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hotel

automatic addition to freopedia if it is in freo and hotel, as to photos not 100% sure, best to ask gnangarra JarrahTree 09:13, 21 July 2016 (UTC)

wow

youre a champ getting rid of the briteng and adding engvar ! hero status rises again !! JarrahTree 09:42, 26 July 2016 (UTC)

hahah have had few minutes ago a hilarious skype conversation with someone not australian about this, and the correction is much appreciated JarrahTree 03:41, 27 July 2016 (UTC)

August 2016

Please do not attack other editors. Comment on content, not on contributors. Personal attacks damage the community and deter users. Please stay cool and keep this in mind while editing. Thank you. LibStar (talk) 14:15, 19 August 2016 (UTC)

accusing someone of "bullying and harassing " is clearly a personal attack. The faux innocence of pretending otherwise fools no one . LibStar (talk) 14:30, 19 August 2016 (UTC)

Adding false/unsupported Australian (ARIA) certifications

Hi, the edits were over 2 years ago now, but I noticed that you added several inaccurate/fictitious Australian (ARIA) certifications for albums on the Hunters & Collectors discography page in April 2014. I have now removed any ARIA certifications listed on this article where there is no known reliable source, but several of the certifications you added also seem highly improbable (e.g. a gold accreditation for album peaking at #89 in 1984). Added to that, ARIA certification levels were actually higher then (100k for platinum, 50k for gold) than they are now/have been since 1989. Please do not add certifications to discography articles unless you can provide a reliable reference for these. Thank you.Nqr9 (talk) 02:00, 22 August 2016 (UTC)

(Replying to your comment on my talk page) Fair enough. A quick look at your user page showed you were unlikely to be a vandal/have added inaccurate certifications deliberately; hence why I didn't use a vandalism template (as I may have done for another user). My use of 'inaccurate/fictitious' wasn't intended to imply you were responsible for inventing the (probably) inaccurate/inflated certifications claims, but I can see how you might have interpreted it as such. I am sorry for that. The sites you linked, where the certifications are listed, state in the About section that they are "a semi-official Internet site in close contact with Hunters and Collectors, their management and their record label Liberation Records. It is run by fans, who dedicate their time to the cause on a volunteer basis." Such sites often contain factual information, but are also sometimes prone to exaggeration - whether intentional or not, e.g. believing certifications someone has told them to be true, because they would like them to be true - rather than the site owners having malicious intent. Such sites, by themselves, are not really the best sources to use for finding out chart positions/certification levels etc., but I'm sure you know this already.Nqr9 (talk) 06:20, 22 August 2016 (UTC)

(continuing on) The Mushroom Promotions promo article you linked should, in theory, be accurate, but such press releases can also be prone to exaggeration, and unfortunately it looks like this one is, when it comes to their certifications.Nqr9 (talk) 06:24, 22 August 2016 (UTC)

Re: reliable certifications, this ARIA page is often cited - http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-accreditations.htm - but it only has certifications from 1997 onwards. If "Human Frailty" was certified recently, there is nothing listed as yet on these pages. I've had a look through all of the album pages on this site, and there are no certifications listed that support any of those I deleted, other than the certification for the DVD (which for some reason is not annotated as being certified Gold in Gavin Ryan's book). Prior to 1997, the only ARIA source online is the annual top 50 charts, which go back to 1988. However, I've noticed that some of these (particularly from the earlier years) are missing certifications, and these only list singles/albums that made the annual top 50 charts. The other source for certifications is the ARIA Report itself, which I have copies of from 1990 (its first publication)-1994 inclusive currently. Prior to 1990, the only source is the printed top 50 charts, but certifications were only added to these from April 1989 (and multi-platinum releases are only annotated as being multi-platinum; the numerical level of platinum is not specified pre-1990). There is an ARIA accreditations thread on the australian-charts.com forum somewhere that is updated regularly, but it's still difficult to find any pre-1989 certifications.Nqr9 (talk) 08:39, 22 August 2016 (UTC)

Searching

Can't find much outside of what is already mentioned. Note that McFarlane writes "Ghost Nation peaked at #5 on the national chart, and broke the 70 000 unit platinum award threshold (eventually selling 130 000 copies) for the first time in the band's career."<ref name="McFarlane">{{cite book |title=[[Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop]] |url= |last=McFarlane |first=Ian |authorlink= Ian McFarlane |publisher=[[Allen & Unwin]] |year=1999 |chapter=Encyclopedia entry for 'Hunters & Collectors' |chapterurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20040829235219/www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=931 |isbn=1-86448-768-2 |accessdate=23 August 2016 }}</ref> According to Hung Medien, however, it only reached No. 10.<ref name="AusCharts">{{cite web|url=http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Hunters+%26+Collectors |title=Hunters & Collectors discography |last=Hung |first=Stefan |publisher=Australian Charts Portal (Hung Medien) |accessdate=23 August 2016 }}</ref>shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 12:07, 23 August 2016 (UTC)

