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Pottu Amman

I reverted your additions because they are a verbatim copy of DBS jearajs posting and violate wikipedia copyright. Besides DBS writes from a blog and blogs are not reliable sources. Granted Pottu amman is a terrorist, but verbatim adding of information is not allowed,

WikiProject Sri Lanka

Hello! Astronomyinertia, 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) 13:07, 14 September 2009 (UTC)


Proposed deletion of Astronomical Society of Dharmaraja College

The article Astronomical Society of Dharmaraja College has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

A search for references failed to find significant coverage in reliable sources to comply with notability requirements. This included web searches for news coverage, books, and journals, which can be seen from the following links:
Astronomical Society of Dharmaraja College – news, books, scholar
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January 2010

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Copyright problem: Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya

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CCS/SLAS

I noticed, you have added both CCS, SLAS which is not possible. Some may have served in both but CCS as post nominals were used by those who retired from the CCS or left it before the SLAS as those in the CCS had to adapt SLAS after its formation. just a FYI. Further more Educationalist dont fall into the SLAS. Please dont randomly add people like this its very unfair for those who are actual members of it. Cossde (talk) 13:37, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

Okay Astronomyinertia (talk) 14:18, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Sri Lanka Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences

The article Sri Lanka Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

According to its website, this journal has not published any issues yet. A Google search fails to locate any sources for this journal (other than WP itself and its homepage), either under the current or under any of the former names. Apparently does not meet WP:Notability (academic journals) or WP:GNG.

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Buddhist terrorism

AfD nomination of Buddhist terrorism

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Premakeerthi de Alwis

Dear friend,Could you please see this Talk:Premakeerthi de Alwis and please contribute your suggestion about his murder case. I am trying to write new issue about Hadson Samarasinghe Where mention on book of ‘’Premakeethini’’by nirmala de alwis. But it is removing. Please tell your opinions.--Wipeouting (talk) 10:34, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

Nomination of Astronomical Society of Dharmaraja College (ASDRC) for deletion

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Nomination of List of Dharmaraja College alumni for deletion

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Re: Lead section

Russia extended its support to WikiLeaks and its founder Julian Assange by issuing a statement which suggested that Assange should be awarded the Nobel peace prize, in the aftermath of the cables leak.

Hi. Can you explain why you added this to the lead section of the United States diplomatic cables leak article? I notice you've also added this to other articles as well, but why the lead? Viriditas (talk) 22:16, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

I think the lead section should contain a little bit from the reaction from the international community on the leak. Perhaps the most interesting and forceful reaction we yet have seen is this one from Russia. The political gravity of this statement is enormous. It not only suggests the Russian support to the ongoing leak but also portrays the perfectly divided international opinion on the issue. Put aside support from the well known critics of USA like Chavez, Russia extending support to WikiLeaks is crucial. So does it not deserve the lead section? By the way I added it to WikiLeaks and United States diplomatic cables leak pages only. Astronomyinertia (talk) 17:01, 10 December 2010 (UTC)

Re Julian Assange article

I have reverted the edit you made, adding the names of the alleged sexual assault victims. This has been discussed extensively on the talk page, and a clear consensus had been reached not to include them, as a breach of WP:BLP policy. Can I ask that if you want to make controversial changes to this article that you discuss it on the talk page first? There are many differing opinions on this subject, and major changes made without consensus are liable to start an edit war. So far, we've been able to keep the article only semi-protected, and it will obviously be best to stay that way if possible. AndyTheGrump (talk) 17:52, 24 December 2010 (UTC)

Wrongful accusation of vandalism

In this edit you accuse a fellow editor of vandalism. As per WP:VANDAL the edit which you were removing clearly was a good-faith edit and you labeling it vandalism equally clearly inappropriate. I suggest you rescind your comment by posting an apology on the talk page of the article as well as on the talk page of the user whom you wrongfully slandered. __meco (talk) 10:06, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

