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Cossde / Royalists from Kurunduwatte (Colombo 7) and Rajakeeya Maha Vidyalaya Colombo 7

Cossde we are not so desparate about your so called wikipedia to show the world our colleges or it's old boys etc. We do have our own college web sites do it. Cossde can down grade / delete / demand references for each an every word / make all colleges in sri lanka (except the PRESTIGIOUS ROYAL COLLEGE COLOMBO 7) to VIDYALAYA or Maha Vidyalaya / as you wish except for The Prestigious Rajakeeya Maha Vidyalaya or Royal College. Royalists from other Royal Colleges in Sri Lanka (ie: Royal College Polonnaruwa) can speak english too. If you think that only the Royal College Colombo 7 be the only COLLEGE in sri lanka and Thurstan College Colombo 7 (situated just adjoining Royal College) to be deleted immediately saying it is vandalism...you are badly mistaken. You are a sick person. Show your Royal College COLOMBO 7 (kURUNDUWATTE) colours to the whole world......it is just like claiming as if you have captured medawatchchiya not knowing where kilinochchiya is.....aparently this was told in parliament (during LTTE war) by a so called colombo Royalist too......it is just like prestigious kurunduwatte royalists who robbed sri lanka's poor peoples hardly earned money getting a deshmanya title. well done royalists of colombo 7. the so called old royalists to name a few Junius Richard Jayewardene - was a colombo chetty, Ravi Karunanayake - is a roman catholic, Lalith Kotelawala - christian, Ranil Wickremasinghe - christian were / are always trying to make sri lanka dance to the tune of the western world. those people like Cossde and Ukussa are doing the same.

Dharmaraja College Kandy

Isipathana College Colombo 5

Mahinda College Galle

Richmond College Galle

Rahula College Matara

Maliyadeva College Kurunegala

Thurstan College Colombo 7

Royal College Polonnaruwa

Prince of Wales' College Moratuwa

Nalanda College Colombo 10

Ananda College Colombo 10

President’s College Kotte(124.217.253.204 (talk) 02:29, 7 November 2010 (UTC)).[reply]

"Cossde" - paranoid about old boys being called old royalists (except from royal college colombo 7 / kurunduwatte) from other royal colleges (or vidyalaya's)

why ony old boys from royal college colombo (rajakeeya vidyalaya colombo) known as old royalists and for example old boys from royal college panadura (http://royalcollegepanadura.ash.com/) be known as old royalists too?. instead this person "Cossde" always wants to call them "Alumni of Panadura Rajakeeya Vidyalaya". this person "Cossde" is so paranoid of all other royal colleges in sri lanka. who do you think u are ?. are u a king or a prestigious old royalist (colombo 7 / kurunduwatte). also the same guy is so worried about other royal colleges in sri lanka being called as royal colleges. in sinhales language all schools / colleges are called VIDYALAYA including the PRESTIGIOUS Royal College or Rajakeeya Vidyalaya Colombo.(124.217.253.204 (talk) 02:30, 7 November 2010 (UTC)).[reply]

why so scared of thurstan college colombo 7 (kurunduwatte)

Cossde - is this person so scared of Thurstan College Colombo 7 (the college is just adjoining to Rajakeeya Vidyalaya or Royal College Colombo 7) being added and the name Kurunduwatte. Why you loose your royal college prestige then ?. this shows how biased those people are. keep doing it mate, there are other royal colleges in sri lanka too and now adays you get swimming pools, computer centers even in hambanthota schools too. They can speak english too. the royal era is gone. Cossde keep only the prestigious Royal college on wikipedia and either down grade all other schools or wipe them off, if you can. also if u are so paranoid of Thurstan College Colombo 7 in Kurunduwatte just flatten the college to the ground.(124.217.253.204 (talk) 02:31, 7 November 2010 (UTC)).[reply]

Cossde and Nalanda College Colombo

FYI - WikiProject Sri Lanka Team

Your behaviour and attitude towards Nalanda College Colombo is appauling. I know that you are a highly decorated and awarded wikipedian. This time you even put "Nalanda Central College Colombo". What's next name on the list ? (Masu7 (talk) 22:58, 17 October 2011 (UTC))

I am reporting about User: Cossde He is deliberately attacking this web page and this time gone too far (Nalanda Central College Colombo). He seems to think that he only knows English and every thing he writes only is correct. I have gone through the pages that he had edited most and he is mostly inclined towards slinging mud towards a good looking and well written page like Nalanda College Colombo. Can a single user just because he is got highly decorated awards by wikipedia keep doing like this ? Nalanda College Colombo has got a high rate given by the viewers too. May be this guy is jealous of this. Will keep writing useful translations to SINHALA as well. In reality this school has it's own web pages nicely done on internet too.(Masu7 (talk) 01:29, 18 October 2011 (UTC)).

Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. Thanking you so much. Well my question is "Why is this user Cossde is not allowing me to name this article as Nalanda College, Colombo. He is always reverting it back to either Nalanda Vidyalaya or Nalanda Maha Vidyalaya and this time have been so smart and added (Nalanda Central College Colombo) within brackets. This shows what his attitude even though he is won so many awards from wikipedia. In that case I myself (I am talented and fluent in English too although my native language is not English) too have immensly contributed so many pages both in Sinhala and English even though I have no user page created for myself. Cossde may think that he is the only person who knows correct English and he is the only person who is honest and reporting extremely accurately. I strongly suggest that a senior administrator should keep an eye on his editing and attitude as well.(Masu7 (talk) 02:15, 18 October 2011 (UTC)). (Masu7 (talk) 02:19, 18 October 2011 (UTC)).(Masu7 (talk) 06:36, 18 October 2011 (UTC)).(Masu7 (talk) 06:38, 18 October 2011 (UTC)).[reply]

This link was posted to Cossde's talk page where an IP user has logged a page of disgruntled posts detailing their naming dispute. It's basically an attack page on how Cossde has been changing the references of Old Royalists to Alumni of various colleges in Sri Lanka back in Nov 2010. (I might nominate this for MfD) Basically this is boiling down to a content dispute which hasn't actually been discussed on any talk page. Masu7 has posted the same text they posted here on Cossde's talk page, which reeks of bad faith and ownership of the article. Having a look at Masu7's contribs, they're obviously a WP:SPA, not in a bad way, devoted to editing anything related to the Nalanda college. The problem is that this user has been here since 2007 and has a few thousand edits of which I can count on barely two hands the number of times they've used an edit summary. I suggest that Masu7 actually talk to Cossde and discuss the edits before hurling accusations at them. --Blackmane (talk) 08:40, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

Hi, since I was named here, just wanted to say that my recent edits have been to rectify a naming anomaly on the articles since the name used in the Sri Lankan Governemnt Gazette [63]. The name stated Nalanda Maha Vidyalaya, translated to English it means Nalanda Big College, however Maha Vidyalaya is the name given to a form of government run schools known as central colleges hence the Nalanda Maha Vidyalaya would mean Nalanda Central College. Since it appeared so on the Sri Lankan Governemnt Gazette I renamed the articles accordingly as its a government school. Cossde (talk) 13:05, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

Yes you are named here (a complaint about user Cossde) no doubt. This user seem to make words according to his/her own wish and still dominate and specifically target Nalanda College Colombo. It is extremely interesting to read user Cossde history pages [It's basically an attack page on how Cossde has been changing the references of Old Royalists to Alumni of various colleges in Sri Lanka back in Nov 2010. (I might nominate this for MfD) - please do so if Wikipedia has got a proper administration, I request as any one who understands English and read this page can understand what Cossde's motive is]. This is a classic clear cut of this user's [Cossde] ATTITUDE (specially towards other schools other than Highly Esteemed Royal College Colombo). I am amazed as to how this user got so many awards from Wikipedia. I am [user Masu7] not a super speaker of English or have no super understanding of millions of rules that are on Wikipedia web site (I think majority of users are in same boat as me).(Masu7 (talk) 01:26, 19 October 2011 (UTC)).[reply]