#5 was no doubt its peak on the Kent/Australian Music Report chart. Gavin Ryan's book has a platinum certification listed for "Ghost Nation", and I checked with the ARIA Report on its final week in the top 100, where it has a single platinum certification.Nqr9 (talk) 03:14, 24 August 2016 (UTC)

• Human Frailty went gold in 1986 according to Gavin Ryan, here.shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 05:14, 24 August 2016 (UTC) P.S. this is gold at 50,000 units shipped.05:17, 24 August 2016 (UTC)
• What's a Few Men? gold in 1988, Ryan here. shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 06:30, 24 August 2016 (UTC)

Fair enough. Gavin Ryan authored the 1988-2010 chart book I reference, so those would appear to be a reliable source.Nqr9 (talk) 23:23, 24 August 2016 (UTC)

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Arjuna P. de Silva

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arjuna_P_de_Silva

On the above page, by mistake the name was redirected by me as Arjuna P de Silva. Please recitfy the correct name as Arjuna P. de Silva I tried several times to rectify it but regard to a technical problem it cannot be done. Please be good enough to get it rectified by a administrator.

• The format of the article has been revised to conform to Wikipedia standards & appropriate links have been added. All outstanding issues had been resolved.

Appreciate your valuable assistance on this regard.

Thanking you, Kind regards,

අනුරාධ (talk) 22:16, 25 August 2016 (UTC)

What You Got (Grinspoon song)

This article does not establish the subject as being WP:NOTABLE. The sources, of which there are several, are predominately for the album Alibis and Other Lies and not the single itself; by this logic (or lack of), articles could be made for each and any of the album's tracks that are reviewed in the reviews written for Alibis and Other Lies, which is not how independent notability works as far as I understand it (i.e. the single must be the primary subject of the review). FamblyCat94 (talk) 06:48, 27 August 2016 (UTC)

Arjuna P de Silva → Arjuna de Silva

To: Dear Dan arndt & Dear Dl2000

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arjuna_P_de_Silva

Hi, I agree with your point & move the above page as Arjuna de Silva at your earliest, please. After it's done kindly remove the tag too.

Thank you for your valuable attention on this regard.

Kind regards,

Anuradha

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As an experienced editor you should know how to rename articles by now. If you have copy pasted other articles please correct your mistake by requesting history merges. By copy pasting you are showing disrespect to editors of the old article because you are hiding their contributions.obi2canibe^{talk contr} 11:28, 4 September 2016 (UTC)

Karunasena Hettiarachchi

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Hi Dan, I know we have disagreed in the past, but good work on the ambassadors, you already know my view. and I think some of the keep votes are just lame. LibStar (talk) 06:39, 9 September 2016 (UTC)

thanks, I'll take a look. yes the inherent notability has been discussed to death and no consensus reached on WP:BIO. people tried to make a criteria but in the end it was too hard. there is a misconception that all ambassadors make major contributions to bilateral relations, some do close to nothing, and the coverage just confirms their appointment. LibStar (talk) 07:52, 9 September 2016 (UTC)

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Featured article candidate: Unlocked (Alexandra Stan album)

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Proposed deletion of Kelum Manamendra-Arachchi

Just see how my userpage looks like now. You made a translation tool and I tried a bit by translating an article from frwiki and my userpage now looks like vandalized. If you are treating a ten year experienced Wikipedian for not adding references, when an article is translated, this way, I think about the fate of newbies in enwiki. Further I don't bother you keep it or delete the article translated from frwiki, it has wikidata links, which will eventually be auto-linked if you have faith in Wikidata, in not-so-far future, not interested even to edit enwiki any more.Thank you.--Vinayaraj (talk) 01:33, 28 September 2016 (UTC)

Mohan Niranjith Burhan

Hi Dan Arndt

I am a bit puzzled by your comment on Mohan Niranjith Burhan that he may not meet notability criteria. If a topic has received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject is that not sufficient? It has received coverage in Seychelles newspapers. I woulld value your comments on how this subject deviates from notability criteria? Your comments would be most useful to me as a relatively infrequent editor of Wikipedia.Fattutor (talk)

RT Rana

please help Dan arndt sir thank you very much for support. but can you write discussion remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article please help sir

about speed deletion para namal article

oky i understood what you said, how can i remove this article

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James Baker (musician)

I have a problem with JB's article: he was born in March 1954, he meets SV in September 76 &c but "When he was 16 he travelled to the United States and England." Shouldn't 16 be changed to 22? In which case its not particularly notable and should be dropped altogether?shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 02:29, 7 October 2016 (UTC)

I removed the age description. I've whacked more material in the article on his musical career up to the end of Dubrovniks. However there's not much on his latter career and almost nothing on his Personal life; but I'm moving on.08:10, 8 October 2016 (UTC)

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weird, weirder...

