Talk:Sri Lanka/Archive 4

message: I noticed the capital has been changed from Kotte to Colombo and back a few time. According to the official government website, the capital is Sri Jayawardenepura and the commercial capital Colombo . So I'm changing it as such. --snowolfD4(  talk /  @ ) 03:31, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: But the CIA World Factbook has been saying otherwise for a long time. And our own pages are conflicted as to which one is which. Does anyone else know? Therequiembellishere 19:19, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Capital City 

message: Awards of national honours do help in confirming individuals' notability. I've created a small stub for Deshamanya as a start. Is that the highest honour? --Mereda 11:11, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sri Lankan honours 

message: Hey there!
Could someone maybe explain to me what that is supposed to mean? It is, if not factual nonsense, at least phrased very confusingly. I had changed the section on the name to a simpler language and a clearer statement of the relevant information. User:Rama's Arrow when expanding the article (probably accidentally) re-inserted the old version. Nobody seemed to be unhappy with the changes I had made. Thus I am now restoring that section to the state before the redo. I hope everyone is OK with that. Cheers, Krankman 17:58, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: yup agreed krankman. previously was unnecessary text. --snowolfD4(  talk /  @ ) 03:54, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: "The name of the nation that governs the island"?

message: Hi, I just found this little note in the Sri Lanka page, under Media. I assume that it needs cleaning up or something, but I'm not sure if I'm qualified to do it myself.
"In Education part of this article mensioned that LTTE is managing there own school network , but it is not the truth all the schools in LTTE controled area is managing and maintaining by the Sri Lankan government."
:Hey! Sure you are qualified. If you find something like that, next time just go ahead and take it out. Everybody can contribute and edit. If you make a mistake, someone will notice it and correct it after a short while. Be bold! If you post something on a talk page, be so nice as to add ~~~~ in the end, then your ip/username and edit time will show up. Thanks! Krankman 14:18, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Something a little bit off... 

message: What does the red represent on the topo map? Could whoever added that indicate it in a legend? Is it land at sea level?
Also think there should be another map that shows a few city locations and whatnot.
Parthepan 00:21, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I included a map showing some of the important cities in Sri Lanka. It used to be on this page but must have been removed in a recent revision. Not sure about the topo map though. You may have to contact the editor who uploaded it. --snowolfD4(  talk /  @ ) 21:04, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Maps 

message: Hey. I put in the "dubious"-tag partly because I am not sure whether what's said about the pronunciation is correct - is it actually the same in the whole English-speaking world? Mainly I put the tag there because I didn't know what else to do: I think this section on the English pronunciation is superfluous and unscientific. It should be deleted. Cheers, Krankman 12:08, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed. Its just a whole lot of OR, which really isn't useful. I'll delete in now. --snowolfD4(  talk /  @ ) 16:28, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: English pronunciation

message: I included a Republic date under Independence in an edit I made on 1st February, which has been removed since.
Does anyone else think the the date of Ceylon, or Sri Lanka, becoming a Republic should be included under Independence, as it is on India, Kenya, and many other countries' articles? Biofoundationsoflanguage 12:47, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Independence- republic date? 

message: Kindly contribute to this article when you get time, and request others too.
Thanks
Atulsnischal 00:33, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: [[Wildlife of Sri Lanka]]

message: The "Introduction", if u can call that so. is too much "Sinhalese" orientated. Not really on a neutral viewpoint. And not really a intoruduction aswell. Too much history and nothing about the country's traits. Asian2duracell 20:52, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  introduction 

message: There are a lot of big NPOV and clean up problems on this article. I pulled a massive chunk of unformatted text from the Economy section just now and stowed it here, if someone can verify that it would be good in the Economy main article. - Denny 06:58, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Can we try to find some source and if we fail then  remove these sections instead of just blanking substantial amount of work by a lot of other editors. ŇëŧΜǒńğëŗTalk 11:44, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Some major clean up 

message: Portions of this page read like the Public Affairs administration of the Governement of Sri Lanka have made this page their personal project.  I have no dog in this fight, but I recommend all editors keep a sharp eye out for POV violations.  Mdotley 00:06, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Who wrote this? 

