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May 2007

Please do not add content without citing reliable sources, as you did to Notable assassinations of the Sri Lankan Civil War. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. snowolfD4^{( talk / @ )} 21:45, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Great work

It looks like for a newbie you are contributing really very well. Keep it up Taprobanus 20:10, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

Re: notable ltte attacks and terrorist ltte attacks

No keep it as it is. I will look into that later. Thanks. --♪♫ ĽąĦĩŘǔ ♫♪ ^{walkie-talkie} 17:47, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

Application in SLR

It may take a few months but never mind, we will help you through the process Taprobanus 12:01, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

Straw poll

Started a straw poll in the Duraiappa stadium mass grave per WP:DR here Taprobanus 13:00, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

Black July article

Please do not delete content from articles on Wikipedia, as you did to Black July. Your edits appear to be vandalism and have been reverted. If you would like to experiment, please use Wikipedia:Sandbox for test edits. Thank you. snowolfD4^{( talk / @ )} 21:18, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

It does not say ANYWHERE that Premadasa was president at the time, and, I'm sorry but been as civil as possible, either you need to get your eyes checked or go back to school and learn how to read. --snowolfD4^{( talk / @ )} 21:49, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

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Re; Notable Attacks by LTTE

Because there is no reason they shouldn't be included in both articles. --snowolfD4^{( talk / @ )} 19:47, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Please stop. If you continue to blank out (or delete portions of) page content, templates or other materials from Wikipedia, as you did to List of notable attacks attributed to the LTTE, you will be blocked from editing. snowolfD4^{( talk / @ )} 13:11, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

State terrorism article

Hello, you are adding incidents that qaulify as state tterrorism but you need to find RS sources calling them as state terrorism. We are here notto tell the truth but to document what others say about a subject matter. For example massacre of 50,000 people during JVP insurrection can be included because someone said it is state terrorism so is black july and burning of the jaffna library. Allaipiddy massacre is st because someone said so. Please keep in mind that adding other information only makes it weak. Thanks Taprobanus 15:58, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Original Barnstar
		for your tireless work on Sri Lanka related articles Taprobanus 21:10, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

Ur questions

I undersatnd ur line of questions. Infact I was there about 1 year ago but with time I have come to understand how to write a wikipedia article. Today, if I want I can write that someone's mother is a prostitute in a neutral tone with reliable sources :))) But seriously in wikipedia we record what others say, we dont make up anything even if it so self evident to us. That is some one has to say that a black box is black box before you can record it as a black box here. If a color blind person says that it is grey then you include that too. In effect what you have to do is to read those two books that are listed as further reading. You can include every incident those books says as ST as ST. There should be other books like Only Man is Vile by McGovern etc. Also read all the web references that I have included in the article. Especially at the reaction end. Few of them list a lot of incidents as befitting ST than already listed, you can include them all. This article survived an AFD when I like you connected the dots about a year ago and wrote the article, of course I had a great lawyer working with me, who used to make great arguments on my behalf as well others who worked very had to keep these articles alive so that they can get better. But now it is pruned and better, it cannot get deleted that easy. Get the books, do your research and wikipedia is not going to go away any time soon. Also look at this project, we have a lot of grass roots editing to be done before we can write stable but controversal articles that survive us. Thanks and keep your focus on your studies, family, friends and then wikipedia, because this can be an addiction. I am coasting in my life so this doesnt effect me that much but those who are in the prime of life should never allow it to become an addiction. Good luck Taprobanus 22:44, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Re: Notable assassinations (Sri Lanka)

Hi. I'm glad to see that you did. Since you are back, I want to make a quick note: as you've probably noticed, some of your additions to the Notable assassinations of the Sri Lankan Civil War article were subsequently reverted by other editors because they cited TamilNet. Although TamilNet is considered to meet most standards of a reliable source, it is also considered biased toward the LTTE. As such, it should be used cautiously and only be used with explicit attribution (e.g., "According to the pro-LTTE TamilNet" or "The pro-LTTE TamilNet reports ..."). For more details, click here.

I've read some of the comments on this page and I think the best I can say is to follow Taprobanus' advice. As most Sri Lankan conflict-related articles are controversial, the advice he gives – to rely on reliable sources, to avoid any original claims, and to not take things too seriously – is probably all the more relevant. Cheers, Black Falcon ^(Talk) 00:07, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

I noticed that in a number of edit summaries you describe the edits of others as "vandalism" ... I'd recommend using that term sparingly in the context of content disputes. Even if you think that the label is appropriate, it usually only serves to unnecessarily escalate the situation and hinder productive discussion. I speak not so much from personal experience, but rather from having reviewed some of the edit wars that have taken place on Wikipedia. For some of the more ridiculous or amusing edit wars, you might like to take a look at Wikipedia:Lamest edit wars. I found rReading through some of the page histories both a source of valuable insights and a nice distraction. Cheers, Black Falcon ^(Talk) 00:14, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

Red cross workers article

That's more like it. Stick to the facts and avoid bias, and we'll be saving each other a lot of time. --snowolfD4^{( talk / @ )} 22:44, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Nah I meant the article was kindof POV a few minutes ago. And yeah agreed. Unbiased. Hope we can keep it that way amid all the nonsense going on :) --snowolfD4^{( talk / @ )} 22:53, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Yeah true. And thanks, you too. --snowolfD4^{( talk / @ )} 23:20, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

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Hi Thusiyan, and welcome to the mediation for Allegations of mass graves at Chemmani. I left a note for you on the discussion page there -- but in case you miss it: Would you be kind enough to formally join the mediation by signing the agreements to mediation on the project page? The relevant bits are here and here. Thanks a bunch, -- Shunpiker 04:13, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

Yes please sign in the correct places, so it makes it that much easierTaprobanus 17:51, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

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