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The changes you made to the article 'Tamil population by the nation' are not supported by the given citations. Example: It has mentioned, "This is contradicted by other sources which state that Burma had a Tamil population of 200,000 in the 1960s but the population had reduced since then" but the given source (1) does not have any reference to the reduction of the population.

The second reference/source (2) states "MYANMAR (BURMA) had a Tamil population of 200,000 at one time but since the end of the Second World War the number got reduced". The Second world war lasted from 1939 to 1945. The second world war does not happen in the 1960s. The first source contradicts the second source. From both sources, one can assume that the Tamil population has reduced from 200,000 at the end of the second world war but the population numbers reached 200,000 again in the 1960s. Also, Murugan.org is not a reliable source for Wikipedia. M.K.Dan (talk) 13:00, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

@M.K.Dan: The sources do support the statements. It is you who is trying to twist the sources in order to promote your false narrative. You are promoting the falsehood that there are currently one million Tamils in Myanmar. The sources I've provided contradict this:

• Tamil Nation states that were only 200,000 Tamils in Burma in 1966.
• Sivasupramaniam states that Burma "had a Tamil population of 200,000 at one time but since the end of the Second World War the number got reduced".

And, by the way, "but the number got reduced after the war" and "Tamil population got recovered to 200,000" are examples of very poor English.

--Obi2canibe (talk) 16:05, 6 May 2019 (UTC)

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NPR Newsletter No.18

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WMF at work on NPP Improvements

Niharika Kohli, a product manager for the growth team, announced that work is underway in implementing improvements to New Page Patrol as part of the 2019 Community Wishlist and suggests all who are interested watch the project page on meta. Two requested improvements have already been completed. These are:

• Allow filtering by no citations in page curation
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Merger discussion for Gamini Samaranayake

An article that you have been involved in editing—Gamini Samaranayake—has been proposed for merging with another article. If you are interested, please participate in the merger discussion. Thank you. Dan arndt (talk) 05:47, 11 June 2019 (UTC)

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asking for explanation

[[1]] Dear sir/madam, please explain the reason for reverting my edit. I captured the photo at the border of Trincomalee Naval headworks sanctuary showing the electric fence put by the wildlife department. I think it is relevant to that page.--G.Kiruthikan (talk) 14:52, 29 June 2019 (UTC)

Hi Kiruthikan, as stated in the edit summary, the image had no encyclopedic value. Wikipedia is not a mirror or a repository of links, images, or media files. Any image placed in a Wikipedia article must increase readers' understanding of the article's subject matter. The article is a list of wildlife sanctuaries so reader's would expect to see images of the wildlife sanctuaries, not of a close up of a fence. Sri Lankan elephant might be a better article to place the image but you should add some text to explain the problems about elephant/human conflict and use the image to illustrate the text.--Obi2canibe (talk) 11:11, 30 June 2019 (UTC)

Thank you for the explanation. Now I understand. I will not repeat the mistake. --G.Kiruthikan (talk) 14:22, 30 June 2019 (UTC)

New Page Review newsletter July-August 2019

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WMF at work on NPP Improvements

More new features are being added to the feed, including the important red alert for previously deleted pages. This will only work if it is selected in your filters. Best is to 'select all'. Do take a moment to check out all the new features if you have not already done so. If anything is not working as it should, please let us know at NPR. There is now also a live queue of AfC submissions in the New Pages Feed. Feel free to review AfCs, but bear in mind that NPP is an official process and policy and is more important.

QUALITY of REVIEWING

Articles are still not always being checked thoroughly enough. If you are not sure what to do, leave the article for a more experienced reviewer. Please be on the alert for any incongruities in patrolling and help your colleagues where possible; report patrollers and autopatrolled article creators who are ostensibly undeclared paid editors. The displayed ORES alerts offer a greater 'at-a-glance' overview, but the new challenges in detecting unwanted new content and sub-standard reviewing do not necessarily make patrolling any easier, nevertheless the work may have a renewed interest factor of a different kind. A vibrant community of reviewers is always ready to help at NPR.