[2] so weird - a category with categories that have no real categories alocated for some bizarre reason - really weird - not sure why... JarrahTree 14:45, 10 October 2016 (UTC)

np easy cheasy JarrahTree 23:46, 13 October 2016 (UTC)

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Well done for that!!! JarrahTree 01:31, 17 October 2016 (UTC)

Good article! On the 10,000 series, only Oceania and Australia left to start. I suspect that 10,000 would be too much for Oceania. Would a 5000 Challenge for Oceania and 2500 for Australia feeding into it be reasonable? Let me know what you think, thanks. Or shall I just make it 10,000 anyway as a long term challenge?♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:25, 1 November 2016 (UTC)

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cripes its dogs on mars month

your talk page sire, you sure attract the door knockers, you or your shade mate might or not know anything about https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Rudd_(musician) - JarrahTree 00:57, 7 December 2016 (UTC)

In hindi, namaste, in indonesian, loooocho sekali! in belmont dialect (unprintable) JarrahTree 09:19, 9 December 2016 (UTC)

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List of Royal College Colombo alumni

Good job on cleaning up this article. I've tried in the past to clean it up but was prevented by a stubborn old boy. Some more suggestions on improving the article:

• Remove duplications - entries should only appear once, in the field that they were most associated with.
• Sort the entries in alphabetical order - at the moment it seems to in some random order.
• Remove honorifics e.g. Sir, MP, CCS, KBE etc

--obi2canibe^{talk contr} 15:20, 20 December 2016 (UTC)

The Angels

Speaking of the group's article. I find that it is confusing and very cluttered. At the moment this is rated C-class but they're a HoFer and so they should get the B-class treatment. I'm going to jump in and try to start rewriting it, join the fun if you can.shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 21:41, 21 December 2016 (UTC)

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Happy New Year Dan arndt!

Happy New Year!

Dan arndt,
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Malcolm Burr

As already mentioned on my talk page, Malcolm Burr is not living. You should read more carefully. Caftaric (talk) 18:41, 8 January 2017 (UTC)

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The 25 DYK Creation and Expansion Medal

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wording

at the skyworks art smelt like PR JarrahTree 06:59, 27 January 2017 (UTC)

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COI

I don't believe this is COI.--Obi2canibe (talk) 19:49, 6 February 2017 (UTC)

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Hi Dan, I'm not sure if you remember me, my previous account a number of years ago was User:Stevezimmy. We were involved in multiple AfD discussions in a very small genre of acts and edited a lot of common articles. I since lost access to that Wiki account and until relatively recently had made all my edits just on IP's. Not to canvas, as ultimately I believe the article stands for itself, but I am currently involved in an AfD and I believe the subject is someone you will be familiar with given your involvement in Australian Music. The other editors, bar Duffbeerforme - who we have both been in conflict with previously, will likely be unaware of the publications and acts involved. If you could please have a look at the AfD for Luke Girgis and provide your thoughts one way or another that would be great. Hope you're well, it's great to see you're still contributing strongly to Wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Justthemusic (talk • contribs) 07:58, 1 March 2017 (UTC)

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wtf

where did it go then? JarrahTree 05:34, 5 March 2017 (UTC) hahahaha i knew i was behind the times - that confirms it - :) JarrahTree 05:48, 5 March 2017 (UTC) wow - metro markets - sheesh - thanks that is at least a beer or two there... amazing and thank you JarrahTree 05:50, 5 March 2017 (UTC)

St. Lawrence's Church, Wellawatte

I have initiated St. Lawrence's Church, Wellawatte article. Could you expand it or make as DYK? I will expand the article later. --AntanO 09:19, 5 March 2017 (UTC)

Thank you for expanding the article. I could not find various sources too. Anyway, it has been improved. --AntanO 02:59, 7 March 2017 (UTC)

Time to bank a holiday?

I work at The Bank Holidays. According to their official website here, they performed a rare show in October 2012. No new recorded material since 2010. Are they on indefinite hiatus? Disbanded? Perhaps your local knowledge can help? If they have split, then recent information on members careers would be good.shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 08:46, 7 March 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for your responses. I've put in an "effective disbandement" for 2012 (it may have been earlier). From unreliable sources e.g. FB, linked-in, myspace etc: The married couple worked in Norway for about two years or so and then returned to WA. One is working as an architect, the other as a visual artist. The other two were in Melbourne (or elsewhere) before forming their duo. Have fun, I'm leaving the rest to you...shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 08:32, 9 March 2017 (UTC)

Who gave Susan a black eye?