message: Right now we reached the peak of dumbness and POVs. This article isnt about what some of u think how the country should be. Its how it is. Uf u hate the LTTE or any other Guerilla or the Gov. SL or the SL Army go argue on a forum its not the right place to do. I'm ashamed of this article. Everyone who read it will think. All Sri Lankans hate each other and the history is just based on rivalary than living together side-by-side. And contribute to the country with their own culture.Asian2duracell 00:52, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  We got it. 

message: I doubt the accuracy/relevance of the newly inserted figures: Obviously, the 2001 census was not taken in the LTTE-controlled areas, resulting in a much lower figure for Tamils. These numbers are misleading. Krankman 11:56, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yup these are probably wrong, and the official statistics really under represent all ethnic groups as 10% of the population comes under the "unspecified" category. But I guess it would be best to follow those, which are the ones given in the CIA World Factbook  which takes the total population of an ethnic group and divides it by the total population of the country (in all the districts) to get the percentage. --snowolfD4(  talk /  @ ) 13:42, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

text: 2001 census includes estimates of the population of ltte controlled areas, refer census department website for details. i added the link to it at the same time i changed the figures. old numbers were clearly wrong and were not sourced. Sittingnut 23:26, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Population Statistics

message: The total population of Sri Lanka is less than 20 million so I suggest to change this sentence in the first paragraph. "it is home to more than twenty million people" --Hiran podi 05:00, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I'll change it to "around 20 million" per official figures --snowolfD4 (  talk /  @  ) 16:26, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Population figure

message: There should be a title that must contain "Agriculture in Sri Lanka". Title may be quoted words themselves. --PrabathCA
:By all means add the section if you are able to. --snowolfD4 (  talk /  @  ) 16:27, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Agriculture section

message: I have just uploaded some pictures of Sigiri arts and Buduruvagala statues, specially to be added to this article. But I could not add them as the page was locked. The images are uploaded as "SigiriArts.JPG" and "Buduruvagala.JPG".
right|120px|thumb|Sigiri arts
right|120px|thumb|Buduruvagala Buddha statues
—Preceding unsigned comment added by Vishvax (talk • contribs) 14:32, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  The pictures I think will be orphaned and deleted soon, unless if you can find another appropriate article to place them in.  Sinhala freedom 22:22, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Sigiri arts and Buduruvagala Buddha statues

message: As Taprobanus has mentioned, there really seems to be WP:OWN problem.  Any and all changes introduced by anyone else is blanked by snowolfd4.  Can the editor not discuss this ?  Sinhala freedom 18:31, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: WP:OWN Problem

message: You guys need to severely work this out. I've protected the page for another 2 weeks since edit warring has not dissipated as well as the lack of conversation. If it keeps happening, note that RfC/RfM/RfAr will be filed as appropriate. Now start conversing. - Penwhale | Blast him / Follow his steps 01:43, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Ridiculous

message: As a lot of Sri Lanka specific articles get into endless edit wars, I would like to request a sub section on Human Rights. Sri Lanka just like Sudan has an ongoing issue with Human Rights. Not to mention that in a main article is in my view not appropriate. See the sub section in Sudan here. There is no major conflicts in that article over it, just a nice introductory into Human Rights in Sudan. Looking for commentsTaprobanus 21:42, 13 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: New section request

message: :::: I agree for a small section. Nothing too specific but just an overview. Link with HR in Sri Lanka article. Watchdogb 19:08, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Great input Snowolf, I have read similar comments by a famous Japanese Psychiatric.Where I think he said unwanted refugees tend to grow up hating each and everything thing. Some of them would even adopt names of the people whom they hate, purely for mental pleasure, according to him. Should we include this part also in the human right section ? Well, I can easily WP:RS that part ,machan. Iwazaki  会話。討論 03:21, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Can you please elaborate how, what you have just mentioned would relate to the human rights section, I am interested in knowing that ?  Also, can you please specifically mention what group relevant to Sri Lanka you are talking about when you meant somehow this pertains to "unwanted refugees tend to grow up hating each and everything thing" ?  Any reliable citations to go with this theory you have just presented in the Sri Lankan context or is it your feelings on this ? That would be much appreciated. Sinhala freedom 23:35, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Looks like pretty healthy dose of endorsement to add a new section, let me think of something later. Maenwhile If you guys have any inputs please go ahed. Thanks Taprobanus 03:19, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: History