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Anton Sebastianpillai

I would be grateful if someone could kindly check the ethnicity-related text and categories on Anton Sebastianpillai, and perhaps translate the article into a suitable language(s). Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 15:18, 8 April 2020 (UTC)

Tissamaharama Tamil Brahmi inscription

I suggest to change the aforesaid article name to Tissamaharama alleged Tamil Brahmi Inscription. Tissamaharama Tamil Brahmi inscription- see the details. Some scholars have successfully showed that the initial reading of this inscription by Mahadevan was not logical. Mahadevan's reading was also partially accepted by Ragupathy but completely rejected by Somadeva and Falk. Therefore it is incorrect to identify this potsherd completely as a Tamil Brahmi inscription. Please comment on its talk page--L Manju (talk) 16:33, 27 April 2020 (UTC)

50,000 Destubbing Challenge Focus of the Week

Hello there. This is an invitation to join the 50,000 Destubbing Challenge Focus of the Week. £250 (c. $310) is being given away in May, June and July with £20 worth of prizes to give away every week for most articles destubbed. Each week there is a different region of focus, including one week dedicated to South-South East Asia, which includes Sri Lanka, though half the prize will still be rewarded for articles on any subject. There's a potential £120 to be won in total for destubbing on any subject or region of your choice. Sign up if you want to contribute at least one of the weeks or support the idea! † Encyclopædius 11:49, 28 April 2020 (UTC)

AFD in progress, notable topic

Please consider participating at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kanadikavu Shree Vishnumaya Kuttichathan Swamy temple, and/or providing some sources for, some development of the article. Seems like a notable topic to me. --Doncram (talk) 21:08, 5 May 2020 (UTC)

questions about medias in Sri Lanka

Could someone tell me the newspapers, TV channels, and magazines in Sri Lanka with high credibility? I am now working on Colombo Financial City in Chinese version, but I don't know how to find the trustworthy newspapers in Sri Lanka.Johnson.Xia (talk) 20:25, 28 October 2019 (UTC)

Hi John,

Notable, credible English newspapers in Sri Lanka are: Daily FT, Daily Mirror, Sunday Times, Daily News, Sunday Observer, The Morning, Ceylon Today, The Island, Sunday Island,

Hope this helps!

(IantheYR (talk) 19:03, 7 May 2020 (UTC))

Colombo Art Gallery

Where was the "Colombo Art Gallery", referred to in Charles Freegrove Winzer in the context of a 1941 exhibition held there? Is it the same as the National Art Gallery, Sri Lanka? The later article does not mention a date of foundation. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 10:47, 16 August 2020 (UTC)

It's very likely that they are one and the same. This article suggests that the gallery which is currently known as the National Art Gallery was completed in 1932 and wasn't taken oven by the government (nationalised) until 1971.--Obi2canibe (talk) 13:46, 16 August 2020 (UTC)

25,000 Articles

Just an announcement that WikiProject Sri Lanka has reached 25,000 articles as of 5 September 2020.--Blackknight12 (talk) 02:19, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

Women in Red Asian women contest

From 1 October to 31 December, Women in Red is running a virtual contest on Asian women. In November, this will coincide with Wikipedia Asian Month. We look forward to strong participation from all those interested in improving coverage of women from Sri Lanka.--Ipigott (talk) 19:10, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

Indian subcontinent

A complex RfC is going on, after a long bout of edit war. Uninvolved editors needed at the discussion. Aditya^{(talk • contribs)} 06:39, 24 September 2020 (UTC)

Ministry of Provincial Councils and Local Government recent change needs verification

A non-logged-in editor updated Ministry of Provincial Councils and Local Government.

Part of the update attempted to change the name of the topic to State Ministry of Provincial Councils and Local Government Affairs.