Pardon my ignorance, was the Triffids' song name based on a particular plant species or is this a metaphor for an abused woman? Curious minds want to know.shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 21:57, 12 March 2017 (UTC)

Coopers

Thanks. Positive feedback is always appreciated. Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 10:33, 15 March 2017 (UTC)

@Pdfpdf: I was tempted to involve myself in the ongoing discussion. It does seem to be a relatively minor controversy, in that it doesn't appear to have received any national news coverage. My rule of thumb is that the issue disappears without a trace in a few days after it first surfaces then it probably isn't that notable. Dan arndt (talk) 11:34, 15 March 2017 (UTC)

<grin> Yes, my personal prejudice is that I agree with you! Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 11:58, 15 March 2017 (UTC)

(Unrelated P.S. I'm surprised by how many wp editors I end up interacting with who are West Australians - even more than the number of South Australians ... Pdfpdf (talk) 12:14, 15 March 2017 (UTC) )

We're a busy little bunch... you should see us at our meet-ups. Dan arndt (talk) 12:24, 15 March 2017 (UTC)

A pending task

Well the RFC is nearing it's end and you may as well start sorting the lists into table at List of Mahinda College alumni.Needless to say, the consensus has gone our way.Cheers!Winged Blades ^Godric 17:29, 28 March 2017 (UTC)

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'Grats Dan, I always knew you could blurb with the best of them.shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 01:44, 29 March 2017 (UTC)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Dan_arndt/Trinity_Church,_Perth  ?? I got lotsa piccies of the arcade and building to the side.. also any chance of - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Perth/35  ?? JarrahTree 00:05, 6 April 2017 (UTC)

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What is primary sources? Which are considered Primary Sources? Why is they are not supported in wikipedia. Pls Explain me.--wiki tamil 100 (talk) 06:06, 20 April 2017 (UTC)

Rupalavanyan

Hi Dan arndt, my name is not Naguleswaran my name is user:Rupalavanyan. The thing is Matale Sri Muthumariyamman Temple is my created article I asked how to insert images from website. But I don't know what is license? If you want to erase the picture you can erase it when ever you won't. Thank you.rupa$$$ (talk)

Thanks for your kind advices. I soon delete all the pictures.rupa$$$ (talk) 12:00, 19 April 2017 (UTC)

Dan arndt I saw your message but, when you tell the word 'muthumariamman' we should not write like 'muthumari amman' there is 2 words so you should join the words so you get 'muthumariyamman'. Tamil people pronounce like this. If you can't understand just give me a message in my talk page or I'll do what you said before. Thank you. rupa$$$ (talk) 05:34, 24 April 2017 (UTC)

Uncle Bill

Does Uncle Bill deserve their own article? According to this they were formed in 1996 by British-born Gerry Hale and, aside from Kelly associated material, they issued their third album in 2000.shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 04:11, 19 April 2017 (UTC)

Yes, lets Hale, Gerry. Jump aboard whenever you like.shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 20:40, 19 April 2017 (UTC)

Good interview, ta for that.shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 02:38, 21 April 2017 (UTC)

Yeah, Dan should get a round tuit.shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 03:46, 21 April 2017 (UTC)

1. Curious minds wish to know department:
   1. When was One Day at Adelphia... released? Article currently has October 1998 but this has it recorded on 10 November. Do they have a TARDIS?shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 22:45, 22 April 2017 (UTC)
   2. In what way are they "original songs"? e.g. "Get Rhythm" by J Cash for Highwaymen, "Ben McCulloch" by S Earl for Steve Earl, "Waterloo Sunset" by R Davies for Kinks...shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 23:10, 22 April 2017 (UTC)

I've done my time at Hale. It can be a redirect for Uncle Bill (they're sometimes called Gerry Hale's Uncle Bill). Thanks for the assist, compadre, see ya 'round.shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 05:48, 24 April 2017 (UTC)

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Hi! Dan arndt. I need a small help, can you remove the copy edit template top of the muthumariamman temple, matale. rupa$$$ (talk)

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Hello! Dan arndt. I need a small help. I've made an Category category:Hindu temples in matale. Can you edit it Please. Thank you. rupa$$$ (talk) 07:54, 12 May 2017 (UTC)

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@LahiruG:, can you give examples of this alleged harassment? LibStar (talk) 13:13, 22 May 2017 (UTC)

@LibStar:, I have given some examples at my talk page. --LahiruG ^talk 06:37, 24 May 2017 (UTC)

