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Date	Process	Result
October 31, 2006	Peer review	Reviewed
February 11, 2007	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
January 5, 2010	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
March 31, 2012	Peer review	Reviewed
April 5, 2012	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
November 15, 2016	Good article nominee	Not listed
Facts from this article were featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on February 4, 2005, February 4, 2006, February 4, 2007, February 4, 2008, February 4, 2009, February 4, 2010, May 22, 2010, February 4, 2012, May 22, 2012, February 4, 2013, February 4, 2014, February 4, 2015, February 4, 2016, February 4, 2017, May 22, 2017, February 4, 2018, February 4, 2019, February 4, 2020, and May 22, 2022.
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This article is written in Sri Lankan English, which has its own spelling conventions (colour, realise, travelled) and some terms that are used in it may be different or absent from other varieties of English. According to the relevant style guide, this should not be changed without broad consensus.

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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)[reply]

Emailed

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

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

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

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

The Driving Side

Please note that the driving side must be "right". HMPK AMARAWARDANA (talk) 04:08, 5 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Sri Lanka shares a maritime border with Indonesia

Sri Lanka also shares a maritime border with Indonesia. It can add it, so. 2001:448A:11A1:1AE4:1119:6332:EBCB:A48B (talk) 06:48, 31 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Socialism in Sri Lanka

CHAPTER I. THE PEOPLE, THE STATE AND SOVEREIGNTY 1. The State Sri Lanka (Ceylon) is a Free, Sovereign, Independent and Democratic Socialist Republic and shall be known as the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.

CHAPTER VI. DIRECTIVE PRINCIPLES OF STATE POLICY AND FUNDAMENTAL DUTIES 27. Directive Principles of State Policy 2. The State is pledged to establish in Sri Lanka a Democratic Socialist Society, the objectives of which include – the full realization of the fundamental rights and freedoms of all persons; the promotion of the welfare of the People by securing and protecting as effectively as it may, a social order in which justice (social, economic and political) shall guide all the institutions of the national life; the realization by all citizens of an adequate standard of living for themselves and their families, including adequate food, clothing and housing, the continuous improvement of living conditions and the full enjoyment of leisure and social and cultural opportunities; the rapid development of the whole country by means of public and private economic activity and by laws prescribing such planning and controls as may be expedient for directing and co-ordinating such public and private economic activity towards social objectives and the public weal; the equitable distribution among all citizens of the material resources of the community and the social product, so as best to subserve the common good; the establishment of a just social order in which the means of production, distribution and exchange are not concentrated and centralised in the State, State agencies or in the hands of a privileged few, but are dispersed among and owned by, all the People of Sri Lanka; raising the moral and cultural standards of the People and ensuring the full development of human personality; and the complete eradication of illiteracy and the assurance to all persons of the right to universal and equal access to education at all levels. Gorgonopsi (talk) 12:24, 27 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

https://constituteproject.org/constitution/Sri_Lanka_2015 Gorgonopsi (talk) 12:24, 27 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

"Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka" is already included and need not be repeated. Nikkimaria (talk) 00:28, 28 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]