Talk:Sri Lanka

Not finding a good explication of the "socialist" part of the country name

The name of the country is "Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka." However, the Government section is totally missing any explication of the constitutional socialist nature of the republic that is reflected in the formal name of the country.

It could be that the term "socialist" in the name is a vestigial leftover from the 1960s, and that there is no socialist economic or political system baked into the constitution any longer. Or it might be important. But either way, it should not be ignored in the encyclopedia of human knowledge, where global readers like myself read articles to learn and become educated on a topic. Cheers. N2e (talk) 17:15, 25 July 2022 (UTC)

Incorrect grammar?

One of introductory paragraph ends with:

"It has also led to an eruption of street protests, with citizens successfully demanding that the president and the government step down."

Because "led" is past tense, shouldn't "demanding" be "demanded"? I would have made the correction, but apparently this article is written in Sinhalese English, so I didn't want to trouble anyone.

I would recommend the following sentence, with the preposition changed to accommodate the change in tense:

"It has also led to an eruption of street protests, where citizens successfully demanded that the president and the government step down." PhalanxDown (talk) 22:55, 9 August 2022 (UTC)PhalanxDown PhalanxDown (talk) 22:53, 9 August 2022 (UTC)

No—the sentence is correct as it is. ...with citizens demanding could easily (but clumsily) be rewritten as ...in which citizens were demanding. The use of the present participle doesn't make the whole sentence or clause present tense. ...with citizens demanding is stylistically the best of the three options. Koro Neil (talk) 00:00, 8 October 2022 (UTC)

Sloppy chronology

Hinduism has been present in Sri Lanka at least since the 2nd century BCE. Hinduism was the dominant religion in Sri Lanka before the arrival of Buddhism in the 3rd century BCE. If Hinduism was the dominant religion before the arrival of Buddhism in the 3rd century BCE, then Hinduism has been present in Sri Lanka since at least the 3rd century BCE, and presumably significantly earlier, if it was already dominant. Koro Neil (talk) 23:49, 7 October 2022 (UTC)

Emailed

Shouldnt “and later email” be ”and later emailing” 73.169.184.146 (talk) 05:11, 17 March 2023 (UTC)

Done, CMD (talk) 06:24, 17 March 2023 (UTC)

A Commons file used on this page or its Wikidata item has been nominated for deletion

The following Wikimedia Commons file used on this page or its Wikidata item has been nominated for deletion:

• Sri Lanka Product Exports (2019).svg

Participate in the deletion discussion at the nomination page. —Community Tech bot (talk) 15:24, 23 March 2023 (UTC)

English

The name of the country is "Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka." However, the Government section is totally missing any explication of the constitutional socialist nature of the republic that is reflected in the formal name of the country.

It could be that the term "socialist" in the name is a vestigial leftover from the 1960s, and that there is no socialist economic or political system baked into the constitution any longer. Or it might be important. But either way, it should not be ignored in the encyclopedia of human knowledge, where global readers like myself read articles to learn and become educated on a topic. Cheers. N2e (talk) 17:15, 25 July 2022 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Akitte19 (talk • contribs)