I cannot characterize it as a good faith edit because the user has blanked the entire content on the section "Political and media responses" while adding only the "WikiLeaks Task Force (WTF)" sub section on the Reactions to the United States diplomatic cables leak article. Can't you see that a vast amount of information is missing between the two edits? The consensus was to move the content to the Reactions article, which the user has failed to perform. Moreover, the user has been blocked previously due to similar behaviour. Your unnecessarily aggressive tone surprised me very much. Thanks. Astronomyinertia (talk) 10:56, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
Since you you feel that my note is unwarranted, allow me to quote the first sentence from WP:VANDAL: "Vandalism is any addition, removal, or change of content in a deliberate attempt to compromise the integrity of Wikipedia." Are you explicitly asserting that User:Fellytone was deliberately attempting to compromise the integrity of Wikipedia? __meco (talk) 15:40, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
Because of the political sensitivity of the subject, chances exist he might have delibarately attempted to compromise the integrity of Wikipedia. The way he has made the edits exhibits a WP:GAME scenario to me. But that's my suspicion and I have no intention in carrying out an investigation, simply because I have no interest in other people's affairs. What I'm conscious of is the content of the articles. The content he had blanked was edited and polished by hundreds of enthusiastic editors over a period of month. He has no right to make it vanish by just one click! That's my whole point! Astronomyinertia (talk) 17:49, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
Well, my point is that you cannot throw accusations of vandalism at a user based on your hunch that they really are out to deliberately compromise the project with no evidence to substantiate your claim. That is a breach of WP:VANDAL and you are contributing to the general misapplication of the vandal term by so many editors. __meco (talk) 19:38, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
Evidence provided above should be enough to support my claims. Astronomyinertia (talk) 18:35, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
In no way. What your links evidence is an attempt to change the bias of the article in one certain direction. That would fall under the heading content dispute. Again, of you bother to read WP:VANDAL you will learn that the vandal term is to be limited to blatantly destructive editing practices, not edits that attempt to sway the focus of the article in one way or another. Also, the fact that the user has previously been blocked for inappropriate editing practices still does not justify labeling the user a vandal. __meco (talk) 19:05, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

Non-free files in your user space

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Speedy deletion nomination of File:LTTE leaders at Sirumalai camp.jpg

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Khamis Gaddafi

I have some trouble with a recent edit you made to the biography on Khamis Gaddafi. Both sides in the Libyan conflict have used propaganda, and have been manipulative of international media, if not outright lying to it. The phrase "it was proven to be false" in reference to pro-Gaddafi reports seems to trust to one untrustworthy side over the other, and that's something we need to avoid on Wikipedia. Even the article the phrase was sourced to only refers to "a man Libyan state television said was Muammar al-Qaddafi's youngest son". If the source is unsure, then we can't use it to make a definitive claim one way or another. Thanks!--Objectively (talk) 20:48, 10 August 2011 (UTC)

Agree. Both sides have manipulated media during the course of fighting. But in this case, even the western media seems to be withdrawing its earlier claim that Khamis was killed. For example, The Telegraph states, Khamis, the commander of the feared and effective 32nd brigade of the Libyan army, had been erroneously reported dead twice in the campaign. No foreign government has disputed these claims either. However if you insist, I'm not against wording the sentence again to a less definitive tone. Astronomyinertia (talk) 07:58, 11 August 2011 (UTC)

Award

The Sri Lankan Barnstar of National Merit
For your thorough and highly researched, as well as neutral, additions to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam article and LTTE and civil war spin offs. You are a valued and limited member of WikiProject Sri Lanka and I hope you continue for a long time to come. :) Blackknight12 (talk) 09:34, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
this WikiAward was given to Astronomyinertia by Blackknight12 (talk) on 09:34, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
Thank you:) Astronomyinertia (talk) 10:59, 12 August 2011 (UTC)

File:Dharmaraja- Kingswood 100th Cricket Match Commemoration Stamp.jpg listed for deletion

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A kitten for you!

For putting up with all of Distributor108's nonsense, particularly on DRN. Keep up the good work!

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Thank you:) Astronomyinertia (talk) 18:42, 17 September 2011 (UTC)
I came to ask you to collaborate with me to clean up an article. you can F yourself now- traitor Distributor108 (talk) 09:47, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

Collaboration

Hey hows it going? Considering the recent situation I have been urged to fix up the History of Sri Lanka articles. I have started rewriting Post conflict history of Sri Lanka and I am thinking if I have time I will work backwards. I would very much like your collaboration on these articles. What do you say?--Blackknight12 (talk) 01:46, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

Of course I'll join with you to rewrite these articles. However it's thoroughly disheartening to see people promoting partisan agendas, without trying to make constructive edits or engage in rational discussions on edits they do not agree. Astronomyinertia (talk) 17:50, 19 September 2011 (UTC)
I totally agree with you, but I think its fair to say that if these people continue breaking wiki policy they will sooner or later be blocked from editing, so right now persistence is the key.
Thanks, feel free to revise my edits and add or remove anything you feel necessary.--Blackknight12 (talk) 10:32, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
Thanks. I'll take your advice. And will look through your edits. Astronomyinertia (talk) 16:25, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

Warning

Collapsed false vandalism warning

This is your only warning; if you vandalize Wikipedia again, as you did at Sri Lanka, you may be blocked from editing without further notice. Distributor108 (talk) 01:51, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

