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Allegations of Chinese apartheid AfD

Following your recent participation in Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Allegations of French apartheid, you may be interested to know that a related article, Allegations of Chinese apartheid, is currently being discussed on AfD. Comments can be left at Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Allegations of Chinese apartheid. -- ChrisO 15:59, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

:D

St. Neris church would be great article to create. I know some people are burning with anger, need to keep it going you see, cant let it burn out. ThanksTaprobanus 01:46, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

Allegations of state terrorism in Sri Lanka

Please use the talk page for discussing the contents of the article, rather then edit warring on the article page. — Carl (CBM · talk) 02:15, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

Allaipiddy massacre

Re: User talk:Black Falcon#Allegations of state terrorism in Sri Lanka

I have made various modifications to the Allaipiddy massacre article. I see no reason for the ICG source to be excluded or considered unreliable. In any case, I think that my changes render the issue moot, since I have attributed the contentious statements directly to the ICG. I would appreciate if you could look over the changes and make any necessary reversions, adjustments, or additions. I haven't had a chance yet to look at the other article, but will get to it probably tomorrow. Cheers, Black Falcon 21:19, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Thansk for protecting my user page while I was gone. I was really thinking about taking it easy, this Vanadalism and the direction given up others about where to concentrate next has given me new life to go on for another year:))). We do need an article on Allaipiddy chruch or St Neri's church bombing as Black Falcon imlies in my talk page. Thanks Taprobanus 18:26, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

Re: Barnstar

Thanks! I really appreciate it. I'll take a look at the dispute on the "Allegations of state terrorism" article later today. Thanks again, Black Falcon 18:15, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

Gracias bro, you keep the good work too but dont forget your studies:)))Taprobanus 19:13, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

Yes, thank you from me too. Lexicon (talk) 20:01, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

DYK

On 25 August, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article St.Phillip Neri church bombing, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Carabinieri 03:21, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

You're Invited!

Hello! I thought you may be interested in joining WikiProject Dravidian civilizations. We work on creating, expanding and making general changes to Dravidian related articles. If you would be interested in joining feel free to visit the Participants Page! Thank You.

Wiki Raja 05:59, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

Welcome!

Hi, and welcome to the WikiProject Dravidian civilizations! As you may have guessed, we're a group of editors working to improve Misplaced Pages's coverage of Dravidian related topics.

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Wiki Raja 22:25, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Here's a BIG thanks for reverting the vandalism on my talkpage. How about adding Human rights in Sri Lanka to the see also of army article? --♪♫ ĽąĦĩŘǔ ♫♪ 16:26, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

Canada-article lead

I'm having another go at a one-thing-at-a-time approach to editing the lead, beginning with whether or not the first paragraph should be exclusively geographic. Please look over how I've shown the views given so far, at the talkpage and ensure that yours is accurately shown by my treatment. Thanks. The goal, of course, is a definite result to build upon.
-- Lonewolf BC 19:50, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

Article on Mannar attack

I have been trying research to find RS sources to write an article on the mannar calymore ? attack that left 13 civilians dead. Do you have any leaded ? Thanks Taprobanus 17:09, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

Re: Your email

Actually I have no idea what you are sorry for, I do not take things in[REDACTED] seriously, I merely edit wiki for the fun of it. Hey but be warned there may be times I am serious. Though I do not know what u are apologizing for I accept your apology :-). Keep it cool buddy NëŧΜǒńğer 18:13, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

I think that mail was from a long time ago :) (Expulsion from colombo) happened Watchdogb 18:15, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks! :D

	Thanks Watchdogb
	I would like to thank you for your participation in my successful RfA, which passed with a tally of (44/10/5). Whether you supported, opposed or were neutral in my RfA, I appreciate your participation and I hope that we can continue to work together to build a stronger and better Misplaced Pages.
	Regards, nat 04:21, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

No problem Nat. Watchdogb 04:26, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

Why?

