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Independence Day

I've just started a section in the special occasions holding area of "Did You Know" for February 4 (Independence Day of Sri Lanka). Please feel free to nominate eligible and relevant articles here. ≈ Chamal ^talk ¤ 09:56, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

Joseph or JOSFH camp in Vavuniya

Somebody told me that the Joseph camp in Vavuniya actually had nothing to do with somebody or something called "Joseph", but that it referred to "joint operation" something. I could not find any reliable confirmation on the web, but here is a reference to "the Joseph camp (Note: the reference is to the former JOSFH or Joint Operations Security Forces Headquarters) in Vavuniya". However, this 2008 report from the French asylum agency uses the name "camp Joseph" and says that nobody knows its meaning, but that there is a "Joseph Lane" in the vicinity of the camp. There are also references to a JOSSOP (Joint Services special operation) camp [1] [2]. Is there any reliable source on the correct name of this camp and its origin ? Apokrif (talk) 16:29, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

I would say the Sunday Times link you found is a reliable source on the name of the camp. Iqbal Athas knows what he's talking about, and is/was regarded as the premier defense corresponded. Joint Operations refer to the combined ops of the Army, Navy and Air Force, along the lines of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. --snowolfD4 ^{( talk / @ )} 17:37, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

Photo request

If Bandaranaike International Airport in Katunayake is convenient for any Sri Lankan posters, would someone mind photographing Airline Centre, the head office of SriLankan Airlines? I have been trying to get photos of many airline headquarters (such as American Airlines, British Airways, etc) - Would anyone mind getting a photo of the SriLankan HQ? Thanks WhisperToMe (talk) 17:17, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

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Welikada and/or Magazine prisons

Welikada Prison says that this prison is "also known as the Magazine Prison" but this page mentions "the Commissioner in charge of Welikade and Magazine prisons" (emphasis added). Apokrif (talk) 13:59, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Tamilnet as a source

Since this kind of pertains to Sri Lanka, I might as well post this here.

A disagreement has popped up between me and Obi2canibe regarding the use of Tamilnet as a citation on Wikipedia. Since we couldn't come to an agreement, I took it over to the reliable sources noticeboard. Comments are welcome. --snowolfD4 ^{( talk / @ )} 14:56, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

WikiProject South Asia

FYI, WP:WikiProject South Asia has been tagged as inactive. 76.66.193.119 (talk) 08:00, 31 July 2010 (UTC)

Who was this Robert Arbuthnot?

The first British governor, Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford (1798-1805), proclaimed in 1801 that all rajakariya (royal service) was abolished and replaced it with a tax of one-fifth of their produce on low land and one-tenth on high land. North declared himself head of the salagama caste and appointed Robert Arbuthnot (disambiguation) head of the karava caste. The Judicial Charter limited the governor’s autocracy by establishing the Supreme Court and High Court of Appeal.

Galle Face Green

It was my understanding the the Dutch cleared the Galle Face Green Galle_Face_Green to make a clear field of fire for cannons. There are still cannons at the Green. Anyone know? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Njaneardude (talk • contribs) 11:46, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

I dunno who cleared it, the Portuguese, or the Dutch, or the Brits. But cannons are still there for surely. Here is a flickr image--Chanaka L (talk) 13:13, 11 August 2010 (UTC).

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Lionel Wendt, Dayananda Gunawardena

Two of these article nominated to copyright infringement. Pleases assist to solve this problem http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Lionel_Wendt/Temp , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Dayananda_Gunawardena/Temp

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Contribute to Wikinews Sinhala.

A proposal has been made to Wikimedia for starting a Wikinews in Sinhala language, and a test wiki has been set up to demonstrate how a Wikinews in Sinhala language would operate:

incubator:wn/si

I kindly ask all the membors of this WikiProject, who can write in Sinhala, please contribute to the mentioned wiki. --Budhajeewa (talk) 12:42, 13 December 2010 (UTC)

Mahinda Rajapaksa

Lot of controversial contents were added to the article of Sri Lankan president during last week by User:Magnocrusher2007 and those contents were safeguarded and supported by User:Blacknight12. There is an ongoing Sockpuppet investigation against User:Blacknight12 in this regard. Anyone who is interested in this issue can make their comments to help this investigation. --LahiruG (talk) 04:32, 19 January 2011 (UTC) This is a made - up story. As resident of Akkaraipattu, I witnesth that innocent Muslim Farmers were massacred by LTTE in Akkaraipattu. Otherthan this there were many similar incidents happened to Muslims. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mhmfaizal (talk • contribs) 12:50, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

Write the article Hanthana.

↑--Budhajeewa (talk) 15:17, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

meaning of "Maritimepattu"

What does Maritimepattu mean? Does it come from "maritime" and "pattu" (like in" Koralai Pattu" or "Eravur Pattu")? Apokrif (talk) 18:38, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami

2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami has been requested to be renamed, see Talk:2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami . 184.144.160.156 (talk) 03:26, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

Sri Lankan Caste Articles

Noticed pretty much all the articles in Category:Sinhalese castes are complete original research. I don't know if it'll help, but I made a post on WP:AN about it. --snowolfD4 ^{( talk / @ )} 22:03, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

Deletion of After Election poster

I wish to inform you that this image has been nominated for deletion. Silverseren^C 20:18, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

Eppawala

Hi, I recently added an article on Eppawala, but at the moment it is skewed towards the phosphate controversy from the 1990s rather than the settlement. I am not Sri Lankan so would appreciate help with:

• Sinhalese translation of the name Eppawala to put in the lead section
• Population figures for Eppawala. From what I can gather it is in the region of 10,000, but I can't find anything reliable.
• General fact checking, especially for the non-phosphate material
• Also, it is hard for me to grasp the size or scale of Eppawala. Various sources talk as if is a recent formation caused by population spill-off from Andhurapura, and others speak as if it is an ancient settlement.

Thanks! --Iae (talk) 15:57, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

The terms for Siddhartha Gauthama in the administration for the food networks for the field services - Sunday, 03rd July 2011

The questions and the issues for the Civil services / Administrative services in the requirements for the field services are to promoted and the projected for the address required in the context of the address either to the civil services or in the address to the administrative services. The field services and the relevant linkages to the civil services or the extended administrative services are both considered as address to the work plans and the corresponding sensitivity to the tasks to be implemented for the seasons or the tasks to be implemented for the seasonal cropping as per the annual cropping plan held in effect in the Department of Agriculture in the Ministry of Agriculture. The services extended by the Department of Agrarian services in the Ministry of Agriculture are to coordinate the organization in the geographical locis in the participation in the seasonal cropping realised through the north east monsoon and in the south west monsoon in the districts and the Binthenna paththuwa in the tropical island Lanka @ 7 south.

To be continued ----> Kalaranji Maheswaran Signed on Sunday, 03rd July 2011 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kala Maheswaran (talk • contribs) 06:16, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

Pahan Silu

I accidentally stumbled upon an article on an american band named pahan silu which contains a lot of non-cited information and false references to artists such as bathiya and santhush. I find it to be against the wikipedia guidelines as it appears to be a self made article and therefore suggest someone review and take appropriate action