in less than 30 minutes!! Hope this would help to make justice to the blocked users.Regarding kaushini, she can never be Lahiru, I don't think lahiru would ever date himself ^_^ .Kaushini is in fact his GF(I know her personally) and goes to the same School ,hence they are using common school computers.So its very possible to have similar IP's.thank you Iwazaki ^{会話。討論} 15:02, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

And here we are with girl friends' stories and disruption in Wikipedia. I am saying it again Iwazaki. Lahiru was lucky for not being indef a long time ago. Assuming that what you have just said about the GF story is true, i'd say that apart from sockpuppeting, now we got stories about gf disruptions. Call it meatpuppeting if you want... Again, i'd really appreciate we discuss these issues at the ANI so the final judgment would be that of the community and not that of me, Haemo, Fut Perfect or yours. I really won't unblock anyone for this moment based on the information we have till now. -- FayssalF - ^{Wiki me up®} 15:16, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

Fayssal, could you please scroll down and see, forged passport business run by the LTTE part at the bottom!! So we have a clear proof that LTTE(and there supporters) forging passports, great. And most of the LTTE supporters are ended up in Canada., no wonder Canada ha a forged passport problem!! Coz, we don't c that kind of problem where ordinary Sri Lankans travel.

And fyssal(this is very important) the above user has been once accused by his friend of sharing passwords and using them for editing in wikipedia. If you need Diffs for this here we go,I shared the password with Raveen !! And the proof that the above user is here solely for POV pushing, also from the courtesy of his own friend, raveen is very angry I am not that strong enough defending Tamil issues]. So, here we have a classic case, some one who is making allegation has blatantly violated same things he said of others. Fyssal, could you also please take a IP check of all the raveens(User:Taprobanus) contributions to see whether they are in fact made by him ? He is based in Canada, and if we have edits from other country IPs, then we have a clear cut issue of sharing passwords. Also, could you please take a look at this user User:Wikramadithya IPs and do a comparison with User:Taprobanus, coz I have strong evidences that these are the same user. Or ,should I file a check user case ? Because evidence that User:Wikramadithya and User:Taprobanus aka raveen , are the same person is overwhelming. This is a real serious matter and hope you would look into this immediately.Thank you . Iwazaki ^{会話。討論} 02:33, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

I have no CheckUser tool. I suggest you file a CU case and we'll see what to do. -- FayssalF - ^{Wiki me up®} 02:39, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply. You mean , I should file two CU cases ?? One for sock puppeting and one for sharing passwords ? Because, for sharing password I have given a strong evidence courtesy of his own friend !!! I have put it here, because this user has accused others(no evidence) while he him self had breached it before(we have evidences). You have asked for the diffs and I have given one here. So If you can take any action,I think you should. If you want me to bring this case to a certain place I would be glad to do it. Thanks.Iwazaki ^{会話。討論} 02:57, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

CheckUser cases accepts "evidence" showing accounts being shared. You don't have to open a new case but as i verify this i see that he also accused Netmonger for asking for his password. Do you have a link to that CU case? -- FayssalF - ^{Wiki me up®} 03:16, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Well, he accused a lot of people for hacking into is account, didn't he ? But, what important is before he accused anyone he wrote at netmongers talk page that he shared Pass words with raveen, didn't he? And why would he do that ? This due, a proper check, considering they went to the same school and very good friends. Fyssal, You have asked me to update this, but where ? Iwazaki ^{会話。討論} 04:19, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

I should file two CU cases ?? I thought there's already one. File it then and let admins verify that. -- FayssalF - ^{Wiki me up®} 04:25, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Sri Lanka issues

Please see: Discussion move and Specific proposal Your participation and acceptance would be appreciated. — Rlevse • Talk • 21:18, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

Hi there; just a friendly reminder that we really need your input on the proposal being discussed here. Without it, we can't craft a solution which is acceptable to everyone, and without indicating your willingness to go along with a solution, the whole process could fail. Thanks in advance, --Haemo 19:31, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

See [12] — Rlevse • Talk • 23:49, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

In Remembrance...

