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Rehman
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Randomly generated image from my uploads. ↻ Full collection at the bottom of this page!
Randomly generated image from my uploads.
Full collection at the bottom of this page!
Born
Current locationColombo, Sri Lanka
Current time05:18, 19 January 2026 IST [refresh]
Interests
Account statistics
Joined23 May 2008
(17 years, 7 months and 26 days ago)
SignatureRehman
Activity
WikiProjectsBirds, Dams, Energy, Geography, Infoboxes, Maps, Mountains, Rivers, Sri Lanka, Skyscrapers, Templates, Wikidata, WikiProject Council.
Senior Editor II
Senior Editor II

Veteran Administrator III
Veteran Administrator III

Hi, I’m Rehman. I was born in Manama, Bahrain, and now live in Colombo, Sri Lanka. I have been an active contributor to Wikimedia projects since 2008, with a focus on renewable energy, infrastructure, and Sri Lankan geography—reflecting my interests in solar and wind power, dams, rivers, and environmental documentation. Much of my work on Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons centres around these topics.

Beyond editing articles, I am deeply involved in technical and community work. I develop and maintain Wikidata-driven infoboxes, navigation templates, and other tools, including being the main contributor to the Infobox Power Station. I am an administrator on both the English Wikipedia (since 2016) and Wikimedia Commons (since 2011), where I support content moderation, policy enforcement, and community workflows. I also created Commons’ Criteria for Speedy Deletion (CSD) to improve administrative efficiency.

I founded and lead the Wikimedia Community User Group Sri Lanka (UG-LK), working across Sri Lanka’s three main language groups to support outreach, organise photowalks, run Wiki Loves Earth contests, and promote Wikimedia participation nationwide. Our projects, including long-term environmental photography initiatives, contribute millions of page views each year across 140+ wikis.

Outside Wikimedia, my professional background includes stock market, banking, renewable energy, cybersecurity, and knowledge management. My personal interests include cycling, hiking, travelling, photography, stargazing, community outreach, and building computers. If you are passionate about topics related to Sri Lanka, or would like to contribute more actively, consider joining UG-LK or our mailing list, Wikimedia-LK. We welcome editors of all backgrounds and skill levels.

If you ever need confidential assistance, including help dealing with harassment or cyberbullying, feel free to contact me privately—I'm always happy to help where I can.



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Today's Featured Article

Cameroon celebrating their victory in the final
Cameroon celebrating their victory in the final

The 2017 Africa Cup of Nations final was an association football match to determine the winner of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations, organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). It was held at the Stade de l'Amitié in Libreville, Gabon, and contested by Cameroon (team pictured) and Egypt. Egypt took a 1–0 lead through Mohamed Elneny after 22 minutes. Cameroon had more possession than Egypt in the first half, but their attack lacked potency and Egypt led at half time. The Egyptians made few attempts to attack in the second half, and Cameroon equalised after 59 minutes through Nicolas Nkoulou, who had come on as a substitute. Egypt were unable to adjust, and Cameroon continued to have the better chances, eventually scoring again two minutes before the end, through Vincent Aboubakar, to record a 2–1 win. The victory marked their fifth Africa Cup of Nations title. As winners, they represented CAF at the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia, but they did not progress beyond the group phase. (Full article...)

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Did You Know?

Fagopsis branch with young fruit
Fagopsis branch with young fruit
  • ... that the extinct oak relative Fagopsis had wind-carried fruit wedges (fossil pictured)?
  • ... that a historian described Eugene S. Bonelli as San Francisco's "most eminent early musician" who was a "performer and instructor, with just a dash of quack doctor thrown in for good measure"?
  • ... that British DJ Wes Butters said that he received a murder threat over his song "Ring Ding Ding"?
  • ... that German colonists were unable to win a war that they started with an unprovoked massacre?
  • ... that Nnena Kalu won the 2025 Turner Prize for her brightly coloured sculptures wrapped in unspooled VHS tape?
  • ... that some organizations in the U.S. took the murder of Matthew Rairdon in Maine as an example to draw attention to intimate partner violence and domestic violence in same-sex relationships?
  • ... that Alan Dale returned in a Neighbours episode 25 years after his character was killed off?
  • ... that Pitono Purnomo investigated a human-trafficking ring during his tenure as consul general in Osaka?
  • ... that a re-edit of an animated film produced for a 2024 Milan exhibition became popular among one site's furry userbase?

