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Kudos for the great job in referencing the article, slowly it is becoming a true enclopedia article. Also see [1] It is about 1958 riots, if you have any references, much appreciated RaveenS 17:32, 26 July 2006 (UTC)Reply

Thanks. The full text of Vittachi's book on the 1958 riots can be found here: [2]

Please vote to keep or move to wictionary not delete

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1977 riots

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Will be possible to write an article on the 1977 riots, if you have time ?. Thanks RaveenS 13:45, 2 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

I'd like to, but haven't yet found a good source for it either online or off - do you know of any? Tyronen 14:21, 2 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

No, but I havent looked either, let me try RaveenS 15:52, 2 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

State terrorism in Sri Lanka

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Let's discuss on to do list before adding, at this point too many in the list might send the message that it is indeed POV against SL, which the list cannot be. So I reverted it right now, no hard feelings, let's put it up in discussion, develop these incidents fully as individual articles and then decide if they are really state terrorism before adding to the article. If the article is deleted by Admi, I’ve decided to create a category of human rights violations or state terrorism in SL where these individual articles can be listed anyway. Thanks for your understanding RaveenS 22:18, 3 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

See [3] also please participate ibn the criteria to add items to the list in the to do lits. Thanks RaveenS


Hi Tyronen, I am just cross posting this here:

Ok I just looked through the history so now I understand what happened. RaveenS I think Tyronen's additions were legitimate and do fall under State terrorism, I think it would have been better not to revert but discuss and change them if needed, in fact it seems I have duplicated one of his additions as well, the Chemmani graves/Somaratne revelations.

Tyronen, though I can understand your frustration at how your changes were handled I don't think deleteing the article helps. What is the alternative then? If something better can come of it then fine, but right now this is the only article on terrorism/human rights violations carried out by the GoSL. If we are going to have a balanced and informative handling of the Sri Lankan conflict we need this article just as much as the Notable attacks by the LTTE one so that both sides of the story are told.

So all I can suggest is to have Tyronen's changes readded and we can discuss each one and tweak as necessary. Regards --Realstarslayer 04:35, 4 August 2006 (UTC

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AFD for Loan words in Sri Lankan Tamil

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Was to keep and thanks for your vote RaveenS

NGO’s and new article

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Please see talk:Amnesty International as to why I firmly disagree with removing the information from the NGO's article. Thank you. -- Avi 00:45, 17 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Same with Human Rights Watch and its talk page. -- Avi 00:48, 17 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Just for completeness, I've added the discussion to Talk:Human rights groups and the Middle East as well -- Avi 00:53, 17 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

I you go ahead with the changes you've suggested to AI and HRW. Tell me to get back to work! 21:52, 17 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Leah McLaren

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Hello, I'm a little unclear on why you added a "citation needed" tag recently. Her piece on why she prefers Canadian men to Brits, while awful, does actually exist. I remember reading it at the time. - Mcasey666 00:05, 18 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

It still needs a citation. If the article itself is not available online, we need to state exactly what issue of the magazine it appeared in. Tyronen 00:08, 18 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

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The Original Barnstar

I wanted award you the original Barnstar award for a great job you have been doing on Wikipedia, particularly with regard to Sri Lanka. You tireless effort on this subject and repeated efforts to bring peace amongst warring wiki contributers deserves encouragement and a hats off!! Johnathan1156 00:24, 29 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

People's Alliance

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I made a change in our last edit on the 2004 SL elections. The way I understood it (in 2004) was that PA still existed (with a convenor, etc.), but was (and probably still is) dormant due to the formation of UPFA. --Soman 07:26, 29 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Sri Lankan civil war

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The article that you have painstakingly written and developed from a neutral point of view is coming under malicious reverts by a newbie or one who has no knowledge of the subject matter. Especially he removed from the causes of the civil war, your mention about sharp differences about admission to universities. Now the guy is a propagandist or simply doesn’t know the facts. I reverted them right now and requested discussion before removing such known facts. Just for your informationRaveenS 14:33, 7 November 2006 (UTC)Reply

Mediation about this article will resume in half an hour. See Wikipedia:Mediation Cabal/Cases/2006-10-20 Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. Sorry about the late notice. — Sebastian 21:31, 14 December 2006 (UTC)Reply

History of Sri Lanka

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Hey Tyronen,

could you look at the article and at what Bodhi dhana is doing to it? I'm quite speechless. Cheers, Krankman 10:36, 13 April 2007 (UTC)Reply

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Hey, I haven't seen you around in some time. Nice to have you back. --snowolfD4 ( talk / @ ) 15:39, 26 May 2009 (UTC)Reply

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