Why do you want to say "Sand on your nose"? if you really want to u can say it in my talk page :-D NëŧΜǒńğer 08:14, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

Weigh in?

Since you took part in the recent RfC on Talk:India, it would be great if you could weigh in here. Thanks. Fowler&fowler«Talk» 17:43, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

Madhu church bombing or massacre

As I was doing a search on something else, I found some interesting information that probably needs an article in Misplaced Pages here. As you are good in creating neutral articles on such controversal subject matters, I thought I will let you know:)))Taprobanus 23:57, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

Barnstar you Awarded me

Hi,

I sure owe you one. Wiki Raja 22:48, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

Hope you like the barnstar. Wiki Raja 03:54, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Tourism in Sri Lanka

Fut, can you please comment on the article on its talk page. I wanted to have the here instead of the current version of the page. My reasons for the addition of extra text is to make the article more of a[REDACTED] article (encyclopedic with the addition of the paragraph). I added the fact tags because the claims are missing an RS backing them up. I understand that the citation needed tags are over done (per Haemo) and thus I agreed with a single tag on the top of the paragraph. However, I am still looking for an opinion on the inclusion/exclusion of the paragraph. I have asked for a RFC but no one seem interested. Watchdogb 13:30, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

I really can't deal w/ content disputes and i'd just advise you not to edit war over an article which would provoke more problems. Please read my comment and those of Haemo and Perfect at the last thread at the ANI. Topic bans are on the air. Please avoid edit warring. -- FayssalF - 13:56, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Watch it

I don't look kindly at all upon your suggestion that administrators carefully considering all the evidence in one case means that you should invite a sock parade in a bunch of other cases that you think were wrongly decided . None of the issues addressed here have been resolved yet, and assuming that we're intentionally trying to treat people unequally when two cases were handled by different sets of administrators is not fair. We're working very carefully to resolve this situation fairly. Please don't disrupt the project with such comments while we do that.--chaser - t 22:17, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

Really ? I am surprized that[REDACTED] admins would take passport as evidence and let sockmasters run around wikipedia. However, I might be wrong in calling for a sock parade. So I apologize for that but I am still opposed to the idea of passport and other private paper as evidence Watchdogb 22:23, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

I don't consider it enough to completely resolve the situation. It's very tricky. Please give us time to work it out. In the meantime, I'd appreciate it if you remove your comments inviting blocks sockpuppets to evade process and return. Thank you for the apology.--chaser - t 22:29, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

Done! Sorry but sometimes even the coolest of dogs loose control :) Watchdogb 22:49, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

Hi Watchdogb. I think you my last comment. -- FayssalF - 22:54, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

OH, snap. Ok I will fix that now :) Sorry brother. BTW I am sorry FayssaIF for not WP:AGF wotj you. Watchdogb 23:05, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

Sri Lanka issues

Please see: Discussion move and Specific proposal Your participation and acceptance would be appreciated. — Rlevse • Talk • 21:18, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

Cool it

Please Taprobanus 22:39, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

I am going to take a break from this mess, I hope you do the same Taprobanus —Preceding comment was added at 22:41, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

Yes, thanks very much. I will go and write about more atrocities Watchdogb 23:04, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

Clarification

Faysaif, thanks for your hard work on meditating SL editors. I have agreed to the terms that was proposed. I just edited Allegations of state terrorism in Sri Lanka. However, the proposal says that we should stop editing these article for a period of time. Can I still edit for now (until everything is done) or should I revert myself on the article until further notice ? Watchdogb 16:58, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. Ok. Can you please follow the reasoning w/ me?

• Reverting yourself would be better than anything you could do. Showing good faith is the most essential thing. However, while waiting for the proposal to become a resolution, please do not ask anyone to act the same way. Just think about yourselves. If everybody would follow this, your Misplaced Pages issues would be settled in less than anyone would expect. -- FayssalF - 22:39, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your suggestion. I will follow your suggestion as your only trying to help out. I will only think about my actions and not anyone else. I was also wondering if I can still create new articles on Massacres in Sri Lanka? Watchdogb 00:14, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

I think i replied to all your concerns Watchdogb including the last query. -- FayssalF - 00:21, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your intervention

Hello, thanks for your intervention. I am talking about this.

