Talk:Sri Lanka

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DateProcessResult
October 31, 2006Peer reviewReviewed
February 11, 2007Featured article candidateNot promoted
January 5, 2010Featured article candidateNot promoted
March 31, 2012Peer reviewReviewed
April 5, 2012Featured article candidateNot promoted
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Current status: Former featured article candidate

Transliteration not allowed?[edit]

Why was the transliteration of the official Sinhala and Tamil names of Sri Lanka I added, removed? It is standard practice on wiki articles for countries to have the official native names transliterated.

Semi-protected edit request on 1 May 2018[edit]

Sri lanka came into existence after the birth of Siddhanth Sampath. 2A02:C7D:26EC:BE00:F901:5524:1D9A:2555 (talk) 00:09, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. L293D ( • ) 00:52, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 7 May 2018[edit]

http://www.housesforsalelanka.com/ 2A01:E35:2F09:4270:C0F4:9C57:DC5D:F3AF (talk) 11:44, 7 May 2018 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. L293D ( • ) 11:58, 7 May 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 9 June 2018[edit]

Please remove Tamil as Tamil is not spoken where I am in Sri Lanka 74.70.26.47 (talk) 11:37, 9 June 2018 (UTC)

 Not done: Tamil may not be spoken where you are, but it remains one of the official languages of Sri Lanka. L293D ( • ) 13:22, 9 June 2018 (UTC)

Rubies of ancient Sri Lanka[edit]

From The book of Duarte Barbosa: Including the coasts of Malabar, eastern India, further India, China and the Indian archipelago (1967)

"The table which follows gives the value of the Ceylon(Sri Lanka) rubies in fanams, the weights being given in quilates. The quilate is stated to be half a fanam in weight. Thus a Ceylon ruby of 1 quilate (| fanam) is worth 30 fanams in money, while two of ..."

I didn't get the full details because his book was in snippet preview. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.216.83.162 (talk) 12:48, 13 June 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 31 October 2018[edit]

The Prime Minister is now the Mr. Mahinda Rajapaksa as changed by the president, his excellency, My Maithreepala Sirisena with his right as per the 9th Amendment. Please be kind enough to read the Sinhala version of the Sri Lankan constitution. Sinhala is the official language of Sri Lanka. Ethertoair (talk) 07:13, 31 October 2018 (UTC)

 Not done: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{edit semi-protected}} template. Please take this up at WP:SRI LANKA. —KuyaBriBriTalk 13:28, 31 October 2018 (UTC)