• @LahiruG: I have reviewed what has been discussed and the one link you provided was adding the full name of an individual in an article, there was no racism, harassment or any other comment in the either the name nor the edit that took place, after 5 days of LahiruG refusing to provide anything further this matter is being close and LahiruG has been asked to apologise... For the record I also note that LahiruG had previously been warned about edit warring with this user this complaint is very much a case of sour grapes. User LahiruG has been warned that a repeat will result in a block. Gnangarra 02:31, 27 May 2017 (UTC)

removed all l the copyright content for TOYP Awards Sri Lankan

User talk:Musiclanka

Please check Thank you

Its easy to remove ,but why remove the history an Important award ceremony in sri lanka,just give a time for editing,TOPY Award is a recognized ceremony with JCI World organisation.all the paragraphs can be edit and the organisation who doing this ceromony have requested me to write about this to wikipedia,its all about history,why do you delete with out any hesitation,thanx

how can i send the copyright permission document

User talk:Musiclanka

we try to provide something to the history,dont block us,we are from a third world country and we try to bring our data to the world,thank you

I have the copyrights permission from JCI Sri lanka ot write this and copy there text,what do we have to prove it, do you need any document. i can email it,if you send me an email adress,thanx

Films

Hi thanks for your thoughts. Yes I know that they are not 100 percent reliable sources, but I have been watched those films in my own. Therefore I can provide the actors and other some stuff at 100 pervent sure reliability. The only thing is I cannot provide them as sources cz they are dvds. To provide a source it should be in a website. But website sources are very scarce for our film industry. Thats why I used those two websites even they are not sure in first place. So I will check for more websites. Cheers... (talk 02:31, 1 March 2017

Hi. I saw some deletion massages from you about the Sinhala films. I noticed that you have previously informed me to provide reliable information about the films. So I did that and I used official posters, cropped poster and other stuff with many newspapers to the articles. But you just state they are not reliable. I don't know why. But, it is also one of your responsibility as well to search about them and fill those scarce gaps into the article. It is not just an effort of me to make the articles. As an editor and Wikipedian, you also can provide sources and other stuff you can give to the films' reliability. So just provide information, and do not delete them at first place. Just be a wikipedian and make them better. That is a responsibility, because you are an editor of Sri Lankan articles, though you are not a Sri Lankan citizen as me. Thanks. (talk) 09:30, 12 March 2017

I'm working new articles for The Masters Apprentices singles

I've created "Undecided and Template:Masters Apprentices. At the moment I'm only going for their top 50 singles. My next one is "Buried and Dead": jump in whenever, or start one of the other redlinks in the nav 'plate.shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 04:15, 29 May 2017 (UTC)

McF 2nd edn

Haven't seen it yet, but its up dated to 2016 with 160+ new entries.

a blog, no less.shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 09:40, 5 June 2017 (UTC)

Wiki Page of late motorcycle legend Ananda Wedisinghe

I was notified that newly created wiki page is not in the norms with in the wikipedia policies. So I have done proposed modifications. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hkadira (talk • contribs) 10:03, 8 June 2017 (UTC)

NHOCKEY

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Mahesh Senanayake

Hi. Was notified of a copyright issue on the above article since the text sounded a bit too close to that of one of the sources. I tried modifying the text of the wiki entry, but I'm afraid there's only so much I can do- it's a list of military ranks and rank progressions, and there's only so many ways you can write it in prose. There's always going to be some similarity with the source text. Let me know if you have any suggestions :) 2402:4000:BBFE:D32A:5AA:F07F:9085:5B81 (talk) 14:39, 8 July 2017 (UTC)

Bogoda Premaratne

Hi, I wish you had not reverted my start to copyediting. This month, the wikipedia:Guildof Copyeditors is running a drive to reduce the backlog of tagged articles. During such drives, it is my practice to delete ce tags when I begin working on an article, to reduce the likelihood that another editor will follow close behind me and waste one or our efforts. For that reason, I'd like to ask you not to revert actions such as mine. Always interested in a better solution... Lfstevens (talk) 07:32, 26 July 2017 (UTC)

Yodha Ela (Jaya Ganga)

Hi, I noticed that you'd removed a template and copy-edited the article. Thank you for that! But you could have included two inaccurate information within the infobox of it. The start point of Yodha Ela (Jaya Ganga) is not Kala Oya. The canal starts from Kala Wewa of which the Biso Kotuwa emits water through its Sorowwa and also it ends at the Tissa Wewa in Anuradhapura, not Malwathu Oya. Kala Oya basin is located far westward from the Kala Wewa and those are two separate subjects even the two names include Kala prefix. Malwathu oya is a natural river and Malwath Oya Basin is a large geographical area. Tissa Wewa feeds some parts of it but Yodha Ela doesn't end at the basin and doesn't feed water directly to the basin. I appreciate if you look in to the matter and do necessary corrections with a edit summary. I will add a clear image of the start point of the canal later. Thanks. Dinuraeditions (talk) 03:06, 30 August 2017 (UTC)

Questions

You have some questions here. Dinuraeditions (talk) 07:09, 31 August 2017 (UTC)

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Not really a cat-lover... Dan arndt (talk) 06:40, 1 September 2017 (UTC)

List of awards and nominations received by Inna

Hi there! It's been a long time since you reviewed Inna discography for FL status. I wondered if you could take a look at the FLC above. Let me know if I can do something for you. Best regards, Cartoon network freak (talk) 18:03, 3 September 2017 (UTC)

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PK studio albs needing articles?