On This Day...

January 18: World Religion Day (2026)

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Battle of Hayes Pond
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His Girl Friday is a 1940 American screwball comedy film directed by Howard Hawks, starring Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell and featuring Ralph Bellamy and Gene Lockhart. It was released by Columbia Pictures on January 18, 1940. The plot centers on a newspaper editor named Walter Burns who is about to lose his ace reporter and ex-wife, Hildy Johnson, newly engaged to another man. Burns suggests they cover one more story together, getting themselves entangled in the case of murderer Earl Williams as Burns desperately tries to win back his wife. The screenplay was adapted from the 1928 play The Front Page by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur.

Rehman's travels

Experiencing the world is one of my greatest pleasures.
I'm fortunate to have been able to travel to these countries:

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  Idea copied from WereSpielChequers, who filched from StuffOfInterest, who lifted it from Harro5, who took it from Salsb, who stole it from Guettarda, who borrowed it from White Cat, as seen on Calton's page.

The Original Barnstar
Rehman is kind, patient, incredibly knowledgeable and without a doubt knows wikimedia inside out. Even though I am a complete dunce regarding wiki he helped me at every stage and I now have a wonderful page which I am eternally grateful for. I count myself so lucky to have had the assistance of Rehman. He is a brilliant editor and a real gentleman Kareenza (talk) 06:12, 21 June 2018 (UTC)

The Real-Life Barnstar
For your companionship during Wikimania Takes Lake Como. –Daniel Case (talk) 19:45, 29 June 2016 (UTC)

Your nomination has been reviewed and promoted
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Mouth of Deduru Oya
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Kandalama Reservoir
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Ambewela Aitken Spence Wind Farm
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Victoria Dam and Reservoir, Sri Lanka
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Batman Dam
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Oracle Corporation headquarters
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Randenigala Dam
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Devon Falls
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Your nomination has been reviewed and promoted
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Hydroelectric power plants in Sri Lanka
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Sri Lanka power
Thank you for quality lists and articles on Sri Lanka rivers and power plants, such as List of dams and reservoirs in Sri Lanka and including projects such as Broadlands Dam, for projects maintenance and redirects, and for good memory, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:36, 15 February 2015 (UTC)

The Barnstar of Good Humor!
Hello Rehman. You have signed my guestbook! Thank you very much.--Pratyya (Hello!) 04:27, 20 February 2013 (UTC)

Current events globe

On 2 February 2011, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasi, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting news item involving a recently created or updated article, then please suggest it on the candidates page.


The Excellent Userpage Award
Congratulations on a very informative and beautifully presented user page! Johnfos (talk) 00:14, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

Updated DYK query

On 30 November 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article List of largest power stations in the world, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that three of the four largest power stations in the world are in South America? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.


The Working Man's Barnstar
For your tireless contributions to improve power stations-releted templates and articles, I award to you this barnstar. Beagel (talk) 14:54, 27 November 2010 (UTC)

The Template Barnstar
For your innovations of Template:Infobox power station, here is a barnstar of appreciation.--NortyNort (Holla) 01:36, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

The Secret Subpage Finder Barnstar
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The Resilient Barnstar
I'm sorry your RfA failed, but well done for taking the criticism offered on the chin. I genuinely hope to see you back at RfA in a few months when you think those issues have been resolved. I have a failed RfA of my own, so I cna tell you it's not necessarily a bad thing! All the best, HJ Mitchell | fancy a chat? 15:35, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

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Rehman's uploads

The majority of my uploads can be classed into the below categories. Between 2019-12-01 and 2019-12-31, these files were viewed 3.5 million times, through 1,089 articles on 98 wikis. The stats exclude external usages (i.e. news articles, travel pages, etc). Source: Glamorgan.


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