As you must have noticed, user Lahiru_k got banned for impersonating me and the fake id was 'snsudharsan'. My id is Sudharsansn and I have made over 1000 edits till now. Thanks for your intervention, please block the fake user:Sumoeagle179 who made those comments as it is merely a one-time 'revenge' for some of the posts in Orkut. Hearty thanks Sudharsansn (talk · contribs) 04:36, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks again, nice to see your message. Where from in Canada, I'm in BC :-) Sudharsansn (talk · contribs) 09:19, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

Kalmunai

http://www.thesouthasian.org/archives/2007/is_the_government_redefining_e.html

In Remembrance...

--nat 21:23, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

"Tamil needed" tags

Hello Watchdogb. I notice you've tagged Kalmunai massacre and Sri Lankan Civil War as requiring Tamil text. This tag is usually applied when, for example, an article about a Tamil place, person, film, book or some such thing does not have his / her / its name in Tamil script (or where they're mentioned in an article in a context that requires their name to be provided in Tamil script). Looking at these articles, I'm not sure exactly what they lack the Tamil script for. Could you let me know exactly what you're looking for, so I can try to add it? -- Arvind 09:20, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

Hi :) I'd do it, but I have a few technical problems on my computer that prevent me from being able to use or contribute to the Tamil Misplaced Pages - and, in any event, I find it writing about the Sri Lankan situation a little too emotionally draining. I'd say the best place to ask would be the Village Pump on Tamil Misplaced Pages, which is at ta:Misplaced Pages:ஆலமரத்தடி - their coverage of the Sri Lankan conflict is not anywhere near as comprehensive as this wikipedia's, but you may find someone there interested enough to take it up. -- Arvind 23:03, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

Thank you

Dearest Watchdogb,
Thank you for your participation in my RFA, which closed successfully with 137 supports, 22 opposes, and 5 neutrals. Your kind words of support are very much appreciated and I look forward to proving you right. I would like to give special thanks to The_undertow and Phoenix-wiki for their co-nominations. Thank you again and best regards.

New page and new proposal

I just created Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Sri Lanka Reconciliation/housekeeping to separate our internal housekeeping stuff from the current discussion about articles, which is of interest for more than just our members. Please add this page to your watchlist. I also wrote a new proposal on its talk page, WT:SLR/H#Proposed recipients for barnstars. Please let me know what you think of it! — Sebastian 11:27, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

Block

Watchdogb, I had to block you for 72 hours due violating the agreed upon 1RR, see Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Sri_Lanka_Reconciliation#1RR_violation. I know wiki can be frustrating, but you need to resist those urges. However, I do commend your otherwise efforts at the SLR. — Rlevse • Talk • 11:44, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the notice and thanks for your efforts in blocking violators. This is like having an all paid vacation :). Thanks again Watchdogb 23:00, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Template substitution

When using certain template tags on talk pages, don't forget to substitute with text by adding subst: to the template tag. For example, use {{subst:uw-test1}} instead of {{uw-test1}}. This reduces server load and prevents accidental blanking of the template. --♪♫ ĽąĦĩŘǔ ♫♪ 18:53, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Email

See email. — Rlevse • Talk • 21:40, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

this source

qualifies as an acdemic source Taprobanus (talk) 17:07, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Warning

Constructive contributions to Misplaced Pages are appreciated, but a recent edit of yours has an edit summary that appears to be inaccurate or inappropriate. Please use edit summaries that accurately tell other editors what you did, and feel free to use the sandbox for any tests you may want to do. Thank you.

