User talk:RitigalaJayasena

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[edit] Welcome!

[edit] August 2007

Welcome to Wikipedia. We invite everyone to contribute constructively to Wikipedia. However, please know that editors do not own articles and should respect the work of their fellow contributors on Sinhala Slang. If you create or edit an article, know that others are free to change its content. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. --Darkwind (talk) 16:50, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

I also forgot to mention that {{helpme}} is mostly intended to be placed on your own talk page, not the talk page of an article. Put the {{helpme}} followed by your question, and you will receive your answer here. That way you'll get the notice that you have a new message. Happy editing! --Darkwind (talk) 16:52, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Font guide

http://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sinhala_font --♪♫ ĽąĦĩŘǔ ♫♪ walkie-talkie 04:22, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

Machan Mahasona :) Do not place {{helpme}} on my talkpage. If you are expecting support from someone else then you have to place it on your talkpage. Otherwise the people who are willing to help you will get confused because they are following the talkpage where the {{helpme}} is placed. Thanks --♪♫ ĽąĦĩŘǔ ♫♪ walkie-talkie 04:31, 10 August 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Sinhalese Scouting

Can you please help render Sudhanamva, "Be Prepared", the Scout Motto, into Sinhalese script? Thanks! Chris 17:00, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sinhala Slang

You missed nothing.—Ryūlóng (竜龍) 05:44, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sinhala Wikipedia

Hello! Interestingly enough, I happened across your note on Ryulong's talk page and realized that you're a native Sinhala speaker. While I can't say I am (I just do janitorial work there) I thought you might be interested to know that there is a Sinhala Wikipedia also. We're very small, but trying to grow the place!

If you'd be interested, please feel free to drop by and help us improve. :) ~Kylu (u|t) 05:45, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Deletion of Sinhala Slang -> Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Sinhala_Slang

The Sinhala Slang article you created is nominated for deletion. I kind of expected it to happen, because in Wikipedia we write about what others have written from reliable sources in a neutral tone. Unfortunately you have to assure the material that you wrote from is already published. There used to be a Sinhala slang website now shut down but that may not be reliable either. Just like you when I joined Wikipedia, I created a lot of Original research but have come to figure out what to do now . The best option is to get your work published in Sri Lanka in a reliable journal, newspaper or book before you can write about in Wikipedia. Don’t despair Taprobanus 18:48, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

As the orginator and primary editor of above article, I understand and totally agree with the decision. I am not going to campaign for undeletion, as I do understand that there are two major issues with it. (WP is not a dictionary, and WP is not for OR). However, I want to publish this work in few Sri Lankan web sites. (with credits to all its contributors, and WP and also stating the reason why it was deleted from WP) I have been getting backups of the article content, and the wiki sources, but I may have missed last few edits on it. I was under the impression that deleted arcticles can be accessed, but unfortunately it does not seems to be the case. Ritigala Jayasena 05:38, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

Can someone let me know if there is a way in getting copy of the article (and the wiki source for it) just before the deletion? Ritigala Jayasena 05:38, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

I talked to Ryulong just now, and I can email the article source to you if you'd like, but you'll need to activate the email function first. Visit Special:Preferences to do so. When you're done, leave me a note on my talkpage and I'll send it to you. Ciao. ~Kylu (u|t) 05:52, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
I moved your article from your talkpage to user userspace. You can find your article in User:RitigalaJayasena/Sinhala Slang. Regards, --♪♫ ĽąĦĩŘǔ ♫♪ walkie-talkie 18:32, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Echis carinatus

Hi Ritigala, No doubt you find my reverts of your edits to Echis carinatus irritating, but you need to understand the rationale applied here. The fact is that the Sinhala name that you believe is spelled incorrectly, "vali polonga," already has a reference: Checklists of the Snakes of Sri Lanka. Therefore, you can't just go in and make changes to this name without offering us a new reference, preferably a better one. Simply correcting the present spelling would also render inaccurate the only reference we have for this name. An even better strategy would be for you to add your spelling, "veli polonga," to the list along with your own reference. That way, it would be possible for visitors to compare the two references and make up their own minds about which spelling to follow. Hope this explains things. (PS -- Please answer here, as I've temporarily added your talk page to my watchlist). --Jwinius (talk) 12:54, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

As for adding this same name to Echis carinatus sinhaleyus as well, this is not the way names are documented and applied in these articles. Every name we mention in these articles is associated only with the highest taxon that it applies to, so in this case "veli polonga" would only be mentioned in the Echis carinatus article, or in the Echis carinatus sinhaleyus article, but not in both. Any eventual redirect for this name would also link to one article or the other, but not to both. --Jwinius (talk) 13:16, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
For a similar reason, I've had to modify your edit to Hypnale hypnale as well: no reference. In contrast, I was able to use the slwcs.org link (the checklist) above to see that another Sinhala name also exists for this species, perhaps a more official one: "kunakatuwa." Not that your name for it, "polon telissa," is any less correct, but it's up to you to find a reference for it. I know, I'm very insistent when it comes to references, but it's the only tool we have to prevent people from adding too much nonsense to our articles. (PS -- Please answer here, as I've temporarily added your talk page to my watchlist). --Jwinius (talk) 13:41, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
Hi Jwinius, Thanks for your lengthy explanation in this matter. I totally agree with your reasoning, and NO..I am not at all irritated by your reverts. In fact I am happy that these articles are being well attended and careed for. Looks like these articles are in good hands. In the mean time, I will follow your suggestion and try to find referances before doing any more updates to these articles. By the way you are correct that "kunakatuwa" may be the most frequently used Sinhala name than "Polon Telissa". I will try to find a referance to those terms. I am looking for the book by Professor Anselm De Silva (University of Peradeniya) which was my referance to these terms. Thanks again and Keep up the good work Ritigala Jayasena (talk) 14:45, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
Excellent! I look forward to seeing your contributions in the future. Cheers, --Jwinius (talk) 15:27, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Touch gold

About your comment on the touch wood talk page, left replies there, cheers Julia Rossi (talk) 07:42, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Deleting a User Page

{{helpme| How do I delete a user page in my own user space. I actually want to delete User:RitigalaJayasena/EquitySriLanka}}

Put {{db-u1}} on it. Soxred93 | talk bot 00:56, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Rata

Hi, see the following, Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style_(disambiguation_pages)#Foreign_languages, regarding the Rata disambiguation page (I was trying to post this link in my edit summary, but messed it up somehow). Basically, disambiguation pages don't list non-english usages of words like this, unless the word has become commonly used in english. --Xyzzyplugh (talk) 17:45, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] How to report a spammer

{{helpme| I want report user:Fifigem for her continuous spamming of the article Sarong. How do I go about doing it?}}