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March 2021

Your recent editing history at Trinity College, Kandy shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war; that means that you are repeatedly changing content back to how you think it should be, when you have seen that other editors disagree. To resolve the content dispute, please do not revert or change the edits of others when you are reverted. Instead of reverting, please use the talk page to work toward making a version that represents consensus among editors. The best practice at this stage is to discuss, not edit-war. See the bold, revert, discuss cycle for how this is done. If discussions reach an impasse, you can then post a request for help at a relevant noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, you may wish to request temporary page protection.

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Hi...... although trinity is an Anglican school, the current principal is a Roman Catholic priest (father) from the Order of Sylvester Benedictine. Also the the term Rev. is used when reffering to clergy.

Sam Britten (talk) 10:54, 4 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Honourifics are generally avoided in articles and in particular not in articles infoboxes. If you consider that having a Roman Catholic priest as a principal of an Anglican school is notable and is able to be backed by reliable secondary sources then include it in the article. Dan arndt (talk) 11:47, 4 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Mowbray College, Kandy

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Hi....mowbray college Kandy is a leading school with a history of more than 100 years which was est.by the Church missionary society of the Church of England. The school really exists affiliated with prestigious schools like Trinity College Kandy, Hillwood College Kandy, Bishops College Colombo Sam Britten (talk) 14:17, 20 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Christ Church College, Baddegama moved to draftspace

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Thank you Sam Britten (talk) 11:46, 12 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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April 2021

Please do not remove maintenance templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did to Hillwood College, without resolving the problem that the template refers to, or giving a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Your removal of this template does not appear constructive, and has been reverted. Thank you. Meters (talk) 08:30, 28 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop your disruptive editing.

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June 2021

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July 2021

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Araliya Jayasundara

Facebook is not an acceptable or reliable source - essentially all the recent information youve added to Araliya Jayasundara is original research and without reliable secondary sources may be removed. Dan arndt (talk) 23:58, 1 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

February 2022

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