This refers to this edit. Yesterday, I decided to not make a fuss about it because I thought you'd get the message when I reverted you, but then you did this, where you again changed sourced information without providing any reason, and again added a derogatory summary. The source says "soldier"; it's really low to defame a dead person (who you probably don't even know) as a "terrorist". This is getting out of hand. I'm sorry, but I have to officially warn you now. — Sebastian 21:27, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Understood. Thanks for the heads up. Watchdogb (talk) 03:05, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

I forgot to say, I do understand that the situation in SL is especially stressful right now, and it's only human if one can't remain calm in such a situation. Let's hope for peace! — Sebastian 04:38, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

SLR agreement

As a signatory of this agreement, you may be interested that we're currently discussing the WT:SLR#Continuation of SLR agreement. This is just a courtesy notice. — Sebastian 05:49, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

You're Invited!

Hello! I thought you may be interested in joining WikiProject Tamil civilization. We work on creating, expanding and making general changes to Tamil related articles. If you would be interested in joining feel free to visit the Participants Page! Thank You.

Wiki Raja (talk) 08:37, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

The first Sri Lanka Hope Award

		The Sri Lanka Hope Award
		I am happy to present you the Sri Lanka Hope Award for your reconciliatory spirit and your good suggestion. To keep a cool head in one of the world's hottest conflicts deserves our highest respect! — Sebastian 21:05, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Thank you very much ! Watchdogb (talk) 00:31, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Talk:Counter-terrorism

Hi, could you please take a look at the discussion at Talk:Counter-terrorism#Sri Lanka (and the current state of the article) and offer your comments? Thanks, Black Falcon 18:29, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Right away ! Watchdogb (talk) 18:30, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

(copied to Watchdogb's page) It wound up being a very informative exchange. I'm reminded of Clemenceau's suggestion that war is too important to be left to the generals, although I'm not sure if Stockwell Day is an improvement. :-)

The Military History Project has started a series of non-encyclopedic essays to guide editors in the field, and this discussion brought home that some terms of art that are quite well understood in the professional military literature have been thoroughly confused by the evil twins of politicians and sound-bite journalists. I'm trying to generalize the idea of tactic, countertactic, and antitactic, which applies to more than terror. Terrorism is more emotional than many areas, although I still remember when nuclear annihilation was a very real concern, crouched under my school desk during the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the idea of "anti-" versus "counter-" defense was a valid distinction. Not to be able to make that distinction, I'm afraid, spills into the important distinction between preventive war (usually bad) and preemptive war (sometimes warranted). Too much journalism mixes up prevention and preemption, which are quite different ideas.

I've written an article on Foreign Internal Defense, which really needs to split into material on theories of insurgency and tactics of defense against insurgent methods -- which may or may not include terrorism. Some of the models of why insurgency breaks out, with odd names like McCormick's Magic Diamond, Kilcullen's Three Pillars, etc., may be useful in discussing the political aspect of warfare, especially what triggers civil wars and the like. Howard C. Berkowitz (talk) 23:25, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Lakshman Algama

"emphatically saying that is a term of art regarding tactics rather than a value judgment, I can't see how one could logically be a victim of terrorism if there was no terrorist incident or attack." a statement by a user clear states that this is not resolved there for until such time it is resolved the original article must remain. Once changers are agreed upon, they can be made. Nitraven (talk) 06:24, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

1RR reminder for WP:SLR

In light of your recent edits to 2007 Sri Lankan bus bombs (), I would like to remind you to please remain mindful of the 1RR restriction that applies to all articles within the scope of WikiProject Sri Lanka Reconciliation. Although revert restrictions are generally waived across Misplaced Pages if reverting is uncontroversial, restores a consensus version, or improves an article (see e.g. Misplaced Pages:Three-revert rule#Exceptions), they do apply in the case of good-faith content disputes. For details, please see Sebastian's clarification of what 1RR means to us. Thanks, Black Falcon 19:29, 2 April 2008 (UTC)