  • Astrnomyinertia, I am sure you're not worried about this nonsensical warning. Distributor, section 17 of the talk page is you trying to lay down the law and being corrected. Either way, the talk page is not some kind of law you can cite, and there is no vandalism. One more specious warning and you'll find yourself blocked: this is unacceptable. Drmies (talk) 04:42, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
Thanks. I'm not concerned about that:) Astronomyinertia (talk) 16:25, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

RfC notification

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Thanks. I've posted my argument there. Astronomyinertia (talk) 06:37, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
Hey, you're mean! How dare you revert the RfC bot, jkjk. Haha, I think you've made a mistake on your edit and reverted me and the bot. Can you please revert yourself and then post your argument again. Actually, I saw my mistake and I did change the suggestion in my last edit to put "civil war" under "post independent..."! Cheers... ~ AdvertAdam on-mobile 10:25, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
Haha. Sorry about that. I think I've put things back to normal again.. Astronomyinertia (talk) 14:18, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
Kool ;) ~ AdvertAdam on-mobile 20:14, 17 October 2011 (UTC)

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DYK nomination of Sri Lanka Eye Donation Society

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I also put an orphan tag on the page because the only other Wikipedia page that mentions the society is that of Silva. Can you insert a mention of the society in other articles? Yoninah (talk) 16:45, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

Blocked

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for corrupting noticeboard reports and personal attacks under the ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ account. You will not be unblocked until you agree to cease this behaviour. If you would like to be unblocked, you may appeal this block by adding the text {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}, but you should read the guide to appealing blocks first.

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Astronomyinertia (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Request reason:

I am truly shocked to see my account blocked when I logged in today. Let me address the issues raised by the blocking administrator, specifically. I was accused of attacking editors, even an administrator, and corrupting noticeboard reports under an account named "ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ", a charge that I vehemently deny. The attack was in Sinhala, my native language. Note that the first 4 contributions of this user has been personal attacks on other users. The attacker uses the same set of words, an awkward combination, for a person who has a good grip of the language, I should mention. Then the editor makes an edit on the article Lies Agreed Upon, which I've been editing recently. Please look at the edit summary. Part of the summary is exactly the same as my previous edit summary. But in fact, nothing new on criticism, as it states, has been added to the lead section of the article. I assert that this account is created and the editing is done in this manner to implicate me in a sockpuppetry case, and in violation of WP:NPA.

I humbly request any administrator with Check User facility to check my range of IP addressses with the IP(s) of ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ (talk · contribs). I've done editing from Sri Lanka, all the time since I began editing Wikipedia in 2009. My range of IP addresses should consistently be in the range of 112.135. Having said that, I ask you to look into the related SPI of mine, still remains open. The IP users alleged to be mine, are from Germany and Sweden. I have never used Wikipedia from those locations. The edit one of these users have made is exactly the same as what I've done earlier. This edit has been made 10 minutes after my edit, and there can be no way that I can travel from Sri Lanka to Sweden within this period. This SPI has been tagged as closed by the same editor who has nominated it, after I was blocked by an administrator separately. Sadly, it seems like someone is in desparate need to erase me from Wikipedia, ASAP.

Then I move on to the accusation on edit warring. Although there is an entry about me on the Administrators' noticeboard on edit warring, I have been given no time to comment on my side of the argument. I believe I have done the right thing by removing the wikilink, while discussing my point in the talkpage. Because that the edit warring issue is not mentioned in the reason for the block, I won't comment about that in detail.

After the edit warring issue is taken to that noticeboard, an administrator has posted a warning message on my wall. Then an IP user, from Germany, has removed that message. Edit summary given by the user is Wrongful accusation of vandalism will reply later, implicating that that user is me. But few hours later, here I am providing reasons for an unblock, from my residence - my usual editing location, in Sri Lanka. And that user too is named as a sock of mine, on the SPI against me. ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ then blanks the case against me on the edit warring noticeboard and reports the administrator who gave me a warning, to the noticeboard on Administrator intervention against vandalism. Please look at the edit summary of that edit. It is the same personal attack this user made on the walls of an editor and an administrator.