First of all, do not keep putting up the ANI notice template at the start of each of your posts. I've just done some map searching on Google Maps. The two names refer to different locations. A search for Nalanda College Colombo locates to central Colombo (next to Ananda as the article says) while a search for Nalanda Maha Vidyalaya locates to separate girls and boys schools in Minuwangoda. To make things even mroe confusing, there is another Nalanda Maha Vidyalaya article for an obscure school in Elpitiya which Google maps locates to another Ananda College. I think the editors need to hash out which schools they're talking about before going back to the article. Masu7 please refrain from attacking editors when you have not attempted to discuss the article content at all. Also, Cossde's "awards" are not from Wikipedia, they are signs of appreciation of their work by other editors here. Any editor can place an "award" on any other editor's user page. Please read this policy. --Blackmane (talk) 11:34, 19 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You are right about the Google Maps search. Wiki Article in question is the one that locates to central Colombo (next to Ananda as the article says). I am talking about Nalanda College in Colombo and below are the related sites both in English and Sinhala:

If for example Royal College is searched you get a Royal College Panadura [1], Royal College Polonnaruwa [2] etc. If some one wants to carry on the debate it will be never ending. It is not confusing. This is not a personal attack on any editor at all. It is just a fact that I am presenting to Wiki Administrators regarding none other than editor Cossde. If the administrators go through this users actions it is not hard to understand at all. I too appreciate the good work done by editor Cossde but not his attitude specially focussed to the site that I am concerned.(Masu7 (talk) 00:46, 20 October 2011 (UTC)).[reply]

- - You do not have to be a genius to understand what my initial issue is. According to my research on wikipedia there should only be one Royal College in Sri Lanka. Below paragraphs are found on Royal College, Colombo that say (without any credible references):

Royal and other Schools - Royal College's maintains a century old rivalry with S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia as well as close ties with Trinity College, Kandy. Royal has long had a familial relationship with C.M.S. Ladies' College, Colombo : several families who chose to send their sons to Royal also chose to send their daughters to Ladies College, and many Old Royalists over the years have married alumni of C.M.S. Ladies' College, Colombo.

In 1945, Minister of Education C. W. W. Kannangara began the establishment of central colleges (Madhya Maha Vidhyala) as part of the Free Education policy to provide secondary education for the rural masses, he modeled these schools on the general structure of Royal College. Although there are several schools in parts of the island that have adapted the name Royal College in the post-independence era; none have links to Royal College Colombo nor have been received formal permission to use the Royal prefix.

This makes sense why editors like Cossde are trying their best to make any school coming up as Royal on wikipedia to be renamed as Rajakeeya (this is the name in Sinhala for Royal) or to isolate from Royal College Colombo.

On Cinnamon Gardens page it tries to isolate Thurstan College that is located just closer to Royal College (when a map searching is done on Google Maps) being added.

If such a statement is added to one of the other schools it will be deleted immediately saying that "Wikipedia is not for promotional activity". Why double standards and policies ?. Who monitors activity on Royal College, Colombo ?. (Masu7 (talk) 08:59, 20 October 2011 (UTC)).[reply]

fraudulent acts by Prestigious and Elite Schools alumni

Deshamanya Lalith Kotelawala educated at Prestigious Royal College Colombo remanded for the misappropriation of 26 billion rupees of investments from the failed Golden Key Credit Company in Sri Lanka.

Raj Rajaratnam (Tamil: ராஜ் ராஜரத்தினம்) Sri-Lankan Tamil educated at S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia was a former hedge fund manager was arrested by the FBI on allegations of insider trading, was found guilty on all 14 counts of conspiracy and securities fraud and was sentenced to 11 years in prison. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.64.146.136 (talk) 22:09, 16 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Editor Cossde - Prestige of Royal College or simply ROYAL in Sri Lanka

Keep up your prestige and work hard and all the best.

Royal College, Colombo (Sinhala:රාජකීය මහා විද්‍යාලය) කොළඹ.

Rajakeeya Maha Vidyalaya, Polonnaruwa or Royal College Polonnaruwa (Sinhala:රාජකීය මහා විද්‍යාලය) පොලොන්නරුව.

Rajakeeya Maha Vidyalaya, Telijjawila or Royal College Telijjawila (Sinhala:රාජකීය මහා විද්‍යාලය) තෙලිජ්ජවිල.

Panadura Rajakeeya Vidyalaya or Royal College Panadura (Sinhala: රාජකීය මහා විද්‍යාලය) පානදුර.

Rajakeeya Mawatha, Royal Avenue or Royal Mawatha (Sinhala: රාජකීය මාවත, රාජකීය ඇවනිව්) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.185.249.125 (talk) 01:17, 17 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]