User talk:Gira2be

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Incorrect info at Sri Lanka Army Commando Regiment

Hi, Gira2be! This edit you made to the article Sri Lanka Army Commando Regiment contains incorrect information. Please note that the page you have given as a reference, http://www.army.lk/regiments.php, simply provides some basic information about the regiments of the Sri Lanka army. It has nothing to do with the order of precedence of the regiments. If you look at it that way, the Sri Lanka Army Pioneer Corps, Sri Lanka National Guard & Sri Lanka Rifle Corps (which are some of the oldest regiments of the army) come after the Commando regiment which was created only in the 80s. Vijayabahu Infantry Regiment preceded the Commando regiment, not the Mechanized Infantry Regiment. Chamal ^talk 16:32, 7 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Damn, my mistake. I was under the wrong impression. Sorry.

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Chamal ^talk 00:57, 8 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

warning

Whether or not you agree with the LTTE, as your edits seem to indicate you dont, all their leaders and military units are notable, and many of the pages you indiscriminately tagged were adequately (though not well) referenced.Pectore^talk 21:07, 23 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

On second thought, I'm going to remove the warning. I reacted too soon and harshly. Just realize that with a quick google search, their notability would have been easily proven, though you were right about references. I'll finish that job today. Sorry about any misunderstandings.Pectore^talk 00:44, 25 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned non-free image (File:SLAF F101.JPG)

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Please don't edit war on articles under edit restrictions

Please calm down before you engage in edits such as this one, especially when the page is subject to editing restrictions. While I don't quite understand why this is so contentious, it is obviously controversial and needs to be discussed. And it has been discused here, where no reasons have been given for inclusion of the name of the school. This consequently resulted in a consensus to remove it. If you disagree, please contribute your opinion there and wait till a consensus is reached. Since your version is also incorrect both grammatically and with regard to its layout (extraneous line feed), I will revert it now. You have, in the past, shown signs of good faith, so I will, as others did before me, assume good faith again. If you relax and calm down, you will be fine; please don't get sucked down by a spiral of edit warring. — Sebastian 01:39, 10 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Type 89 AFV

I removed Sri Lanka from the Type 89's operators list. The SLAF use the similar export version Type 85 (alongside the older Type 63). Unless you can provide photographic proof that the PLAF also had the Type 89, please don't put them in the Type 89 article. Thanks. dendirrek (talk) 09:31, 7 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

minor edits

you have marked |one of your recent edits as minor. at closer inspection, it appears that you deleted content with that edit. While is is generally not a problem to delete content, such edits should not be marked as minor. Please read WP:MINOR for more information.Jasy jatere (talk) 20:56, 8 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

How to deal with unclassified sources

Thank you for referring to WP:SLR#Classification of sources in your recent edits, such as this. I need to correct a misunderstanding, though: When a source is not classified as RS, it doesn't mean that it's unreliable. In particular, Asia Times has simply not been assessed yet. When you see a source like this, please proceed per WP:SLR#WP:SLR#How to avoid a revert war, and apply the template {{Verify credibility}}.

Allow me a more general remark: Please keep in mind that such major changes in SL conflict related articles are practically always controversial. Therefore, next time, please follow the instruction of the box on top of that page, which says: "Before changing anything that might be controversial, please report the issue at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Sri Lanka Reconciliation." I hope to see you there! — Sebastian 00:08, 15 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned non-free media (File:SLAC 0101.jpg)

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Orphaned non-free media (File:SLAC 0102.jpg)

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ITN for Suicide air raid on Colombo

On 22 February, 2009, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article Suicide air raid on Colombo, which you created. If you know of another interesting news item involving a recently created or updated article, then please suggest it on the In the news candidates page.

--BorgQueen (talk) 22:50, 22 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Country Information and Spelling errors

Gira2be

you have changed some of my edit

Please check spelling for helicopter and ageing in the section of "Future equipment - Immediate procurement plans"

and what is the difference between Soviet Union, Russia and Ukraine

UAV information is IAI Searcher Mark II version

Hi

Hi Gira2be maybe this can help you in your edits. [1]

NowCommons: File:SLAF pic 2 Kafir.jpg

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CGS Varaha

Hi. I notice that you created a redirect at this article title - but the redirect goes to the same article title. The result is a broken redirect, or a redirect that redirects to itself. I've deleted the redirect as a housekeeping measure; please feel free to recreate the redirect, so long as you actually point the redirect to the correct target article. If you need assistance with that, I'm happy to help; just leave me a message on my talk page, and I'll see what I can do. Thanks! UltraExactZZ ^Claims~ Evidence 17:06, 28 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject Sri Lanka

Hello! Gira2be, I thought you may be interested in joining WikiProject Sri Lanka. We work on creating, expanding and making general changes to Sri Lanka related articles. If you would be interested in joining feel free to visit the Members Page! Thank You. Blackknight12 (talk) 01:00, 21 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

File:SLN Sayura N001.jpg listed for deletion

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Replaceable fair use Image:SLAC_0102.jpg

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Speedy deletion nomination of File:PG SLA.jpg

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September 2010

Please do not replace Wikipedia pages with blank content, as you did to the page Category:Sri Lanka Home Guards. Blank pages can confuse readers, and are overall not helpful to the Wikipedia project; furthermore, blanking a page is not the same as deleting it.

If the article you blanked is a duplicate of another article, please redirect it to an appropriate existing page. If the page has been vandalized, please revert it to the last legitimate revision. If you feel that the content of a page is inappropriate, please replace it with appropriate content. If you believe there is no hope for the page, please use the appropriate deletion process. IronGargoyle (talk) 16:53, 17 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

War rape in Sri Lanka

In order to be fair, and avoid further interruption, I'm noticing all editors involved in this article that the "Sri Lanka" section was deleted. No-one should add any content until we meet concensus on the article's talkpage here. Anyone can also ask question and offer reliable sources on there. Thanks and happy editing... ~ AdvertAdam^talk 10:40, 9 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

File:Sri Lanka Air Force Kfir.jpg listed for deletion on Wikimedia Commons

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You can read and participate in the deletion discussion if you are interested or do not wish the file to be deleted. Thank you. Gunnex (talk) 11:36, 7 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

and

c:File:Sri Lanka Air Force MiG-27.jpg

--Gunnex (talk) 11:36, 7 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Nomination of Small boat operations for deletion

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Proposed deletion of Panagoda

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