Okay, let me get this straight. I have been an editor in Wikipedia for 3 years. I have made over 3,000 contributions to this encyclopedia and started over 50 articles on various subjects. I have been in a number of controversial discussions with various editors, over the time. Please go through my editing history for clarity. I had also submitted reports/disputes to these noticeboards and engaged in lengthy discussions. It is not my style to engage in these sort of blatant personal attacks. Moreover, the 3 alleged sock puppets have done editing in a way that directly implicates me for the damage they have done. I believe the evidence I've produced is enough to prove that this is an orchestrated attempt to implicate me in a false sockpuppetry case and eradicate me from Wikipedia. Astronomyinertia (talk) 17:36, 17 February 2012 (UTC)

Accept reason:

There is no technical evidence that the alleged sock and Astronomyinertia are in fact the same person, the edits of ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ do appear very different in character, and the suspicion that someone is trying to "frame" Astronomyinertia is entirely plausible. Couple that with the support that has been offered for Astronomyinertia below, Astronomyinertia's agreement to be very cautious on reverts, and the blocking admin's agreement to unblock, I'm happy to do so. -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 09:27, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

Admittedly, there's definitely plausibility in your defense—even to the point were I'm inclined to believe it. You do, in fact, have thousands of edits, and your account was created 10:04, 12 March 2009. The behavior by the proxy account(s) appear to be wayyy over-the-top disruptive, all in a provoking, overly-blatant way that would otherwise obviously point back to you as the culprit. Keep in mind, however, that if you were framed, you definitely made it extremely easy for someone to do so simply by choosing to edit war in the first place. As an extreme analogy, it'd be like getting framed for murder after having repeatedly sent death threats to someone. ;) Regardless, I'm still very much inclined to suggest that the blocking admin reduce his block on this account from indefinite to something more reasonable (i.e., change it to an edit warring block). Such a get-out-of-jail-free card would only work this one time, however, because if someone's actually eager to get you blocked, you literally would not be able to even remotely edit war for the near future, otherwise you'd be setting yourself up to get blocked again. Therefore, I'd highly suggest that you voluntarily stick to a one-revert rule with any controversial changes. --slakr\ talk / 19:55, 17 February 2012 (UTC)

I won't object if another admin chooses to unblock, but I won't do so. The ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ account was using proxies, so technical evidence can't prove things one way or the other.—Kww(talk) 20:08, 17 February 2012 (UTC)

If it is any consolation I have known Astronomyinertia for a while now, I have worked with him and and follow his edits regularly. What he is being accused of here is highly unlike him, nor has he ever provoked, insulted or threatened any other user (to my knowledge). I urge the Admins to go through his contributions and find a link between him and those that are suspected of being him. Astronomyinertia is a proficient and experienced editor, he has won and lost arguments before but has not turned to cheap strategies to win himself one. Which I suspect is what the ones doing the framing wants it look like. The fact that ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ (talk · contribs) was suddenly created in the midst of another argument (in Lies Agreed Upon), you would have to ask yourself the question Why now and not in any of his previous arguments over the past three years?
The only wrong doing here by Astronomyinertia looks to be the edit warring which, as Slakr brings up, was cunningly used against him. However he hasn't been able to defend himself and his actions regarding that, so it does see a little unfair to be blocked for it. Astronomyinertia is a valued member of both Wikipedia and WikiProject Sri Lanka, which I invited him to, and to lose him would not only be loss for Wikipedia, but also a win for those who are working against Wiki. I can assure you Astronomyinertia is not the one who is doing wrong here and I hope you guys (Slakr and Kww) reconsider. Thanks--Blackknight12 (talk) 02:56, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks guys for the reconsideration. I will definitely stick to 1RR hereafter, for the sake of not getting myself framed again. But I think I have to do a little explanation on why I chose to revert that same edit on the article Battle of Aanandapuram. Editwarring is widespread in the Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan Civil War and related articles, which I've been editing for some time. But note that I never got a warning for editwarring, not even once, prior to this incident. Once I created the Lies Agreed Upon article, all sorts of attempts have been made to remove its contents, without going for an AfD. There had been a lengthy discussion on its talkpage, which I invite you to go through, to analyse whether I my argument was againt Wikipedia policies. I even pointed out to the editor that I had ceased editwarring twice, to concentrate on the discussion. But that didn't resolve the dispute. Then I noticed that that editor is following my contribution history, and adding the [citation needed] tag, in the articles I did editing, such as this one. I also noticed that he has added this wikilink to the articles; Sri Lanka Army, Battle of Puthukkudiyirippu and Battle of Aanandapuram. I did not revert that edit on the first 2 artcles, because there are allegations on these two. But the 3rd addition, I believe, has been completely arbitrary and made just because I was editing that article. That's why I kept reverting that edit, while discussing the issue on the talkpage. Even the editor who made that edit, agrees that it is merely a rumor, not based on any reliable source. I stll believe I was correct to revert that edit, but will opt for other dispute resolution methods, when I come across such situations in the future. Thank you. Astronomyinertia (talk) 04:06, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

ANI

I have posted on ANI where your user name is involved.HudsonBreeze (talk) 01:50, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Sri Lanka Eye Donation Society

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