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Criteria

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From WP:VERIFY, the test is:

  1. Is it an Academic source ? /
  2. Does it have third party scrutiny ? /
  3. Is it a respected mainstream publication? / - (We should have other sources who call it as such)
  4. Is it not one of the following: self-published books, newsletters, personal websites, open wikis, blogs, knols, podcasts, vcasts, patents, patent applications, forum postings, and similar sources.? /
  5. Is it a Questionable source ? / -(We should find other sources which claim as such)
  6. Is it self published by an expert? / -(Authors should be acknowledged experts in their fields)

See also WP:SLR#Classes of sources.

List of sources

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This list is the result of discussions, usually on this page's talk page. To add a new source, please proceed per the #instructions below.

Explanation of columns:

Name
Usually the title of an article, or a name that would be a suitable title. Redlinks here don't necessarily mean that an article should be created, it only indicates that we don't have one.
URL
Web address of the source.
Class
One of the following:
RS: Reliable source
QS: Qualified source: A source that may be reliable in certain contexts, but always needs to be used with a qualification (also called “attribution”) such as “pro-rebel”, “state owned” or the name itself.
UnRS: Unreliable source
UnClassS: Unclassified source (that is, we haven't discussed it enough to reach a conclusion.)
Attribution
displays how we recommend the source should be qualified in the text. For instance, the entry for Tamilnet is "pro-rebel", which means that text from them should be attributed like "according to the pro-rebel Tamilnet". "None" means that a source can be used without the "according ..." part, like most sources in Wikipedia. "Name only", as for Peace Secretariat of the LTTE means that a source should be referred to by its name in the text, as in "according to the Peace Secretariat of the LTTE".
Remark / reason for classification
usually contains a link to the discussion


Name URL Class Attribution (“according to ...”) Remark / reason for classification
Amnesty International amnesty.org RS none archived vote
Asian Times atimes.org UnclasS
Asian Tribune asiantribune.com QS anti-rebel Should not be used to establish notability [1]
BBC bbc.co.uk RS none archived vote
Cyberspace Graveyard disappearances.org UnclasS
Crimesofwar [2] RS none archived vote
Human Rights Internet hri.ca RS none archived vote
Human Rights Watch hrw.org UnclasS
InfoLanka infolanka.com UnclasS
Lankadissent lankadissent.com QS Anti-government archived vote
Mackenzie Institute mackenzieinstitute.com QS anti-rebel archived vote
Ilankai Tamil Sangam sangam.org QS (Depends on original source) This website is basically an archive. In addition to SAYWHEREYOUGOTIT, archived information should correctly attribute the original author or organization. archived vote
South Asia Terrorism Portal satp.org QS anti-rebel discussion
Scoop scoop.co.nz UnclasS
Sinhala place names ... geocities.com/place.names UnRS none archived discussion
Sri Lanka Monitor brcslproject.gn.apc.org UnclasS
Tamilcanadian tamilcanadian.com UnclasS
TamilEelam News Service (TNS) tamileelamnews.com UnclasS discussion
Tamilnet tamilnet.com QS pro-rebel Tamilnet#Criticism and Counter-Criticism, [3]; reasons for attribution: BBC, Reuters
Tamilnet.tv tamilnet.tv UnRS none parody. discussion
Tamil Nation tamilnation.org UnclasS
US Dep't of State state.gov
usembassy.gov
RS none archived vote
UTHR uthr.org RS none archived vote
Daily News (Sri Lanka) dailynews.lk RS state owned Attribution only necessary when information conflicts with other sources. archived vote
Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka) dailymirror.lk RS none archived vote
The Island (Sri Lankan Newspaper) island.lk RS none Discussion
Sri Lankan Ministry of Defence defence.lk QS name only (when uncontroversial: none) Discussion
Secretariat for Coordinating the Peace Process (SCOPP) peaceinsrilanka.org QS the Sri Lankan Government's Secretariat for Coordinating the Peace Process Discussion
LankaNews.lk lankanews.lk UnRS none Discussion
Sunday Times (Sri Lanka) sundaytimes.lk RS none Discussion
Tamil Guardian tamilguardian.com UnRS none Discussion
lankaweb lankaweb.lk UnRS none currently not accessible

Discussion

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ohchr.org RS none Discussion
Society for Peace, Unity and human Rights in Sri Lanka spur.asn.au Unclass Discussion
Peace Secretariat of the LTTE ltteps.org QS name only Discussion
Sinhalaya News Agency sinhalaya.com UnRS none Discussion
Tamil Times (via noolaham.org) RS none Discussion
Asian Human Rights Commission humanrights.asia RS none Discussion
NESOHR (archive) QS pro-rebel Discussion


Instructions

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To add a new source to the table here, proceed as follows:

  1. Start a new topic about that source on the talk page (Usually, we simply enter the official name as a title for the section, linking it to our pertinent article).
  2. Copy the following text to the end of the table at List of sources, and replace the green cursive placeholders as appropriate:
    |-
    | [[Official Name]]
    | [http://www.name.org name.org]
    | Classification such as UnclasS
    | attribution such as state owned
    | [[link to discussion|Discussion]]
  3. When the discussion reached a conclusion (that is, a decision whether it is RS, QS, or unreliable, and how to attribute it, if it is a QS), then resolve as follows:
    1. Resolve discussion by adding {{resolved|~~~~~}} under the section headline.
    2. Write results of discussion in table.
  4. After at least 7 days, archive as follows:
    1. Move discussion to archive as usual.
    2. Update link in the table to point to archived discussion.

History of this page

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This page was created by Wikipedia:WikiProject Sri Lanka Reconciliation in 2009. Before that, discussion used to take place on other pages, most commonly WT:SLR. In 2015, the page got decommissioned, along with the rest of SLR, but in 2023 it got revived.