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The '''Sri Lanka Air Force Regimers]]. SLAF Regiment is responsible for protecting all its air bas[[File:SLAFSF pic2.jpg|thumb|The

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June 2014

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September 2014

Please do not add or change content, as you did to Bodu Bala Sena, without verifying it by citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Please do not change the wording in quotes. JimRenge (talk) 21:44, 21 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Jim, There are lot of incorrect information about Bodu Bala Sena page! please try to find correct and true infomation.Don't use anti bodu bala sena websites and news as all references.Quality of wikipedia becoming low from these articles!Use fair,true news articles and websites as references and edit that page! hope you will attention to this matter.

Hi Randeepa, I saw your message on the Bodu Bala Sena article, and I agree with you. I started the article two years ago, and I think it is terrible. It has a very large bias against the Buddhists, and that is not good, because articles are supposed to be neutral. But it is hard to find good information about this group in English, also I think none of the editors are Buddhist. By the way, you can add your signature by typing four tildes, like this ~~~~ after your message. —Neotarf (talk) 15:30, 29 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You are 100% correct friend! This article mainly based on Anti BBS view! please try to correct that! Recently I added some information about "Great Sangha Council September" but someone delete that also. I saw many false sentences and references.some are not even related to their references!I do not want to take a any side! but article should be neutral!Try to edit this article and help to improve quality of wikipedia! ~~~~ Randeepa (talk) 21:01, 01 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Sept 2014

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. You appear to be engaged in an edit war with one or more editors according to your reverts at Bodu Bala Sena. Although repeatedly reverting or undoing another editor's contributions may seem necessary to protect your preferred version of a page, on Wikipedia this is usually seen as obstructing the normal editing process, and often creates animosity between editors. Instead of edit warring, please discuss the situation with the editor(s) involved and try to reach a consensus on the talk page.

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Just noting, as I have done here and here, that you have continued to edit war despite my request for you to stop and despite the above notice. Beware the looming sanctions. Regards Andrew (talk) 14:13, 2 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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October 2014

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Hahahaa afraid of truth??? LOL ohh! I am so scared that you are going to block me from wikipedia! Please dont please dont LOL :P

December 2014

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Please do not add or change content, as you did to Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2013, without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. obi2canibe^{talk contr} 17:38, 14 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Without citing reliable source? first read the article will you! I added only the governments heads who came to meeting! Read participanst section! why you only mention the small protests without mentioning their participants?? This article is not balanced! You ruin every Sri Lankan related article! what is your purpose? to build Eelam on Wikipedia? LOL nice try Randeepa

If the the participants have been listed in the Participants section why do you need to mention it in the Boycott section as well?. And why do insert contents before existing references, making them look like they are referenced when they aren't? What is your purpose?--obi2canibe^{talk contr} 20:08, 18 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Boycott section must include people who boycott this event.If leader of that country participated then how you insert that country into boycott list?? tell me it first? Some small political parties or political organizations can have different views. Is it thing to concern about? If it is so then must include that country participated or not! because small group of people's view doesn't represent country's view! Randeepa

May 2015

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No. 2 Squadron SLAF

Dear friend,

I noticed that you have reverted an edit made by Obi2canibe in the relevant article. If you look at the history, he has given a valid reason according to the wiki guidelines. As he correctly mentioned, the relevant information wasn't in the given reference. (It says Sri Lanka air force but not specify No 2 squadron) All this reverts could have been avoided by giving a correct source.

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Thanks and continue the good work.Nishadhi (talk) 13:40, 26 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Mahinda Rajapaksa

Before you continue with your idiocy I suggest you check the link you've provided in the reference. The link is an article about Ranil Wickremesinghe’s visit to Japan, it doesn't mention 'king Mahinda.--obi2canibe^{talk contr} 19:17, 3 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

talk Yes he is a king who kicked asses of some terrorists. Look still they are in pain and try to made false allegations and personal opinions about his page. Facebook should be moderate for all. Including all the statements with news is not a article. -Randeepa

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Request reason:

I have contributed more than 1000 editing for more than 4 years from this account and there is no reason for me to create another profile. but my brother created his own account and started to become wikipedian. I did not do any single illegitimate editing for my 1000 more wiki editing s. So I don't understand why my account has been blocked. So Please take necessary action to remove this ban

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Request reason:

DoRD (talk) Can you please tell what are those available evidence rather than making assumption? Can anyone block based on assumptions even wikipedia allows multiple accounts for llegitimate reasons. Is assumption based blocking is ok or Can you tell what are those evidence? Randeepa (talk)

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@Jesuschristonacamel: As I said it would be enough with one F7 image on that place. "Sri Lanka Air Force Chengdu F-7GS"(Sri Lanka Military 0042.jpg) image is better quality and has close look. So it would be enough to that place. There are plenty of aircraft images in wikipedia after every independence day each year. They all are adding those images to main page. If you want that image in the main page add it into the Gallery. Gallery includes flying formation images like this and also i have added that image to relevant squadron page.

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@Obi2canibe: Thanks for the explanation. I have updated see also section of the Sri Lankan diaspora page also, since it includes article Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora in the navigation boxes at the foot of the article Randeepa (talk) 13:21, 25 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Sri Lanka

I reverted your image adding edits to the article as they create too much clutter. Have a look at FA class articles such Japan and Germany to see how they used images very conservatively. Regards--Chanaka L (talk) 16:01, 17 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Chanakal: Thanks for pointing out. Agree with you regarding the clutter. Some of the images of the articles are old and not suitable. Example - education section image is open air theatre of one of university. There are lot of better new images of educational institutes. Randeepa (talk) 16:13,17 August 2021 (UTC)

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