Seven Sonnets and a Song and Death's Dateless Night (with Charlie Owen, currently a redirect to Kelly). Join in at whim.shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 08:52, 8 September 2017 (UTC)

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Can you help expand the 2017_SAITM_Protest article, I read through some of the talk page content on the SAITM article, and the news articles. It's so confusing for me to determine whats actually happening as i dont have much time to do it on my own, I think it is endorsed by UGC but not by the SLMC. --Eng. M.Bandara-Talk 13:15, 18 September 2017 (UTC)

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ADWC

Hi, I saw you moved Aziz Democratic Workers Congress to Democratic Workers Congress. However, ADWC and DWC are different entities, see http://kaderscolumn.blogspot.com/2006/04/genesis-of-main-unions.html (albeit this is not WP:RS) --Soman (talk) 18:01, 7 October 2017 (UTC)

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You're welcome! :-) Deathlibrarian (talk) 11:39, 13 October 2017 (UTC)

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Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology

I was edited below page according to the government and other reliable sources. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Institute_of_Information_Technology — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bitfirms (talk • contribs) 04:37, 24 November 2017 (UTC)

Yeah PK needs updates

Both the main article and auxiliary ones need updating to 2017: jump aboard whenever.shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 23:00, 30 November 2017 (UTC)

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I reverted the edits of the IP address because they are a sockpuppet of Tjdrum2000, who makes these kinds of edits. Ss112 23:55, 10 December 2017 (UTC)

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wrongly accused sockpuppet request for Eeriyaka

I think you are confused with the discussion history of Adams peak page. you have mistakenly accused my both accounts Eeriyaka and Rajithcalwis of a sock puppet. This is a bad faith of you that you speculating this without reading the discussion page. I left that discussion on 18th of December, 2017. I respectively agreed with User:Doug Weller that article should be ok to name as "Adam's peak" but I haven't got time to comment on that. I left for my Christmas break in the same week. wasn't aware any updates on the talk page. This is article is promoted to discuss in Sri Lankan Wiki discussion board this could be the reason for its get attracted to other wiki auditors. I joined in 2006 I never involved in sock puppet or meatpuppetry. I live in Melbourne I have no strong connection with SL wiki communities. however, because of your wrong accusation, I've lost my two valuable wiki accounts.

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• @Eeriyaka1: all I did was report what I believed to be suspicious editing behaviour on the Adam's Peak talk page and asked for an investigation to be done. The result of the investigation was the accounts I asked to be examined were found not to be related however the investigating Admin identified that you had been using two separate accounts and resolved to block both accounts. If you have an issue you need to take it up with the appeals committee, as I don't have any control over the process. Dan arndt (talk) 01:53, 8 January 2018 (UTC)

M. M. Ebrahim

Which Parliament? There are hundreds of them in the world.Xx236 (talk) 09:00, 15 January 2018 (UTC)

• Xx236 I would have thought that was fairly self evident for any reader of the article. Dan arndt (talk) 09:13, 15 January 2018 (UTC)

Not for any.Xx236 (talk) 09:22, 15 January 2018 (UTC)

I'm guessing you must be the exception then. Dan arndt (talk) 09:29, 15 January 2018 (UTC)

January 2018

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If you are going to place a copyvio tag on an article then I'd appreciate it if you would do a thorough check on it first. When I create an article this is one of the things I always do & in this case the Earwig's Copyvio Detector report states 7.4% Violation Unlikely for the ABC article/reference. There are only three examples of identical phrases of five or more words - one of which is clearly the a generic title, the Australian Comics Hall of Fame, which is used in multiple references - the other two are easy and minor fixes. I don't appreciate shoddy work and the placement of a warning which is clearly not warranted. Dan arndt (talk) 01:48, 16 January 2018 (UTC)

First off, I see no copyvio tags on the article. Second, you say the other two are easy and minor fixes, which is exactly what Diannaa did right before she revdel'd the older versions (you cannot see it, but I have checked and verified that this is true). While templating users about copyright violations isn't ideal, it ensures that they have all of the relevant information for if they don't know about copyright laws. Primefac (talk) 01:53, 16 January 2018 (UTC)

Primefac, I'm talking about the warning above, which given the circumstances is clearly not warranted (a case of overkill by Diannaa). Dan arndt (talk) 02:07, 16 January 2018 (UTC)

Fair enough, and I know that a lot of long-time editors hate being templated. Couldn't say as to why she did it, since I'm not her. Primefac (talk) 02:15, 16 January 2018 (UTC)