Backlog

The backlog is still far too high at between 7,000 and 8,000. Of around 700 user rights holders, 80% of the reviewing is being done by just TWO users. In the light of more and more subtle advertising and undeclared paid editing, New Page Reviewing is becoming more critical than ever.

Move to draft

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PERM

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Hemachandra Wijeratne

The reason I created a second AfD is that I wasn't certain whether the article was simply a recreation of the previously deleted one or whether they had created a substantially different one from the first. I guess I tend to err on giving the new editor the chance to explain themselves rather than just proceeding with a speedy delete. Dan arndt (talk) 07:26, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

Related to the recent reversion in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonythasan_Jesuthasan page

Hi Obi2canibe,

My recent edit in the WIKI page for Antonythasan_Jesuthasan was reverted saying the id is Sockpuppet. I am using Mohanavalli user name to create pages in WIKI for past few years. Some times I would have edited and posed without logging-in other than that I not done any harm ever in WIKI. Please explain how you are saying this ID is Sockpuppet, only because I mistakenly added without knowing I am not singed in? Please help me to add the content in the Antonythasan_Jesuthasan page. I will correct any mistake I am doing. I really do not understand. Thank you.

Your contributions show that you have only contributed to the Antonythasan Jesuthasan article. Your assertion that you have used the Mohanavalli account "to create pages in WIKI for past few years" is false.

Your recent addition to Antonythasan Jesuthasan was similar to the addition by User:ShobasakthiA. You are a sock puppet of ShobasakthiA.

Verifiability is one of the core content policies of Wikipedia. All material in Wikipedia must be verifiable - meaning that they should sourced from reliable sources. Any material that needs a source but does not have one may be removed. "I couldn't find references" isn't an excuse.--Obi2canibe (talk) 18:54, 27 July 2019 (UTC)

Check the sources before reverting

Regarding your edit on 'Tamil population by nation'. You have asked "Please provide a source for the Canadian population", and there are 2 different sources for the population figure. Check all the sources before making a change. M.K.Dan (talk) 17:29, 4 August 2019 (UTC)

The sources were not there when I reverted. You only added them after I prompted you. So, I will continue to scrutinise all of your work because you arrogantly think Wikipedia policies don't apply to you.--Obi2canibe (talk) 16:22, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

New Page Review newsletter September-October 2019

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Backlog

Instead of reaching a magic 300 as it once did last year, the backlog approaching 6,000 is still far too high. An effort is also needed to ensure that older unsuitable older pages at the back of the queue do not get automatically indexed for Google.

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This month's refresher course

Why I Hate Speedy Deleters, a 2008 essay by long since retired Ballonman, is still as valid today. Those of us who patrol large numbers of new pages can be forgiven for making the occasional mistake while others can learn from their 'beginner' errors. Worth reading.

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Regarding alliances/parties

I saw that you reverted all the changes made to Sri Lankan parliamentary elections info-boxes. On the revert edit you said "We only include alliances in parliamentary elections as candidates come from various parties in each alliance". Is there a rule about this? Also, since when did United People's Freedom Alliance and United National Front become political parties? As I understand, they are political alliances. --2607:FEA8:A760:1F70:59D8:F89F:37CB:26D4 (talk) 23:59, 12 October 2019 (UTC)

Hi, there is no rule but this is the general approach taken in similar articles. You are of course correct that UPFA/UNF are alliances but if we include them as alliances their colours don't appear hence we show them as parties in the infobox.--Obi2canibe (talk) 11:06, 13 October 2019 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:2013 disestablishments in Aragon

A tag has been placed on Category:2013 disestablishments in Aragon requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the category has been empty for seven days or more and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. UnitedStatesian (talk) 17:17, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:2013 in Aragon

A tag has been placed on Category:2013 in Aragon requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the category has been empty for seven days or more and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. UnitedStatesian (talk) 04:32, 23 October 2019 (UTC)