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Contents 1 Kumaran Pathmanadan 2 Sri Lankan Tamil people 3 Sri Lanka page 4 Health

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[edit] Kumaran Pathmanadan

There has been increased interest in this article since Pathmanathan was appointed the new leader of the LTTE. I would like to rewrite this article to someting like this. Any comments / objections? Also, is there any consensus on which of his many names we should use on Wikipedia? I'd suggest Selvarasa Pathmanathan as this is the one he and most media organisations are using now. Obi2canibe (talk) 16:25, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

I think your version is a great start to reworking our depiction of this individual. I feel we should go with Selvarasa, because its much more common in newspapers and other reliable sources.Pectore^talk 17:17, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

Go for it.-Iross1000 (talk) 03:35, 29 July 2009 (UTC).

I object. His name is Kumaran Pathmanathan. His alias should not be given publicity over his real name. do not attempt to conceal his identity. - --RyanFrancisJnr (talk) 22:27, 9 August 2009 (UTC)

I doubt Ryan is a good faith user, seeing as how his first edits are here and on the KP page. Nobody is concealing his identity (which we arent even sure of). Also he's been arrested so it does not matter what name we use, since he will probably die for the crimes he committed in prison.Pectore^talk 23:42, 9 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Sri Lankan Tamil people

Please review a series of edits with misleading edit summaries such as no references etc. Taprobanus (talk) 17:02, 25 August 2009 (UTC)

I feel Yogaswami's picture should be replaced by Samual Chelvanayagam's picture who has contributed more to Sri Lankan Tamils than any other.Chelva is known as the "Fahter of the Nation". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.13.63.151 (talk) 21:20, 25 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Sri Lanka page

I refer to the following sentence in the 'Civil War' section

One single strip of orange on the left part of the flag represents the Tamil population, and it is seen by many Tamil as a symbol of their marginalisation

The above sentence gives a biased opinion suggesting marginalisation of a miniority race -- which is totally incorrect. The green strip which is at the outer edge, beside the orange represents the muslims in the country. By the same token I belong to the ethnic muslim minority in Sri Lanka and also personally know hundreds of Tamil and Sinhalese people. The sentence referred to is totally incorrect. I think you have to re-phrase that sentence or remove it altogether.

The next sentence The lion in the national flag is derived from the banner of the last Sinhalese Kingdom, which, to the Sinhalese majority, is... also tends to add a negative bias against the noble Sinhalese people and their rich culture. Please refer to the main article Flag of Sri Lanka The lion in the center stands for bravery of the Sri Lankans as a nation achieving independence from foreign powers including the British. The 4 leaves in the corner stand for the 4 brahma viharas of Metta, Karuna, Muditha and Upekkha which are part of the Buddhist doctrine.

In the aftermath of a near-lethal terrorist 'invasion' it is only natural for the vestigal remnants of such a movement to try and 'dovetail' their nefarious objectives into strong nationalistic and cultural symbols. You, Wikipedia, are one of the foremost authorities on factual representation today. I am sure you would quickly rally around the resources at your disposal to verify the truth of what I have said and make the necessary corrections. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mfouwaaz (talk • contribs) 11:30, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Health

Can I write a subsection on health of demographics? Sarcelles (talk) 08:55, 3 October 2009 (UTC)