This needs attention from someone familiar with the topic. If the name change is accurate, the page may need to be moved. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 12:23, 30 September 2020 (UTC)

Indian subcontinent

There is a discussion on the talk page about a disputed sentence. Is it possible for members of this project to make a comment there? Aditya^{(✉ • ⚒)} 03:05, 5 December 2020 (UTC)

Naming of Sri Lankan years articles

There is a discussion here regarding the naming of Sri Lankan years articles prior to 1972 when the country was officially and commonly known as Ceylon. Your comments are welcome.--Obi2canibe (talk) 15:49, 31 January 2021 (UTC)

Sri Lankan cricket lists

Hi everyone. Hope you all are well. If anyone you have some time then please give your input at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of international cricket five-wicket hauls on Irish cricket grounds. Thanks. Störm (talk) 17:31, 11 March 2021 (UTC)

FAR for Tamil language

I have nominated Tamil language for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. (t · c) buidhe 17:37, 1 May 2021 (UTC)

New Page Patrol

New Page Patrol needs experienced volunteers

• New Page Patrol is currently struggling to keep up with the influx of new articles, including Sri Lanka related articles. We could use a few extra hands on deck if you think you can help.
• Reviewing/patrolling a page doesn't take much time but it requires a good understanding of Wikipedia policies and guidelines; Wikipedia needs experienced users to perform this task and there are precious few with the appropriate skills. Even a couple reviews a day can make a huge difference.
• If you would like to join the project and help out, please see the granting conditions and review our instructions page. You can apply for the user-right HERE. --John B123 (talk) 14:34, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

Need help with Central Province stub articles

Hi folks! I'm a member of the Stub sorting WP and I'm trying to sort Category:Central Province, Sri Lanka geography stubs into their respective districts. (There are over 1,200 articles without any district category assigned; I'm having to go to each article, check the coordinates on a map, and sort accordingly.) There are several articles where the title includes "Eastern Province" but the stub type assigned is that for Central Province, and there are no coordinates to check. tl;dr If you know what province any of the following settlements are in, would you please indicate it here or assign the appropriate province category to the article?

• Wadiya, Eastern Province
• Wadiyagoda, Eastern Province
• Radagoda, Eastern Province
• Radawela, Eastern Province
• Udagama, Eastern Province
• Rozella, Eastern Province
• Pangala, Eastern Province
• Pelena, Eastern Province
• Pinnawala, Eastern Province
• Palawa, Eastern Province
• Madakumbura, Eastern Province
• Madampitiya, Eastern Province
• Madawala, Eastern Province
• Mahara, Eastern Province
• Mahiyangana, Eastern Province

Thanks in advance for any help! Her Pegship (?) 21:12, 30 October 2020 (UTC)

@Pegship: Although it's common for several settlements to have the same name, they all look like they're in Central Province and whoever created the articles used the wrong province in the title.

This list of villages in Central Province from 1992 might help with your work as it's sorted by district. You can then use Cat-a-lot to categorise the settlements by district. Still a lot of work to categorise 1,200 articles but easier than checking co-ordinates.--Obi2canibe (talk) 15:04, 31 October 2020 (UTC)

Thank you SO VERY MUCH. My search skills are well-honed but I have been unable to find anything like this list online. I've never heard of Cat-a-Lot but will go find it as soon as convenient. Thank you for broadening my horizons. Her Pegship (?) 18:04, 31 October 2020 (UTC)

@OP it is a project something - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Gadget-Cat-a-lot . it is javascrit. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 112.135.3.225 (talk) 15:16, 1 July 2021 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Dinesh Kanagaratnam#Requested move 28 September 2021

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Dinesh Kanagaratnam#Requested move 28 September 2021 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. ASUKITE 14:53, 6 October 2021 (UTC)

maps

Lanka is the best has been on a tear insisting that the wrong maps are being used on articles. A member of this WikiProject might try sorting this issue out before they end up blocked for disruptive editing. (I am not watching this page, so please ping me if you want my attention.) Chris Troutman (talk) 21:21, 27 December 2021 (UTC)

Chris troutman Hi there I’m Lanka is the best and I am correct the maps being shown are incorrect to historic standards as I placed the original maps back, people kept removing it also sorry for being seem to be disruptive I’m just not good on the Wikipedia sites do to the HTML and it’s hard to use the talk area on mobile so I can’t add the summery and reason properly to why I keep changing the maps back to the original without explaining why sorry for creating a disturbance I just didn’t know how to communicate the changes to the Wikipedia site but I also suggest that the wiki project look into the page history to see what Had happened. Also sorry if this post is attached for some reason when I replied it posted with the original comment