--nat ^{Alo! Salut! Sunt eu, un haiduc?!?!} 01:14, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

Dec 2

I wrote you basically the following mail regarding the Dec 2 incident:

I am sad to see your reply to me on WT:SLR. Did you lash out at other editors because you were actually angry at me? If that is so then I’m sorry; the last thing I want to do here is start an escalation. You know that I really want to resolve issues on WT:SLR, and I felt my point just offered an easy way out. I'm writing to you not only because I may have triggered this, but also because we've known each other for a year now, and I think we have a good history of respecting each other.

I am sure you’re aware that you’re in deep trouble now. We just blocked Watchdog for 72 hours, and it would only be fair to block you for that time, too. But we don’t enjoy blocking people. We came here to help. We want people from both sides to be able to focus on content, rather than on other editors.

Is there a way I can help you out of this? I have been in situations where I reacted too quickly, and realized only later what I did. Personally, what I do then (when I think about it ;-) is to apologize and promise that I won't do it again. I know that Taprobanus is a moral person, and he is forgiving.

[--snip--]

After I wrote this, we discussed the issue further (on WT:SLR#Actions by User:Iwazaki), and we decided that we let it pass for this time, but we'd put the following warning here:

"Official warning: You have been found to issue direct, unsubstantiated attacks on the integrity of users in good standing on 15:11, 2 December 2007 (UTC) [13]. This is a warning that any administrator can block you without further discussion if such an incident should reoccur."

OK, with this out of the way, I hope you're doing fine. You know, I'm working with both sides here, and I really empathize that it's not an easy situation when you have a war going on within your own country. I respect everybody who manages to remain calm in that situation at least some of the time. — Sebastian 05:46, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

well if this is all about saying THAT thing, i think i can safely ignore your remarks. To my knowledge there are a lot of bitching, scok puppeting and etc going on in wikipedia. And to block some one because he/she say such a thing, one must have to go beyond the line of stupidity. having said that, i want to let you know that I am back and hope to contribute, little by little from now on, coz i see a lot of tag team editing(destroying) of many articles related to sri lanka. What i found mostly amazing is they have tagged every site which says some thing against the ltte(who doesnt you might think) as anti-LTTE sites!!!! well funny things happen in wikipedia and hopefully we can correct them one by one--Iwazaki ^{会話。討論} 15:35, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

Sockpuppetry case

You have been accused of sockpuppetry. Please refer to Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Iwazaki for evidence. Please make sure you make yourself familiar with notes for the suspect before editing the evidence page.Bermudatriangle (talk) 06:14, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks a lot for the note. I really enjoy it. --Iwazaki ^{会話。討論} 15:36, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

Smile!

70th Comment!!!!!

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== Your edit on WP:SLR == Iwazaki, you are not in the Signatories list as rejection because your in the WP:SLR project. You are there because a you went on attack on the discussion which was held at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents/Sri Lanka-LTTE blocks - reviewed#Comments. You were invited twice to [comment] but you did not comment on the SLDR but instead commented on a different topic within the SLDR discussion. Your name was put there by admins who took this upon themselves to try to mediate this issue. Furthermore, please in the future discuss on the talk page of the project rather than on the project page as discussions are to be made in the talk page. Thank you Watchdogb (talk) 18:06, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

sorry elalan, i dont take advices from sock puppets. Also, i perfectly stand by what i said. clear, i guess ?--Iwazaki ^{会話。討論} 03:31, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

WT:SLR discussion

Hello Iwazaki,

This message is to inform you that there currently is a discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Sri Lanka Reconciliation (section link) regarding an issue with which you were involved.

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hahaha

let me just say, that a japanese speaking Sri Lankan is weird in my book, no offense. If you had a guest book, I'd sign it. Peace, fellow Sri Lankan! --Riotrocket8676 ^{You gotta problem with that?} 02:49, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Allegations of State terrorism by Sri Lanka

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Unreferenced BLPs

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Rajkumar Kanagasingam

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Wikimedia Community User Group Sri Lanka

Dear Iwazaki, 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 03:50, 29 July 2017 (UTC)