Hirunika Balasuriya

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Tip of the day...

How to provide a Google search in a link

Here is an example of a link which activates a Google search: Tip of the day, on Wikipedia

It was built using this wikilink:
[[google:"Tip of the day"+site:en.wikipedia.org|Tip of the day, on Wikipedia]]

Sometimes it is useful to place a link to a Google search directly in a discussion. You can also use links to predefine an entire search session, and then use a tool like WP:LINKY to open the searches all at once into separate web browser tabs.

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Read more:

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Become a Wikipedia tipster

To add this auto-updating template to your user page, use {{totd}}

Copyright problem on History of the Kandyan Kingdom in Sri Lanka

Content you added to the above article, which I think you copied from the Wikipedia article Great Rebellion of 1817–18, has been discovered by a bot to be a copyright violation from this web page, which has existed since at least 2008. Unfortunately, for copyright reasons, the content had to be removed from both articles. Also, when copying from one Wikipedia article to another, please say so in your edit summary. Please leave a message on my talk page if you have any questions. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 14:29, 22 December 2018 (UTC)

Teahouse Invitation

Hello! Hirunika Balasuriya, you are invited to the Teahouse, a forum on Wikipedia for new editors to ask questions about editing Wikipedia, and get support from peers and experienced editors. Please join us! Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 00:15, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

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