I intentionally used a template because my handwritten note in May (Diff of User talk:Dan arndt) seems to have not had an impact. Another copyright violation, hence the template. Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 04:09, 16 January 2018 (UTC)

Given the volume of new articles I've created over the last year (none of which had any copyvios) its a little bit draconian/heavy handed to tag me over a very minor issue such as this. Dan arndt (talk) 06:43, 17 January 2018 (UTC)

Shakira

Are you sure Shakira isn't from Lebanon? - Shakira is half Colombian and half Lebanese by birth. I've seen in List of Nobel laureates by country that several persons holding multiple nationalities, there name is included in the all countries he was associated with, like Monachem Begin wasn't Russian or Polish, he only worked there for several years, are included in Polish or Russian Nobel laureates. I appreciate your edits, just asked you if I was wrong. মাখামাখি (talk) 08:35, 22 January 2018 (UTC)

Lists of Grammy Award winners

I'm not sure why any of these lists are necessary, regardless of length. What does being from Croatia or being Croatian have anything to do with winning a Grammy Award. U2 has won Grammies and happen to be Irish, but being Irish doesn't really have any bearing on them winning the awards any more than Lady Gaga being an American who has won Grammies. There are a lot of awards out there, and while it can be argued that nationality has some meaning when winning a Nobel Prize, this just seems overkill. Or maybe there should there be a List of German Academy Award winners and nominees and so on, too? --Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars^{Talk to me} 00:37, 23 January 2018 (UTC)

• @Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars: I fully agree that lists like these serve absolutely no purpose whatsoever. As you can see be the lists creator above, rather than even restricting them to one country he has been running the arguments that based on their parentage then the number of countries they represent should be exponentially increased, even when they aren’t even a citizen of that country (ie Bruno Mars & the Philippines). On top of that we have examples of bands/orchestras which are American but have a member who is from overseas now being included as Grammy Award winners from that country (ie Sri Lanka). Am fast getting frustrated with trying to sort this all out, so concur that they probably all should be deleted. Dan arndt (talk) 02:54, 23 January 2018 (UTC)

Can you tell me what the hell is wrong with you? Why nominating all my articles for deletion? Cant you see there are similar lists about List of Pakistani Nobel laureates or Korean? And there are also List of Argentine Academy Award winners and nominees and 50 such countries. Nationality does what with these? Please delete these articles as well, the reason you've given applies here for List of Academy Award/Nobel winners by Brazil, Argentina, Pakistan etc. মাখামাখি (talk) 11:41, 27 January 2018 (UTC)

List of Airplay 100 number ones of the 2010s

Hi there! Maybe you have time to give some comments on my FLC above? Just overlook this if you are busy right now... Best regards, Cartoon network freak (talk) 15:29, 28 January 2018 (UTC)

15:30:03, 2 February 2018 review of submission by Naduni123

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  • Draft:Janindu mahesh (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Naduni123 (talk) 15:30, 2 February 2018 (UTC)

All references I've included are correct. Please send this article to article space. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Naduni123 (talk • contribs) 15:30, 2 February 2018 (UTC)

Draft comment

In regards to Draft:A Few 'Gurt Men: I added some more references, though I see that it's might still not enough to be "notable." I think the reviews re: its depiction of the legal system make it slightly more notable, but I get that it may not be enough since WP:NOTTVGUIDE! ohmyerica (talk) 02:40, 3 February 2018 (UTC)

AfC notification: Draft:Pattirippuwa has a new comment

I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Pattirippuwa. Thanks! Legacypac (talk) 15:05, 21 February 2018 (UTC)

Bit by Bats

Well done.shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 02:18, 1 March 2018 (UTC)

Anti Muslim riots in Sri Lanka 2018

As you are a consistent member of the WikiProject Sri Lanka, I ask you whether can we write about 2 anti-Muslim violences which were held in 2 different places in Sri Lanka in 2018. 2018 anti-Muslim riots in Sri Lanka was the article that I initially created describing about the Ampara violence. But a few days later, there were a similar set of communal violences held in the nation in the historical town of Kandy. A new user today created an article in a pity ugly way with the title, Anti Muslim riots in Digana Sri Lanka 2018 regarding the Kandy violence. I wanted to know whether the initial title, 2018 anti-Muslim riots in Sri Lanka is suitable to address the Ampara issue and do the article header needs to be renamed? Help me out with this case. Thanks in advance. Abishe (talk) 12:18, 6 March 2018 (UTC)

Friendly reminder

When reviewing AFC drafts, can you please use a tool like Earwig's Copyvio detector to check it is not a blatant copyright violations. I am giving you this reminder because two of the drafts you reviewed, Draft:Hannah Kat Jones and Draft:OSBORNE have been nominated for speedy deletion as Copyright Violations. It is important to check that the draft you are reviewing is not a copyright violation. Earwig's Copyvio Detector gave Draft:OSBORNE as a 72.3% copyright violation of [3] and Draft:Hannah Kat Jones as a 97.3% copyright violation of [4]. Thanks for reviewing AFC drafts but keep in mind this friendly reminder. Thanks. Pkbwcgs (talk) 18:52, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

Reverting

FYI: WP:QUO & WP:REVEXP but, this. :( --AntanO 16:59, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

Old Parliament Building

Hi- I think it's best to refer to the building as the "Old Parliament Building", since next to no one calls it the "former national parliament building". I suppose one could use it as a descriptor, but since it's in the article already, I think it's best to just caption the infobox pic as Old.... instead of former. - ක - (talk) 06:33, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

Review

Hello .

