User:Gihan Jayaweera

Gihan Jayaweera
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Name	Gihan Jayaweera ; ගිහාන් ජයවීර
Born	3 January 1990 (age 34); Bakamuna, Sri Lanka
Nationality	Sri Lankan
Country	Sri Lanka
Languages	Sinhala, English
Time zone	SLST
Current time	Current time for UTC+5:30 is 20:16
Ethnicity	Sinhalese
Height	6' 1"
Weight	75kg
Hair	black
Eyes	brown
Handedness	Right-handed
Blood type	A+
Sexuality	male
Family and friends
Spouse	Niresha Aththanayake (m. 2019)
Children	Nephele Naumya
Siblings	Ashwini Jayaweera
Pets	1 Aegean cat ; 1 Cyprus cat
Education and employment
Occupation	Research assistant
Employer	Science Teacher
Primary school	Bakamuna Mahasen Central College
College	St. Thomas' College, Matale
University	Open University of Sri Lanka ; Postgraduate Institute of Science
Hobbies, interests, and beliefs
Religion	Buddhist
Aliases	GihanJ
Interests
	Taxonomy and Systematics
Contact info
Email	gihanjayaweera444@gmail.com
Account statistics
Joined	13 June 2013
First edit	13 June 2013
Edit count	56,596 Update count
Permissions	Autoconfirmed; Users;

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මෙම පරිශිලකයාගේ මව්බස සිංහල භාෂාවයි.

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Hi I am Gihan Jayaweera. I am a Sinhalese Buddhist in Sri Lanka. I currently live in Matale, Sri Lanka. I am an editor in Wikipedia since June 2013. But I used to prefer Wikipedia since 2007 upto now.

I am a B.Sc. graduate of Faculty of Natural Sciences in Open University of Sri Lanka, and currently studies M.Sc. at Postgraduate Institute of Science of University of Peradeniya from Zoology and Zoological taxonomy. I'm a research assistant on behavioral studies on tufted gray langur at Kandalama. I would like to do my future researches on felids, specially on Rusty-spotted cat and Moths. I like Wikipedia very much because I got knowledge from Wikipedian articles to my advanced level biology as well as for my university exams.

I like to play Cricket very much and also like to play keyboard and sing songs.

I am an old boy of St Thomas' College, Matale, where many great people were born. I was the president of the school's Media Unit in 2010, and am an announcer.

I read detective novels and fantasy novels, and also watch horror and fantasy films.

I hope to contribute on Wikipedia with my knowledge to help those who keen with those fileds of sciences. Hope you all will enjoy.. Thanks.....--Gihan Jayaweera (talk) 06:19, 21 June 2013 (UTC)

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First official recipient of Qaei's Award of Excellence

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		I was going through all the new pages, and I see all your amazing contributions. You are definitely someone to look up to and respect. So, I thought I would present you with the first Award of Excellence! Congratulations! Qaei ☎ 11:24, 13 February 2017 (UTC)

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Sri Lankan Wikipedian of the Year 2019

You have delivered outstanding work related to Sri Lankan topics. Especially I have noticed your crucial contributions about Sri Lankan film actors, actresses which are less recognised in general. You have remarkably contributed to Wikipedia which is generally not achieved in general by the rest of the Sri Lankans. You deserve to be the Sri Lankan Wikipedia for the Year 2019. Abishe (talk) 15:40, 8 November 2019 (UTC)

		The Sri Lankan Barnstar of National Merit
		Almost every time I see a new article on a Sri Lankan topic or new content on existing articles on Sri Lanka, it is because of your dedicated work. The amount of Sri Lankan information being documented is incredible.
		_{this WikiAward was given to Gihan Jayaweera by Yohan Anthony Sunanda (talk) on 04:35, 24 April 2021 (UTC)}

	The AfroCine Project Appreciates You!
	Thank you for your fine contributions to The Months of African Cinema Global contest. You have won the 1st position at the contest based on your cumulative points. You are also the Diversity Winner. Thank you for your dedication! Please reach out to me through Wikipedia's e-mail function to claim your prize.--Jamie Tubers (talk) 01:01, 25 April 2021 (UTC)

	The Writer's Barnstar
	For making really nice articles about gobies. I dream of horses If you reply here, please leave me a {{Talkback}} message on my talk page. @ 05:13, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

The Original Barnstar

Thank you for all the great work creating articles. Despite the lack of recognition and having your talk page being cluttered mainly with bot messages, you still edit tirelessly and meticulously. Creating so many articles is certainly no small feat and you deserve way more praise and recognition for your efforts than you currently do now. I can only say that your work behind the scenes, especially without the need for recognition, is the best attitude an editor can have. Great job. Darylgolden^(talk) Ping when replying 13:45, 16 February 2015 (UTC)

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		Hello GJ! I award you The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar for your extra kindness and I am really impressed by your work..Thanks you GreenCricket^TALK 04:04, 4 February 2016 (UTC)