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Thanks Lahiru. I'm still learning how the things work around here, so thanks for the help. Chamal (talk) 10:57, 28 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Kiribath

This is an automated message from CorenSearchBot. I have performed a web search with the contents of Kiribath, and it appears to be very similar to another wikipedia page: Chamal N:/Draft of article. It is possible that you have accidentally duplicated contents, or made an error while creating the page— you might want to look at the pages and see if that is the case.

This message was placed automatically, and it is possible that the bot is confused and found similarity where none actually exists. If that is the case, you can remove the tag from the article and it would be appreciated if you could drop a note on the maintainer's talk page. CorenSearchBot (talk) 03:01, 4 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes they are the same because 'Chamal N:/Draft of article' is the draft I created in a subpage of my userpage before making the actual page. I have now deleted that page. Also removed the tag from the article.Chamal (talk) 03:36, 4 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Drafts

Please create your drafts in user:Chamal N/sandbox or any othe title that starts with user:Chamal N/. -- RHaworth (Talk | contribs) 07:33, 10 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I'll take your advice. Chamal (talk) 10:58, 10 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Just saying a little thank you for reveritng vandalism edits especially from Marikina Science High School. Dar book (talk) 12:48, 24 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Please explain my vandaliam

... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 144.137.73.61 (talk) 11:09, 28 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I assume you are talking about the reversion I made to the article The Church? As the article clearly states, it is about an Australian rock band. You had redirected this page to Christian Church, which is unrelated to this article. You may have done this with good faith (and not vandalism), but as the edit was wrong I have reverted it. Another user has also done the same for your repeated edit. Chamal (talk) 11:21, 28 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

"Chamal N" for Admin

Just give them the mop. MurrayBishoff (talk) 13:51, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

What in the world are you talking about? Chamal (talk) 13:54, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I would like you to be made a Wikipedia Administrator. MurrayBishoff (talk) 14:20, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Nice joke. But we can't talk rubbish here, because user talk pages are not forums Chamal (talk) 14:27, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No joke, someone should nominate you in a few months. MurrayBishoff (talk) 14:31, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Rollback granted.

Make sure to familiarise yourself with the use of rollback. Rudget (logs) 15:23, 2 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

RE:Thanks

No problem. Onecanadasquarebishopsgate 15:50, 2 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

GO TROLL SOMEONE ELSE. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.161.71.161 (talk) 12:59, 10 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

If you call reverting vandalism as trolling, what would you call the edits you made to Wikipedia:The motivation of a vandal? And please do not remove warning messages from your talk page or you will be reported. Chamal ^Talk 13:09, 10 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

FEEL FREE TO REPORT ME FOR BLANKING MY OWN USERPAGE —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.161.71.161 (talk) 09:23, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You don't own your user page or your talk page, which means you can't do whatever you like to them. Chamal ^Talk 03:14, 20 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry champ.. i dunno what i did i clicked on the wikipedia page... and well yeah, i could edit it :/ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.235.164.157 (talk) 03:08, 20 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

If you want to test with editing Wikipedia, you can do so at WP:Sandbox. Hope you will make constructive contributions in the future to Wikipedia. Chamal ^Talk 03:14, 20 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

refrain from making inappropriate reverts

Please refrain from making inappropriate reverts to Wikipedia, as you did to Stiff-tailed duck. That edit was not vandalism. That one kind of duck really does have the longest penis. This fact is notable and has plenty of good reliable sources. Do not censor WP. -69.87.204.48 (talk) 14:36, 20 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

If so, give those reliable sources in the article. Your edit appears to be vandalism, and that's why it was reverted. When making edits like that please be sure to give references. My intention is not to censor Wikipedia, but to prevent it from becoming a place full of rubbish. Chamal ^Talk 14:52, 20 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I checked about this, and apparently you are correct. I apologize for the mistaken revert, and thanks for pointing it out. I have restored the reverted edit and also included a reference. Chamal ^Talk 15:02, 20 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for fixing Stiff-tailed duck. The main duck article also needs help. It should mention the long corkscrew genitalia. The article is locked. Even the talk page is rife with reversions. I put my suggested additions there. That is as much as I can do as an anon. If you are brave and motivated, please fix the main article as you think appropriate.

It also seems peculiar that ClueBot deems the word "penis" an obscenity. Can you do anything about this?

"Stiff-tailed duck was changed by 69.87.204.48 (u) (t) making a minor change with obscenities on 2008-07-20T13:59:00+00:00 . Thank you. ClueBot (talk) 13:59, 20 July 2008 (UTC)"

-69.87.203.205 (talk) 18:41, 20 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Cluebot is an automated tool and it cannot determine whether an edit is vandalism or not by looking at the 'idea' of that edit or explanations. 'Penis' is a commonly used word in vandalism edits, and that is probably why Cluebot has determined this to be vandalism. I'm not sure how it works, but I assume it looks for such commonly used words and phrases and reverts them. If you want you can report about your reverted edit here. As for making the edit, I see you have already done it. :) Chamal ^Talk 11:56, 21 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Please read Wikipedia:V#Burden_of_evidence

Please read this section of the relevant policy. This is a binding policy for all material on Wikipedia. No editor is under any obligation to first tag material before removing it, and I'm quoting: The burden of evidence lies with the editor who adds or restores material. As you wish to restore the material you're required to provide a citation which satisfies that material. Please do not blindly revert changes. In addition to reverting the uncited material you restored material which I pointed out was not relevant to the article. The criticism about the difficulties foreigners have in purchasing acorns needs to be attributed to a reliable source. That has been there for an extremely long time uncited. All quotations and any material challenged or likely to be challenged should be attributed to a reliable, published source using an inline citation. As well as Any material lacking a reliable source may be removed, but editors may object if you remove material without giving them sufficient time to provide references.. I'm under no obligation to provide any time to find a source before first removing it. You're free to object, but that particular information has been there long enough that if someone were interested in providing a source for it they could have. As well the material isn't lost. If there truly is a reliable source criticizing cyworld for this particular behavior you're free to restore it if and when you find a citation. As well from the policy Do not leave unsourced or poorly sourced information that may damage the reputation of living persons or organizations in articles and do not move it to the talk page This is the only real criticism provided on the page which would seem to imply that it is some great criticism and given a lot of weight. Some people could get the wrong impression. As well since it is unsourced you might want to have a look at Wikipedia:NPOV#Undue_weight. As well from WP:V and Jimmy Wales, his quote of I can NOT emphasize this enough. There seems to be a terrible bias among some editors that some sort of random speculative 'I heard it somewhere' pseudo information is to be tagged with a 'needs a cite' tag. Wrong. It should be removed, aggressively, unless it can be sourced. This is true of all information,. This "criticism" has the air of someone hearing it on a forum, blog, etc. To be honest it is extremely unlikely that any reliable source has actually covered this particular criticism of the website and a citation will likely never be found. As well you also reverted my removal of removal of USD dollars. This is an article about a Korean company which operates in Korea and operates in Korean won. The inclusion of USD is irrelevant to the article. Please see WP:MOS regarding writing articles about specific locations (e.g. using canadian dollars in canadian articles, british spelling in british articles, etc)--221.143.25.19 (talk) 02:28, 21 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure what the edit is that you're talking about. Can you please provide me a link to that article? However, if I have made a mistake I apologize about that. But if you can, please show me where I have gone wrong. Thanks. Chamal ^Talk 12:06, 21 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm referring to this edit [1].--221.143.25.19 (talk) 12:43, 21 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]