The Mustapha Kamel Draft page has been addressed under WP:Music as you mentioned and needs approval. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Mustapha_Kamel. --41.143.133.52 (talk) 14:50, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Original Barnstar

Hello sir, i hope you are fine. sir kunaal vermaa is a lyricist who gives many hits like in bollywood his songs like "Hasi" from Hamari Adhuri Kahani and "Lost without you" from Half Girlfriend (film) you can check Half Girlfriend (soundtrack) and many singles like "Hariyala banna" "Mahro rajasthan" and many more.also some people use his name as kunal verma and some use kunaal verma his birth name is kunal verma he added one "A" in his name when he started music. Just because there not much news article about him dose not means he is nothing.sir he struggle for many years then he got his first song in bollywood. i did not know him personaly but i am his big fan thats why i create his article. he wrote songs for HP and oppo and 2 TV daily soap and for 2 web original . if you want some changes in article i will do that but please accept that article as a fan i want his article on wikipedia. if you want i will give you all youtube links for your confirmation. so please sir tell me what i can change in article and please accept this article. Thank you Ravipratap singhs (talk) 06:21, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

Dan, please check the conversation over here.~ Winged Blades^Godric 07:20, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

Now, indeffed as a sock.~ Winged Blades^Godric 07:37, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

Otara Gunewardene

Lovely article. It's pretty much all copyvio, too, from [5] and [6]. Bishonen | talk 12:09, 26 March 2018 (UTC).

Carus and The True Believers

Almost ten years ago you voted for Carus Thompson to be merged into the above article. I need your local knowledge: I've got confused between his solo stuff and the band's stuff. It may be time to re-examine the whole merge issue and reverse the situation or split the article. As far as I can tell he's now issued at least three solo studio albums.shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 03:37, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

Enjoy Singapore. I agree with what you've said, and C & tTB vs CT can wait till you get back.shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 11:08, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

Unsourced content

There is no source for the husband's full name, nor for their being divorced.

Please stop adding unsourced content, as you did to Otara Gunewardene. This contravenes Wikipedia's policy on verifiability. If you continue to do so, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Jytdog (talk) 01:34, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

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New Page Reviewer Flag

Hi, Dan arndt.
I've noticed that you are an AfC reviewer but don't yet have the New Page Reviewer flag. Would you please consider heading over to PERM and requesting it? (check the flag requirements HERE)
As part of a larger plan to increase cooperation between New Page Patrol and Articles for creation, we are trying to get as many of the active AfC reviewers as possible under the NPR user flag (per this discussion). Unlike the AfC request list, the NPR flag carries no obligation to review new articles, so I'm not asking you to help out at New Page Patrol if you don't want to, just to request the flag.
Of course, if it is something you would be interested in, you can have a look at the NPP tutorial. Please mention that you are an active AfC reviewer in your application.
Cheers and thanks for helping out at AfC, — Insertcleverphrasehere ^{(or here)} 06:19, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

05:09:14, 12 April 2018 review of submission by Dspl

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  • Draft:Datamation Systems (Pvt) Ltd (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

HI, My wiki page was declined stating "This appears to be a promotion advert for the company - it lacks any independent verifiable sources to establish its notabilitY"

what if I provide local newspaper articles to support this independent verifiable sources ?

below are 6 independent verifiable sources to verify the doubts

http://www.ft.lk/it-telecom-tech/Micro-Cars-implements-FINAC-in-6-weeks/50-639853

http://www.ft.lk/it-telecom-tech/FiNAC-ERP-successfully-implemented-in-Maldives/50-644728

http://www.ft.lk/it-telecom-tech/FiNAC-ERP-creates-a-footprint-in-India-with-Star-Boxes/50-648498

http://www.ft.lk/article/128538/Schneider-Electric-Sri-Lanka-benefits-by-fastest-ever-implementation-of-FiNAC-ERP-by-Datamation

http://www.ft.lk/it-telecom-tech/slim-goes-for-datamation-systems-finac-erp/50-122093

http://www.ft.lk/article/136298/FiNAC-integrates-with-SAP Dspl (talk) 05:09, 12 April 2018 (UTC)