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Can you please help render Sudhanamva, "Be Prepared", the Scout Motto, into Sinhalese script? Thanks! Chris 17:00, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
You missed nothing.—Ryūlóng (竜龍) 05:44, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
Hello! Interestingly enough, I happened across your note on Ryulong's talk page and realized that you're a native Sinhala speaker. While I can't say I am (I just do janitorial work there) I thought you might be interested to know that there is a Sinhala Wikipedia also. We're very small, but trying to grow the place!
If you'd be interested, please feel free to drop by and help us improve. :) ~Kylu (u|t) 05:45, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
The Sinhala Slang article you created is nominated for deletion. I kind of expected it to happen, because in Wikipedia we write about what others have written from reliable sources in a neutral tone. Unfortunately you have to assure the material that you wrote from is already published. There used to be a Sinhala slang website now shut down but that may not be reliable either. Just like you when I joined Wikipedia, I created a lot of Original research but have come to figure out what to do now . The best option is to get your work published in Sri Lanka in a reliable journal, newspaper or book before you can write about in Wikipedia. Don’t despair Taprobanus 18:48, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
As the orginator and primary editor of above article, I understand and totally agree with the decision. I am not going to campaign for undeletion, as I do understand that there are two major issues with it. (WP is not a dictionary, and WP is not for OR). However, I want to publish this work in few Sri Lankan web sites. (with credits to all its contributors, and WP and also stating the reason why it was deleted from WP) I have been getting backups of the article content, and the wiki sources, but I may have missed last few edits on it. I was under the impression that deleted arcticles can be accessed, but unfortunately it does not seems to be the case. Ritigala Jayasena 05:38, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
Can someone let me know if there is a way in getting copy of the article (and the wiki source for it) just before the deletion? Ritigala Jayasena 05:38, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
Hi Ritigala, No doubt you find my reverts of your edits to Echis carinatus irritating, but you need to understand the rationale applied here. The fact is that the Sinhala name that you believe is spelled incorrectly, "vali polonga," already has a reference: Checklists of the Snakes of Sri Lanka. Therefore, you can't just go in and make changes to this name without offering us a new reference, preferably a better one. Simply correcting the present spelling would also render inaccurate the only reference we have for this name. An even better strategy would be for you to add your spelling, "veli polonga," to the list along with your own reference. That way, it would be possible for visitors to compare the two references and make up their own minds about which spelling to follow. Hope this explains things. (PS -- Please answer here, as I've temporarily added your talk page to my watchlist). --Jwinius (talk) 12:54, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
About your comment on the touch wood talk page, left replies there, cheers Julia Rossi (talk) 07:42, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
((helpme|How do I delete a user page in my own user space. I actually want to delete User:RitigalaJayasena/EquitySriLanka))
Hi, see the following, Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style_(disambiguation_pages)#Foreign_languages, regarding the Rata disambiguation page (I was trying to post this link in my edit summary, but messed it up somehow). Basically, disambiguation pages don't list non-english usages of words like this, unless the word has become commonly used in english. --Xyzzyplugh (talk) 17:45, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
((helpme|I want report user:Fifigem for her continuous spamming of the article Sarong. How do I go about doing it?))
Machan. Is it really necessary to publish those words people may not want to hear in Wikipedia. Most of them are true but...... what is the message you want to give to the audience? Think about it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Achinthamb (talk • contribs) 06:11, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
Yes it's just that particular subspecies. Little research has been done on it due to the fact that they're simply captured and released into the reserves in the area.Mcelite (talk) 05:35, 3 July 2009 (UTC)
hi, i noticed you recently going through and changing the default category sortkey for several animals. while i don't have an opinion on which way is the "right" way, i would caution you against making changes to a system that is currently pretty consistent with sorting species by their common name, as opposed to "type". There are several hundreds of thousands of species and if we want this to be handled consistently it would be best to find some type of consensus at WP:TOL or WP:ANIMAL. after obtaining community-wide input, you might find an automated tool like AWB or popups to be helpful. --ΖαππερΝαππερ BabelAlexandria 04:10, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
Hi there, good to see some interest from this region. Could you include citations to sources when you are adding info. I think G M Henry might be a good source. Also useful is http://www.bnhsenvis.nic.in/pdf/vol%203%20(1).pdf . More importantly it seems the general feeling is that a mere bird name in another language is not welcome in the English wikipedia unless there is a cultural factoid or etymological titbit associated with the origin of the name. The name is often repeated (although in a different script) in the interwiki links. Shyamal (talk) 06:07, 8 July 2009 (UTC)
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Good evening:
Please allow me to share an article with you. Maybe you will find it interesting.
http://www.naturapop.com/home/southern-limit-of-the-distribution-of-the-green-anaconda — Preceding unsigned comment added by 186.2.207.74 (talk) 00:10, 22 July 2013 (UTC)
Thank you for your Sinhala slang overview.
Amikeco (talk) 18:52, 19 December 2014 (UTC)
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I think this is great, especially if you've not been in SL for a while. Thanks for the laughs. Dutugamunu (talk) 15:43, 25 April 2017 (UTC) |
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